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The Huron Expositor, 1875-09-03, Page 2A EA-13IDE ADVENTURE. ed at, and hearathat a reward of i5,1 as offered for my recovery. I was in rather a poor state of health "We've got you, and, wi le keep yo earipd by on and amealtious attention saidt the policeman. "Here co fo busineso in the firm to which I belong- the ehaise to pick us u So into t ed in Or tied Friere, My physician chaise I was put, in 8 A 1, O of all rem - Pt esLie *nommen( ed. rest and ticaeair. I WAS tn stranee. Ye to some quiet pot jou the sea/side, Now, 1 ate" it thee of p i ,lielsessilfnoiti,1- 1,taaraviso8ima elaett, ihtouwrse,aia4ndbe all atilotnb you& and x , mintrmteyinpperreisse ito t great thing if I could, night after night, was ettach to annoy, th get a some. steep, and be for a time free sonal indignity of in f any aux ety, Rest for the braim was mystery that hung ov o be the 8 vereign cure. Acting on this futeretnnight make ev leasant ad -ice, I chose Lulworth in Dor- philosopher uneasy, etshire, as quiet and dull a place as crumbs of comfort to ould pos lily he discovered. To • help ludicrous absurdity o he cure, ilwas medically recommended fair, ro avoid tle glare of suushine, to wear ' Happily, in this out of -the -way, spot blue spec dee, and have my hair mit there was: no one to reeog lie me as tic hort ; allf whieh, with other advices, branded felon borne back in fetters I. (r attended to. • the prison from which la d escaped. If Passing ver any account of the joure " the chief" in Orutel ed Friars wcrc 1 ey--exceat ' that a fitherman, of the close at head, or -even th melanch y name of Vye, who happened to be at interesting young lady, those glan s Vool (the little' station for Lulworth,). _ had pierced rny green s ee aeles, I inlet' it , # rove me apron in bus gig to my destine- have hung my head ; but knew th7 . . tion, and proved a vett, agreeable coir.- after all, this was only1 a case of te aanion—behold mu at Lulworth, poking porary inconvenience ; c uld not fa I, boat for lodgings, and finding accom- sooner or later, to; suceeecl n proving ny 1 °dation at, an _old-fashioned cottage, identity, and that I mu t be then at ou e ept by one M re. Cruxley. As for dull. set free. B;Lr the pert nal discomfo • 1 ess, nothing could match the eituation. the Joss of ; e good snit of clothes, & 'he enly living objects to arouse curios- aud the escaPe of some lardiied %%trete • ty were a lady and her daughter, who, thanks to my unconecio is assistanec, t e by some awful sorrow. I sew that the few were likely to co p se Ile- th's eilking altaut, seemed to be bone down present wascurious e -p rience, ivhi h daughter was an extremely intereeting way I argued myself itoI laughing 1 - girl, with a Fair of eyes which, as most at this! excellent ra4tiea1 joke, cy met mine, imparted even through which Self teas the p inc pal su ere ii iy blue epectacles a peculiar setesa- and the end of which, for all I 'lei • tion. might still he indefinitely delayed. r days and days I spent the :nost Away, in the twiligh g earning, ov r . , - F lionotonot4 and regular life by degrees , the downs for a mile oi two, and. loi g exteruling ney welks along the cliffs, .and the white winding eh lk reeds t:& 0 e n eking the acquaintance of the coast- more level : and woode c witty ; th n nerd, enscenced in his turf shelter just past farms, and betwee tal1 hedge •o s bove the cove. Wherever 1 went, there and straggling Villages, inti1 we rea .11 -ere the two ladies, peering :about, and the outskirts of . W y otith ; th a citing curiosity in their movements. r through the lighted str ets and paled s ander where I would along the el;ifis. ' of the fashionable wat rin -place, ilik with pet company an4 tncrry rnusid threadingiour way acres a bridge, a docks and Wharfs, and. shipping, till n he long fl e hesil Ben , the maid in . t the glori s f verYthing it the ridge lei t t inkling tar s the ma sit ohed Jilc V bhtiiilla, that ate' d this r a hey see t honesty. M u ng that on e we re he e rison it wa lace was lo el s litary lam y gates, to ch- ile tips ofth 11 heir pa ele ou and touch d t ie next min me six inehe th door, an( f two Whit. bt ess, to the In :• now a we el ?" tient dive i- asily ru ffle titian, e ugh the p r - al rest, and. t le ✓ y immediate t most etelid I# er a ere sot ie lieot from .t)le tl e whole f- THE which were &et unlocked then locked, then te4ocker1t and lockagin, till it seemed SS if I was now all safe as the •erewn jewels, or a toad ientombed alive inta granite rook. At length we reach-. cell a block of huildinge : libUo apart, with double doors, through which we pained, as we had. the 'Others, and I found myself on the groferld-floor of an unmistakable prison. There were three rows of cells, tier above itier, the: upper with a narrow lauding a d' a bright steel A$ we entered, another warder met US ; he was in slipp a,nd Walked noiseletsly, like a ghost. In a sepiilchral voice, he said: "Forty-six,sir, and all correct." " This will make 47, Mk. Moun- say," said my conduct r ; " it's that Raschkoff." . " Shall I put hirn in t.lie dark, sir ?" was the eager query. "No ; in an ordinary cell ; but keep an eye on the trap, and. 't atoll Mtn care- fully, or he'll break prion again ; he's clever eno ugh " /1 who the ft.Q.$1179-1t, ere at last," I said, "is some one HOW'S I am not Raschkoff." k# on, Mr. Du kley, go on," said' °vermin But Dunkley could not go 01,- ; already, wit self-interest quick- enin his intellect, i had dawned, pm 1,1 him that they had caught the wrong inan,1 that Raischkoff was still at rge, and that, 'therefore, the seven minia- ture Dunkleys were far from secure from wan I w my opportu wish to ohserv , 'Noce I" ' wish to observ ilence 1" again, 61 CC toril "1 lute, is Jo A eour laugl ity. jrr - Weemout you, eithe ladies and you three "Ifieriesswt stioiceiactoinovnie was it real that Vye , i A,5 I po tion maste • and come pvaypeegaer c , 1 again. 1 and more iere p- this to Ri 0. most forgot Ime there's noth it to the fi Of cou s Inanadk °I Vw3le Lul worth. The par cart at my ing quite merely to t Hotel, Lu wernattilo'gre‘ivg. eonsthrnat ngue, my arrival sepdoiceantod hi 1 lasch- had been c .spectacles with the 1 count of t werethiee f t astute nati Indeed, coast -guard lit it, laandllitsuilL, he station niester's coofirin- inetsollitichitooNrs in chliMenFerry,DGEoNdierirristers i na • tiffi. ation of Atte story, 1 slituld not have t-' . - will speak !" I said, growl!) "I wish to obeerve that m n n Wray. of Cri tched .1) which annou cement th little was immethat convuls with ter. Evid ea] the joke of my alleg el mistaken identity was considered high amusing. 1 " repeat, my name is Wray, lid not t;• I was introduced forthwith into an ' Rase koff.". _ I " ordinary cell"—four bare walls, with Tr, governor for the =meet n°i°,1koneds loophole window well betted, and wir- as if ed. over. There was nothing in the ; were istent place but a gatta-percha Piot pot, and a ' insol ; a bed of smooth have plank a little raised .Bu from the floor, • ' " He , " Keep silence, will you 1." said, for koff. the thousendth time, -the superior war- '‘ der, as, for the thhasimdth time, who I tried to protest that was not Basch- total koff. - " Mind, Mr. Mouns ye You don't let mat, him talk to you in the night ; he'll be poore trying it On again, you may depend. " Give him his bed, and jfill his pint— gate there ;" and tleey left niej. ; secon Alone, at last, and in a solitary cell- in scale, Portiere' Prison 1 The dreadful truth preiseeb. was difficult ,to realize ; hilt bare baud D bolts, and iron doors, are ' lid Las not Cer8 C 'easily explained away. I :felt as miser- were able now as if, I was doomed to be hang- Rase ed next mernivg, As I:Inive said, froni he h the first moment of my capture I had saw a treated my mishap as a joke—no more ; end all buoyed. inapt( up /With. th that at this prison itselfl. would be at once discove d I had said to myself, the o will know I am net th ' tea three, and though all had ( the runaway. But it . em one knew anything of the already passed through t features closely, no syllable my identity had followed' tion. ;What if I should e out the real convict's tin) , ,eeking vain- ly from. day to day, and year to year, to make iny protest plain? This would be too severe a dose indeed, Yes, I was most miserable. . Cold, !wretched and nearly starved, for no food had crossed my lips since noon, I athered myself upon theliard pallet, tried to groan my - I together, and, sinking ittetly dejected self to ',sleep. I must have slept;ibut the slumber at first Was fitful, and often , disturbed- by the click of a latch at my eell door, and a flash of bright light thtaugh a narrow slit turned on to where the warder on the inert other escape. :Even the this wore off, and I bee unconscious, to be aeons i deafening peal of bells r my head. The dawn w pale, , sickly .tones, thr workof the tinywindow, that this was the prison - to begin the labors Of t hardly at all refreshed b terribly faint from want "Can 1 see ' a ' doc as two new warders carr and told me petemptoril and strip. \ ' " Of course-tou can. p t first of all we must search:\ you ; it! Ought to have been clone last 'night, only:,you took us Raschkoff?" - j• . all by surprise—as you you hooked it. j How di( I tell you Ifol not Rai Both the officer's larigh " You'll be the death koff? But there—wash close on breakfast tint°, a 1 you shall see the young d - `They brought me a pan Mg hot •cocoa, and a ma devoured eagerly. They there was milk in the c 3 bread was finsh and whit courage from the food. ie would eat me little less aghast nee. Dunkley at last found his t s right, sir He's not tall !" ot Itaachkoff !" from the go and his Myr at my per . , 'they appeered to be forever on the out- 1Pok for some object on the limizon. There was a Mystery about them I could rot fathom, length we emerged up Well. three weeks passed, and one af- causeway that tops ti 3rnoon, after a heavy sea.fog, whieh had and toins Portland to sted for 8'x -end -thirty hours, I strolled The night had fallen, b f r away toss the downs, and struck a full moon flooded t e coast al nest at the extreme western t light. On eaeh side of e d of the enge of tall chalk cliffs. It the quiet sea beneath th a as the far hest•point I had just rea.ched a id it revealed the altered character of t e count and shore, which here adually fl ttened out until it was near - 01 1. :i dead level, stretching towards the distant townof Weymouth. The soli- tude of . the spot, - the :balmy -aelturnnal • ain. the smooth sea, and pleasant -sandy • hearth, all suggested : a bath. Clarnbe-re trig down the rocks, I WAS about te. un- dress under -;tlie lee of the cliffs,: when I was :startled ab hearing, as I imegined, a. , footstep -in the loose ;shingle, ' Yet no :human ereature was visible. I donclud- ed that thesaand was a mere fancy; and • :so assuredel, Was soon in the full enjoy-, .ment of a. ditlightful• ,bath in the placid ' ocean •before me.• . By s•wimuting out to seMe roe'its .that . . :rase above the Sea, I abandoned Myself ;to: the pleated 'novelty of ' the situation; 'Only by ehence did 1. cast my eyes land- ivard, and ithete,; to . my Vexation, .was.a . •:strang.er on :the beach,. 'It -must have - been his footstep I had. heard; and how he had conceit:led himself, I could not divitie. Yet, there he was ; and, to add to - my consternation, he began to take tiff hie Dien &attics, and to deem himself en mine. a , first iniptil80 was to - call :oat, -and ne t to swirn hastily to . the hore,.- and .give chase. All ,niy. efforts •-ere vain. 1Before I tonehed the shin.g-• ye beach, the stranger,. or thief I must . : cett him, had donned my' garments. and vanished among the cliffs. I was naked and lielpless„; ilfy aid§ teseurce was- to 'nit on the olkittes which the wretch had , . 1 eft as his °We, . Here was .an extraordinary source Of ;plexity. :The thought of haVing tc, 11 and ught in front loon ed. promontory of Vortland co lion against the moonlit k -, Miles high it seemed, th rible ascent, steep as th cli many who have also tra el if, when once again . fre struggle from crime courage sank somewhat gradient, and by the ti the gloomy portals of t attits lowest ebb. The and silent as the tomb ; ,fliekered above the hea ing,with spots of lustre stet,' nails :that studded One_p.f my escort jumper ed a deep toned bell; a ute a little window, s square, was , opened in through it I saw the glee eyeballs, belonging; do sante head, from. which e gruff and,threatening ' ' We've got him !" . Instantly the voice eh clear the escape Was the anxiety to all at Portlan was joyful news. " What! Itaschkoff ? Fe these . an all other mercies, the Lord s name b praised !" As if 1, in y haracter o Raschkoff, was a very excel ent dinne about to be digested by th establish 1, ment. ' .. With a solemn clang ng sound, th 'heavy doors I swung' beak epon thei hinges, arid I :was inside lmost like clock -work, they closed a ran behind we, and although I knew that m incarcera- tion was certittn to be Atilt, I felt quite thigunthed moment I immediate ked indig- ence. Wray, of policeman, • ng (1. ' It wa source of dee • d that th t these clothes filled Inc with dis- as if hope were altogether e t. A„mo e motley and coarse: attire from my breast. At teat ad never can, only fit, as imagined, would gladly have ed a mount bink of the 'lowest chime- release at any' price, and I a There was, however, no choicet nantly to set the governor at unless I wished to walk to -Dilworth in " He says he's Mr. Joh thd costume Of our first parents. It was Crutched Friars," said the ome consolation that this incomprehen- with a sible dres8 s tolerably clean, and was "Always was the artfultest villain itot on the whole a bad, ;fit.' The odd out," replied:the gatekeeper, !pointing to thing was the diversity of colors and me menacingly ' with Int 1 eevy key. marks. There was conspituously starnp- " It's not the first time, he s done it, ed the letters 1'. 8., and below them the- neither ; call's himself a gen leman, be- ligyres 5755. Ridiculous, as was this cause he was convicted for s me genteel strtate attire it was dear that I about(' crime, forgery, or like that tle was esten,"' to the merest coast -guard station away six months last time I ut we nab - a id give notice of the. robbery; As the a -ternoon was waning, the •e was no tale_ But he made ,his ' guy' again t ' be 'mit. 1 • . ing to the fog, and got away ; On straggli g, hatless, up the side of as butter. It's here to -day t e eliff, 1 no iced two figures watching and gone toinerrow." ' i 0 euriously from above; They were " Ay, arid beak again at i b ye, who, as I approached them, Waved the sailor, pr founclly. t• eir ceps, a (I, with a eudden Wyatt " I Insist on seeing the J2 .e. off at the op of their a eed. Gain- at once," I said, interruptin i ee the erest I, f .the high own, I' again logue. . 0, ught sight Of the boys etill running. ' That you tyilt, and some P: etently, two men met them ;' they care to, either, . He'll be • in r, the boys waved their about 9. to -morrow morning, y in my direction, then all have something to say to you, rds me. I, in my turn, private and particular," , and, as 1 coast•guards As we r.e. I back behi themselves bed him the $, just as you have now. this moin- as smooth with hlim, oke togeth e.xcited advanced tow. Moved. to the saw one was a er a policeman ex' the bovs. fe a di the men se --Tingly heti ating aad esolute. major might want to speak But I wen on, and. s soon as I morrow. Goed-night !" 8 Close enoi gh to speak said to the Good -night !' liceman :• The gates were o iened agan " Ah you' n just the m I wanted see." " Funny, i m in we wan tec pproaehed, I " 'There's no call fer us to an, the (yell- the policeman; "we can 10 red each oth- way in the morning for the re (1 the men, Off you go, then; but half halted, ter stay in the village to- n't it? Yo i're just the was the r ; and in afterwards I was. ordeted m eitother second the coast -guardsman had the inner gate' , ight," E governor, the ia- than ou his oifice and he'll I suspect, vain" s k up t ns ard." you'd bet- ight ; the to you. to- unpleasant mall. long I had previ knowledge on d he mistake over • Of course than cials there At Raschkoff, angril d as if no ' 0 ort. I had were e hands of grace scanned inn how d of doubt of make heir inspec. On ept to serve been force, shoul life. " B on, " nivan convi are m heels next " A hotly thing and tl .I!; lay. It was free, i to prevent an- fore y Strangeness of be eat rne thoroughly of Qu li at last by a "N ing I just above Your e :struggling in MY h the wire. to giv n.nd I guessed The 41—the signal him t e; day, I was " Bi y sleep, and you an g food, your i r?" I asked, " T e: into my cell, and o to stead up to mY Crutch down '? r I don't' ly remember Anyhow, gave the two he gentleman I took to be irst to Southampton, by the hteo;minporireextfiecan 5y•i , and BeArT61):::::Agya-ee.orlieie; I:717w - hat iffe vineed7Thlolai,Ellre":3:1°115:4”:14-; 1:4111 and those two ladies ? A ld there have been betweeridn preporatioim oflum_etontlitinute0./ofvfhtiallepti_covaileleewigte • he, disguised in my dre$R# the impartial A a Mr. Coombs had seen ? tr/Vifinegtti;?1 On* of ibe"fispicTrigls in? elite front sloW starvation, as ft restteet how much matter taken if the stornaeli - prepare it for oustairring- the constitution. Rums immediately supplies theinisteotij nerve invigorating the stomach saw 11 neon. Farnham Ebe.,araefgldagifononreWailt)linael larnteloatirtgileitshbe(7; ":8;tva-en' diefr withent any relief, until I tried Dr. Thomas/ Q., writes, '1 I have been afflicted. with rheilmatieu for the lost ten ycara, eta have tried 11:1103.7r in his hand. By the -way, earls, at the; Cove. I'd al. 1,1°tei ReePer, AV6st Shectora, Q w it":Pcua,triln4e waist 3°!1:ferealille.eytrelne‘rva°°,111and have triole° fee t median, Lerman. 1 ng to pay ;"; and he handed citrrier ; and very soon, he it was not unusual to effect. No one would say that I have ti d 't i lectrie Oil which pave ro d• mas'Ee- and think t equally SS gOat 101' horqe °ID with little,or 110 1/SI1 tried it on nay horsea in cat:s-'07titehe.60,8,teritte' te eve been troubled -with n -s, 11,,,t€8, r man ohotti;eb nett" witit the be 14; I7t)fl)Jij(flh1 It to efit, nerit7nilmIlet'leftriltneTrheif 1,-,1!td Injolattlek tpraplamt zor-sea, once again jelling towards mitybee, meroianti work have Bold Home hUndreds bwn't"- bY the Ipe:bolle,oineet'14 lay in the; bottom of the on, wed it is ri•orto throats, acigand is worth of th , rownahip of pare; the best medicinea they have ever f %as*: sually that it was directed et, and I rertember observ- -mites, ex was persuaded to try Thornaa' Belera re (lexica!, seph _ul,fin e areateat one done wonders in healing and relievingngepd 110 'orth," and that the hand - that of a lady, and had rath- I me or ie " l'rerprietor of the Cove ee or oni 3 ern s, an, never found. anything ,tric Oil for a lame knee -which troubled t haraeter ,about it. Intense 1;41,1kFeoirtivfeaer:suIdulgavi3O%leeeennes:ouIbtlei: igre benefit."—A: IL Hamilton, Warkwort-h, a -rites. :ankle, which annoyed me -s-ery ninth. Mr,Maybee of this place intingedlne to try Ecleetrie Oiltand before one bottle !,k.vas used I WSJ; eared., Hies, ,most remarkable iiredicina, Bold by all medicine ealera. Price 25 CnIts. S. N.. THOMAS, Puna's, .Y. And NORTHROP &LYMAN, Toronto,Ont., °S1,21AegeteendtasnielEtlheeCtrYznentid.nifincdn Nin°Tsff'e'd.117,t11; nickfmn & co Iarrotalen. 4.1111.111.111.11F1184 -4.A. o and wondet prevailed on at the inn, Bverywhere it arly settlPd that 1 had elop- ugh nand of; the gossips I creole seen the man in the blue dt himself still one short of !his (I brow* billy -cock go off numbeit j les, except Mr. Atye, his ae- ot Raschkoff I". from the police- t event, and my abeense, who felt himself a fool, and R5 o and two, Which, put to- gether,. 'o doubt in thie minds of the ot Raachkeff I't` from the pious . eper, from the 'het warder to the third, end so on alo as alt in turn expressed thei But their was no doubt a ey was positive ; and othe rroborated his statement. pleety now 'who knew th koff by sight ; warders with been in daily contact, an( once that I was quite a di It was my misfortune that us evening, none of thetas h ; but in a prison, cont ,000 felons, the !mistake was osei ble. I o the mild not find that anybody, 'Ar R. SdUIER, Barrister, Attorney fn Chane. • ery, &e., Goderich, Ont. Oilice—over-ig„- ig the ean or th.e owner of the it / , lletlor Ai Co.'s Emporium, Market Square, 2,6r sur- i igs, had seea the fellow, e hare helieyed it, . , My room d belongings had been le undisturbe and it was etith no snia relief that once more jfund myse wearing clo Iles of my own. Whilst' was setting yself a lettlejto rights, an puzzling ow elle connectitn which ther seemed to between the two ladle and the ma to whom I owed so muc misery, the 1 ndlord. appeared, with tie brought from the statio hiblemal who er n he been ining more last the governor spoke, and pared we b : ! . in bis hand. ,but this is o absurd. What " This 'er ' ou about, all if you ? Itti dike cording to t 11 ! And you Air !—this to me-- .Itlit undone , , and 1 • for you, sir, I 'Tct, ac direction inside it. the outer colter, and with m was a seeped parcel, directed as fol lows "For the Gentlem n who wear Blue Spect les, staying :at the Cov Hotel." I at the string,: and. found -- what? My clothes and wide/awake, an the contents of the pocketsimtact 1 As I exa iped there,: a sheet of note- paper fell to he floor; on it werej writ ten, in the s e hand as that on the tw directions, t se words : "Beyond tering the enclosed arti des, it is i robable that any repara tion can eve be made to the gentlema to whom th belong for the outrage t which he h been! subjeCted. If his looks have n belied him, however, it is just possible t he may Ond some con- , an apology; in learning s have been the accidental ring to a mother's and Isis- rring and repentant man. • been outraned, the gen- at least an unintentione nd whether this fact al- es or not, it is believed me these weeds are his Iprit will be 1 beyond the • orts he may be the meant; authorities to make tow - 8." re you. come he. is look like fool might have th uilty of breaki and. that I. h e to insult us 9 ught that g into pris ad insisted keep me there fOr the rest o 1 1 t let me tell you, sir. 1" he hat there is suile. a thing as e, and that it felony to as that, befor ou will be b il for trial sir !" I r- t there is s e imprison instantly se in the Ian hs older, yo es in the insist on he • f hadn'ttw past 1 ed words to escape; an ny hours older, Dorchester J • sizes." d let me tell yo n my turn, " th action for fal t if you do Mot there is any la u are many .mon in heavy dam n's Bench." noenae, sir! '1 planation." ecplanation as it these 12 hou in a few hurr whole story. t can this be corroborated? one within reach to spea entityV' re is the innkeeper. at Lulw zt iers there. Or, stay ; teleg firm, Stokes, 1,.Vray & Co Friars." 11 one of th parteers . no doubt, if its urgent." urgent. I m sorry to a courteous, or # disbelieve all I ask is the # you Will re bled n by they nt ist a you the t the lied eh a ent. me solation, an he- that his clot will means of res 'ourt itefrt'sbearmlaws a ring stliemacacenslisoasry nt0d lays his scru • that, by the I to d rheaeents,eftahney e of helping th ) anti a'recap As far off even, almost,' from. the de - e tails which I d to this' strange affair, 11 broadly speaking, the letter, nevertheless, t gave Inc an line of the truth. Whether it was a pre ceded plea between the e unhappy ladi and their .-Unhappy ret- = ative, this meting on the l Dorsetshire coast; whe le he had manatee(' to esca,pe fer the *Rem( time, knowing where they 0 - were ; whet r they, in their miser -v, a n were led to that out -of -the -why retreat bt, , , 1 a helpless lot ing to he near him, and had soforever been sitting Watching hie y house, :is. my rocky prison, and that he as: accidentally ✓ with the bow lighted on then as he had on the °pp:At "'All I ask A, to tunity my el b les gave him! for getting 'trust you :will out of the we , I shall never know. 1p dna, in my seri-was quite enot gh for me to remembe ings I might have had to ,aid the 'ant 'r 'lotion, to ta e 1 that young gi "s face, to etaylany prompt Her appealin look had more than one made me Ion to help her, and I had. don BO, if throug o merit, t least theougl own, and I was not a de . fl• aur,illYlesch- off." here" sPteoarryd;i ,/,/ In pnreitmonearict ; in IC ye ## It is i 'kiu (!ii scald - you ; #, gues t, ' ssabiecldt eheeu rgtoievre.rn of a fin elf ; it's 1, r that, be qui e -convinced. tenders nd that I am h 1 loaf, which 1 ous an 1 responsible ei Were capital ; e .1 got new " r no,t,hAinn fmoryg re sayerlaowntetheeces1 a. ?:" rnor, with a 81 i oa, and the • , bray, said 1 \the go tarp 'stock of re to- myself, 'there must be +tie one here ep a who will confces that I ath -right ; 801ne --el°, ot convicts', hu one who can swear to •the treat ilischkoff. prisone s on discharge. Apel then it occurred to me thatil would private itoeoenee,ea.,n, d you let matttrs take their couree, and desist change from speaking another wo et in y own In h f an hour 1 w i defence. I wondered onlyow long the and -at he\ right side of farce would centime. . I h plenty of "my hos . e visitors in the next hour o two. First, Our r. Stokes arri e had been by five, with full, proof of le en ugh. to the go ernor was . setts ptratien. He Portlan gladly enough tteman, wear- hour af erwards. Mr. , Newer, in his to town at once, but I • ! . intendit g to walk to the ,ta with you," enough, there was Vye, (10 ! yea- send me and ny luggage in h . . station • t my first ern before. f hailed him. not rec ize me in the e "No tender you don't Ittai Me, said. ' A nice time I've een aving o -it those ast four-and-tWen y bolus." 3,1y_v ice .alone seerned # :bring bac a gleam of intelligence 1 0 his face. Slowly is eyes opened ide, had hi lower ja dropped. " Sur ly," he said, " I a tv you egoin' away I st night quite 1 to with t ladies. They sends do 0 the Cove, and ord rs a fly just f re ten—says they ar obliged to go nexPect, and mutt ca h the mailetrai and as I was a-comin over top o' Oh r h ' Hill, I see yon a-st nding at corner o CrOBB roads. Then I r )member the mo n was e -shining pretty n h as bright as t e sun at day. I was co ing down tow r is you, when up come the ladies' ' fly, d in. you gets long afo I could near y u 1 tells my missus, (1 she says : " 'end. upon it, the gent ennui's eloped ; and when I heard at the Cove this riling as you 'adn't be n home all night, I thought she was abo t right ; mayhap' Here ye stopped abr pay, looked round a he saw the s at).on master coming ut of the office,: • n4 called to him" H'f er Muster Cooinh didn't the 1 two ladi go away lest in ht with the gentlema in blue barnacle and brown ' billy -cock, same as I drove over to the Cove thee weeks age ?" 1 , "Yes, 1surely," answered Mr. Coombs, but with little hesitatioa as he looked at me. ' I certainly thee lit it Waif the same gen leman, from his d ess and short hair; bu we were rather bossy, and I didn't ta e very close notie . Wasn't it he, after 11? Now I look at you again, sir, how ie it? You have j st come from , id, too, when ou getaway, • ; the " young" &der-, as styled, though :ha was have gray hair and a co was an airy, off -hand ger Mg a stethoscope, like a button -hole. " There's . nothing wro he said angrily. " Why for me ?" "I feel faint." id "Feint !" The utter ontempt of these words madt my blood boil. "Were , you faint yesterday morning, althea you 1 ran four miles, and jumped the dyke in the fog VI' " tiyou out," sal lit smile. "W dy-made eldth s no fault of m fsreteepiMiennte's, mfolr tective. More than s all Make th lanllarrtiheisd, haaipi s hegates, garteesa;kfwaistb, Auotnuemdnaayt IA e mtyh!tdeeveetnitiyn ; I -tolnie—fiars8te°1°nGd ied ; , and leftThe system o ithin half' al t kis Went bad o out at Wool i hn .11k"a' qtdr a tilagkee i s cart from th , theee week evidently di it. E• - I sank *back almost in deepain Hap- pily 9 o'clock was now apitrtaching, and preparations began for my trial in the , my late governor's office, I was - egein stripped and- searched ; my boots' Iwerej taken companions isried forth, and in apotl er minute I heard the sound of their wheels retreating don the hill. In- mediatdY ove on to se zed me by the ,arms, whist his com- There was a: second gate pardon slippecra pair of ha (knife on my archway, a dezen feet from wrists before 1 was well aware that it. doors. This ,ras. of open iron - w S through the bers 1 could see th surprise, the lines of the Filson imildings. • 1.1 upon me. got to this in er gate, a min done. , i• my confusion and tr et did not as yet da Ti i strange t othermystery rettic mbe r th a ity, 1,_ -was d i ve the boys, as, witha yell -of triumph, tha, scampered back in the direction wi enhey ce thad- come. . •What followed 1 '; nett, is less distinct in my recellection: I Ili now only thht I proteetedt renion- str41 and begged my Captors to CX - pia! u1. n!. It was all in vain—the sailor's lip eeemed hetmetically ise led ; (tad all . , 'cud cleat from the polie man *as.- a - dr All right; push on, or we shan't get t" Portland before it's locked for the mg itr" 1 WAS evidently taken for an escaped convict, and, loi king at my dress, there were 1grounds or the supposition. Of colt se I proters ed against such a belief, told! who I was and mentioned how it was,thy clothes were stolen 'while bath- ing. All was in Vain. I was only laugh - rider the the outer work, and 'tall ont- ust as we approach- catrnent ad( ed only an- ed from the inside. Did you ring, Mr. Tootle, he asked. Ile was a tall Man in uniform, wearing a Ion g -waisted, 'veIl-Iitting grea, coat; itt his side WaB a sword, on his belt a is a the affair , in spite of ted by the ; but 1 well my perplex- eheavior of • 4., • ; bull s -eye lantern, and in 1 a bunch' of ke re " Did repeated, "1 did, sir. tt's that Resell i., police have brought him baek. " That's the 'best piece cif ews I've heard since noon. Hand h'm over, Have you sent word to ti e gover- nor?" 1 "I've rung his bell. fie o • the de- puty will be here directly. It' close on locking up time." With these seeond gates, hey cloix- ed behind. me, there seeineL fall an- other barrier between me a freedom, nor did ray new escort encoi ge me to hope for much eonsideration Through more gates and 11 eft hand ring?" he .; off; the as to id ra, leo from. me, and I got, a pair o het slipper. Then, all at °rice, eChOIilg along the passages came a cry for ' Raschkoff ;" and Rasehkoff—thiat is to say. I, John Wray, of Crutched Friars—thambled up two flights of narrow stairs, and entered a little clock, oil the further side of which stood a wattler with a baton ; while in front, some way 01'' If was seated a portly, imposiog personage et a high. desk, and surrounding lith 1 a group of officials, among WilOill Were my friends, the coast -guard sailer' and the policeman. : .,, . " 5755 Raschkeft ! charged with mak- ing his escapee resisting the 'police, insolence to the gate keeper, and giv- ing the assistant surgeon huneeessery -trou ble." • „ , ead eloud, and then, without Waiting to . i . All this the aforesaid portly gentleman ear me plead, cellecl upon intr. captors to give their story. . j' ; This has already been told; ' It was a little embellished, no doubt t to glorify their courage. Next, came Annkley, the tether of seven children, whitirn I, in my 4haracter Raschkoff, was reheat to rob pf their bread. Dunkley was about to plunge into details of the clattng mariner in which I had eluded his ;observation, s, all of • when all at once his face fell.' n years have passed since ) ned. I l'eAre been lent; it chanced I spent last ymouth with My family. 1 ' • id a visit to,Pbrtland pris. sit. Ho* different. from ernors had been changed. lisciplinet as ts obsertable , ere from late repo e, so immensely improve dfoing:adseese,aidnyar kluvildIsinoef tic:naimattenisd t(n;to itaullexkeinevdfstel as to render a 1 event sueli as I have de-, in all kinds of weather, and at all hours. Re& sepibed next impossible. ! 'The chief, dence and office two doors east of Cook's Tem - warder, thou 1 he did net remember me, perance Hall. 319 remembered t I escape of "5755 Ranh- ArettEnitiela SURGEON.—D. MoNAUGHT, koff." "Yes ir ;" and " 5755 Rascht Y V. S., begs to announce to theinhabitants of koff is still at rge !" 1 . Sea,torth and surro , # ring country that he hoe . I 1 I been awarded the dipl ma of tbe Ontario Vefelin- 1 aryreollege, and is now prepared to treat diaeasee SPEC L NOTICiES. 1 of Home and Cattle and all domestic animals. He I has; opened an office in. connection with his horse- estilenee and intempert slicking shop, where hewill be found ready to et - to the greatest destruct life, mainly, because it is1 any to be of no conset 1..m. C. CAMERON. I W. H. MCFADD2N. ''t El [ f 1reasonable i. 8 Ei e Opposite IWILLIA.I. 1 &Natl.- , Conveyancer and -Commie- T sioner in B. It., Wroxeter. ,Auetioneer and Appraiser. Accounts and ..notes collected on terms. ..,. aigg L. DOYLE, Barrister, Attorney, Solicitor le • Chancery, &e., Goderiah and Seaforth. Of, ce, over Jordan' s Drug Store, Goderich, and Kidd's Store, Seaforth. 851 &ARROW & WALK:0,B, Barristeni,. Attorneys. - t , Solicitors in Chancery, lc. -Office en West St., the Post Office, Godench. At 1 J. T.-OAEROW. . P. 7, li'AERE.R. ! ,•' - Otlice—two 271 Out. PIFellert.T• • . . QQUIER. li McDONALD, Bariisters, Attorneys, Solicitors in Chancery, &c., Bnissels, Out, doors-nocth of the Post Office. W. R. SQUIBB, , DANIEL MoDONALD, - Goderieb, - Brussels. -. 17.ALCOMSON & ',WATSON,' Barristers, At_tor- -L- neys Solicitors in Chancety, &e,, Clinton, Oftir:e—Firet sdoor east of the new Rofel sundial' Bank building. Money to loan ou fanu 1 s. ata-Lcoatson=„ 404 o,A.IvATsox. I 11/1 1 SOlicitors the Conveyance,-,, le - invest yearly, JJAH, oCAUGHEY & HOLMESTED, Banisters, At _ . torneys at Law, Solicitors in Chancery an4 solvency, Notaries Public, and Conveyerieent. for the R. C. Bank, Seaforth. Agentsfor. Canada Life Assurance Company, _i • N. B.-00,000 to lend at S per cent. -Fertile, Uses and Lots for sale. 63 ENSON & MEYER, Banistera and Attorneys at Law, Solid tiara in Chancery and Insolveney, Notaries Public, etc. Offieee,-,-Sea• th and Wroxeter, $23,000 of Private Funds to at once, at Eight percent. Interest, payable - 58 H. BENSON. H. W. C. MEYER. bll. so, .1` u ddnce east T4 e) Office st iYIEDICA.IL., • CAMPBELL, Seaforth, Coroner for the titeheunuetaYr.thOefilstelietiend residence, Main Street ou, • G. SCOTT, M. D. &c., Physician, Surgeon and • Accoucheur, Seaforth, Ont. Office and Mrsi- south side of Goderich Street, first door of Presbyterian Church. — ---r-r- - L. VEI1COE, M.' D,, C. !31„ Physician, sin- • geon, etc,, Cortmer for the County of Huron. and Residence, corner of Market and High ; eets, next to the Planing Mill. 1`011N u College ci F 11 C A. BURGESS, IL D., C. Mg Graduate Of -McGill 'University., Montreal, Member Of the of Physiana and Surgeons, Out., -Physi• ' n, Surgeon and Accoucheur, Seaford'. oft340— tat Door Weet of , Mr, Lumsclen's Drug Store, sid.ence, fourth henee wese-of the Presbyterian urch. Night calls attended to at realtlenee. I u 3IeGill couchear, Meyere Ki, tend I' B. PHELAN, 3,1 D., C. MI., (late of the Ann • of Shaver & Phelan, Stratford)Graduate of University, Physician, Surgeon and At- Seaforth, iOntario. Office—Rooms la Block, formerly occnpied by the late 1)r. g. Residenee—COmmercial Hotel.. Will at- at Carronbrook on Tuesday % and Fridays. 898 - ge to S op. Street, to -.4r11 I:. :-.,,.. yeiformedwithcare as 8 A. Dougall's ,A,1 -L -Ii• Griuluate H. DOWSLE Y.; M. D., L. R. C. P. S. K,, • Member of College of Physiciana and Sur- ns of Ontario. Late House Surgeon of Kings - i General and Lying-in Hospital, Phyalciany . rgeon and Accouclieur. Office --Albert -Street, osite Fair's Steam Mills, 'Reaidence—Iluren opposite Cominercial Hotel, Clinton, Out. fes_sio_n:1 caxlls la)u.)21BertnaL'Llly, tosubroztehotilt: and country. 'f 388 L. 1). . ......' .r,.. u • Dentist,&c.,Seafortb, Ontario -- Plate work, latest styles, neatly ' executed, All surgical operations arid promptitude, Fees as low can be obtained. elsewhere. Office hours from 31. to 5 P. M. llooras over Mr. A. G. Mc- Store, Main-st. . '270 M. CAMPBELL4 V. S., Licentiate and Prize- Man of Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y„ and of Ontario Veterinary College, Toronto, . . ..... AFTER war ence--colds le tin of huma considered by quence and he , until a si ve1ted into a f one oubled cold • coug, "Brya s Pu lay— irri atio a most en the Bronchi Sold by all D ers. Price 25 A Beanall,1 thing that can der the horse improve his c that is desirab Powders and it has been u own valuable with decided B are they with i it on hand in c be given at all Remember t the signature package. Nor Ont,, proprietor medicine deale 1 tend to calls. Diseases of the feet speeialilyst- tended to. Residence„ ellice and shop in the reef of 'Moran & Ryan's new store, :All eines et Vet- ern4ary Medicines kept constantly on hand; e systerna,ticelly neglect-. Ch rges reasonable. IlfOrl'ELO. 229 e, eural)le disease is con -1 ----T al pulnionary one. Every; le what is called a slight; VICTORIA HOTEL, WALTON.—jobn Winte.r, er8hniCiliclWia.:ifnemrsd'd'—iatet113reyinale-1 Ovrea-Pelrelforiaedt,°110. miles north of Seafortb, and pew - Thi hotel is situated on the at Onde, . and exert aeruies every accommodation and comfort for trar- eial in4uenlee on an elens. The best brands of liquora and cigars wet i in t e bar, and a _careful and attehtive hostierin and pulmonary organs. ` att ndanee. Good stabling in , cenneetion 4witir 1 • ists and country d- c nts per box. the otel, ..„ _ ___ /31_0 'gea1_ DA.VIS' 11A.LI-WA HOUSE Ib' h. tel zirus vsietrte_d „Irani! wwanyf xbdeotween Seafortll been thoro hly ren0 eqatur:th.,Itil,13-teEi *jr-LSorrMhnereeh ' (8 _ _) 1. ° - . " i .elleodnare.tmansed.t x•Je'ofiltrit'euobrsallannga .unteq favnerngin the iditien an ,,,D make him all County.p.,L . . 1 anielegant, tore'''. , Geeads'iebi Ith ° clgarg- ef tigthe dwievatee16 at in as any co a d Ile. adatan H a e, Reneed " goodt, iand attenrtYsteeisubiaoTstrd:rxergenaga::.7wDdlani.:31.-7silieinsga,d°27:9,:phrliftiesneidtot9L-71.tt • Ian al eyti Condition • . y y persons wYh5 0 i o drovera, and --1--t-- 14-j. 1" tile leeninnn)daa°2 efncloseu yard find she( 1 - -cei c",Iirater hio cess, and, so well pleased. ' hrriatagthe b nleayabldvi llo‘ ailislevriyhs okreseeps ' •. e of enaergency ; it ma,y i O3LIIERCIA.L LIVERY- Seaforth, Ont. T, A. ! , mes with perfect safety-. sHABP, Proprietor. CoTinfortable and. elegant naMe, , a.nd see that ' 3;18`43c ch earntagea, and first-class reliable horses always argee moderate. Office and stablea on rop & Lyman, Toronto, ed t°' Hurd & Co. is on each 01 , uron street, second door east of Main street. for Canada. Sold by all ders left at any of the hotels promptly attend - 899 1BER OF CASES BENEFIT- D sser, Woolen Factory, Biryteld. s established beyond a doubt _, i ! 1* OH▪ N STRUTHERS, Wool Carder and,Clath cy of Dr. 'Wheeler's Compound e..! t.) the lungs. Consumption in T P, \BRINE, Licenced Auctioneer for the * County of Huron. Sales attended in An es and Callsaya in the treat- s is unmistakeably the result parts of the County. All orders left at the EV aosrxen Office will be promptly attended- to., ! and poor blood. 'There is a 1 A LEX. ceeixe.ole, Practical Wateinnkkertaii le digestion, imperfect nAsizn. .4-1- jeweler, Mitchell. Customers will find it to consequent failure of nerve their interest to deal with me, as they will Ora he vital forces. The cough', the benefit of my long praetical experience in PA ight sweats and general debil, trade, THE GMAT N ed and cured the remarkable MD Ether of Phosph ment of diseases the maJority of ea of depraved nutritio loss of appetite, f nation of food, it power to maintain raising of phlegm .31114CELI.A.NE04110. reteteettei4ities of the ,-.Dudley. Mr.: . Ward became?, and Ward and took ' "y tstaP,eis he .suftertel ment as his father wii "I'llreryfe°14rt'butiree:hasiesinTateenermt:t°7 1 0 to me estate." be said ea pen My whole incon r. Wi li, that view I p Edmian, in Scotlande 4-e lilrary at Venice; 1 rep.m.reel i is raj* lave - Ae., Ste.; ' lo ion, Which 14o t me g10,000, ..lultricr oneeau t• . ays be prep imeeteeetedly paselraoestoe:tabinthl: , illebingjbioWhengsria ,i ::11 umogr le 1 11 t ' ' ' aYwearas*va'hnet6loutiladvr;laa.:1-ei t gi:Itaar tol3tihrna-D11:g ih: 4 7::1 ler tit: iey ws that of tor ' ear wee a mere talk. peakir tecqeleyrilance:etaatv.volasrusd baip Ally invented, 1)3 instances wereir ndley's eeeentr fartllicemnimase4y1 lated his on 1.' P e‘tehnred fed riends I e4. y asked Lord how he nc4ounted fox+ tbe .1gaiis711YneYsPeaki to tlerl:dYswet7t4ber'.inr ralie uasiute1ie eveningortyuvdyNaThoureqfl nested to haw down to elippi Iady$hip availed herself of the : • nity to present her two delight( thwhieychweeeloreamoworr 13sahiThe ,ozaveurhtteearirdni self in Iris usual undertone one is plain; th dark one is 1M. is vbuitutth,e.gcoafair hourpn:edirteedeadiionotigl in , "I: aln glad, , Lord,'" says at allee:Ilent:late dark intairk 0110ee pl grds ailed on -Lord Dudley to presen at C o nThey got on very we: ped nearly hal hour by the ✓ i St. James str , Lowhrerdsehitpheythe tetniself, and, aftcr a long pan* 4,Bove this tiresorne country sti be expecting :ne to ask him to; Shall I ask him or shall InO think t ntlsoitureoulxpeed ' Ibboturei:e inued: first confoundbut, recolle,e -zompaseients in malty, eammel turn AU audible solilaen ' N tiresome old Peer will, of course t tug me to dine with him to, goor shall 1, ht go? No wouldwelt taken, lee. a if icerri nh i sv ittpornomiw in lafternresstitatndte ing a lonPg'ltime with to whom he wais raying a niOrni - der gle 30rsdwDzyub:de Jae ythoxei •tiimca.ealow, .e. ,, At a dinner yen by Ler who had one oE tite best cooks don, Lord Dudley tasted. some ie m -which he did t approve, ut ting Where he as began apolo. the -company f r tie badness of -. tertairunent "The feet is," 1 "that My hendpaok was taken sesminpeleykeidttedar li-i lYthie sduinlestrseel" 4: Lord Dudley zleeeiving a visit 1 poet Rogers at is, proposed ti should go together to the Cat that with his It has often n ir)eara rhkte-add,1 -skie and sunk hieek.s, he WM in a death's headi than any min I ever seen alive 1 Accordingly, * poet had spent 1 an hour or tv abodes of mortality, and -Was -A make his exit1 the keeper, sta his death -like; apearance tried ' , him, crying oil, "Hull& 1 A back! You hate no right to ear Rogers afterward'complained Dudley that he had. cruelly elesei in this emergel c , "My dear Old Times - a ,Disimit. .Plae terfere, you lo k dso much at I rse:inckaliednthe E " I -did not lit From the • .ereeeope oodpile. _ Te top a maihe O;t thhee r da Detroit father ed a microscopeor his eon, id im the shoulder, "My son, takethis Micro4e0I out and study beauties of Ila The boy left other annisein that, and he took such groat inti ., siadamieearieh.meairuclksa,_ 0.n:riling to. on =fly replied.. - : 1 the family, he felt that he 12111 e w1-1 D. 1 a: '4111;:ri' - cld° e37:en°7Pt'll°- :1 he Irkl°-1°keV:rt eleilldee"81'11'1' improved BO rapidly, thattt the'' toraw.hich se, ye:, 1; visi re at do "Well, ?Ton net ought to see t , A ' tab"iej.ehn 1 Jo n 1" exclaim& a /shaking his le at the boy at , ound, everybodylia4a, - Thank . wh.Toenh nhisaubmd:teder-forpaaaranci4untt41 .. Pretty:_toon thi young student, to arellify his fiather, asked r; •• . ih::04F aiaitilerm, jele8 i ou 7, r look A ° ref;iie•iWtihiltepMakFitFir t, Se0:3i:Till'aP; 4 oho WRZ r4tbel!Nelisappointe fallure' to prote enthusiasm, 4s tahnd,eShtreazb4air,rirkiesedi:vere. bcm aro - "Well, you o tilt to look n yo:bTehr,e,ryy:Beyoohi,r,„;-ejivu. 131 °nil walheree, -t'' ire, thinkI.vei lii YOUt hes bug, running athx Protestedy‘ 0,aa., oluinbi teoi:t , rbd. . the a Iji 'ed b veracity, he1 viwi su ifoi:tath.het 3.e.fr. i jo ir, . a,r74; ij e o r t e d the lad . thet°ohn to1 lleavews ;1 a ' Isaghtstilt- -1 1;::01 ve' 4l 13-4*i Bel 11:ItYlfeofrthai basement, bou1ied him areuud' bee stUdy the beauties of that wood and you tak he axe and g 1:0140:eryinsostne, glxnme that TA lee does at pr t, he will t), If that boy ' continues to feel Price Prem. rid of a naturalist and Wife, These who ad gnsbing noe4 rollaanee of iojre %mil% c�rded itt WM1IIi* based on act le time and ".keitizen, read the oth a