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" The time is short now, !Larry, my
boy. The Captain's on th bridge ;
steam well up ; 2,nd the in ready to
cait off the moorings at ard ; Pll
Jeave Dora and you alone for bit ; but
-,' you must ,ctirtail your lea 0 taking, I
warn you, for it would never 0 for my-
eelf and the girl to be eerried ff to Alex-
andria, or even m far he G.ib"
So saying, bluff, good-na ured Dr,
Davenport, vshoie awn 1)04 days had
been spent on' blue water as 1 e se4o-
ing eargeon of this oe that fili ate, turn-
ed on hos heel and walked ward the
helm.
Dora's trustful, tearful eye met n3ine.
" Oh, Harry, come back so n to me ?"
she murmured with trent) leg lipt ;
"and ah 1 dear, take dare of ottreelfeu
that strange land that you ai e going to.
I have heard smelt dreadful t Inge," And
she paneed, eebbing„
" Dreadful things, I am st " said I,
latiething, ae 1 pretteed her i plc hand,
" a mut Japan and its twces% erded gen-
try, that chop European's to i nee-metat,
Don't fear for me, my darliiie ; remem-
ber that the tintry ie net trauge to
rne, - 1 talk t le language, a
inie and have, found the mai
whole, a. nt 'set of 1
_ fairly dealt V, Come,
look forward, (leerily, to the
in three elicrr years or so,
can"---
" There go a the .1,01 ; i
%shore " crieel the Doctor, hurrying hp
and drawing hie daughter's rrn Within ;
his own, in the midst of ge usral bust- ;
tie and c.onfueion, " May God! !boss I,
you, my lad, and mild you safel back, 1
Now, Dora." 1
.
There were other partings than odrs i
taking place at this moment the deck I
of the Alcestis, I', and O. sthe ers, out- .
ward -bound 1 from' Southampton— ,
partings ibetvbeesi svmping, Ives and I
the bronzed husband, going dut again to I
India, arid whotn, perhaps, ey might I
never see 'again ; between p .ents and I
children, friends and brother , at so far i
as I know, of no affianced lo ers, save 1
our two young selves, It was a wrench 1
to the heart-steings, althougleI tried at 1
the time to make light of it, or to seem
to do so, that 'sad " good-bie„" but A-
wes soon over. Those who had c,ome on
board to bid tarewell to out -going :pass-
engers, Were hustled back over the
plank that led to the quay ; the
plank waS withdrawn, and the ropes
cast off, I !
" Go ori ahead. there ! Keep her
away ! Ifalf' speed !" and, amid the
waving of hate and handkerchiefs,
off went the swift steamer, botind for the
East.. I 1
r a, full-
ise, on the
pip when I
both
t me when, 1
m and
w . for. the
The story, up to this point, lies in
nutshell. I, Henry, more cOnimmonl
styled Harry, Harland, had been at
early age sent to sea, first as midship
man to an Indianman, and then as mate
and had worked my way on to be firs
officer of more than one fine vessel trad
ing in the Chin seas. I waS nine an
twenty when. came baek from Jepan
and taking a I oliday to visit my old
grandmother, the last survivo of my
immediate relations, at Rost Bank
Clevesteade Somersetshiree fell in love
with Dor Davenport, the Doctor's
youtigest aughter, and found my love
returned. What was to be one ? I
had nothin„c but my- own exe ions on
which to depend, and could. rar y count
an earning more than two -hu dred a
year. Dor was as poot as he was
good and prettyl, The honest Doetor had
five children to maintain, and chi ld spare
us never a Sixpence toward ou fut r
housekeeping. INor had any f tho e
testamentasy prospects !lighten
the rugge,d' roar" of many a eee y man.
My grambnisther, good, kind so could
leave me nothing, Her tiny in °me an
annuity, bofight year's ago with t e raises
and scrapings of our former pri)
course died with her, %Ve nds had
city, of
been mall ;squirm in oar day estated
country gentlemen, though:the res had
been few, alel it took but oi spend-
thilft osvner Of the Grange to ing the
lands to the auction -mart,
farewell on the deck of the s m r
that wee to waft me along the fink
stage of the watery high road that led to
fortune.
The Itlediterranean voyage the tran-
sit of $tiez, the descent of the R Sea,
and the doubling of Cape Contorini were
all effected in uneventful comfort, I3ut
et Point-de-Galle -a disappointme did
°emir, 'rhe regular packet that mild
have been ready to convey- mail and
passengers Japan -ward,! had aust ined,
t
on the eve of sailing, a sev re ac 'dent
to her maehinery, oecasionin a ve tious
but unavoidable fielay. onte of tl O.out-
ward bound seemei. scarcely so ey to
have so good an excuse for a; raml le on
shore, and a short solout1n in the 1 mule
olio climate of Ceylon.; but I, wit one
or two others, who were eager to thach
their destination, made irainedia e in-
quiries as to the quickest means o get-
ting to the end of my journey,
" I scarcely know what to com-
mend, just at this mornent," s i tho
good-humoreal agent of the Penh! ular
aud Oriental, "If if wore for Sh ohai
or for Hong Kong that yot wan t a
passage, there would be Ito WW1 y at
all ; but Ja mu is souther in tter. tay ;
to be Sinn t tere is the Sauey Maid, lear
ing dui for "Nagaeaki haebok with alt ee
,sorted cm -go, A, crank boa , bat 'very
fast, and with fair W3ather lid et ooth
SW, will make the run at r ,ing eiteede
!ler passenger accommodetio Ism lied;
ifs none of the best ; but iti Captain
Harris is not a baal sort of s ipper hen
you underetand his -wars, and he on't
overcharge you for the trip,"
- I found on inquiry that the alley
Maid war.4 a, clipper, built bar , with very
tall masts and powerful auxiliar en,
gines, to force her along in ease of con-
trary winds.or a calm, There w but
one berth vacant in the smell cabin ace
allotted to passengere, ' and this I was
yielded up to me without a mum il• by
former cOmpa,nions, m he looked witl 1 dis-
ma,y at the cramped quarters with inch
voyagers in the clipper were come elled
to be content, -
1'was a sailor, however, and had less
fear of roughing Ain a vessel not built
with any particulai regsrd tb a paSsen-
gees comforts than night have been ex-
cusable in a landsman, There coup be
no doubt.as to the S ucy; Maid's seVen-
leagued abilities of covering a stret li of
sea, -were the weather but favor le ;
while gruff Captain Ihrrit, a ruin -d ink -
nig veteran of the old school,' was ler-
ably civil as soon 80 1 e learned tha my
own youth had bee i sPent upon the
ocean, For the fest of his passen erg,
who were, to usellis iwn phrase, "c neer
lot—Parsee ebrokers, !menial' -- bag en,
and half caste Portuguese' from G e i
he had a contempt tha he did not mile
his crew by any
udent comma Icier
on in Momen sof
oo many La ars
ors
the
ws
iiff
eh,
I 1 y
w,
co wn
a to conceal, Nor were
y means such as a p
I would desire to rel
danser. There were
and Chinamen, and th, European s
; were chiefly foreign scan -will from
north of Eurepe—pati nt, doeile fel
d enough, but uot quite the tent of
one cares to have nee one at a
The weather was, h wever, beauti
fi,no, and on sailing we soo tit the
,
, blue line of the Ceylot t hull -d
in the distance,
i
" If the wind holde, 'said the skip
as we walked the dee to ether "
lig
Mr. Harland, you'll ei ht the -Cal
of Fusiharna in fewer d ys from
time we mantled the apstan toi li
anchor than if the ma 1 steamer, had
been cr'ippled in her ge te I've.beet
this line now for nine earS, and won
fill luck the . old 'bark has heel I
,
tell you, Look how
How, was to marry Dora ? could
not find it in my heart to con Is mit the
dear girl to p. life Of privatione, in some
seaport, on the Meagre subsist° -e to be
derived ft -on -4 " drawing" a mon I 1,y por-
tion of my modest pay. It see' o
better, by far better, to forsak he sett
for a time, and to settle down i some
well-remunerlated eliore-going ploy-
ruent, at the other side of th world,
For such a pest, habit, joined wi h sonie
a.ptitude for pieking up foreign ngues,
and appreciating outlandieh 1 stores,
qualified me tairly well, For fou onths
1 liad kept the peeks of a firm Hong
Kong, and 10 employers were s rry to
part with mei' and mord than. on wrote
to say that the go -down" coolite had
never been so tractable, or the hong"
so regularly its working order c
departure, Then, for a long s ace, 1
had corninanded a Chinese 0134
stearner;--the Fire -fly, and only left, her
when I found that the pig-taeled owners
cepeeted their captain to combine p, little
piracy and arson kith a spice
gling, wham I 11&1 looked for
but legitimate ttude. ltortun
oid friend of my father's had
mended me to the notice of a
Englieh firm, Parker & Mills, I
tahlielied in Japan, and who w r
ing to bid high for a really trt s
very sail dr
and how the water 1 oils beneath
- counter !"
But the luck of. the
destined to interruptio
CI'
he
gh
ot
on
er-
ean
V13,
er
Saucy sitlaid as
1. The fair br ze
died away, and was She eeded hy haft
head -winds, with the usual ancomp
mots of aunoyance, tedium. and
sieknesse among the landsmen on Iv
The strong auxiliary eegines etirried
in %site of the elenients, through the a -
ter, but the consumption of coal wa so
greet, that when a dead calm made ur
sails quite usselese, the Captain. thou ht
h e
re
al
ae
tit
r -
.e..
it best to bear up for the coast of
I great island of Fitrnmea, in hopeo t
to Obtein a fresh supply of fuel fi
some one of the vessels likely to be t
lying in. the sheltered bay of Mina, C
bought under such ci curestancee
_ likely to prove a, COS ly purchaee,
time was of value also, nd Captain
rifi did not hesitate, -
Unfortenately, as it 'appeared, not
of the few steamehips whieh, along
a far greater number of sailing vessel
every rig and nation, lay becalined
Rime roadetead and haven could spar
us, at any price, a ton of the preei
black diamonds, ,without which our 1-
gines were mere inert luniber. Thste
was nothing for it but to wait, and, as
the tough old skipper said, to " whis le
for a wind." Under this clisa, wointine it '"
re r
te •
it
110
1th
of
to
18
z
TO
complexion.; Jerry was a broken-down as he had '.4 -gratifying surprise
man-of-war'S man, cam a petty , officer Wm.
on board al Q een's s ip, but hose he lettett was enclosed and s m
,
drunken hatiits caused him t lose with a postage stamp, the ouly ne e
his rating,. yet who, when kept fro the , which was slightly torn in sepal 'f, -
grog, wM, tO my judgment, the bes man n it from lthe poeket-book to which it
en board the bark, Many a chat n ortunately adhered. An =Oa' ta
had with Jerry. but now there w ani and' daily visitor was employed to
anxious exptession in hie twinklin eyes tn• il theletter, who called the attenti n
that I had never seen in them befo e ; I f the old gentleman to the rigid adh
noticed, too) that there was an ugl cut n of the ieostal department to its ow
on his left! eyebrow, from whic the es in relation to mutilated stamps
blood was Waling. bu he would not listen to the Sugg'estioi
" Hist ! Speak low, Mr. Har tid," sa ing the stamp was genuine had n
said the ma* ill cautioue tones," " I'd n'used, tid was as good as ever, a i
rather not be' overheard in what 1 ave e would no waste its value. The stet
to say. He Said, when he gave e th aceordi gly used, and the letter dug
se
pointing to the gash ou his.br ue-aq that ded.
it was to cure me of croaking, ow e,om s the sequel, The let r w
" A eine t knock it ust lave e fuer! lie e for postage, solely On ace
been," eaidi I, perplexedly, 4 Vito
i nt of th . trifling mutilation referre
gave it ?" , to, and the party to whom it was al
I
"Hush ! he Skipper," wh' pere the
sailor, '0 flase like a mach an, dr toed was in about four daye, notifi
hen of the dete tion, which notice Was re
deep in liqm r, and he has b n at the eei ed six
ruin bottle 8 Ilee noon, He.ga, e me hat, h letter iVitY17tChrneintorthriestadamtep.of Iteilfloll
will' liii' in. " kinichk"(1115441.8t b a'ine I ing day t 6 young man left his horriS
1 made bold Ito eall his attentic n to 'hat
you flee out Mere.. in the offix g." nd t de,etnin the withheld letter .of n
as Jerry poiriteal, I could faintly di tin.- Ori eetellenee livitbout, even carry' g th
guish a longl low, leaden -tin 1 lin on I t-t,°11firenni !lye: slirbseqPit'Yeinet:i7rhaeta nitirkidc
the far horiz4m,
" You're Li setamen, Sir, lh you now 44 asilin44)11' and then returned Ito hi
what/4 mea t by that, r a od xi rry, woe; eoryforthtieleidepotafit,inoecffileeletnterosItiaenadtihoenivroos
li
turning in In mouth the qui I tha fie Ws arrivrd it, procured the letter, end in i
was suekin , 1. was obliged i 00 fess
that "did ji , 1‘, Nor by that ,i„ h de. mu ih excitetnerit of mind he hastetted to
mended, as the _smooth eu w of the the hotel of the old gentlemate Alas
sea, a nine k so out, sudden y be atm h n be 'mitred he learned that his in
blaeltened and ruffled, n ed benefactor had been dead, four
" Not I, frny old friend, VMS er- 01 and t at the old gentleman, no
ed ; unless ! it indicates th cor ing e rim; from or ree,eiving the wished fo
wind," I i t, had firet felt hurt, hen shglited
" There'll ibe Wind enough, our on- e indigna t, and in tha frame of min
1 1 e a will i favor of a Oor old lady i
or," said Jerry dryly,
man Mr. Harland, as 1 'is'aird° 1 lb afroer ea, s ea nad, his native St te, who Once done him
ouglit to liaive an eye for w at's om- by
an
ing. ' I i
It was ih vain, howeve tha I tewilr.
swept the hbrizon with . my praet ced ed
glance, endeiivoring to descry he or io-
ary forerunners of dirty weat er.
The old seatnan gave a gri chu le,
tuf if in exuaation at his supe tor ac to-
rten,
,
" You've seen what a gale's like, r.
Harland, of leourse, and a bi ck s all
and.. a, white ne, maybe, thou h. t at's
searcer, D'1. you ever see wha a
typhoon was ike ?"
" A tynbo ?" , 1 repeated a
r -
it
B. Hickson Co 4,nd R. Drinisden.
was persuaded to try Thenote Ecie-e-
Mr se tante knee which troubled me for
t or four yeeirs, and I wever found anythiens
like It for curing lantenese. It is a grftrt titbit°
benellt."—A, 3L Hamilton, Warkworth, writen.
"For weeke r have been. troubled with a owelled
of this place ndueed me to tn• Eelectrie Oil, and
ankle, which red me very much, 3frilitsybee
before one b ttle •was used I was cured, It is
roost remarkable Medicine, Sold by ell medicine
dealers, Price2s5 Coots, H. N. THOMAS', Priem's,
N.Y. And 11-4ORTlietoP a LYMAN. Toronto.Ont„,
SoleAgent8 for the Dominion. NOTZ,—Electrlo
—Se/actedan Eleetrixed. Sold in Seaferth by
THE GRIM 14.131ALE REMEDY.—Iole Mooes
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dangeroue illietasee to which the female constitu-
tion Is eubjeet, It moderate -a all exceee and re-
v moves all obeteuctions, and a speedy cure may be
" relied on. To iaanied leelieieltispeculiarlyettited,
It will in a shert time, bring on the monthly per-
m; led with regularitv, Teexe Pills should not be
taken by Ferealet-during the firet three menthe
Pregnaey, tie the) are Imre to bring on Miecar-
i
riage,but at an,y otbo time .7 are safe, In
1. all macs of ele
reoue and Sp nal Alleicetone,
en pains in the beck ale& limbs, fatigue on elight 41X7
eee ertion, pelpeat fon a tho hysiteries,and
". whites, these p will effect a eure when another
g means have ailed; and iliti10110 IlOWerft13
rented , do no oontahoi iron, celorael, antimony, Or
tit) ji ful to the emnititntion, Full
parophiet around each pea-
t? age. which Ji aid be (mire( !My preserved, jpb
0 Moses, Now ork, Bole Proprietor, #1,00 and
i.FstifTtiOlf, far,
L will insure a'
returnmall,
to, Co., end
toye,enelosed toNorthop &Lyman,
generel itg1:34X for the Dominion,
ettle, containing over 50 pillx by
old in Seafortle by E. Tilekson
imam, 167
IfiE44A4L
yv SQU437,11, Bartleter, Attorney In Mane -
Doti; r7e 't:°1111PfelideritleMb°,1(3.114-Tt et(18111(jerareo,irer 12. eg
t (tAMERON 3,14SEADDEN, Berrietere find
Solleitore hi Chancery, Goderich, 4,$
)1, CA*8/108,, W, efeemenzei.
d WILLIA31 SMALL, Conveyancer and Commie -
U
V 'donor in Ji, Wroxerer. Anetioneer and:
Appraleer, ACconttim end notes; collected on
reaeonable terrine 068
ter un,
cudgeling- my memory au to wh t I ad
heard concerning this the lege' dary r-
ror of the, China, veas, ,-
" No disgrace te you, Sir, th t yo
not," returned Jerry, in the s me
tious tone at before, " 13y Ileav
mercy, they sire oftener talked! of t
felt ! He"--lerking his thumb tow
the hatchway, of the Captain's cabi
" never came in for one either,
struck me, and cursed me for a Jo
when I begged him to let go anot
anchor, that We might have at, leas
chance of rid ng it oat, You'll se
pitiful sight, sir, presently—that i
you are spare . Them junks and p
might as well be nntshells when the rall-
.
ere set in, nd look at the Yankee
Captain, how e keeps his ship, the can-
vas brailed, not reefed, an I th
enough set tei carry her and a
into the 'mid i woad, as it's li
before morning !"
The old man shuffled. off, an
exceedingly udeornfiortable,
thin Harris, since he had given
his unlueky habits of drunkenne
not on very cordial terms, nor
hope to bring the sullen, half -in
cominander ()lithe vessel to tak
Is
tions against t e coming evil.
I quite ture th t the evil would,
come to pass. 1 The eit's paw
, roughened thel water had pass aw
and all was blight -again. save here
leaden -colored str ak lay to sea 'ard,
!opened my heart, however, to he fi
1 officer, Mr. Erns • but, altho gh
civil -spoken youn German: h
ive
au-
n's
an
1 1
nd
h,
er
a
if
as
I
1 abo rd
to do
elt
ith C p -
way to to h
8, 1 was neigiborhood
could I to.fl . The
xicated the I len, as it
a knife,
left ne
fter ell, whe e the me
hat had itsran a,slecoadnst
Jos
pia,
a
na
of t
veu
of a
ing
of a
The
hol
piec
cur
a st
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con
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t
and
fec u
Wf10
Wit
Wid
an e
'tat
The
riots
of kin bless. This Was told hint
he lawyer who prepared the will, and.
was the party that mailed the let -
The old gentleman's wealth amount -
$53,000 — trashing/we Republkait,
•
Aitelent PloNfTs.
n olcl plbw, used by 1 the Emperor
ph II., 1 of Austria, ''n 1769, was
ed bests' a modern plo in a portion
he Austr an departmen; of the Vien-
xpositio set apart for ihe exhibition
ie old p ws of various ations, This
rable p w was comp° ed of the root
tree, wit the stem for! a beam, reste
n axl . with wheels Underneath it
out two and a half fee in diameter,
handles ere secured the knee by
s bored nto it. The share. was a
of iron about nine in hes long, se,
d to the point by the k ee, and then
p of booed about six inches wide
secured near the sha This_ lest
rivance as designed t answer the
ose of a nold board. , he old Eni-
plows, tl ough much in advanc'e of
Austria one, were v ry awkward
eighty ffairs. S ain exhibited an
ilowievith shafts an a Wooden share ;
h Frau , a plow co structed of
I, with t e exception f the share,
wooden mold board five inches
This pl w was about . 00 years old.;
rhree m n attempted break into
welling f Mrs. Tait, ii London, at
rly hoot. Sund4y morni g, but -were
ked by a og bdonging • a neighbor.,
loud bar eg of the ani al and the
made b the men in th air endavours;
at him o aroused the 1 eople of the
and the rah, s were made
og must have eized one of
received two s vere gashes
Some oil a d rags and;
✓ Mrs, Tait's back door,'
attempted. to farce an en -
o the belief th t incendiar-
mplsted,
rec u-. from
or was' chip
ard
patiently to al( en , and looked inten
out for signs of a 'storm, I could not
duce 'nitn to ptess ,his adviee u vii
skipper, or to take on himself he r
panel bility of dropping another midi
On one point, * mitior one, I (lid prey
!The --top sails trel'i3 hanging,loo fr
yard and clew- me and these a my..
quest, the ma . caiised to be dos -reef
a otep for whie are hour or t o la
we had reason be thankful, N hen, t
il
a sudden, a gr at bustle and. noi e beg n
among the Chi nose junke in the herb r,
We could hear drums and gon s a id
wild outeries, nd c,ould. see the ig-tal-
ed mariners b ating their brea ts a d
festiculating `th every mark o terr r
and dismay, 1 hile from the eawa d
Male the le enscolored clou -ban
%valet' until it rose skywards lik a mo
ng battlement,1 and preceded by a hi
ng sheet of Siulw-white foam.
" The typhoOn ! the typhoon
hundred-voiess, a ild then the I
ongues was over-powexed by the
oar of the mighty wind as it re
earing up the lea as the steam pi
ts furrow through loose san
hrowing us ori our beam -ends
aucy Maid qu ver and. groan lik
ii,
riolence that made , every timber
nut animal. AVe righted, howe
er a time, and . then indeed did
tees a spectacle such as the old st se
an but rarely beholds. Mast we .e
napping on every hand, as ea ily is
hough they had been the dead blanch .0
in a storm -beaten tree ; cable we 'e
meting, bulwark s being washed away,
nd all the. see, around wa8 stre n wi h
lvreck—water-casks, hen -coops, boa
and looee spars ing,led together i
men confusion,
(coxefic
he
st
he
ly
n-
s -
r,
'1,
nt
e -
the werst side of the Captain's nal
came uppermost. !He was an illiter
old sea -deg of .the Commodore Trunn
sort, andlin idleness knew no solace, 1
elle bottle. He Ives querrelsome, too,
f same.. his cups, insulting the passengers, en
nethliT„ and cursing ae he went aiming the cr v,
ana and-leavi ug the Care of the Sauey Mad
to -his first mate a quiet -looking yoi to'
/
eau] Gern3an from Brenteit. .
y es-
'. will-
worty
with auspicious native customr , andi
I
clerk, capable af, transaeting lt mess
of conciliating tl a proud and jealous'
feudal lords, who te bare word co Ad ati
any moment paraiyze foreign coo inerce, .
il
in the leeter mice.
The liberal tedery, and still mo .0 the
prospeetive partners1,, ip, proffer (1 by
Varker & 114 ilk proved. irri istible'
temptations to a num, in' my 1 o ition.
As managing clerk f should re e ye. in
English money, near four hui ( red a
year ; and hopes were held out t ) ine,
should I succeed in raising the 3' arly re-
ceipts of the firm to a sufficient i mount
that in " about this:e years 1 might be
allowed to share in the profits. But to
seenre this appointment it was a milute-
ly necessary. tint 1 should be at N hasaki
on November 1 of the current rat', a
period wiles, by local custom, a:counts
are squared, balances are paid - nd a
great deal of cash changes hand The
firm declined. to wait longer that thcf
specified time, which, after all, set. 0 nui
ail reasonable latitude for arri 11 g in
Japan, .i.sly traveling expenses n we de-
frayed by Parker & Mills ; an 1 alto--
geth cr the lwospeets which lay 1)6 0 'e me
seemed -fair enough.' When once I should
be a member of the " hoUSC," IN ra and
1 could piten our tent matrimonia , with-
out running any riek of hardships, in the
strange. new land that was but ye. terday
thrown open to the encroachin ,- West.
She and her father had come as far as
Southampton to see me off, and bid me
In the natural harbor, a rocky baS
almost land -locked, and oVer-I.4oked
the sterile mountains of the interior,
jueks, lorehas and. proaii, maimed
dusky or yellow--skinneal mariners -of
ery nation fi'etn MalaeCa to the Cm
and with thein were mingled Europe n
.and American craft of differellt 'eke*,
finest of all being a huge Amerieen phi cs
master, the broad arid snow-white (pal s
of "which, and the excellent :band
music which played .at, evening oil I
poop, often ceused 1110 eenteast t
pleasant existence of her passengers
that wfileh We perforce led on board t
bark. -She, was indeed a, fine shin ; o
of.these giant dippers that can keep p
with even a Steamer, when a fair wi f
11114 their aereS of swelling can vas, an
Was reputed tb• have a, valuable freigl
She was called, as the inseription gr 1 1
SPEC NOTI ES,
,ALTJJ 18 . `ThENOTit.—T ) prevent or
col er diem. e is one ot he grandest
attai ments e er aimed at b man ; and
"Br an's rul onic Wafers" will as sure
cure ughs, c Ids, tickling i the throat
and itilmona complaints, as war and
peati ence will destroy, Severe colds, if
ttendcd 0 sooner or later, lead to
Inc able eon umption, and the strength
of h stronge t if neglected, The readi-
est d best means known for the cure of
thee complaints Is " Bryaers Pulmonic
Alf re," whi have been ; thoroughlY
tri d or the It st twenty years and have
pnuevbeii been kitown. to fail. Singers 'and
spea.ke. s will also derive Treat
benef t . from the use of t em,
To h obtaine of all Druggists and coun-
try c alerts, , I rice 25 cents per,box.
to be
8" slip
Stick
cri 'd ab
abel of of th
erri.le corre
hed 8, !wait
W Ott ft ectopp
1, ai d
vith a
in t e
son e
er,
sv't-
• Botne
hide-bou d when hie skin wilt not
nder the pressure of the hand, but
as if it as glued, whieh condition.
ays depe dent on a deeanged state
stoinacl and digestive organs—by
ting evhi and giving to thein a
ly tone,a d condition the disease or
aint disappear, - 'Experience
has p oved tha the means best. adapted
to thi end "Darley's Comflition Pow-
der al d Arabi n .Heave Iteatteily." It
has b en used m "-numerous cases With
co p ete epee ss, geperally effecting a
eur ) a fewcla s, It is the bef3t condition
tri ine know and may be given With
per e t safety- a all times,and does not re-
quire that the terse he kept from wolrk,
lieme ber the name, and 'tee that
the si nature f Hurd & Col, is on ea,ch I
paeka e. Ner hrop &„ Lyman; Toronto, 1
pens. ne deale s, !
proprieto s for Canada. Sold Vali !
pi ell VE NUM VIIEELER'S
eeepouud Ell of Phoilphatee and Callen va !
e- eitant of nitride!), improving the aepe-
-•-. feeling the den:felon and assinallatiou' of
;aloe of healthy blood. Ner- .
end general debility, - agising
habits and all that 'rain of
0%4,11 OK .14 fast life, yield intritedietely to i
on of thiA 3.minietehle preparation; :ell the
e 'organs inl iliemee of the body becoming stioen4th- •
ened az d vititlixel. The superiority Of this rem- !
• eqy ove 'ell others s °wee; to ite reetoring tulle -
Lions f the- sum nob, liver and panerees, ehe
g the Capitol, he made the acqual itan c great heel that peepares, the mato ial for bu ld-
one of the einIployeie W110 Sh 'd 1111 1 thg °"' and nem'
u attee time, arca 'devoted ever 1
,
• Lours to condu4ing him throng that r THEO EOPLE.—There are but ew
HonsEs,—A horse is said i
tat) NEXT WEEK, )
in a
titeepe
food, a; d the forr
ve vote; t roxtration
p. froth e. cesses, bad
- evils k
Sion ( theact
Was!
f W11E14 Came of Trying to S
✓ Three Cent Postage Sta
During the latter days of the se
Congress an oldl,gentlinnan visited
e- ington to arrang'e some matters it
c tionto.a * pate 1 t. Otte clay, -whil
t.,
1 ri
W / 111E1. .'AY 'Ole Ile A FEW FA TS
stupendous ediiitc and directing Ps a - prep rationx of insdicinee sviech ha v4 withift )od 1
; to , MOW affords as gopd ace
'County. Lienore 1414 cigara of tile cholcolit
1
Ts L. DOYLE, Baerister, Attorney, Solicitor in
Chancers,, &es, Goderleh and Seaforth, Ofe
ice, over joidanei Drug Store, Goderieb, and
Heade; Store, Seaforth.
CeARROW ft WALKER, Barristers, Attorneys,
eee Soliettore Chencery, &c. Office on West Ste
opposite the P et Oftiee, Goderich. 846
J. T. choottiOw ft. P. wALKSU,
Q WIER •& cDONALD, Banisters, Attorney ,
re' Solicitors) re Cbancery, &e.,' Bruseele, On
Office—two doo s noel; of the Post Office.
W, R. DANIEL MeDONALD,
271 God rich— Brussels,
_
3i, LEET, Solicitor, Wingham, has been ap-
te • pointed Agent ler the Colonial Securities Com -
poly of En Wend, he Is elso Agent for Kemal pri-
vate Capitalists el Toronto, who gear' Money at,
very reaeonahlo rates. Interest payable yearly
Chargee moderate. Also Solicitor for the St.
Lawrence Bank, 218
kreCAUGHEY & HOLMESTED,Barrieters, At
ee-L torneye at Law, Solicitors in Chancery ane
Insolvency, Notariee Public and Coneeyancers,
Solicitors for the R. C. Bank, Seaforth. Agentsfor
the Canada Life Asierirance Company,
N. B.—$80,000 to lend at 8 per cent. FallUE,
Houses and Lots for Rale.' 58
- • • —
letENSON & MEYER, Barristers and Attorneye
4" at Law, Solleitore in Chancery and Insolvency,
Conveyancerie Notaries Public, ete. Offices—Sea-
forth and Wroxeeer. $28,000 of Private Funds to
tweet at once, at Eight per cent. Interest, payable
yearly. 58
JAL H. DENSON. If. W. 0. MY:Tim.
MEDICAL.
nit. CAMP"; LL.' Seaforth, Coroner for the
AL' County. 'Oelee s,nd residence. Main Street
South, riper the ;Station.
G. SCOTT, el. D. &c., Phylifeian, Surgeott and
• Aeconcheue, fietiforth, Ont. Office and resi-
dence south side of Goderich -Street, first door
east of Presbyteeian Church. 842
'S COMMERCIAL'
A F-0
infrlier:u:pan trons17:1;thinehr:tibilieln: pafrollitrimaibgee,an4-1”
Dneiness ineSeeforth, bop to Ono& his este
fltatAl thItt bail -diffpOkied of It to Meresre. MA
THEW MO BISON end DAVID MeNAUGII
renege seep hag been extended te him Mr
milladdnitnioeritUlto 'jtee(Y: tleriltelltrenheesimIrettghlfiehMettaisti: 111,0c.nSeerneriVotekit$
%In4t4lisetblin6eniresPii racriUt t(Iiihrig1Tdrentou21:nitistn, et,21341tELiLn
PIPliale:tillacte:neermYe4i 10:1-proprieterehip 'of Commer
Livery M Sea fortht the eithscribere would ste
ehat they intend leeping nothing lent tret-e
and reliable torRegt geo4 comfortable sty
eznhdielcocein, inTe arbILI.,07ilatrdeanen;
IAI1o1 t71s4 esti; 1 itit:onnr 110: tut 11.704401,aNinnets co,
Bo,p1posite
Etupdriurn,
FOR YOUICOWN tinny/
in Street.
A LE XA N DER CAMIRONt
IATT liefoilonsiiieerolltiwite4r,n3offte;n10,
LOOK OUT
rttba3,1ve;' -0—relltriviev,erds;w41.:littohlabets:1;ia:fujifietes:tilrrelit:ofeumritfuwmeethity
of Bricker.Ile winite hex opened+ beesis
CO tne tmty 1)f ifUrOli POW surreunding
triet for Ali 11'104,0, wouid respectetaly inti
e4 Ilifestern Ontario, My wittehee ere set
-edged te be t ceseapeet find beet J*1 the mint*
'one lye ng thoroughly regulaeteland
before being Pifered for
A 14peei:n1 geneylor the 113.4111 Wsigess
REPAIRING,
Meting b neeeifidel in obtainbee -the ioerisiees
of Mr, FlaS , who brio had long prettiest in au
Cltieff of Gla ow end Edinburgh$Ootisnd, ens -
touters will fl that in no part of the Dominion
better dorm u ,
ean they hay their elockAspLittx,:beciseilxi;az:BoduestotiNerhes,
g, 21,1874.
850-52
NOTIC OF CO PARTN BURP.
, R. WILI.I.AMS
llesEGS to a nonnee to lift Illany patrons that
eler owing o the large increase his busine.
he has been bilged to associate with him Er.
NOBLE CL FF,evho is a practic,alwbrkman, sad
thoroughly n deretande the whole eueiness. The
new Arm wil beknown as WILLIAMS & CLUNY,
and will be e abled lureafter to give incresiedat-
tention to bu Mess, The Seitforth Ferny Factory
s now well a d faverably known for ehe impeder-
ity of its pn s, There is on iten4 iegood supply
of FORCE, OMMON and CI8TE N PLIWS,
also Soft W ter Cleterns, Cbeese actory snit
other Tanks, made to order, BOYS Hay Bates
of an finprov pattern on hand, in irne far WIS
this seamen, All work warranted to give satisfee-
tion, Repel ing promptly attended to. Prim;
as low ex 1 010 of any other in tem Imsinese,
Remember t e Seaforth Pump and Cistern Fac-
tory. (889-121 !
NOBLE CLUFF. J. R. WILLIAMS.
SEAFORTH AND HU#ON
MARBLIE WORKS.
Wouldintima
general publi
orders for
Monumental, Headstones, TOole Tops
gESSETT
(Late of Ilamilton,)
to their llumerous friends and the
that they are preparcei to v2
Granite Mo
Work of the
surpassed t
A caRrespec fullysolicited.
a e e ol
Main Street,
Nanites, &e,
ument8 Inuvrted ito Order.
best style and art, ani cannot 1*
is part of Ontario.
Stand, o.pposite3IcCallem's Hotel,
elifortb.
3ele88ETT.
TT L. VERCO , 3L Ds, C. M., Phyeician, Sur- M S
J"L• goon, ete.,1Coroner for the County of Huron. •
Oftlee and Reaidlencial corner of Market and High -
streets no t t 1.) i
, x o e Ian ng Mill.
107IN A. IeleUGESS, M. D., C. M., Graduate of
ei McGill Uni -entity, Montreal, Member of the
College of Phy farm and Surgeone, Ont,,Physi-
ciap, Surgeon a d Aeeonehoir, Seaforth. Oftlee—
Find Door Wee of 3tr, Luntsideree Drug Store.
Residence, thir House West of the Presbyterian
C.hurch. Night 'sing offended to at reside:nee,
T PHELA , 31, D., C, Gate of the erne
re • of Shaver et Phelan, Stratford) Graduste of
University, Phyeician, Surgeon and Ae-
cow:hear, Seafortle Ontario. Clem—Booms in
3leyeres l3loelt, formerly occuried by tbe late Dr,
tend at Carronbrook Tuetalayst and Fridays. ON
King. Reeideee,e--COnmere Ilotel, Will at -
H. DOWSLEY, D., L, R. CI, P. S,R,,
• itleraber of Cave. of Phymiciane and Bur-
geons of Outatio. Late 1101.1110 SIll'pon of Kings-
ton Generel {led Lying -fit Hospital, Physiciae,
Surgeon and iteeonebear. '011fee—Albert Street,
oppOifitc Fair`g Steam Mills, Ilesidence--Huron
Street, opposite Commercial Hotel„ Clinton, Ont.
Professional cello punctually attended to both in
town and co mitiy.
WHITNEY
'WISHES inform her cnstomere "and °those
that sh - his :I. -emceed, her tin Atop to the
/itemises late y oceuplee by MOsin10. rsesan
Jainierron. 8 e has now on hoed en immense
stoek
TI N WA R E AN D STOVES,
I I
a 13 P, Vi.T16 VI be dui' Posed ber eux-
tornary priees.
IVI I LK CANS.
1
i
Parties in w nt of Milk Cans can be
any extent at 1
uppliee to
Mns, WHITNEY'S.
t
TH ,SE FORTH LAUNDRY
:r GeBULL, L. D. S., Surgeon, I
Dentiet,&c.,Seaforth, Ontario.
Plate work, .lateSt styles, _neatly 1
executed, All surgical operations :
Ferforetedwithcere atia promptitude.. Fees'as low
as can be obtained eleewhere. °Mee houre from •
8 A. M. to 5 P. 31. Rooms over Mr. A, G. Me- 1
Dougall's 8 fore, Maiinet. 270
• --
• -
Je,CFIURCHILT.,,Veterinary Surgeon mem- ;
'
-I- • ber of the Ontario Veterirtery Collegee begs
to intimate that he, hem riiturned to the practice of
his proleinnon Seaferth, and may at all times be
consulted on the diseetees of Horses; Cattle &e 4
•
Veterinary medicinee constantly on hand.. All
calls promptly attemled to. (Nike, at Memnon ;
House, Seaforth. 278 I
THE Setifort Laundry is now in full working
order, and 11 o -tiers for Watering, Ironing sud
Starehing win ie e.roreptly attended to. Pattie:or
wishing to ha se
Washing IP
l
one Without Scorching or
i Ironing '
Can b accontreodated at the rate of three cents&
piece, In Ole case the articles will be damped
and fo ded rea ly I r ironleg. Satisfrietion guar-
antee • ;
898 GEonoz Failainf.
vete JOYME T GENCY.—edr, ird,i-syth has
eel eseablished en 'army for tire em leyment of
Domestic Sexy ts n connection wit ;the Lem -
dry. Those wi hing to eecure Rervatita evilehe-
i
directed to pla 0 where they can get ti entS' Ser-
-mute wishing tio iseettre plaecs will be; est -meted
e ere o get them. lentils, 2a cents for each ap!
plicati II. GEORGE FORSYTH, : IN
4
LI
E, LIME!
A M. CAMPIALL, V. S., Licentiate and Prize- ! 1
.
lee- man of Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y., end erHE Subscri ere beg to anncuhce that they
has settled pennariently in Varna, where he will be '
Gestduate of Ontario Veterinary College, Toronto, 1 -1- have cousta tlion hand, at their
found ready and willing to attend to all kinds of 4; ...trey) jiriin, Wed of Vanatol' Saw
in all kinds of weather, and al, all hours. Rersi-
perance Hall.
diseases, in all kinds of animals (man excepted),
donee and office two 400rs east of Cook's Tem- 1
819 I, Br2188e/8,
AINZY feUANTITY OF
i .
VETERINARY SURGEON. --D. MeNAUGIIT, : ,
Y Y. S., bees to announce to the inhabitants of • FRES11 rIURNT LOME.
been awarded the diplema of the Ontario Veterin-. _
ary College, and ia now prepared to treat disertees ,,,,e,„,„ i
pRICE-14e pet bu hel at the kiln.
.
TOWN & 1.1171elelOW8.
of Horses; and Cattle null all domestic. aul Male; 'He-, --':::- '''''''''
has opened an fence in counection with his horse- : `e.--- ' --- -J1.-
shoeing ehop, whcre lict: will be found ready to at-
tended to. Itesidenees ofilee and temp iu the rear i' TE_ MPER NCE AND Ht,fiLTH.
i
tend to calls. Digeatitli of the feet weecially at- '
el Killoran & Eyan'a new store. All kinds of Yet. THE MESSINA LEMONADE PO*D1 „ El;
Seatorth eurrounding country that he has
erinary lledicinel kept eonstatelv on Mind ;:
.
,
Charges reaeonab e. t s "TUL and Cooling Temperance
229 ; 1-1.
- _ -. -eel-- _
_ . Beverege, ss pi epared from tbe Beet Messina
110`.11'ELM. .
— • —
VICTORIA -IICY.CEL, WALTON.—John Winter,
Proptietor. This hotel eituated on the
Gravel Road, 10 miles mirth of Seale; th, and pos-
80;808 eyerr acermiTuotlation and cOmfo,rt for tiny -
Were. The best beande of !ignore awe efgars kept
in the bar, a nil earefre :led tteete, bootler in
11.: Mance. 6004 stalline le 'connection. with
. 850
the hotel,
reieVIS' If ,tieiewAY JJ teleSE. Tbix betel
fituated half %;ey bete eee eeelfetele
•rlihM" la ne le en tliorongley rendvat-
i -.I eh THE nridereigined; who, lit efinsegilence of ill
flit in, emuntre tit:0.371 in the
ffil C1)10113 jilt:alined ell and ' sundry t
t2
t rex tion s. '' 'Elie old getitIchnitii wa co • .1(,,!e•T;titt!re ;SPA?! tirt.
fieni (Ilay bound. for Ili ni• t
, pa AG .t el .
awl, otirsavesi asv4titing (ind
•
the calm,
ntion to all its -various lieautiee nd a - the tn tartlet furl,. went of the people for tie
Lemone of our own iraportatim, ctnita0ing their
delightful flavor concentrated forte.
make a better Old more delicious bevezittge at one-
, fourth of the coot, rind in much less tette than the
' lemonade prepared in the genera) way . ,Themosf
o practical thing eor excureioneti
bare; & e, Sole Ageet for Seaforth vicinity's
3Ir. F. MEYER4 Soda Water Manufeeterer.
Sete Proprietore, ItOSENHEIM. & 40NAS,
and 22 St„ Melee Street, Montreal. - • 821-13
_
A GOOD BUINESS
I WaS standing near the tafiraii o
sultry afternoon, when the surface of tl
sea was as smooth and n Unlined as a m
ror, and looking up at the sa,vage heigh
that frowned on the barbarouls trib s
that still, in their • rugged fastness(
bade defience alike to ChinMe 'euenitt
and :fteropeen civilizatio 1, and now 1
vertine to q ifiet CleVeeteak wh
doubtless my Dohs was thinking of, al
perhaps praying for, me, when 1 f5elt
Saw beside me a lcaa olc sail()
twitch at my sleeve, and , form
whose jaunty jodket -of white dt ck co
tasted oddly with his Weather-beatc
1,
1"-
ri
odetely captivated by the young ma! vine‘d: •Thos, no
; and formed for nun the highest ttachl- Qe writ- *a° " I lja"
merit. Congress lidjourned and the youn
man returned to his home in Ohio ; bu
n "ten:tined in the city
hen _visited Balt.mor
wti,..s taken ill, ar d in -
Cie old gentlem,
fe‘v days and
While there be
thedtately hasteved back to Washi
rowing .worse, reeolved to ma
mill, and heving none but very
a el unknown relatives, he determi
Ii3etow his wealth upon the youe
for. whom he heti. formed so great
tachment, De iring his tiresome
hying his address, lee wrote a few
ving infomatien of his health, cu
(posting a viSit from him Without
)(stole
is hi
istan
ied t
in at
Mail
e an(
li nes
d re
elay
for the rod ten yea
dles without auy r
Eeleetrie 011, and 8
el it would me(
Hot(' I eeper, We
have be It troubled
401 yeere, and h
-*et h lit .le or no bee
lee& c 011, which g
would x y that I e
effeet,-_ 'So oue s
triadet itay borne
and tier kit equally
----A-,:ele 'bee, Mere
have eel some but
014i -see 'it is ron
1 tho Vest medic. rum
done wo ders in 0
throats, &e., and le
dunee." — abReen!'
!
i, Ono of these I II Ill'. Thoniaie
4 the following and be con-
gingen--; Farnham Centre, le
von tilli le ted wit h rie, Li m a dem
14, Arid have Wed many reine-
,lief, until 1 tried Dr, Marilee'
nee then have bed rio attaek
mond It to allee-i-J. H. Earl,
t Shefford, P. (2 ri Wri tONI 1" r
with liver complaint for sex-
y; tried different m4101608
efit, until I tried Thomas' Ee-
ve roe harnediate relief, and I
ye used It Mine with the best
01;14 be witha-ut it, 1 here
i in easesof cute, wounds, &e.,
as good for horme ax for man."
mint, Warkworth, metros, ' I
(hods of bottlee of Belt:dna
mum' by the public ' one ' of
hey have over timed ;' it OM
mien, Township of Perey,
*tiling And relieving pain, e re
worthy of the greatest eo il-
Mandl Good 8tdbabg, good drishig sheds, good
lane opeil ., arl aild sh 4 f th
moot odaro:73'e(iiisa,tainentlitee hittymdoierhigyital,4svaroyeLoyu ir odt,r0,1A1. i Ile will either will or rent his bowies and loteon
, ele to water hone , C. DANTE, Proprietor, • capits I piece for ex/person clothing to earl:Yon
"--7-% .-7:------ - ----:** -:, 1 V E it V. , Nrivnlidi:lirzligs:::mi. conimodioox Malik. 'Tbis is 6
' h
__see__ ...... _ _ .....___. ___ _. i . -•; e88-20 JOHN C. WIDEMA.le, Zurich.
T A. SHA RP's IVE1117 AND SALE STABLES,
• Office—A t 31 rrasex Hotel, 8eatotth. Good THE PRICE 01? STOCK IN TIM
bealtb, hitei de resigning bis buelnese as Har-
t:Wee 3iaker 113 t 10 VI ll ;tee of &nide will &fee Mr
/,
Rale his entire s ock, cone -feting 01 '
. IiARDWABE 'LEATHER. &e,
, P
_ ; artless -making. or partieulars apply to the
Hareem and liest-els He, COI veyaneee sea-; onhaild,
Iefleet•IMILANEOUS.
(MN STRUT US, Wool Carder and Cloth
Drees er, Wool Factory, Be sil 'eefe:52
P. BRINE, leenced Anetioneer for the
ee • County of uron. Seles attended in rill
Parts of the Cou ty. Ael onion left at the Ex-
goseron Office wil be promptly attended to.
•
CAA' ADA
8ILVER MINING '001
OF LONDON, Olirle, •
ArSchhuelet:binecerelualiatiltotoriVii1enstie. Si:cachoula
'chine now coding only $11 will be worth from
8100 to $150. For prospectus, tke,, apply to
'888 A. ARMITAGE,
Director for, eaforth.
•
„if E la: —1.- rig' ht to a
:
i Blieleanti-vgmuelitilltLar,nlisvefliii:a7g3tileea':ithrnhl,e7,, miwtture'tonirtasteridi_ii
,
1."14 weffaeriaYnl**(Terte"kiteillatil"emdocensisuktly-stn:0;
4":t4.din:::,oti hiel br e; ma;:ttrth's6:0:t lay' 'a akePPentherr: leduthir4dit:- i
1
etfeet e see, this ie.the thirtieth,"
" ihe thirtieth, I" I exclairned -the jUdige
-411Sslt*tivertt:13g110eUsonla;f1;iirYbiepAeCfa4trildai:thposedlt a 'te',' over,
- 14, Queer, isn't ,
"-"'' I , ,
eannetivlooit4F0farotmbeetia.:pminreer :08taointianyy.mzzy,
4 -still uth, re em oiler the 4.11ZZi• ,,
11-140 OWil intportaneee let bim re, 1
iyaesilib/md"bero ivrte1:4hatgelftm31:9,14fttnfignatralydriW42111;11" bt: 41
deltil Itfoftil sban141 youth' Icia'sed li-is ;jtj
voice, "Ahl, Jim 1 g fear yon ha,ve aimed ,
11111411riterto kweetheaciwelissinentrtes,4readbmis, st 41,h,cP P 4 az: f 41S' t isiti difh;thi-savill'47aeuts4,:teTteritripeliellof 4
j'inj_tA4'eabnalteirepluyittbiarea'atitdhe?:1;tet
ty giri sat
facing cachkither ap a party, The youth,
smitten aviiih the charms of the maiden,
The°8thenlY goirtoentiethditticlditedtetniKaaitne4eiellsYf,0107tk;nattnakdenedrthteheeewytaonallblteit, i
express what he leo Warmly felt, bore
I- uncewith ,tia:rettAlsvhaene4crleda Oulitttl:"TeTolkelhnersie: '
Bobby I if on Jowl me,say no, but don t
di_rtymnthyasi
luxury of a buggy it. a young y--4
be urges het to greater speed he her toilet4
by ocifera, mg thtough the hall door, t
. .
Ai ery Kate!' This rig knoeks ine'l
out of fif cents an hour, and I /mita i
got more t n a &Mar and a half," Then ,
she ruphes out with her mouth full of a
pins, and finishessticking on the ribbons ,
ss she sails'through the saburbe. - -
--A lum rman being, but poorly pre- i 4
; ,
Tided veitbeinatetiale for austenauce for
his men, fell them iith pork cooked with
the rind upon it, I A yOung man of
the company, nOt liking that outer
portion of! the Piod, was observed.
by the h4ist to ':be carefully remov-
ino ' the ottt side Overfly, whereupon
mme host !said, "ll'onug man, we eat
• rind and all here." 1 To which the youth
replied, " All tiglite old man, I'm eattin
it off for yele.". I 1
, .
—A cleriyman, vOsiting ha the palish of -'
St.Niniansicanletos house where he wish -
1
ed to get a Iiible for eferenee, The gnide-
wife told her datig ter to 4' look for the
book on the tap o' e aumry," The girl
searched, b t couldlnot find it, when the .
la
the 'mother said, " 11"reserve me, I'm sure.
it maim be ithereabeuts Borne way, for we.
bad it at t time oldie flitting. "And
1
when did y u flit ri said the minister.
see ;-it will.be nineteen years zome;Bel-
• Tt .aonew,h,,ieh t 1 e wife riaplied, "Aye, let me
I
: A Mrifght. AdVenture.
a '
The ether night, ationt balf-past twelve
oia Major horudikle was awakened by a
, tremendonet, pitti at his front door,
' Now thel jor, !although he holds a
militaty co m.issioti, is apt to be a tri
timid in fly ' t finte ; so he awakened.
his better I to have the benefit of le
judgment *the 1314 -ter, ,
64 SYhat 'appears! to be the trouble'?"
i
inquired I e old I aiY. i
-44 Trod) e enotigic" replied the Major;
" sontebodir is rapping at our front -door
as though he lieu* was on fire, and. you
liad, and y n liad better get up and. see
•
1
kingsr
Clint* man indulges in the
4
to yelinj„.e,
speuse
old cowa 1 e
" Ge.t U 011
ed Tsui a
J
1
" What ind of p. head :of
you call y urself, any waYr
"Now, MTS. T tormlike, gently -
or, "oo reasonable 1
monstra the 1,
aboutthis ; you ow very well that
there_is a tueler or a 'bur r at the
door,'ihe ouldn't be mean e
Martha 3- e ; go I .1 lta a rat :P.. P e a
barman u rote
better fe gss" i
t` I'll ap eat to •Ottr bead head wi
bootjack, you d n't start in just a
fifteen s rids, yo dilapidated old i
inota;tes si: g d the iehoisen of his bealt
jumpe ou I bed and ii ted a as she
I
Mai orlitormlike hadreeided with Mates, -
well untlastoog the peculiarities of her
(tilimspos,faintielor twenti y-sevett7ars, and
4 Well, keell, wle " said. be, "r
petsbaotninpebstubit yoeu,ohf t better go with me, for
dor°w
All this e the peon( .
and. thum ng at fron ,
ceased for ne ins t„ 1
It seem a as th ugh Bildban. had bro
en loose, and the ir on! Major Thorn--
' dike's head stood iti till tke !string of his
quivietthd like aspen
red flannel' nigh
i
lea.ves,
pusti moue
lute
a family -do
h. a
neighbors are si
ana
r bad no
-
He gra4ped the trilogy Sword. -with i
- which behadirarslia,lles1 4ishattalions to i
, victory in 'many a *albeit eham fight, atid ,
atiwith i f e as pallid as ' clay- he wigs.- .
pered I -
1
,
' Comej Martht. Jane, wad let us seek :
iv
this dangeious foe " ,
"Oh, yen' bail tter go to bed a
have another naii, you weather-beate
old settin' hen," rfimarkeethis Wife! 442'
4
i
Bid the :441ajer ,tonsideted his honor
1
etake, am down they went ,together.
The mil tary chieftain, with ilia WO
at "shoul ler anin" led the 'way, end the
old lad -Y, With a lterosede lamp in one
hand -and it bootjark in the other, brought
lin go alone," I
-up the reir.
i I
And eti 1 the rappieg and kicking
the outside door slontinued , '`,
Down t le back! etairs through -the
long ent that linelanelioly procession
slowly pa sed, i -
Arrive aethe door, the commanderain-
ehief fafn y ejeeu ated. "lialt I" and then
tit
to the dis tuber the outside he war-
bled ; 44 Vholt t ere V' '
" It's nie ; let ine in."
4' 'Who fin thunder is t" gaia the
Major, hiit courage risin be thought
he meog,nieed;the 1 voice,
" It is on Blaisdell, your next door
Teac
neighbor, ' repliedithe man on the outside,
"and I le ant to dome iu;"
Slowly land cautious' hey unfastened
the door and Uri, orodike, whose
costume t:tas somewhat niadeoustee set