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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1877-10-19, Page 211 • Et 111111110MY THE HUItON EX, OSITOR. .411111111MININENIMMINIk QUEER CLUE. _CHAPTER IL heel left the Police altogether, and wee Beinfive.ry comfortably, my good. Day ea& at up at Islington., III the same Area with my married daughter, who was doing very comfortably too, her husband having a good berth in the I had always been of a saving kir% Ana had bought two or three hoesset; so with a tidy pension, which I had earned by 30 years' Service, I could afford to go about a bit and en - Jo suliself. Of course in all that time - 1 made the acquaintance of a, good - "catty professional people; and there werefew theatres or exhibitions tha,t I eouldn't get admission to. We—ray idle and I, mean—made it a rule to go' everywhere that we could get tickets for; and whether it was, the launch of a ship, the charity children at St. Peals, ee sane Cowell at the Canterbury Hall, - jtdant matter to us; sh went. And it was at the Canterbury I first had the Corabestead murder more particularly recalled to ray I was there by myself, the old- lady • not being willAng to leave my married daughter—because, well, it was in con- , sequenee of her being a, married. daaigh- -ter—so I went by myself. There was a, I ram, WOMan who sang a comic version ° of "There's a Good Timp Coming" , erplendielly ; and as I was always of a ohatty turn, I couldn't help remarking to the person that was sitting next to me how fit -at -clap she did it, when. he exclaimed "Hello! why, never, Superintendent ! Robinson 1" And then he held out his i 'I hand, !e- n was young Lytheely, but se stout, ana brown. and whiskery—If I may say so—that I didn't know him. "Mv. Lytherly !" II exclaimed, "1 didn't expect to see 'you; and you're right as to rav being Robinson, althetesh before—so exactly, that 1 wa sure no ehance coincidence h ed the resemblance, but that had painted this pieture had room -where Miss Parkway we, ed, and had. had the featur scene stamped on his mem so likely to, have the scene so I instantly, thought, as the himself? As this rushed on I could. not repress an exclara tion, al- thaugh pretty well guarded. s a rule. The only other person in the r on heard me, and came to see what ha excited me so strongly. Apparently he was disappointed, for he looked enm the picture to his catalogue, th n to the picture again, the at me, ba k to his catalogue, and then went awa With a discontented grunt. I did ot move, however, but remained quite absorbed in. the Andy of this raysteriou painting; and the more I looked the ore con- vinced I became that it wa copied. from the scene of Miss Parkw y s mur- der. There were , several lith e points which I had not at first notice 1, and in fact had quite forgotten; suo as the position of the fire-irons,the direction in which the water had run, ct ., which were all faithfully shown in th picture. To be beief, I inlet made up my mind. be- fore I left the roonf that I ha at last fcunal the real clue to the Co nbestead murder. 1 I The artist's name was Wyndham ; and I determined that 1 would very soon, as a natural beginni g, mate some inquiries about this M . 'Wynd- ham ; and, indeed, I bega,n be ore I left the exhibition. I engaged he ball - keeper to have a glass with m at the nearest tavern, end. when .1 ot .fully into condeersation wi.th him, as 43a ottire- lessly where Mr. Wyndham li ed, as I thought 1 had known him Mft y years ago, giving a description of so e esitire- 13r imaginary person. The h -keeper said no- "No, that was not t sort of Polio° officer no longer. Wh. , I thought man at all. Mr. 'Wyndham w s" (here you were in the array - he described him;) "and he d.oesift live '‘ So I wase, he. returaed ; "but rm at the west end. of London, as- vou said, out of it now, and Ill tell yon how it Sir, but at a place in Essex, uo was." from Colchester." He knew It seems he haft been to India, and lived, because he had. sever got some promotion after three years' posted letters to him at "The Mount." -oin the s I want - perfectly prodne- whoever seen the raurder- s of the . Who stamped. murderer y mina., 1 I 111 41 very far here he 1 times service ; and had the good fortune t save his Colonel from drowningeor who, was more likely in those parts, bein taken down by a, crocodile, under air eumstances of extraordinary bravery He did not tell me this last bit,but o This was about": all I got f t hall -keeper, but it Was as eitioh g ed. - 1 am not greatly in the habit my confiff an exceptio - so, after a little 1 reflection, - straierht to the address John e had bgilven Me, and told him wb seen. He of courde introduce r his wife, m Very-- pretty dark-ey woman ; and when, I had told t exchanged leeks less of 'man - tri tag oth;er people in I this was altogether heard so afterwards. Lytherly was al ways a wonderful swinimer, an I re member his taking a prize at London The exertion or the wetting, brought on mm a fever, and he was recoended fo his diseharge. The Colonel behaved Most liberally. But wb.at was the bes of11, the old. fellow who kept the can teen at the station died about this time, and. Lytherly had beeti courting his daughter for a good bit, more to the gs satisfaction than that of her father; so then they got married, and came to England, andle was tolera,bly well off. He naturally talked about the Combestead murder, and. said frank br enough, that—except the people with whom he lodged, and they were sus peeted, he said, of perjury—he thought I was the only person in town who UM did not believe him guilty of the mur- der. "But murder will out, Mr. Robinson,' he said and, you see this will be found out some day." ." Well, I are sure I hope it will, Mr. Lytherly," I answered him. "But as for murder will out and all that, don't think you will find any policeman • or magistrate who still agree with you there; and there Was less to help us when you had get out of the scrape of this Combestead business than auy affair I was ever concerned I don't care," he says; "It will come out, Mr. Robinson. I dream of it Om OA every night; and my wife con- sulted some of the best fortune-tellers in India, and they all told her it v, mid be discovered." Ram!' mid ; " We don't think much of fortune-tellers here, you know." I'm perfectly aware of that," he seys ; " aenl•I shouldn't give tiloin in as evidence; but if you had lived three years in India with people wild knew the native ways, You might alter your mind about fortune-tellers. Anyway, you -will remember when it's found out, that I tent. you how it would be." I laughed, and said I should; tuad after we had had another glass together, and he had given me, his address and made me promise to call on him:, we part- ed, I told my wife all about it; and it is very curious to WU how women are all 'alike in curiosity and superstition and An that; for although my wife had. been married to me for ;$0 years, and so had every; opportunity of learning bet- ter, yet she caught at what young Lytherly—not so young now, by the by —had said ,about these fortune-tellers, and was quite ready te swear that theenurder would. be found out. It's no use arguing with a Party like that ; so I merely smiled at her and passed it off. It was the vary next day that Mrs. Robinson and myself had agreed to go and see a new exhibition of paintings which some one was stile -hue -fin Landon, and tickets were pretty freely given awaY for it ; but the sitme reesou which. stopped my wife ft -eau going to -the Can; terbary, stopped her •-froin g dug to the{ exhfie tuna wn went,. (if e•erse. because 1 couldn't be of any use, under the cir- cumstancee, to my married daughter ; and a very good in it was too. There were pleetv of 1i:ultimo, and I had gone, all through all the rooms and entered the hest one. There were very few persons, 1 was sorry to see in. the place, so that you, could have an unin- terrupted view of any picture you pleas- ed. After glancing carelessly round the room, for one gets a Iciud, of surfeit- ed with pictures after a bit, I was struck by a gloomy -looking painting to the left of the doorway, and which I had uet noticed on my first entry. When I came to look closer into it, I was more than struck—I was astounded. It was a picture representing the finding of old Traphois, the miser, in the Fertunes of Nigel." The heavy dull room was lighted only by the candle which the young noblemau held above his head; ana it appeared -be be excellently paint- ed. 33ut° what drew my attention was that, as a part of the confusion in which the struggle between, the old man and his murderers had placed the room, the washatand had. been upset, had fallen into the fireplace, and the ewer had rolled into the grate, where it was shown as unbroken, although! the water was flooding Vie boards—all exactly as I had peen the same things five years ph . "Oh, it is cenking all right! claimed. "I knew the murd cry out some day. . And now have a little more respect for II tune -tellers. "I am not quite fiure about that," said. " ut don't you go m king so certain tnat we are going to ind out anything, Mr. Lytherly; this may be only an accidental resemblan e." Be- cause, as you may suppose: I had not told them how confident Ifolt is my own mind. " Accidental ! Nonsense!' as all he said to 'that; and then he a 'ked me what waS the first step I pro osed to take. 1 toia him that 1 tho ght we ought to „Ieo down to this villag and see if we mold learn 'anything s spicious about M. Wyndham ; and :by my old detective habits, and the wav i 1 which of : tak- nee, but 10,1CASQ ; I went ytherly t I had me Co d. Young all they 'se than lie ex - 'r ‘,VouId -ou will diem for - this name I felt struck .all of a- heap, because it made a -guess into a certainty; though in. a way I had. nsrVer dreamt a. 1 couldn't even go back to • Lytherly for a little while; it was all so wonderfar; and I was se angry at myself for never having thought at the time that he man who, of all others in the wo had the .nieist to ga,i,n by the p or woman's - death, might have b en' the one who killed. her. In the bit er- ness of my feeling I coi ld not help say, ing that any one but a detective wo iai have pounced upon this fellow 'at the ,first. However, I got over the vexat, oir and. went back to Lytherly to tell hlima my news. We were 1ot1. very, co -I dent that we had the ii ht scent now; but yet it was not easy to eee what We were to do. I could n$ very well.p- ply for a warrant again t a man becas, se he had. painted a plot 6 ; and so 'we walked and talked tuatil we could think of nothing better than going down to Co-mbestettd, and. with our fresh infor- mation to help us, seeing # we couldnot rake up something there. - 'We came to this resolution just as sve reached a toll -gate, close by which steodI a little house, which appeared to be he beer -shop, baker's, post ! office and grocer's for the neighborhood. ot much of aneighborhoodeby the by, fpr, excepting a, few gentlemen's seats, there was hardly another houee in sight. One small but comfortable-heels:mg residence, we were infermed by the . chatty old. lady who owned the " . to b," was the: Mount, where Mr. Parkw4r lived. He was a very retired, silen sort of a gentleman -elre Sada, end p ple thought his wife didn't have the happiest of lives with him. He had bJen maari ci. for a few. years, the old lac y went o ; soon after a relatioti had d'ed, and 1 ft him a good bit of 'neone$r. jBoforo ti at he only rented apartment in the v 'l- iege; but then he married a Miss D l- iar, who was an orphan, with a go d bit of money •too, .but quite a girl to him, and they went to live at t e Mount. :: At this point the old lady broke sud- denly off, arid said: I , . . - , . ; " Here they are'!" going to the cloor immediately, ancl dronpingher very b st -courtesy. We followed her into the little pore ; and there, sure enough, ;was ae 1 w carriage, dra-wn by one hor3e, and. in it sat a gloomy, dark man, whom I 14d no difficulty in recognizing, and by lis side a slight, very prettyt,bet careworp.- looking yelling woman.1 Mr. Parkway looked. coolly enough at us, and ive as carelesslyreturnecl hiS glance, for e were both so much . changed ; since the Combestead days, that there was lit le fear of his remembering us. It seemed that they had called &bolt a servant, which the post office keeper was to have recommended, and. Mrs. Parkway alighted from the -carriage to write some memorandum oi the busi-- ness. Parkway had. never spoken, and 1 thought I could see ia lifs harsh fell, tures traces of .a,nxiet aed . remorse. Lytherly had followed. Mrs. Parkway into the shop, and .as I on1c1 see from where I stood. on thelady asking for a pen, he drew his -geld. pencil -case from bis pocket, andeffered. it, as probably containing a better implement than any. the post office could afford.1 The lady stared., looked. a little starld, but after a, moment's hesitation aCce ted it with a very sweet arnile. While Mrs. -Park- way was engaged in writing, her letter, Lytherly stood by her side, tlanl saunter - d. out aftdr her.. I had -ben waiting n the porch,- watching her husband, vhose face AWLS so familiar t me that I ialf expected to see a, 4o1Cof recogni- ion come into his eyes ; but nothing of hesort happened. Lytheely watched hem drive off, • then turning suddenly ound, exclaimed "It's as good as over, I Robinsen ! Wye got them!" . _ "Why, what is there afresh ?" I asked. - "Just eufficient to . hang. Ithe ecoua- drel," said. Lytherley. "You remember, of course, that among other things stolen on the night of the rissirder was a CliriOnfi locket whieh poor Mips Parkway u sedto wear, and that some' fragments the offiders: ebout, would., help me, 1e thought' we might inekon on in ding out 1 what tvise wanted. ; He was t and asked when we should s art, and t when I said that very night, h'e -as more t delighted still. - It is always my rule to strike the ii -on while it's hot, end nothing con 1,1- taosst. bly be got by waking 110W ; 4!.0 1 had made up my, inind just to re; home, get a few things, in my bag, melee) down by the 10 o'cleek train. My Ne4ife,. you meshed; _ be, was, • may be stare, was very much as but, as I expected; she weuld just as confident in the mead .1.- being fouud out as young Lytherly !himself. , Of e(Mrse the latter was ready. And tination the spet eoruing.: mildest we were put down at our de Ittbout 12 o'clock; toe late for t that night, but still' We were on to begin the ;first thing in the And ancerclingly directly after 1. we began.. john Lytherly would have begun before :breakfast, but as an old hand 1 knew better than that ;* because the party we were after, allo -sing he was the right party, after a fiv years' rest, wasn't going to belt now, o it was no ease for hurrying and. (Trivia te soon alter hreakfaat, 1 -saunte ei't into ith the sort of lo brag- roud of minute, boy, in of the ars. or me," talking of an OW Master of mine vhe was . now living :somewhere down in this neighborhood, by the name o Wynd- ham. ; I Wyndham? Let me- Fee ; Wynd- ham ?"- says the laadlerd, pettit gOn his ist"St 1!)(th.. " No I, ettIft ec member any party of; that name. Thor ts kineon tied 'Wiggins ; perhape i -,'s one of them.- ° 1 told bine they would net ; then add al that the partyl me semethin of an artiet, painted partly for pletteure Cad paetin for profit, it itwas the bar, aed _began talking N letnernoide whowas' an elderly patty about my own age, andes ged—as Jr it was a thing to be —before -we had. talked three that he died Jived t man and. Chumpleyt, which etas the mem lively plane, for more than 50 y " Then, you're just the fellow thought; and then began do: anu ant was pieteires Tiiiswas only a, gu ess of mine, 1) a pretty safe one. "()h! finite's lots of thus about here!" exclaims the old boy, frinniug- , verv inuelai as if it is -as a eapi al idea. " there's iMr. lYie Laney shorkle, Miss Belvadera Smith, Mrs, Galloon Whyte, Mr. Hardy Canute, a d a lot more ; bat IF dou't tnink there's aWynd- ham." I " At, well, it don't, matter," I said, very carelessly still ; " I May b mistak- en. I heard, howeter, he lin d down • here at a place called the M int. Is • there such ai place ?" " Is there' such a place !" ays the landlord, with as much contem t in his 'Mice- as if I ought to be ashmed of myself fer not knowing. "Yes, there ; and a first-rate gentlems n artist lives there too; but his nen e ain't Wyndham ; his name happe s to be Parktvity, Sir, Mr, Philip Pi kway ; though I have heard that he is t10 proud. to paint under his own name." "I think, landlord," I said, "that I'll have just three-penn'orth of brandy cold ;" which I took, and, left h m with- out another word, for when heard. of the ehain Were afterward 4 found. . I remembered this very wIll, and. told him so. s" Very good.," he continued., '• I gave that loeketand chain to the poor old girl ; it was the only valuable 1 possess- ed iff the world. ; and Mrs. Parkway has the central carbuncle- in her. brooch • "Nonsense !". I exclaimed, not know- ing exactly what I .did say at the me - i -neat., • " It is a fact," he said, " end I can swear to it. What is more tb the point, : perhaps, is -Hiat although the steno is in a strange setting, and 110 one but my- self, probably, could recognise it, yet I can identify it. On the one eide are my initials cat in filmoet mieroscopical characters. If they are there, that set- tles it; if they are not, eut me down as an impostor, and fix the muider on me if yell like." There was a good deal mo e said after this, but the upshot of it IA,'!i -S that we went ever to Colchester a. a laid the matter before the authori ies wh n after a little hesitation, a w rrant wi.s granted for the apprebensi es of Ivr. Philip Parkway; toidtwojoffic pre, Mew 1- 1)an0ed by Lytherly encl. n yse f, went ov ,r to execute it. I It seas ofter nightfall Ithei we arrived at the :lfount ; and on knoctsbeg at ti e door, we found that Mr. PIO:way Nest s in ; but his wife was out, hf,ving gm e up, (so the elderly win:mini that was call d byebe footboy informecins,)- jo play the hermon tuns at tile :week y :rhears.]. of the village choir. "Albou4I the only amusement she has, . p t or hing," the woman muttered, and she se med in la Yea -yield temper aberit some mg.- IN e said we wanted to see her master, ar d that she need. not ..announceus. An 1, i as I live, I believe that wom n guess d directly who -we were, and w at we h d come for. At anyrate stuite a glow pt triumph came into her fac. , and sl e pointed to a door nealy dpposito to it where we stood. We ( pelted it; and. 'found ourselves in a sort of large studde whereeseatetl at a table ed ding, '$s the men we wanted. He lo ed. up In surprise as we entered, an the light - falling strongly on his face while all the rest of the room was in iarkuess, I thought I saw a paleness tem ,end go qn his glOomy features; but that night ha -e been a fancy. - I "What is your bus-inc s ?" he began; but Mr. Banes, the chief conatable, oikt. him Short. "I am sorry to inform you, Mr. Park- way," he said, "that I hold a warrant for yours/Test, and you mutt consider yourself in custody.' . Parkivay stared at hini, meehenically losed the book he was r ading: and i . 187 7 i g se I aid . I " n what charge, ,ir?'' .. : 1 "For murder," says Bane; and then • was sure Parkway didturnfrory white. 'For the murder ofi _Miss Jarkway, at ombestead, in 185-." , arkway looked from one toi, 'the other f us for a few seconds without speak - g,; at last his eyes settled. for on in- •1 tent on Lytherly; then turning to THOMA : anes, he said, pointing straight at i ytherly :.---, . _I * "It was that man, I have no doubt he set you on." 1 FPikLL I "You had. better not say- anything,. said the chief ! constible, ," but Just give' your servant esha•k!orders you Wish, and come with is, as !we c nnot top." 1 ; "1 dare say it was he,"! cont ued arkway, notanswering Mr. Bandi, but teeming to go with his °amt. tho ghts. I fancied he was dead, for tvhat took o be his ghost has been seen!inmy -oom every night for the past- month. 'Where is nay -wife?" We told bire she. was not at home, and that we were anxious to spare her as far as possible; but he gave snch .a., bitter smile, ; and said. :— I ' 1 " She Will certainly be -vexed to have had a husband that was hanged; but she will be glad to be a tvidqw ont any terms." • I . ! • I • We didn't want to hear an- more of this, so got.. him away; not without some little trouble though ; and .if there had not been bo Many of us;, we should have had a scene; as it , wee, we were obliged to h.andoeff him.! . • I 1 The servants, four of them, twere naturally alarmed, and were in the hall hen we -went out. Mr. Parkway • eve a very few 'airectione, and the ld.erly woman grinned quite i Spitefully t him. "Don't iesult the mi an.: now 1 he's own," I said in a whisper, while Park - t ay and the two officers got into the fly. ytherly and I Were to ride clutside and • ve. I I :I • I "Insult him! the wretch !"! she said. ' You don't -Mean to salves° he ha S any fzelings to hurt. He has been -trying to • 'ye my poqr young raistrepe, that I sused when a baby, into hetlgraye and . . e would ha e done it if I had not been ere. I' The ouly excuse is, he is, ; and wa,yaleas b en, a dangerous lunatic. We drove c ff, and I saw no moee of er, and nev ,r heard how Mrs. Park - Way took thel intelligelice. , I eThe lady waSpresen 6 at the prelim- inary -exa, ation ; and, to ' her great snrprise her earbuqle brooch , was taken from er and 1ised. against her h-u.sband. T is examination was on the next morning, and we ebtained more evidence thai we had at first . expected. Net only -wee the carbuncle rattrked. as Lytherly had said it ivOuldbe, but I had been up at the station, beingunable to shake off qld habits, and had made spnle inquiries there. Strangely enough, the man who was liead-porter now had been head -porter there five years ago (it is a very sensible Way railways have of keeping a goodman in the same position . always ; - promotion generally upsets - and confuses things) and he was able, by secondary facts, to fix the 'dates and te show that not only did Mr, Parkway. b, . 1.10 to. Combestead for the funeral, but. , that he went to London and back just before; from London, of course, he could easily get to Cembestead, and his absence left him about time to d so. We proposed then to have a renlalla and et evidence from Combestettcle but it N ras neVer needed. ; 1 ' 1 • Parkeyay had been e.xpecting this low for years, and always kept gem° c eadly poiscni. concealed in the hollow 0 3 f N i MAI 1877. ND WINTER CIRCULAR PIR,CD1V1 KI DO'S EIVIPCRIUM, STREET, SEAFORTH. 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LIAM SMITH. 51214 OLOVER SEED THRESIIING.—Thc under_ ‘-' signed wish to intitnate to the farming earn. oraunity that, having purchased one el 13rowre, Celebrated Clover Ser Threshers, they are pre. irTainknnteLry0O1:18'cnriAttnNtetnd at he Town of Clinton, the -80th NI °TICE is heleby given that application win pared to do threshin for any who may /eclair, 'WALKER, Me1NTY E & FERGUSON, Sobel - reasonable. ISA.A.1 &WILLIAM MODELAND, TneoxictnsoeissoieuntohnerionlVhya .7000HonNty 010110NurtYni hal ttbhee Tuckersmith. ' 5113x4 day of july, A. . 1877. JOHN MOONEy, 1-1 be made to the Parliateelitg Canada at the their services. G-ood work warranted, and charges - Province of Ontari o. al,o(olorroNevs2ae iryd, ,,/ hoorcsa it4 wtBei: fioeli, ogn Ire e5oDon7onixvid:tri 1:se1 tors for Applicant. I : el- nISSOLUTION OF PealTNERSHIP.—Neuee --g-' is hereby given tame the partnership hereto- fore subsisting betevleen. us, the undersigued, as Millers in the Villa of Wroxeter, has been this c day dissolved by utdal consent. All debts - owing to the said pe tnership are to be paid to Alexander L: Gibsone at Wroxete.r aforesaid, and all clenns against th said partnership eeeito be prielosentrt to tehewiel. u? i' de Alexandertt1 ) L. dGibs°nat etobey lecterThis el:: day of Oetober, 1877. ALEXANDEi -L. GIBSON, ROBEIT CLARKE. Witnees— T. W. GIBSON. 518-4 NS',.11711A17 STOER. VSTRAIY SHEEP.—Cerne into the premites of -la the undersigned, Lob 18, Con. 10, Mel:Cell, a prove property, pay elfargee and take them away. NVIet. HOLES. Ewe and two lambs. The owner is requess:2xed4to -PSTRAY SHEEP. ---Came into the premises of • -3-:4 the undersigned;Lot 6, Con, 4, Hullett, abont the first of July, a Ewe a!nd Lamb. The owner is requested to prove ,preperty, pay eharges and take them ra,y, D. IMeGREGOR, 51.1e4 STRAY HEIFER. --Strayed from the prem- - ities-of the undeeeigned. Lot 16, Con 14, Me- Killop, on or about the 1st of june., a grey Heifer rising 2. Any pereon giving such mformation will lead to the recovery of theabove auimal will be suitably rewarded. THOMAS FORBEIS, Wal - „ton 512x4 STRAY HORSE.-eS rayed from Con. .1 6, Me- - -Gillivray, on the 25th of July last, a young horse rising $ years eed,'of dark sorrel color with white spot oniforeheaki and white spot on "back. Stance about 15 hands high. Any person giving such information as eeill!lead to his recovery will be suitably rewarded. ; B. S. COOR, Howiek, Forilwich P. 0, 508 'STRAY STEER AND HEIFER.—Strayed from the premis oe the eubecriber, Lot 4, Con. 11, Tucicorsinith,' june last, a red Steer P. 0.4 and a rod and white Heifer—year-olds; 14xBo4th to thee xecovery of the above animals will be Any person giving such information as will lead animals have 2 notches cut ou.t of the left ear. suitably rewarded. D. MeDONALD, Chiselleuret • A P:PSTICES *ANTED.—Wanted imme- diately, Six Apprentices to the Dressmaking Apply to XISS HANNAH, over the Seaforth, • 512 business. • Post Office, a RI4 WANTED.—Wanted in a plivate family --)1 a good and a.ctive girl who understands gen- . • eral housework. Good wages. Apply at THE EX OSITOR OFFICE, Seaforth. • 511 'N 'RANGING - 11E. TEACHER WANT -1- holding a seeond School Section No. 8, in January, 1878. Ap alleelor by letter, stet COO ER FORREST, Tru tees, Hills Green , I A SPLEINDI6 A SORTMENT 01? WORSTED 00 'TPS AND TROW- SERINGS I ALL FIE NEW t PATTERN,S. CANADIAN TWEEDS IN EVERY V RIBTY 31? :TEXTURE, FR.0,11 THE FINEST TO TH E; COARSEST HONIESPUN. ; GENTS' FURNISHINGS, HATS 211)I -D , CAJS— A FULL AND COMPLETE. 'ASSORT MEN T AT RE AS O'it.T.A.BLE PRICES., his watch -seal. This he Wok, on. the - ight after his examination,' and was mnd.dead in his cell bv the officer who 'ent the round. He first wrote a very • Ila alittininn.td CODASS11011, di rather 3 &cation, showing that his motive ad eeen to prevent his cousin'e magi - a e with Lytherly, whom he teemed eto ,1 ate very nnich, elthongh the. young ts an had. never harined him._ .He said' he went expressly to Combest eta to get la ssessien of the money his nisguided: qativethad drawn, and to kill hese!, He it that if he left her aliye s se would. errs,- Out ller scandalous ' San , and ierefoee it Was his duty to ki 1 her.; so doing this he felt he had clommitted crime, but had only been ohs iustru- ent of justice. So I supposci he was, a ' the house -keeper declared, a Ungerous h natic. - : However, the reward of '100 had n ver been withdrawn, and I ot it; it N as paid. out of Parkway's e tate, toe, IN hich -Wee the strangest go rever heard. o'. Lytherly and his wife- are great ends with Mrs. Robinson and myself ; t ung ones. staying -with ° us, . hen, we deed., we have usually onTtsef their i I haven't one or two from my married al,ughter. Mrs. Parkwa,y, I heard, 'inold of at the Mount, and went aeletty ; Wad s me tines) after I saw by ;the papers ti at she was married to Soneal 'one else. 11110p0 she made a better mallethe sec- ond tine. 1 I On the ,whole, on looking back I : am , • i alined to think that of all tie clues . , b • whieh I ever found.' aindlecly out, tliiti wasrea,lly the queeres t.—C t ambers's etrilet.' , Slandering D o et oils. A great mativ 'jokes ate eiacked at t le expense (if 'the doctors, ttnei at the eepense of the reputation fel: intellect o those who oracle them e fnr a mo - n ent's ;consideration, whicted .- by the n ay, in 'this fest age, is not given to any, tbing of true inspertance. execta by the few—a moment's consideratiOn tvOnlil tsach any one,. that it is teethe doctorti is. terest to keep the patient elite as long possible,. for as long- as the patient li -es he pays!'Witness the. deeperete . e orts mede to protract life. ifor a few - h urs, iir the last extremity ; :laow the edicine is poured down eyery lye • inutes, as long as the dying !man can s Yalow; how the blister plaeter en- c ses ankle, wrist, and. waist, to kindle u ) again the powers of life, for, with ✓ turn!ing life, returns the pretpect of d llare. ; For our part, we coseld never appreciate the philoeophy of Itortnring ti e poor dying bod.y in the Ways 'just . tided' to, to the last mmnenk of ' ex - 1 tence. The great Washingtbn. preyed t be allowed to die in peace. • 'When. our last hour Comes, hoist the l window, t rew the door wide open, Withont a aft;• moisten the lips ; clear the r om o all lent one or two ; let all the ure air pOetible get to; the laboringlungs.— i0 LCIIii8. • a NO Hosses BURNED.—A livery stabl Erie, Pa, was burned last Mon which were thirteen hoses; loss known. — in lay, un- — Wanted, a Teacher r third -class -certificate, for Hay. Duties to commence ly, to the Trustees person- & salary. Wel. CURRY, and SAMUEL CARLISLE, .O. 510-6 ENTS WANT D.—In every Town and "illage in the Co titles of Huron and Bruce, e sale of tire Pu .cell Spring Bed, a new Pa- tent, manufactured b Monzio & Duncan, Strat- ford, Ont. Good aeti o men can make from $5 to $10 day in thi. busineee, as those beds will stll well and the mins willbe liberal. Apply pereimall, or by letter post-paid, to It BERT SMILEY, Leedbure P. O., Huron Connty, ' Agene for the above Gounties. 504 E,ADYIVI,PDE QLOTHING. I . . I . -THE STOCK 01? IR EADYM ADE CLOTHING - IS F.t4ill SUPERIOR TO ANY I HANfE EVElt SRO kVN. II1Z :STYLE, CUT A.ND . WORKMANSHIP MY GOODS! ARO CONSIDERED SUPERIOR TO ANYTHING 01? T.n KIND IN T WNs-A PERFECT FIT GUA.RANTEED. BOYS' AND MEN S I) , .0,-,,Re.AT,„ ,,,,, . HAND, AND , ARE BEING MARKED AT VERY . SMALL PR FITh VNDER1 C LOTH 1NG IN GREAT rit(i)Fusi ON. A I 00 M PL ET E I.OUTFT1 FOR '$1. 25, - I ' I • -BOOTS AND SHOES. • . , .141.`tOCIE. WO At 14 I.? IMVICE. TO. iSIIEEP 13REEDERS.—The undersigned .viiil keep . uring this season, on Lot 29, Con. 7, Ribbert, or the improvement of stock a Th',i!onghbod Leiceeter Rem, Terms—$1 per pair.' °,7011N estevEts. • . 5144 ' TO; STOCK RATS /t. ,S.—The undersigned. will 'leap on his prom ses, Lot 29, Con. 5, McKie. lop, for ehe irrtprovement of stock this season, a Thoyoughbreel SuffoW Boar. Terms'$1 per sow, • payable at the time ol f service, with the privilege e of returning 31 nee seary. W. A. ANDER- spN,.. ', s • I • 515 . ; . spEcaoqc A 11.'11 Cly17.1.4 rp0 'BUILDERS. --S and, Stone, and Gravel for -'- Sale. Orders left with James Ecleva,rds or Thomas Lee -will be promptly, attended to, THOMAS CURRIE S4aforth 48L. I r , IN THIS DEP A LTMEN'f I DEFY COMPETITION. :NIX' STOCK 0 scsesali and vicieilY ehafshe is prepared to at- QTRAW AND FELT; MILLINERY.—MISS 1 MCKIBBIN bens to announce to the ladies of ANYTHING- 01? P1 LE KIND IN TilE pouNTy. IF Ifrnacglii2a1.1 git-adrnersir rat;raw ;3/ FetMillinery, E A .DRY 'FOOT DURING- TliE WINTER,' AND tt meeresr.iteatgerjelek.7e, Roiloniat-0 atelail:ioashe Street, bo,contuisepariVr :Ey T, GI V'E ME A CAI,L. 513x4 Methodist Church, LONG BOOTS IlthT YOU WANT TO HA NEAT FITTING If10 • • MILLINERY AND DRESSMAKING. THE SHOW ;-10 OM IS NOW &room? WITH THE CHOICEST A8- SORTMENT OF MILLINERY' GOODS, AND NO PAINS HAVE BEEN SPARED TO MAKE THIS DEPARTMENT AS NEAT' AND ATTRACTIVE AS POSSI4E. THE IMMENSE SUCCESS \vim* ATTENDED my EFFORTS LAST SEASON COMPELLED ME TO STILL FURTHER EX- ERTIONS, ND I HAVE EXERCISED e THE UTMOST CARE AND JUDGMENT IN THE; gSELECTION OF THE STOCK. THE SUPPLY OF ,MANTLE MTAINIAr ItINI6SE, AND THE STYLES ARE URI"TLY FASL-TIONA8LE THE ST, (X..a. F- TIIIA.11.1Ep -4'.D HATS IS BE NG -DULY AUG NJ I \1ED, .D,LT LY LEAVE JWITHOUT GETTING- SUITED. 4 01, NG LADY' IN CHARGE, AND EVERY ATTENTIW Alcrs ca? ()tit F dENDS. - I I ON II.A.ND I VARIED, BUT ti AND UNTBIMM LADY CAN PO, EXPERIENCED PAID TO THE 1, FIR ' ON THE PREM CUTTING AND FF.1.12 T -CLASS DRESSMAKER . —4 TORSEStufFrOoRvSiAcLy ..-,-OFIoLr eSelAo, LchIeEa.p ,several oed working snit delving horses, young and sound, Apply to SCOTT BROTHERS, Sea- fortire . 509 1.BIcESTER "use sin FOR 1SALE.—The '-‘ undersigne has 1 al r 'se on his premises, Lot - 1Q„ 29, Con. 5, MeK” lop, 1 Thoroughbred Leicester Rem Lambse N . A. 4NDLaSON. 514 t , LOST Ofil ItisOUND. I 1 , erA Tele BACK THAT COAT.—The person who -1- tOok from Fosters Hotel on the day of the show, Friday, Oct.. 5, at II -Leven Overcoat with a *velvet ;collar, had better ileturn it at once and save pro sequ ti oe. The pereon was !Weil tekieg it from the i ail eehel e it -was heneing under another coat, Ind if t is returned at once no further e et ion will ellE Me. if it ifs not returned the per- son Vill jba proseauted for theft by TIIE OWNEIL . i . ' 514x4 J. 41 SCOTT, k`. 1i4e., Physieian, S orgeon and done etgi°tIlliezti.'C;Sfe% 1.1e:1;1(c)f tSt;(3efrfiurisi.: 3deostt east oOreshyterian Ch/h. • •849 IT L. VERCOR., C. M., Physician, Bur- ."' • geon, etc.. Coroner for the County of Huron Office and Residence en Jarvis street north, directly oppoeite Seale rth Publie School. 1,717 A. ADAMS, M. D.,1 late of Lakefiefil, Orate • e Physician, Surgeon and Accouchent. Graduate of the -Only reity a Trinity College. • Toronto. Member of teal Royal College of Pig- , ; miens and Surgeonsmen , irt. KinbOnt. 05 SES, !AND PARTICULAR. ATTENTION PAID TO , NG, ALL ORDERS PUNCTUALLY A.TTENDEDT ItL [HANOVER, M. D., C. M., Graduate of ' •.111-Gil1 Urdeersity, Physician. Surgeon and . Acconelieur, Seaforth, Ont. Office—lio.oms in M , I ] eyer:is Blockititely occupied by Dr. Phelan, and •Carrcinbrook on Tuesdey and Fridays, 496 formerly by the late 11r.21 King. Will attend at A F NULL STOCK OF (WNERAL GROCERIES. ......_:, 1 i 14cNAUGHT, Vete nary Surgeon, Grielp D 1. • late of Oni ario-Toto Mary College, Sealorth, . IN THE PR.OVINCE FOR 60 CENTS PER POUN ; 1 1Ryanre. Calle promptle! attended bo, night or Ont. I Office and Residen e in. rear of =loran & • I Id day., A stock of veterinary medicines on hand • ,1 . nese; end. certifietetes ge en if required. Charges reasonable. Horses examined asks sound- ; 407 1 •.TA...4ES W. ELDER) V. S., Graduate of the EST FIGURE PAID FOR UTTE , , I• u Ontario veterinary College. After devoting I •two years to practice with Profeseor Smith, of IN CASH OR TRAUB, AT TIM NEW CAS', STORE. residence eastof W. ALI Chnrch. Calls promPtlY Toronto, has settled in Seaforth. Wiles at his , .• attended to by day or night. A large stock of Veterinary Medicines tonetantly on hand. :Horses • THOMAS- KIDD SEAFORTH.•examined rig to soundness and certificates given , Horses bought and sold on commission. 424 THE BEST TE TI -IE HIGH ' • OCTOBER 19, 1877. G-BAI ITIOEZRIT,,TIT:E:(331131811:26thlicE, tuRner10V.12 Teeasea tattered clothes etaill • e Bohm and furred gowns hide all. Plate Pin And the strong lance of justice harness le et Arm it in rags, a pigmy's straw doth piercake it. gold • Galhynerintehre.siller, roan, gather the siller, 1 AnFille" n le''ele'rhte:alinalnyZtPl:/nr frae uorallt1 ni 11 ehlelehsaaw' bees come in they ket p off a' eine Nenne)srlser, maim you eveleome to etatesneen Ay, even25tuedtzt ilie'•prieet, engin will say that your peel •Biller covers your fauts wi" a sweet-senellief. ste 'Tis th.e sure " open -sesame" to great/let-sand:fa e.an win the front seat in the kirk'e conge A supertionfm—e coat, man, is a robe a' salvation. What thotigh en a Sunday the minister preach Aia' tells you the root oi &evil is riches?" nItei.:003.boult Smanpleasseh,s,etda, tdaakeysg:ospuzel ha; nevahenand::(3 d'yedoniaBur?" be passes puir' lexlies As gin they were cuddles ,;2aree' worthy the hawbees paid for their mild d - • dies Sae gather the siller, 3711173, gather the siller. Wad ye he like the that toil not nor epie Wad ye to see thtebler baervia Wad yo like to see men 0' ;wealth ham to Yet enjoy a' the blessings that labor eau win? llama avrets Ioot kinkthorind eleeWilient711h'rraeY10t:tlin:LtillaYeeln?agini you in friendship or • yngrurar:engnible,st In presence be silent and humble, riage ? Wad you like to see poor /eons that yaumia. Stan' a, yatd twa off, feared to draw ony An' answer yer questions Nei' " Yes ebee and 4 In short wad ye like to be counted& great man , just keep gettin' rich, ine—Ien sem to Inan • Though cola deeds may have mace let sou sear we:tee • a;tnrape• ei\n,ertiheear,hbulksut y,o;ll trhinevenait,gis Ye canna nrietak' it, • An' trump up a pedigree, hundreds will back it.. Gin ye gather the siller, man, gather the siller, sffler baith churchman an' layman udIl p ye ; Without it sex ahi flesh and bitia will despise y. An' preacher may preach, an! vain moraliets hl ter; But a rich man at a' times can easy pass mule( Though when mortals are sleeping, an' starnie blinking. Ye whiles waste the dark hours in raking inkinThough inttnele is hurry -gluey, an' higghe )argon, Ye whiles tell a whid, jukgro help on a bargain; Though ye -crush ,yer poor workers NIT strong ha/ • nnand' S.teentdaY1 • inINthe time that they're owre low ready— Sit war)» on yer hearth -rug, end bristle ytr eitie Yer bawbees will cover a great many sins; A sinner that sins on his rich money bage Is auither thing clean flue a sinner in rage -- And just whiles as a rarity, Bleeze yer name in a charity An' wise ones will trumpet your worth as a veri Then gather the biller, mine, gather the tiller,. For siller. tiro' mild, beauty's fresh -blooming thea Will deep like ripe fruit in your cauld ehrivel alFor sillin4lhe Pr.plet pardoned and shriee n, An' drives terx en bend through the porteb; Heaven; For siller the goepel;expositer pneebes; For feller the stiff man 0' /mum and verbs t air For Biller the M. D. preseribes fertile dying; For Filler Wee Teich pliee hie; pulling and lying; For teller the lawyer sells counterfiet passion; For siller, the sycophant bomb; the fashion; For siller the hack eerawis, the party ecribe ter The alnlitogi; leader bullies, the plum -seeker quibble, Wealth is power, wealth. Is worth, wealth email ThoithyoenClx• si)Lns " as erimson //ink- • ilt2/ wool; Anti want it want preferment ler of netn—there's eoul leading des in it 'Tis the grand4'weciding game nt- Tho' proptiThen gather the Filler, num, gather the silk r. An' for want al the proud spirits oft fed tit grud. For wseaonrtnr we while:. etoop to the *hilts that lil Ay, for want o't WA, 10111024 tursed the hour we we For want o't Ihe half aim pit working \WWI rises For want o't man bows t44 the inen he de4dees For 1.e)o-arit;iet the poor man ricii down worn jaded : For want o't to gayer -alums whiles have to `rnati.;' For emit o't in manhood, 3fittil pFor want o't the stret.t singer tholes wind. a wlaczate ; An' sings wr a Nair heart slang the den street; For want el oft genius is given in vain, But to droop like th ..t flow:Ts shut from t-rn an' rain. Through 0.' elinee an' seaeonehe , ti-nway sly Want wit, sense, or 14.srnin4v; but fib; Ix money— The tunnipotint passixot, One through fire and brass ft.r1; Neither wisdom, nor knowledge; nor virtue will ea . feet,— fete gather the silbx, man, gather the sili. r. Huron Fall Assizes. The Court opened on Tuesday of Itis. week, before Mr. Justice Patterscn. The names of the Grand Jury are 011ott-st W. J. f3hannon, forema ciplin Buchanan, Peter Douglas, *hot Fortune. ;James Hanlow, John Dinaltan Wm. McKercher, Wm, Seymour, Jain • Tamblyn, John Walker, Charles Girvin Samuel Black, John Doig, Daniel For svth, Walker Jackson, Wm. John McKinley, Daniel -Scott, Dani - Turnbull, Gordon Young. • After the Judge had addreesed t • Grand Jnry, the in* ease was• called viz.: Worden vs. Hutton. This was al action on a special contract, for nOn• delivery- of flour, by Mr. Hutto who belong th Wingliaan, to Mr. Worden, of Gederith. On. requeet ii • uthrie and C. Seeger for defend eadrielomItneiine.GaalrInootrfyi evactss.el_CI:aeraGnsreorPflPfl:S:',ei «mt.:. -J. T. unsettled account between two broth- ers, • ithaliV.111,1\oviiTakeliel 11- ow Cameron, 3 Iolt f amen e dere, • Griffith vs, Evans.---Tliere Were it' Oases of this style, nee fir hai'ti being entered by • a Mr. Griffith. o Howick, father ef the yews lady against Andrew EN'aue, 0. neerellaNt 11 Wroxeter. It appears that the defend - ant and the young lady had been inti mate for some tine.. awl as alleged th. latter WitS fiQduceil by the e,r/ce r mann-tee. At we: rate tL jrth Yd nri" Inlaggehe:".1 v '17y: I. 1.1:1).V.,(ty. - the father 1 ataight tie, iS Elizabetli Griffith, 811,1 ie handseme and intellieeni., 1 raresie panonaC:i12::: r when tlist (-ass, wee elll. rns modeety created quite it Fen %-al• evidence ''as taken, -tcpparently t 1311011 that defendaet immediately )e,e, which verdict was drily reerdol. first offer of ik500-----5250 fer teteli tele: