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THB_ HIGHLANDS 7 THS CITY.
l3Y WILLIAM BLACK:
AUTHOR 07 " fi MINOR 8 Or rrarTT, ° &o.
The fairi s' and good people are ail
gone away ow, and even if any of them
were left, t e neighborhood of the Lon-
don Excha , eis about the last place in
the world ere one would naturally ex-
pect to fine. there. Neverthless, a worthy
couple living in a lane not far from the
Mansion Ouse seer regularly visited.
,each .New rear's Day by an old gentle
Man who as quite as good as a fairy,
,.
o n
� art bl eft a sovereign be-
h a
becausey
g
hind him.;: and`sd i iplicitly' did they
Count on t is visit th t on i
few sac recurrent
simple
Christmas hey indul .ed in ap
bat unwo ted luxuries, knowing that
the old get tleman's s vereign would pay
for these. Not being philosophical per-
sons, they did not ask themselves why
they should eatbetter food on Christman
Day then On any other day ; they were
content to do as their neighbors.
i The lane in which they hand had in
former times been a place of great corn-
mercial repute ; but now it had relapsed
into dingy offices, restaurants and bil-
liard rooms—the last much frequented
about midday by young gentlemen who
were supposed by their superiors or elder
partners t be at lun h. John Holloway,
his wife, two cliildrer occupied the attic
floor of on: of the tail and narrow build-
ings ; he was ta-salesman in a boot and
shoe shop in C-racechurch Street, and
these rooms were at once cheap and
handy.
justhe
ar's Da as
Now, one New Yy, Ju
was finishing his id -clay dinner, end
preparing to return to the shop, some
one came up the w oden staircase land
knocked at the don . His -wife was look-
ing after the children ; he himself an-
swered the suinmonu. He found before
him a stout, middle-sized, respectable -
looking old gentleman, who, as hp pees-
ently discovered, spoke with a pronounc-
ed Scotch accent. Perhaps it was scarce-
ly the accent that was so Scotch so much
as the grave, earnest manner of utter-
ance,' which is etj aaracteristie of •okl
Scotch people ;. for i as a matter of fact,
the stranger frequently, and apparently
unconsciously,: used American colloquial-
isms.
isms. It was the natter rather than
the manner of his speech which interest-
ed and even astounded Holloway. The
old gentleman looked about him for a sec-
ond or two in absolute silence ; then ho
said, in a low, delioerate way :
" Yoe live here ? Ay. it is strange.
The place is little altered. That is the
e
outlet Cae to the roof, is it not ?"
He looked at a square aperture above
his head , a sort of 1
wooded covering.
"\V ll, yes it i
garding the sireng
The old gentletn
for a second or tw
in an absent way
seemed'to r dolled
" My fri nd, I
am an old rnan-
You_ were sayin
not be faltered fo
been altered ? Is
Are the ridges sti!
tiles ?" I
Holloway began
gentleman was a
EXPOS1
i
,► was. 'No so nor had Mr. a nab
e out on the r of than she st al ily
)t up thee s ps, listen ng inte s tiy.
ere was her scu cl. She venture ;to
out I,er d a
.ittle bit, and lion
t
saw that his ac k was turned to her.
e could n o t re ist the tempt io ' to
it and ice.
_ et what id :s a ;see, of er all ere
s an old I man stanching on old
-
Monad tiled ro f, and appare l lost
silence and co t inpiation, ` henj lie
ok out, from a s pocket a small
a _ and e glass, and she saw t a
and treribled s e fill d* th : E
' a w
' to
id whet
was' is h
said, i11,
oil
en voice ? !
1 drink - ths
a •en, and t
d►l to you, c
at may be a i'
ditothe me1,of
la" I
He turned hi
to saw th t t
s face. ,t
er curiosity
lies could not s
at her.
lets ied in upo
e wild way
ground a
the • old
it of ange
a hed. lie
tva -el to heti,
"'false heed
o not fell."
1: +' I—I thoug
it
w a
0
u
atchway with a heave
said. Holloway, re-
er with amazement, •
an a sin stood stlen.
, looking around hi
Then he suddenl
hir'iself,
beg your pardon. .
-I forget sometimes
that the ; place had:
years ; has the roo
,he roof still. the same
11 there ? And the res
to think that the oli
rifle off his head ; but
being a good -pain •eel man, he answered
civilly that as fe back as he knew, th
attics of this old- ashioned building ha
not been altered, and that the roof wa
still. in ridges and tiled. Thereupon th
old gentleman— hose voice seemed tc
quaverat times asked if ' he ;night b
permitted to go up and out on the roo
for a couple of minutes by himself. I
would lbs a great
gladly give Hollo
trouble in getting
Holloway . hesi.
trouble. about it, i
by ; but he begs
kindness. He ; wouh
way a sovereign for hip
a ladder.
steel. There was n
Cor the steps were dos
to suspect tlfat alt wa
not right. Wrist could be the object
any one m going
old roo —on the ray sand raw aftcrnoo:
of a anuary d, yes -with nething4yis
ble bt the bash s of a lot of •butldinj�
and a it of the s.d0 wall of the Mansio4
• House ?
All he same, he looked at the old ge
tietnan. He did ' not .appear, to be on
likely o be connected with;: a gang
house- reakers. In any case, what har
could be done . in a couple of minutes
He w
the pl
had
ut on this dilapidate
eed as she
i forced. to
o fusio i y s
tees. ie l fol
The timid 1
witit her
expected jud
epee' her. H
het indiscreti
notice df it.
\Vhcr
have oii
gess - the
Tea ea
ut s eet
along.''
he hildre
session of th
ineanwlpile re
and wistful lo
1.
ar
a
e
glass to you,
you, . C rrie-
n l Lena, and
c now nd
y of he that
head as he sp
airs were
•lie same :r
a1 pelf -b
r -she found h
awful Sense g the
het conscience', daughter
nd
ie thought 'of standing g y4►ung couple, a d when
naktn an
t as tiskecl whether �nything
Imrie brought
Isis Lie"' told the soling
of ing ur- man to look ut for . lodgings in
the town, b
n
e
1
unpin
;omen
and
I se.
n
d
n -i
n w
fallen .�
shahs- to take hitn
ai ach,' diamonds; 1
a F •any of earning
ar yo, indepeud(
kenlned hard, say
hitt.' a
as al
nd could do.'
turally to the
has been retire
tain tarn: • ff
fishermen.
his will.
ing of four;,
smack amen
life as a fi h
So the 1 ti m
Mocnab and hi
growing up.
vanoed to+roan
sons when t e
he had gee t
out for av y
money iii 1
t
ut
ro
w
ea s a wild -duck tha
by the side of a moue
e was continually With th
t ast is uncle let MOhav
an of ed a crew nsis
n �
r.ther Who had bo -ght
hei selves, and then his
;r an egan.
went on, and uncan
co sin Mary lm 'e were
Ie, ndeed, had golfer
s . estate that, in the se
o was fro fishing Possibl
Greenock, hired himse f
ge, and come back with
t'He had
of : t
ocket.
Y
he king's ship that was
Id aid
a way
de him
I
cl
the country of
he ` ad found out
veliuhood which m
his uncle, and hei worked
oat he could, and drank as
'twn
y inhabitant of lei lie o •
o all th t, old John Imrie
ke,r �'
4
drawn could never' lo k upon the lad otherwise
too- than as a wild har m-scarum fellow, who
er, and was born to be a trouble to all his
look- friends ; and r t 1- st, when some .neigh -
old storekeeper that.
uncan Macnab were
01
f tilt bor hiuted to
and in his aug er
a likely-]ooki
excuse ; the question N
n thin; was as yets
be}ng matters to a
I Mr. g h
n's� )oo�c, had � the , ,
or vera ion,
erelysaid, c
my good vote
m
an gave 'cum to un erstand
at that ye that he was r of to speak to.hi cousin
unless when le was formally invited to
te_she stammer d ; .and the house.
Ise at all, i elle This abr: u l) and Harsh conduct bore
f fro f
endin� the
b
ti stinal
town,
e pr
led either u
resolved to
Iad no ex'
ave horse
mph dles:ci
oµe
her.
tale worna�
es cast i�
Ont to l
eel
nor
jj
he children, g
Oits (of things
n' know mut
Day in this
is and toys ne
are see i put
se reser s, the
a di tg the wit
1 o his f ce.
t
met
�i youngp7
ple
fk �l its natural frail. The p �p
by stealth, a
ail that nothig 11 earth should pert them, ly, she set to snake a hom
of ore It was the.ole' story over again. In tell not only in the Iof ty little
she ing it, over is .whisky and water, in selves, but actually on th
•heed. Joan 110110e Parlor, old Duricai� and there she had flower bo
r of Macomb seem bo looking a a pie- nus flowers in ,then ; and c
no ture that' w, r away. +'h picture summer evening: when Dun
j was mostly o a• W. and story night up the bank an ° gone up
dl -w fe ? when the he, ring fleet hail thought it that was a pleasant place fo
✓ the i. more prudcn' to remain in shelter --the especially as the �e was a st'
n harbor of 1 illietown a black expanse the front -wall rich insured
i afbout
►fie try s with one Cir. wo points. of green and red And then it Was that the
er Oleo fire where th. coasters had nun up their at her own fol
lights ; the .t wn i*visible only : a a semi -
n o as. circle of.' shops, their window blazin
1
semi-
s* man out. into the dark, the streets in ddyy an
ge glistening wi h the ram. Then he -could
see a young ellow, not heeding the; wet
cin u) and down in the
g 1
time tc
e of� th
ore of
e hurry
d of i th
with ma
I tears
wit
;avowed,
.
Y
OR:
afraid.. She only. bargained
all other resources
'can•should not go
wish to be left alon
eek, the size, and
had been -
to sea, for
in a town
noise of w
dered her. To th s Duncan
as he had been ab a to earn
sea, he did net do bt hewo
to do so on land.
Good fortune go
who have the let
young fellow had
in Greenock, mail;
for,work as he cot
the owner of a 's
h e�
e two
ort r
mad
occasion the gentleman in q
accompanied by hes brother.
of a bank in 'L o ndon. Th
hearing Duncan's story, and
bit impressed by he young f
face, said he thou ht he cou
situation as hall orter to a
don, with V. a week, free r
top of the house, end coals.
" These are the room:
to," said the old Scotchma
was the first hots
don,"
The young Se
brave spirit up w
solved to make the best
stances ; and the circumstan
bad. Duncan's work was
and he hacl plenty of leisure
evenings for educating hirns
that, until
ried, Dun,
he did no
ike Green=
ieh bewil-
cplied that
living apt
Id be able
erally cones to tho::
�t fear.of bad. T
been only three da s
ing such pplicatio e s
id, when h ran aero: s
hip in wh ch he ha
voyages, nd on th s
estion w
e manag:r
aatter,
perhaps a
low's fran
d get him a
ankinLo--
omsatte
e we set fo
)tch girl
:th her to
immediately set
the young wife
and bustle of
above it, and it
should not deep+
heights during o
work t
ew little
ondon ; s
as underst
nd from
ice hours.
f
u
at
s f
» . vel muco, a
: td Y
Loiiclon iaairns—ay, he a ep darkness and watehui fro
heck ok ie hi to , ► g m
ischio t ey're time the lighted doorway of or
s. ' It s " i er- shops ; then thea muffled -up 1i
from he ii'ls • young girl coming out ; then t
$ on their c ieek�
brut that ie o ' ly tl e fiest� of it onl
first of it.'
He roused I self fro his
" Good wif , when wi 1 you.
be home tb-n'g t ."
" A few m' cites of to 8, Si
Well, tell him I will come pw
a d see him. 1 want kin to
job foie me.
"
Very We Si ."
In the ever; g tube of gentl an
a thea Cin d hour ; and then i
pea ed. his er d was to ask Ho11
to take cherg= f a couple of flower
which j he, .t . Macnab, proposed. to
pace o; the f which he hadivisited in
e afternoon 1 Mr Macnab wbulcl 'fiend
pareetly to in self ' "1
the arms thit But I
used to it, ems thing
e t wi'' them flat come
nn,,
thle London ai tel
ver
hp!
1,
too, ing away of those two`to the e
y the pier, and a brief hurried, happy litter
view, netwith.stending the rain and th
e darkness,
1.
"slim But it'was quite otherwise o one oc
•
Olen
casion When Duecan Ma1onab c me hom
from the hon est voyage he h d as ye'
undertaken. It was in the snmfiner time
o b t for, he had g t back to the herring fish-
.
ng ; ar d w en lie arrived in Killietown
he heard tha
with a Ferta:
tive of iters,
. miles inland
sailor lad w.
Mrs. MacDc
ple about
farm and demanding that heshould b
allowed to see hos cousin. No onliy w
to time ith su Ch pl pts esthat favor gran ted him, but the
o )riate to the s; ason; all Highlaiicl w man also bade him res co
,would hate to
do tent. at the arm for as! long as he like
ter the sowers: road time seeing that he lad but few engfibor;,
a
catue
t,an-
oway
boxes
0
tl e boxes, h•. v
• pied from ti
a were app
et at . ll.o los a
ould 1be to w
tb time.
ha" Yes, Sir -
ve the bo
ell rather d
e could not
tb cndl.
stPerhaps so th'ng i
ruck: the o dl. Scotch
d"ately •said :
thein filled uI, and sup=
y, began to .
' � and
tl at
h c for herself
Highland. bon 6
d roof, that was the gi nt
and that other rid,>e,
Lena, wit the sea, n -
t ; and th hollow
flowers do u the den
1d that be b t the bea
of Corrie- ranach ?
her heart eh would la
her you
afternoon
ill solitud
ed sun in
the Mans
n
we ca �' e
Tl is
tininLo'-
arried h r
London, le: of circa
es were n o t
l;ht snot+h
in the to ig
lf, which to
do. Th 'n
of the ro r
e lived . r
od that s ie
er em y re n
Acco •dii
�f
for hers
ooms the
house -to
:es with va i-
n the qu et
can had s. ut
to his wi 0,
them to s• t,
ane coping to
their safe y.
irl, laughig
make, this a
ridge'. of the r
Ben-na-Brarer
that was her
visible, behin
tween, with t
of it, what coi
ful silent gle
the gladness o
and talk to those friends of
and when s e read in the
was as if she were in the.st
Corrie-Crana h, until the I
west went c own behind
House, witted a ing the rue
the ridge of Ben Lena, and t
T
it was time to descend anc
husband's suppe
He grew to avo as farm a faith
these fancies her herself. On li
t Mary Lurie was staying days and holid ys—when 1 the birth
u Mrs. MacDonald, a rela of one of their d stant frier
came rot
again, for exam : le—they is
a visit to these Highlan
e
e
a month after the old Scotch
had ceased a tall, grave pers
upon the Holloways, and . ask
they had known a ,Mr. Manna
said they did. . J
" The poor old gentleman, f he said,
" is dead. He died a few'daya ago, af-
ter lying for a long time in a.ste of in-
sensibility which followed apopllc t J
stroke. You were very well qua
with him, were you not ?"
John Holloway merely said that Mr.
Macnab had come to' his house several
times, and thathis wife and hiinsel'f had
e-
re
ti-
Tn
gh
h
it
of
lie
on
,. 1
JANUARY 14 1876,
n's visits
n ,called
l them if
,. They
ldy glow fr m
hen she k ew
prepare a er
who had 'a farm
among the hills.
is a great favorite
nald, and he made
;oing straight aw
ome fe
Now th
With thi
no acro
y to th
of
•
and had s ldom `a stranger face_ to
shall look at. T c young sailor; re Canted : t
" said 1 Son achie Fat en for seven long happysu
mer days. I II
btfiilly w
t 11 Where rho, It, was, added, a time which. ;the:
two ever a ter and remenibered s t
hap iiest of licitr life ; and theregr w u
in the gid 'snore especially, a sen ime
of gratitude even to the inanima o
ye a wyslicler jects around her—to the: s len an
beautiful g en, called Co •rie-Crenac
w t' t1 at roof o' where she a tel leer lover use to wands
�lrl story enol ae to the Myst e solitudes hof the great Be
ere was o, nue na•13raren, 'he -e ROMetimes they cool
ntil I sa l the closer °a bei d of red deer trooping quie
peeping of er the ly alone; thy• mountain• fide ; acid to t
she wee c ions more access ble Bean Leila, on the nth
n. H ots, ' good side of the valley, which they ofte
i
arra d ne one times climb dand I' glimpse Y -` "
h the up in, distant se
e ver gl
e ; bu he
t Mr. M
Ole ani
his to
an, t
to
leek' -
c ab.
was
ie oil took
id
mime.
" And 1 s
ing what con
urs. Vee]
yang story, ;
l ft to' Carle t
nod wife's.
t les, and th
a the rest o
ife, then
all. • ou
keasensib
o story
hisky, i y,
my poke
ve spun in
s/ay,-for w
Good wif , c
hot wate ?"
ulcl himself go up and exami
ce as soon as the old gen them
a goe; +
So he got theseps, removed the woo(
en cov ring of t, e hatchway and 08818
ed th
three
down
Iowayy
. and h
By
been in his way back to the shop ; b
just t) make su •e that he had done
t out and on the ro(
,as nothing very WO
in the. slopes of til
e to a stack of chi
s . no trace of the
g been there—no rd
neighboring build.;
r a burglary. Ho .d
wife of the matter, a
o the shop, puzzled, b
r.
stranger
inutes t
gain, slip:
s hand wi
trried awa.
his time I
o ascend. ; In two
o old Scotehman can
ed a sovereign into IIa1
hout speaking a wor
misch
Certa
derfu
rising
neys.
gentleman havi
throw over to
cende' , told his
then urried off
a soy reign rich
We 1, year by
Iloilo vay and
is tru , they gat
about himself, f
tacit ; and o
t, he stop
.. It was a Mr. Duncan Maori
. They gathered*
that he had been m
to England had `‘ta,
just befor his _first visit to
that he w s rich ; that he had 1
quainter s, and probably no
, for he ever spoke of any,
he objeat of this annual Visit
refere ce was e rer made by him, a
of c urse, the dared , not ask.
they talked al out ie 'between th
noway being eipeci
's Day Mr., Macnab
e usual time, and
s wife began to I
reign which they
tion %vas of conseque
ay waited a quarto
ten half aft hour, a
the time at w ich he wise due at
shop ;1 then he g ve up hope, and glo
ily went off to hut business. ; He had
been gone five minutes when the old g
Nosy if Holloskay had. been at ho
; his w fe's curio would; have le
ove astered -her courtesy, and she
solve to find out at last what thie,
cf, he we
nly there
to be Beet
on each si
There W
prese
take
his co
years
that 1
place
few a
as to
ear, this mysterious
ally peid the visit, a
is wife received th
ere none the wiser.
r he was far from ,bei
ce or twice, when
e children some sni
they kno
vereation
is return
ouriot s.
On Now Yea
not a rive at t
sales e an and h'
grave, for a so
to th In. Hello
an ho r, 20 min
ft
Fll
1 ut it ha 1 it
Athos, hit
latured. T old ge
Ie wes or, fa ilair
lacksoc ni e, in th
fie doniiini the int oduct
"Tient for his haVing played
Moreover, Ki lietown was famou
herring flee and yo ng Mac
were al ay eady to ake hi
them vv en t ley left before
in the c 1(1 ayldawn
the rea ins, the Ne Test m
Scotch , an the na, e of lea
kept 4 hOr or the s le of 11,
ship's s or add wh was res
for the 1 rin ng up o this
of 1 1 or 12, ideal and abett
indolen yo ascal in an
ter blac be es throt gh th
his bol ti n of ailing
(of the kin ships as soon
enough, an 1 tang to" the co nfi:
!that so e ight co e- bac
Mary I ri his wife. And
content to Olt.
with 1 es ainbetious work
tool hi a ey from !school a
and streng for his age—to b
e Obvious' from loot, the pal
pose not
matt hay
it is an
hought t
hear it,
d to -day
the w dm
and fet I will
o not mind, wh'eft
It is n t the firs
a tenant ler° 30
you that whene
take ss of menticin th
have I eyes fifled,
yarn , for a le
me
as a so ple one e
that
en o
ith t
Well, it
ago. that these
ugh,
aild of
food -
not
'14 and
t and
bor-
n in
a the
In
before
el the
r its
eine
they
with
t for
back
as and that bbat,
The fad b a
t old rate to
who about th
crag of youn las
/sable let n
t w
1
1
Ter
na
nd
it.
two
o get
fret H
lie aid -
nes of
he pau
entlerdan
these places h
ed M ais epee
t this lama, of 'SopeSch'e
lis n
A.ppraise/. Accounts and inotes
ing, though 'the e were soinetimes t , Solecism i
(Worth. Of
854
8643 I
friends also • .a d_ the young wife, la
ht
variably 1 aid
solitudes to
of the abs
been glad to see him.
Because, said the strap
seems to have had n*, one abou
was•familair with his ways. 7
his fortune, which i� a' tolerably large
various iinstit tions wih the ex-
ception of one small legacy, which falls
to you. It is £50 a Yeare- There are no
attached, �ut there i' one ver:
conditions t , i $ y
with
epee ion
odd request made about
iii co_ � • •
er, " he
him who
e has left
this legecy. It is I have called—to see if yna. u
what the old gentleman meant,
he does not bind you, by tai
any service, but he Pegs of y
long as you remain in this hou
look after certain flower boxes
that on a particular !evening, ;
know, you ehould pay a visit
strange places." s
The stranger took a piece
from his pocket and consu3
Ben-na-Braren end Ben
Corrie:Granach, which, he sa
your immediate neighborhood,
you should drink a glass ' to t
of her that knew th , Thi
derstand
He says
£50, to
u that es
you will
and also
hich you
certain
of paper
ed. eome
s, are in
and that
e memory
is a very
what it all means ?" I
Apparently Mrs. Holloway did ; she
was silently crying, As for h
" It was not neceisary for t
tleman to have left us money
We could have done that wi
".Well, you rob tio one by
r husband
hout any
me a calf in a day.or two ? 'Dile is my
Since theu the Holloways have faith- ,
fully attended to the first portion of the I
old gentleman's prayer. ' As regards the'
second, one mil be sera that the Iponest ;
L.
salesman will not forget, on; the ,after- I
noon of the coming New Yee 's D y, to '
go up and drink a glass " to you, Ben -
and to you, Ben Lena, aild ti) the mem- 1
ory of her that knew you." rid if his
wife had only some little kn wleclge ofl
the Highlands, she would, doubtless,
burst into laughter over his pronuncia-
tion of the Gaelic nameis ; bu , perhaps,
she will, not be thinking of , aug ing at
LEGAL
LACHI
E CANAL EN NEMER
ICE TO CONTR CTOBS.
^-5 eigne , end° rsed " Tender fo Lachine Canal?
will be r eive4 at this office for the enlargement
of this anal, correlating of t e widening and
13 or St 'Oriel Lock, upwards to the River St.
Lawren at Lachine; erabracin
:rj
of a new ock at Cote St, Paul,
rebuild' g the upper portions o
at that Inace, construction of
culverte, bridge piers, and a ne
Lachine end the formation o
the constraetion
eking down and
the present lock
entrance leek tat
a -channel and
basin .on the south or riverside -el the existing.en-
trenee. ,The works will be let in seetions of the
respeetiVe lengths ineicated onS limp of the line,
'the variduz worke, cau be seen. a this office, an.d
which, tegether with plans andispeeffications
at the Lachine Canal Office, 3 ntreal ; at either
f tender ten be
ction No, 10, et
e arrival of the
Wtdnesday, the,
ndepecifications
th • day ol Jenne
'the 21st 'day of
of which places printed forms
obtained. Tendere for Section
l called the " Rock Oat," and S
Lachine) will be received until t
Eastern end Western mails o
112th day of January next, Mans
for wbich can ne seen at the plac
ea on and after Wednesday. the
I ary next For other parts of t
' will be r coived until Tuesday,
flans can be seen at the reepec ive places above
mentioned, on and after Tuesda „ the 7th day of
March. Contractors are -requested to bear in
mind thnt Tenders -will not be •Jairsideredunlese
forms,inid—in the .ettire of firins— except there
th.
the occupution and place of -esidence of mar.
member of the Berne ; and lurt er, an aceepted
bank chegue, or ether a-vailable seaurity, for the
sum of roni One to Three Thousand Dollars,se- n
cording to the extent of work o I the section,must
if th.e party. tendering -declines
into contraet for the works whe
T. GARROW, Barrister, Attorney,
Market Square and Witterloostreet; <node
riAMEBON .& 110FADDEN, Barris
Solicitors in Chancery, Goderi
3f. C. CA31tROST. W. HI. 31C1f 1MRN.
drink a glass to the health
olicitor
corner
rs and
848
WILLIAM SMALL, Conlyancer and 012111138
one. But they had grown! to regard the
nal
gh-
ars
to
ful
ow
Moller in B. 11., Arose er. A ctio eer and
mouetains sr the glen. as pers colt cted
11 L. DOYLE, Barrister, Attorne
-5-1. Chancery, &c., Goderieh and
a , over Jordan's Drug Store, '
'--/' Law, Solicitors in Chancery, tart s Publie,
1VTALCGAISON & WATSON, Barristers, Anton -
451" neve Solicitors in Cliaecere &c.,, Clinton,
Ont. nOffice—First door east of tire new Royal
Canadian Bank building. Money tip loau on farm
propertyt
S. 31ALC031SON. 4041 q, A. RATSON. '
.... torn,eys at Law, Solicitors in Chaacery s4
Solieitorefor the B. C.Beuk,iSeaforth. Agents ler
the Canada Life Assurance Cempan3 , I.
N.B.-4,180,000 to lend ae 8 per cent Forme,
Houses atria Lots for sale. 1 r 58 I
-5-' at Lew, Solicitoi's in Chencery And Insolveney,
f orth and Wroxeter. n28,000 of Private !Funds 6o
Invest at'once, at Eight percent. Interes , payable
in her eyes, never failed td say, "
drink to yota too, Ben-nalararen, an
you, Ben Lena, and to you, my beaut
Uorrie-Cranach and to all that we k
that are near
Now, during he progres of this st
if story it cohlat be called, Mr. and N
e Holloway ha iptieed that the old
tleman, who begun in a jocular
garrulous n r, had gr ean more
more absent, a d his talk disconnee
ances aro
seemed
elf. The
and was p
the glass
w4 these c rcumstances
ceased altog th r ; and his
usly with
enly.
fiends," he said, witl
all the story ye w
ou wanted to know
you on the New Y
it. We were Se
a glass to our frien
n to England tho
come add see the
e fore him on th
✓ He rose sad
effort, "Olaf I
care to hear.
a Days. That 1
the 'New Ye
came back aga
I should 4r3
tome. Som ho
rain_ people
solemn con vac with each other--;
effect, ;that if •
to any re son or per uasion
would' face the vo Id ogether on th
own accom t ; that is to say, he wou
not conson , they would do Withent
le rage when he hea
male had been up t So
e went hinilf el. 1
ave the hotise for
is per Beim But
r good
misty
mg at a ieevy-
juet getting ut
ay to Greet*
hate in her 'I) th
hiving a spec lat
i th
r.
was in
that T
achie
Part
daughter
forbade he
tnea
wet
hat
leave
Qn
rie st
sloop
harboe on
been effer
as t
ore
mor
id n
an he
and
came
He
rri
n M
to
ut
and
tool
was
we
g
f th
the
ette
he
to
igh
sh
More
and
dim
are Imne we
sae he Was ap
• which 1101 found
sore u dere
IL
rise
4 out, she wee s rry or he step s
ler Own ; and offer g, d,n the part
oring terms
came Then she
land ging her
n one see w
s old ald re
that Mr. I
f hese, leave
le
at
lied. t
tur ed
oun
what
ne
Wee
for ve
to ay t
had tak
t her elf
illie ow
hat letter wan aot a we
wrote to Mils. Mac on ld,
o go down to il ieto ii
• 'at she ad done o;
swer was that if hi Ida
to Killietown, he w
ral make less o tay to roakell him alter Ins
No* Duncan Nlaculeb w sol
is uncle wishee, weite
sel
un
0
ir
d He precede
ifs turned roun'd
er ‘vill be here
and you wi 1
" Indeed
tie! woman,
th flowers th
there --did Sh
He pause
for one ye
like to se
deed, there
cot:morns ar
ok
re
bo rd
of the
on his
o f
ot
8
SS
er
nd
he
e mar -
of the hand.
a go thick
thro
she
too
huge
ost
igh
ing
of eference to hi
to see the e nee
t about, ma ing th
d high pour ge.
loved. the wor d and.
spirited to cod to
lookup b k. he
te
ess
at
n,)
nd
if
ly
ed.
eg-
rad
on -
hat
pe-
de-
te,
iat ons
he
LIS
as not
0
rs.
en-
nd
nd
d.
sed
one
if
he
ay -
be.
uld
shy
ar's
tch
on
ght
old
so, for he was obvi usly
they did not like t ask
then] . tie the door and
good -nig t. The oxels.
vill, sir, s id the eh lit-
Sir—you ere speaki g of
live here ng?"
or a mome t.
(1 in London in this
or time to b of us.
n she said he woul
is no more of that st,or
re to hear. Them t
all dead no I suppo
not be lo
Id it
Vheu
just
that
at it
g
• With th t e abruptly turned an dis-
'Three days afterward t e fidwer boxes
came ; th I were cov red over with
glass, seed id. a few ring flo ers—
A'few day' after that ag in, old Macnab
called on t e Hollowayai and had
at' the box', s. He was Surprised
that the fl era had n t wither
going, he s 1 he would end and. r
After that e used. t call mor
might eive he Hollow ys by br
ed sending hem present on vario
look
place
lei rhe;
Ngir lei il1g*
the stoty he had told th m on tha New
last, and t en Mr. Mac b's visit ceas-
ed altoget er,. The Ho oways we e sur -
given him Da y clause of offence ; ' deed,
si
however fralke dly he might be in if man-
ner, they 1 aye treated him wit great
respect, a a they had grown. ace St0M-
ed to his etiodical visits. They knew
his *addres , and they would great have
liked te kaolw merely that he w well;
but It Was not their p e, they onsid-
ed in Con aght Squar
however, omewher about
63
3.1s. 11't RENSOti. EMIL. I
Nall be forfeited
or falls to enter
called upon to ao
80, at the rates stated in the o er submittee. The
amount regnired in each. ease w 11 be stated on the
form of /tender. The cheque or money thus sent
in will be returned to the respeetive parties whose
Tenders are not -accepted, For I he dae fultilmentn ,
of the contract, satiefactory security will be re-
quired 01 real estate -or by deposit of money, pub -
lie or nninicipal sectaitlee, or benk stock to the
amounlof five per cent. on thei hulk sum of the
contrac , of whieh the sum sen in with the ten-
der will be Considered a pert, Ninety Per tent.
the completion of the werks, To °ea Tender
must ke attached the actual signatures of two
responlible and eolvent person , residents of the
Domin on, willing to boom sureties for the
earryin out of these eonditio s, as well as the
due pe ennanee of works emb ced in the con-
tract, This department deas ot, however, bind
itself accept the lowest o y tender- Sy
Department of Publie Works, 1
AUCTION ALE
Of a V41144616 Fairy?, n the Towne
1)1111SUANT to an orderl of ale, dated the 18th
J- Day of December A. ID. 75, made by the
junior Judge of the County urt of the email
of Huron, hi the matter of partition between
.1lnaness Agent,' Duncan Plaintiff, against
Will sena Dantean and )thers, Defendants,
aurslaY, tile 24th 'Day f March, ..k. 0.
I W41, at 12, o'clock noon, th following valuable
farm plroperty -namely : Lot timber 11, senthof
the Baylield Road eonceseion, ill the Towniship of
StanleY, in the County of , lin •on, containing SS
Acres of Land, more or less. The soil is the best
clay loam, About 7n sere ere cleared., well
fenced, and in a high state of -cultivation, the
There ns upon -the land a large brick house, 'with
brick 'kitchen and outbuildings, large frame bun,
commAodiotur sheds, stables, olithousei, end -excel -
lout =hard, consisting Iparlly of bearing trees
and ilartly of young trees lately planted. The
land is on the gravel read leading from Baylield
to Serfs:nth, is about Si mile frog Dayfield, and
5 miles from Brucefield, and s in all respects a
most resiruble and -valuable property. The title
TEllg —10 per cent. on; day of sale to the Ven-
. dor *this Solicitor, balance te make one-third of
purchase money in one 1month, remaining two-
thirda, tit option of purchaser, to UM:till WI 01014
gage en the lands bearing', per cent. Interest,and
payable in two -equal annnal instalments, the pur-
chaser to be, let into imMediate possession. In
other respects the condiikes of sale will be the
standing eonditions el se.10 of the Court of Chan-
ceiy. For further particula s apply to 'Messrs.
DAVISON & JOHNSTON, r J. T. -GARROW,
Seliciters, Goderich, or to the plainti.ff on the
lands. Dated Goderieb,1Dec mber 20, 1875.
CHANGERV SALE
Of Beni katate, Olivia ed In Ilse TOWilli
•Nrip of Hoy, Coon y of Huron.
DR. CAMPBELL, Seaforth, o e for the
Coury. Office and residen, . Main Street
South, ear the Station. l
jG. SCOTT, M. D. tec., physician, Suigeon and
deuce south side of Goderich S
oast of preobyterian Church.
011ie and re
2
• gel= etc., Coroner fol the county el Huron.
Office apd 'llesidence corner of Market and High
streets, oext to the Planing/MM.
ee menu' University, Montreal, Member of the
ciao, Surgeon and Aceonehenr, Se
First Door Wept of MT. Eumsd
Residence,. fourth 'house West of
Offic
's Drug Store.
Church: Night calls attended to eit resdenee.
T B. PlIELAN, M.D., C. M., (late luthe fi m
ce—Rooms in
by tne late Dr.
otel. Will at-
tend at Carronbrook on Tnesdaye end Fridays. 698
•
-Le • Member of College of Phyjciane and SOr.
geons of Ontario. Late Howie Sieirtgaef, of Hillier -
Alb
McGill University, Physidian, S
couches.; Seaforth, Ontario. 0
Meyer's Block, formerly oe4upled
King, Besidence—Commercial
/ ton General and Lying -fp 11011i
Surgeoe and Accotieneur.t Office
• opposite Fair's./ Steam 3111 re le
111
Street, opposite Conimerei 11
Professional calls Litman lly at ,
town and country., '
Plate
exeeu
performed with care
as can be ebtained
8 A. M. to 5 P.
Dougall's Store, 3 ati-et. I
rt Street,
ton, Ont.
uded to both in
. fin Surgeon;
work; late t etyles, neatly
ed. All seigicalreratims
sewhpre. _Ince ours 143331
ar of killoran &
ed to, night! or
siki fettle eu hand.
Charges reasonable. Horses exa . ined sto walla -
nom and certificate given if reel. ire,d. - 4407
- ate of Ontario
Ont. Office and Ile
%Tenni. Calls pro
Veterinary
idende
erinary
has settled permanently i Varn
found ready and wiliipg teiatten,
diseases, in all bade of animal
in all kinds of weather, and at
'serene° Hall.
ollege,Tero to,
to all kinda of
(man excepted),
11 hours. Rest -
of 0 ok's Tem -
319
A LEX, CAMERON, Pr eticai Vesta
Jeweler, Mitchell. ustorners w
their interest to deal with Dienes the
the benefit of my long practical expe
pUlISUANT to the Deer made in the Mtge
'IL of Celli vs. 'Curly, end caring date thel5th
day of November, A. D. 1875 there will be seldby
Public Auction, with the a probatiort of Henry
Bleep erreotr, Esquire, Master of tins Court at
Goddrich, on TUESDAY, the EIGHTH day of
the said Master, at McGREGOB'n HOTEL, fop
merlfr Rattenbury's, in the Village of BRUCE -
FIELD, in ;one 'dot, the following valuable fann
proplerty, viz.; Lot No.26, in the 6th ConcessiOn
of t e Township of Hay, in the -County of Iittren,
eon Ining One Hundred ..Aieres. Fifty acres are
4
clea ed and, un er cultivation and fenced. The
rem hider is an od hardwood bush. The soil las
goo clay ; 'on I are a !rani° house one story high
and .ixteen, their by twonti-two, a log barn and a
it
log table. ! The land hi sit th within four mile*
of t e vutieo of Darla, an within four-railes of
the ondon Gravel Royal, nd is convenient to
. chm h and, school house. The title to the land
at t 0 time of sale a deposit of 10 per cent. of bie
and he balance within one Month into Court to
the credit of this eause, Witbout interest ; on
pa ent oi whieh balance he will be entitled tos
eon eyancti and to possessi n of tile land. The
pro erty w 11 be put up/at a upset pries lel #1000 -
The otber nditions of the sale are the standing
con itione of the Court f Chaneery. Further
pa lentos; may be teamed in the meant at the
Esq ire, and Messrs. Came on. -.Sc Mora en, Ven -
:hoer 'oStholdiedlytoorts,Daeendemobf etriri.spiti.dis3715a.stet. Dated
CA.1 RON & 31cFADD:tinfaliellsEtBeltr.alt"'(461141. ;
1 Tendon' solicitors.
aker and
Litwin ,
will have
enee in the
408
‘-' SHARP, Proprietor. Cowie abie and el ant
carriages, and first-clase ran le horses al aye
Huron street, seeond door call of alit st eet.
Sfa
Orders left at any of the botels grom tly at nd-
ed to. 1 899
Proprietor. This hotel. is situated on this
Gravel Road, 10 miles north of Seafortlf, and os -
Bosses every accommodatiOn and comfort for v.
elers. The best brands of liqu Ors and cigars
in Unbar, an& a careful and atte, hostler n
attendance. Good stabling fill connection 'with
the hotol.
422
ISSOLUTION OF PARTNER HIP.
and all deli ts due the Jet ,111.nnit. velwluil bLemicolslecte,
ed by blint
theist te firm :will be liqui ted by J. B. Williams,
consent. The business; wi 1 hereafter he carried
on by J. B. Willianis.! Al debts contracted bY
the nxdersigned, uncle tbefinnaztame of War
NOBLE GLUFF.
Tie conneetion with the bove the undersigned.
-5- desires to state to br n erous eustomeresnd
fore, at the old stand. i, He has now such facilities
s Will enable him to barn ut a better article for
esS money than any nthe establishment of the
kind in t)2IS section. t
To -those indebted to In be would say that 811-
inirediate settlement la n ire,d, as he is urgent-
ly a need of money. ,
.„,,sed,feomitehmillttp-heFolveldtoerye.tab shed and -well-known
pLEAR THE TRACK,
HE ma 1 ersigned, in t irking the pablie for
Mr, John Cooper, and t helms /mired the NW -
of the requisites seldom I d in our blacksmith
B. HS IS 130W prepare to fill all orders wbich
b may be favored with. He hair now on band
used.' All those in lvant Of any of Orel nbove will
nw"othertuessweell.1°Allinl-w7dispaoerhinik wttaahiallitellefd."10bPburnrhigdone eitewith-
The Cure
T e poor fellow who'
fo the fear that pa
that he masa fool m
t4eriment. He Ana
because he did not ta
thing to say, or of'
cocase, the topics of
late to the subjects
man is intereeftd in
about science. 'If b
att, he will talk 2.330
air With literature,
and persistent read
pat forward litera-re
abundance of the h
that With which
cOme out in expres
. The very simple
- full of gossip, is
Edge ii it have ii
They must interesl
thing. They km]
they learn from 4.a,
` with, and observati
Wi hat these neigh
say,—what happen'
Cie and business aff
round them—this
Stant perutal, an
'ossip. The world
on houses, all
thingds talked of 13
vements and co
fore this high eel
tailed at every, Ili
-With approval or]
and are gathered U
at have nothinp
with but tittle-tatt
, The moral alip
It is a constant ini
Oule ; it is full of 1
man or woman of s
is or her penes
Omit and talked a
engage in this ,we
'busybodies who ar
age to others—are
-most unneighborlY,
int' a great dais
Th4 sew the seed
ity and eoeial die
moral result ever e
worse and most h
- those who are en
that it is 'immoral
jar) a man's hous
away from home,
or in a lady's war
dresses, would he
drable -thing ; bu
worrian's name,
with. gossip—to 4
of lit neighbor arca
why tins is nothil
lion. It furnishe
wheels of society
Unhappily for !
for personal gossi
as the basis of a =
are newspapers ti
popelar demand
sporting papers, a
pvers, and par?
col interest, grea
be wined, anal A
VOW. to person
__which the =ties
men. are handled
lie press, the wn
were it not inore
pers'Bud greedy:
the traffic prof
thing about thei
rarely malicious
very low dewn—
Ward in ministel
What is the e
eulture. There
that has no milli
id people talk a
Pattele, and only
- ing else to tal
there comes to ?
of young ladies,
home, we have
art, we have cal
ing from a book
fresh volume in
meet them,- ths
have seen atter
tion is dro
have left them
whole hour not
soiled. by so mu
soinething
something and
They -could lie
talk. 'To spell
doings =abets
an impertitiene
an itnpropiiety
tion to gossip,
neighbors form
interestilag th
their knowled
And this to
confirmed go
ous or ignore.
A change of h
of pasture.
eonfessioneit
and the youn
but by the m
themselves fr
in it. It is
A dirty bus
neighborhood
t. hure
In many fens
disease, whic
Let -the youn
are about t
in a. wild
-Catskiit 133
There are ve
region, but a
Jonas Butler:
ceunty to pe
Ais wife and
16 and the o
cabin. with
wpeas some
or three -
eut, to his
their cabin.
wild game
hut for tl:e
been rims