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• POOR ZEPH !
. CHAPTER! IT—Continued.
"1 never implied I could say this !
lingly," heremarked ; but it might be ;
better for us both, before—"
He did not finish the sentence, an&
she did not ask him to do so. For a
few more minutes they sat together in
silence ; theu he goCup, and offered. his
hand to raise her. She did not take his
hand, but sprang to her feet without his
assistance, and they went on slowly to-
gether toward the high road.
" You are quick to take offence, Zeph,"
he said at lag.
"1 am not offended," she replied.
"1 think you axe."
What have 1 to be offended about ?"
she inquired.
"Nothing," he said, "and.I did not
mean. to give offence. I was thinking
of you—and. only of you—not of myself,
God knows."
young men for partners. Don't fail to
come next Saturday.—E. S."
"1 did not know the cad favored you
with these familiar postscripts," Dud-
ley mid, coldly, as he returned the let-
ter to her.
Zeidr's lip quivered, and her eyes
brimmed with tears, but she answered
with the old quickness!
Yes, the cad does sonietimea:"
"Then—it's like his infernal impu-
dence.' '
"He is an older friend than you are,"
she retorted.
"What a friend to be proud of !—a
little red -nosed, gin -drinking sparrow,"
,cried Dudley, savagely—" a starveling
who can scarcely keep soul and body to-
gether by the profits of his semi -moral •
establishment."
"You have no right to run the place
down," oried Zeph, indignantly, f
" where you have been yourself—
where you met me first—where you
know I o "
g
"1 have given up trying to compre- • "Where I hope you -will never go
again, Zeph."
" I don't see why I should not," she
answered. •
"It is not fit for you."
"Do you want me to understand that "There is no harm in it."
you are tired of ' my company ?" she " It is a disreputable den," cried. Dud
-
asked, very resentfully still ; " is that
what you are drivi.ng at?" she added,
witb her old phraseology coming to the
front, as she seemed to step suddenly
towt4c1 her old life.
"You axe dearer to me to -day than
you have ever been " he burst forth with
vehemence, and then he was silent for
her sake and his own. Zeph anticipat-
ed that he would. talk of lave after this,
avow laisattachment, and draw from
her a confession of the deep strong love
she had. for him, but he preferred to
walk on moodily to beina frank and,
true and honest, as he ah.ould be. If he
really cared for her, he would surely
speak now—if he were not too grand
and “ stuck-up '7 after all—if he loved.
her as much as he ha,d induced her to
believe from the attention which he had.
paid her., _ He had, led her by degrees
to forget her own sphere, and to neglect
her friends; he had given her a new ex-
istence and. bright hopes, he had sought
her out, and: taken her away from her
"set ;" he had tauaaltt her almost by
his manner to look down upon all the
past amusements of her life. He had
rendered her a prouder weman, she had
thought even. a. happier, until this sud-
den turn h.ad come, and. she had dis-
covered there were clouds and doubts
about her, where she had looked for
that eternal sunshine which belongs
never te this earth.. Ancl yet those last
words had brought the miles back to
her lips and gladness to her heart; he
could not have been paving the way for
a separation or have grown tired of her,
to have said all that so passionately
and. truthfully. He would. speak pre-
sently perhaps; meanwhile she was too
proud a girl to betrb.y any of that anxie-
ty -which in her heart she naturally felt.
For it had come to pass that in the
heart of hearts of Poor Zeph Carrington,
Dudley Grey had, become her idol—such
an idol as a weak fond woman worships
with all her soul, and is crushed to the
- -earth when it falls„
hen& you to -day," said. Zeph; please
do not worry me by riddles."
"1 LIM not fond of riddles, Zeph, but
life has. become an enigma to me."
She was -clever at disguise, however.
Na man was likely to guess the depth
of her feelings without betraying his
own clearly to berShe was not going
to state that ahe was in love with Dud-
ley Grey, if Dadley Grey had only
thought of her as a pa,saing acquaintance
and a pleasant _conapanion for the nonce
—not she, indeed.
We must not have- our holiday
end in doubt and discord„ Zeph," he
said; this sheuld be a fair one to the
end..."
"It is our fault if it is any thing
else." '
Re put his arm round her, and kissed.
her lightly.on the cheek, and. Zeph did
not shrink away from his caress. When
a young man takes a girl out for the
day, he is privileged. to kiss her once or
twice, that is the rule of the society of
which Zeph was n diStillguishal orna-
ment, and if Ben had kissed her in the
daYs gone by, why not, the man, who
had. superseded. Ben, and rendered hint
by comparison almost a monster in her
eyes?
Dudley essayed his light vein again,
and Zeph seconded his efforts b3 laugh-
ing at his jests. They were seemingly
a light-hearted couple as they walked.
along the high road in the twilight
toward the railway station. Suddenly
the spirit of mischief, or that teasing
spirit that is allied to it, and is natural
in a wanaan anxious to test her power
Over. the object of her affections, led
Zeph to say :
'1 litive had ,a letter to -day, Dudley
• —from a, gentleman."
Oh, indeed!" and Dudley, too far
gone in love to appreciate a joke, became
very glum on the instant. " And what
does the gentleman say ?"
Ali, that'Sa seeret. I
"; did not think you had a secret
from me," he said, reproachfully; "but
if you don't care:to tell me, I will not
force your confidence."
" Can not you guess who would write
• a, letter to ine ?"
. " Boa ?"
That ass of a Corn -chandler in the
Tottenham Court Road?"
011, no I" said Zeph, laughing at
the severity of -his criticism on the
widowc3r.
"I don't know any more of your
friends," he said, severely.
"Mr. Smiles, then."
"Who the devil is smiles ?" he asked,
almost ferociously.
" Why the principal of the Grartdison
Rooms, to be sure."
"What does he want?"
"I'll show you the letter if you wish,"
said Zeph., submissively; for Dudley
Grey's amiability had. all vanished,
"1f it is not private and confid.ential,"
he replied, sarcastically.
Zeph took a letter from her pocket
and. gave it to him, and he read it in
the dim light of the dying day as. he
walked on, by her side. Itwasa print-
ed circular, announcing Mr. Smiles's in-
tention of opening the Grandison RO011as
the first week in October, and of his re-
newed endeavors to promote the com-
fort and pleasure of his patrons, and to
render his rooms a pattern of that re-
spectability and decorum for which
they had. been always distinguished
while under his management. At the
bottora of the circular—and here was
the sin and grievous offence which, in
the eyes of Dudley Grey, Mr. Smiles
had committed—was written in 'lead
pencil;
"I reckon upon you for the opening
night. I can promise you heaps of nice
ey.
"I have spent many a ha,ppy evening
in it." !
" At the expense of the good opinion
of your neighbors, and at the risk of
your ehara.cter," said Dudley, -
" What I" cried Zeph, loOking
indig-
nantiy into his face, and then turning
away and covering her Ownwith her
tWo hands. A moment's silence, a few
more steps along the high -road, said
then a passionate outburst of ‘weeping,
which bore away every atom of foreed
composure on her side, and. of Self-re-
straint on his. All his ill -feeling alicl
uncharitableness vanished, and. a deep .
concern for her and her grief took pos-
Session of him. He had never seen her
give way before; he had thought- her
hard to impress, a charming girl, but
defiant and cool and clever.
" Zepla„ my dear Zeph, don't cry !"
"I might have expected this," she
sobbed; "1 have been waiting for you.
to insult me in this way; I have been a
fool altogether."
" My dear Zeph, I did not mean to
insult you," he cried; "1-1 could not
endure the thought of your going to
those rooms again, and mixing with
the people there; you are too good
for them. Don't- cry. I was jealous.
I love you, an4 can't bear this any
lousier."
He put his arms round. her, and kiss-
ed her tears away, and Zeph suffered..
herself to be caressed. and consoled.
The truth hadescaped in a wild mo-
ment of excitement, and he had. told
her that he loved her! He did. not say
anything more, he did not grow eloquent
concerning his love, as the heroes al-
ways did in the penny numbers she
read; but the confessien had escaped
him, and a feeling of immeasurable con-
tent was at the bottom of her full young
heart. ! The man. loved her, and though
she cried still, and he still essayed to
soothe her, they were tears of happiness
now born of his avowal.
When they were nearing Fenchurch
Street, she said, in a low voice, "May I
tell aA to father, Dudley ?"
Dui4.1.ey came back from dream -world.
and said, quickly,
" No, ; don't tell your father any-
thing yet.:'
"He knows I have come to Epping
with a friend."
"A male friend. ?"
" Yes."
“ What -did he say ?"
"Oh, verylittle. You can take care
of yourself, I know, Zeph,' he said, but
I should like to hear a little more of
this new friend of yours, for all that.'
Now if I ceuld tell him to -night,
and make him almost as happy as my-
self ?"
"Tell him what?"
"Olt; You know," said. Zeph, blushi
"for you'have not been making fun of
me, surely !"
No, Zeph," he answered, "there is
no fun in all this. We have passed out
of the region of flirtation into grave fads
and earnest truths. But I must think
it carefully over—I have a great deal on
nay mind, girl."
“ Will you have any secrets from me 2"
she asked.
“ Nbt any—presently."
" Will you tell me next time we
meet?"
" Yes; next time, then."
" Oh; Dudley, I am dreadfully happy
now," she whispered. " I have been
anxious and miserable at times, and
you have been often --oh! so strange.
It has been so very, very hard to try
and understand yell."
" How was that 2"
"You have been dull and thoughtful,
and. then so full of fun and—and affec-
tion—like a man who did not know
whether he cared for me or not," she
explained.
" Ah! I knew how much I cared. too
well, Zeph," he replied.
From.Fenchurch.Street to the tic
streets of Soho in a hansom ab;cand
then the parting at the corner of the
street where Zeph's father lived.
" GoOd-night; dear."
" Good -night, Dudley.," she answered,
“ I will not go to the Grandison any
more. Never any more !"
"That's right—thank you; there's a
• goad Zeph," he cried.
ill And. I never meant to go, really,"
she added, "because you have always
looked so cross when I have spokeu of
the Rooms to you. You will forgive my
• worrying you about them to -day, Dud-
ley, won't you?"
"God bless you, child—yes." —
He stooped and kissed her, as he
might have kissed a little child even:
and then he bade her " Good -night"
again and hurried away. With every
step from her his heart grew heavier
with self-reproach and self-abasement,
and the darkness on his path became
denser and. more heavy. To the end of
all this—so lightly -and carelessly be-
gan, as it had been—the barrister did
not see his way.
CHAPTER V.
IRRESOLITT
Had Dudley Grey, barrister at law,
been like unto most men, this story need
not have been written, or its sequel
might easily have been guessed. There
is nothing new in a chance. acquaint-
ance, a man wanderhag out of his sphere
to make love, and a poor girl flattered
into indiscretion, perhaps into destruc-
tion. These are the passing events a a
great city, the eternal shadows of the
streets after the gas is lighted and the
work of the day is over.
We have attemp
the feelings of Dudl
Carrington, because
man, I were ordinal"
difference." If the
as thousands had
without any heed to
they were not able
or to part as easily
with no one the wo
anceship. Dudley
we have particularl
ter, was tortured
science. He was a
was on the wrongr
•
r•or
THE HURON EX1SOSITO
ted. an analysis of
ey Grey and Zeph
both man and. we -
mortals "with a
• met and made love
done before them,
the codes of society,
o regard it as a jest,
as they had met,
se for the acquaint -
Grey, with sylicmi
to do in this chap-
• blessed. with a con -
man who knew he
aAl, and who oiaade
one or two faint efforts t� retrace his
hops, andwasunhappy altogether in
his secret courtship. Many men whom
he blew would-havtreated this mait-
ter lightly and la ghingly, as a izrtere
jest at which they °ilia have expected
a ;girl like Zeph toi laugh also. They
would not have believed in Zeplin any
ulcl have expected
been quite afool—
i; and they wonld.
om her at al o-
*thout a recipient's
given her another
lives' end. Fresh
ns, and the world
nd, with no time to
s and. aching hearts
treents of a few in
new to the business,
ious youth; he had
and reserved; he
early in life !to a
he respected', and
at he loved, 'until
ssion, had mastered
more than they w
her—if she had not
to believe in. !the
have turned away
ment's notice; or
notice,, and hardly
thought to their
faces, new flirtati
only a merry-goro
think of the troubl
and bitter disappoil
the great crowd..
Dudley Grey was
He had been a stud
been always proud
had become engage
lady whom he kne
whom he fancied
this wild., strange p
him Lind shown hini what love waS.
ieknew n rw that his Parents and fr!erids
had prompted him to- this engagenaent,
had. told him what a good thing it! Was
to secure the affections of Geraldine de
Courcy, a stately, high-born being', who
would bring him fifteen hundred &year
as a start -off, and. whose expectations
were wonderful. He was a lucky dog
to hit the fancy of Miss De Conroy ev-
erybody said, and aS she was a bean -U.
ful woman and only 'two years his senior,
he had never repined at his fate, or seen
anything to pine at until his philosophy
was upset by a shop girl.
What was to be done now it was dif-
ficult to say. He had gone of his ()Wu
free will into temptation; he had Meant
no evil; he had. been attracted. by the
face and manner of a woman whom he
thought it would. be easy to say goOd-
!by to when be pleased; .and the Wo-
man had turned. to him with her where
heart, and believed in him with a force
and passion which had. changed the
whole tenor of his life. ;
What was to be done? He thought
of the whole position, in his chamber
night after night, day after day, jwith
his work at a sta,ncl-still, and his brain
oppressed by the truth.- There were two
good women on Ms mind, and he must
lsreak the heart of one of them—Whose
Should it be? He was pledged to the lady;
his interests, his future position in the
world, his honols were at stake here;
but he did not love Geraldine de Courey
any longer. In. her presence he felt
that he was a hypocrite, weighed down
• by a lie as big as a mill-ston.e. And.
yet he would fling to the winds all his
chances if he married Zeph Carrington;
his friends would laugh at him, every
body would. laugh at him—one or two,
like Frank Amoore, would pity him for
being such a fool. And Zeph would net
make him a good wife possibly; Lind
Zeph's relations and friends! Great
Heaven to be dragged down to com-
panionship with them, and to have for
a father-in-law a man who -was, earning
35 shillings a week at a foundry! To
be poor all his life for the sake of a de-
lusion of this kindi—sa delusion w ch
-would fade and leave him the victim 0±
mesalliance—no, it nnist not be I
He was fond of Zeph, he know; but
he did. not know how terribly fond.of
this quaint little girl he had become Un-
til he had made up his /hind to part
with her, to wean himself by degrees
from the spell of her companionship.
He was wrenching himself away from
his better self in the effort, now that the
girl looked up to him as to a clemi-god,
and. valued hina at a 1 higher rate than
he deserved. This task of dropping off
by degrees—so easy an operation to men
of the world., worldly, to men of the
town, townly—was - a giant's task to
Dudley Grey, and. beyond. his moral
strength. He awoke to the 0013£30i0118-
ness of his own wealmess by degrees;
the tears ,in Zeph's eyes, the tremor in
her voice,t nt It chance word or a some-
thing that suggested a suspicion of a
slight, the exuberance of spirits when
he was his old self and looked as if he
loved. her, all told upon him and. , kept
• him irresolute. Ile could. not \make her
unhappy while she trusted in him—
he dared not tell her yet. that he Was
undeserving of her trust. Wait a while
he must. ;
• Since the expedition to Eppina For-
est, she had altered very. gra,ngefy too;
there was hardly ain atom's worth of
resemblance to the bright, pert Rttle
woman whom he hall. ch.affed " !at.the
Grandison Rooms. She was a flirt
• then, vain of admiration, eagerfor ex-
citement after wbrk hours, seema no
pleasure in !ho e, but finding her
amusements out
girl whom chance
to ruin, according
genius who first
Now she was a t
ina, proud. of he
f " fly-naway "
might save or bring
to the good, pr evil
inflnenced her life.
ughtful,. earnest be -
conquest, an'd very
full of love for it, thinking of nothing
else in life sae the ma.n who had Made
up his mind to get away from her, and
t enough to believe
She was so terribly
engagement that he
became afraid of her, and with every
meeting it was a greater difficulty to
close his heart against her: If he had
not been fool enongh to fall in love with
her, he thought, it wouid have been an
easy task to fra,m.e a plan of eternal
young and mnoce
in him implicitly
happy in this ha
-separation; but
, up with his life,
and the ordeal w
strength. Yet h
he could do not
ly, he reasoned,
he could not pari
awhile.
• [TO BE
be had become bound
'th his heartstrings,
s almost beyond, his
mustleav,e iti time;
ng hastily and ornel-
caning, perhaps, that
with little Zeph' yet
ISEAFORTH. 1878.
WM. HILL & ;CO.
COITTINTIED.]
—The other
stranger, stoppe
(Ia.) poor farm
Bohemian serv
was called to t
talked hall an h
up her place an
get married. Ti
the court house,
married in leis than an hour fro
tirne when they Arst saw each othe
day Boheinian, 0,
at the Boone connty
to get his dinner. A
nt girl at work her
Lik with' him. They
ar:, when the girl gave
• s,aid she was going to
e two people went to
ot a- license, stid were
the
A HAPPY NEW YEAR.
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WE recognize the fact that for our Customers
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that the best way to Meese them is to sell
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We hive during the pest year heen doing a
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ILII3ERAL SUPPORT
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Which Cash will always give in enabling us to
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GOOD GOODS
1,
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COTTONS all Special At-
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OUR !CUSTOMERS !
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GALL AND E1L4H.11YR.
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NEW GOODS. NEW PRICES.
JAMES MURPHY
MAKES Pleasure in annouacing to his friends
'A‘ and thapublie thee he is now located in his
New Premises created on the site of his former
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TEAS,
SUGARS,
FRUIT,
-FISH, -
- SYRUP,
TOBACCOS,
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BROOMS,
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Shelf Goods and all Articles kept in
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JAMES MURPEIY is Confident that, Quality and
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1878.
THE COMFILIMENTS OF1THE SEASON
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_
'PROSPEROiCtS AND -HA_PPIK NEW ¥F4AR -
TO
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A s THE long wished for Snow has at length arrived, and good' aleighing has evident y set in, it
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get everything they. want in t1e Line of 3
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IDRY GOODS CROCERIES1 READYMADE CLOTHING
They Consist of Young Hysons, and
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'
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.stipply of the Cheap Goads'especially those
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IN BEA' 11Hp'S I
j_
AM OFFERING SOME SPLENDID BRAINS.
• In Men's and Boys' Overcoats I can safely Defy Competition.
The Balance of Ladies' Winter Mantles on , hand !will be run . off at Greatly
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A ‘lect Stock of Furs on hand and. every attention paid to the wants of our
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The Latest and Most Fashionab e Millinery on Exhibition in our Show Room, and
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GROCERIES. —
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In the Line of TEAS it is universally conceded by all the well-known Tea Drinkers cif the sur-
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auited, as the
Notwithstanding the great depression in the dairy business, I am still paying the Highest Pries
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MRS. WHITNEY'S
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Remember the New Brick Block on the Corner eet
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THAT HUSBAND OF MINE"
Buys all his Machinery from
L. MURPHY,
WHO has pleasure in
T farming community
still selling the very beet
SEAFORTH,
announcing to the
of Huron that he te
Sewing Machines, Agricultural bre.
plements, and • Miesical
'21nrlMr.12u's favorite machine is the Singe;
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off first honors at the Centennial and Sydney
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Mr.
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• than any other in the trade.
Sewing Machine and other repairs always 00
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street. 0.rtb.
1 518
SEAFORTH AORICUIJUR, AL VyAREROOMS.1
IF YOU, WANT TO CET THE BEST THISiLE CUTTER PLOW
-IN THE MARKET
GO TO 0. C. WILLSON',. SEAFORTH,
And get one made by the Massey Manufacturing Coznpany.
REASONS WHY THEY ARE THE BET:
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They are higher in the beam, they are higher in the mould board, they arel thicker in the mould
board, they are thoroughly ground and polished in nil working parts, and have the best car wheel,
Iron points on them, no common metal being used in their manufacture. This can be raid by no
other makers of Plows, A Full Stock of
ALL KINDS OF GENERAL PURPOSE PLOWS
Also Gang Plows of all kinds, including the Port Perry anc) GueVe.
IMPLEMENTS OF ALL,DESCRIPTIONS,1 SUCH AS
! • •
Straw Cutters, Grain Crushers, Horse Powers of all kinds, from two to
• ten. horse power, Chains, -Washing .Machines, Clothes WrinOrs, and
Every Machine belonging to the business. •
SEWING MACHINES.
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- 11 is needless to say anything about thole as long as every petson knows that the Florence is
the beet. Also a full atock of all the common machines made, ouch as the
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WANZER, ROYAL, OSBORNE, RAYMOND, AND SINGER.
,
All kinds of Sewing Machine Repairs, Needles and Oils alwas on hand. SeWing Machines Re-
paired on the shortest notice. ,
0. C. WILLSON, SEAF9RTH.
THE PEOPLE'S GASH STORE.
1\A_ MORRISOT
Hasnow on hand a Large and Well Selected Stock of Choi,ei:F.cmily
• Groceries, which he is selling at leriy Low Prices.
10 POUNDS GOOD BRIGHT. SUGAR FOR $1.00.
3 POUNDS YOUNG HYSON ifEiti FOR $1.Cp0.
13 POUNDS GOOD FRESH RAISINS FOR $1.00. .
Canned Goods, Spices, Pickles, Syrups, Coffees, Biscuits of all kinds, Essences, and 41/ other Goods
generally kept in a Grocery cheap at M. MORRISON'S. Also Hams, Bacon, Corn*eal, Oatmeal,
Pot Barley, Split Peas and wu Feed constantly on hand at M. MORRISON'S.
CROCKERY AND GLASSWARE.'
• I am now making this line a Specialty, and offering every inducement in the
Crockery. I am Selling t
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Best Tea ,Sets at $2 60 per set.
way of Cheap,
Good Glass Sets as low as; 60 cents per et.
Glass Butter Dishes for 121 Cents each.
Handled Teas for $1 10 per; dozen.
• Parties wishing anything ux this line will find it to their aiivantage to examine my
purchasing elsewhere.
AU Kinds of Farm Produce Taken.in .Excfrwmge for Goods.
Delivered Free of Charge.
M. MORE,
stock before
All Goods
SON.
THE• . S.PAFORTH
INSURANCE AND LAND AGENCY.
• ALONZO STRONG
IAGENT fo Several First -Class Stoat, Fire
and Life Insueance Companies, and is prem.,
ed to take risks on
THE MOST FAVORABLE TERMS::
Also Agent for several of the beet LOA11 Bode.
ties.
Also Agent for the sale and purchase of Farm
and Village Property.
A NUMBER OF FIRST-CLASS IM-
PROVED FARMS FOR SALE.
$50,000 to loan at $ Per Cent.
•' Interest.
'Agent .for the l'ith;ite Star Line of Steamers.
OFFICE—Over M. Morriscw's Store, Main -fit
Seaforth. •
TI -E COMMERCIAL LIVERY,
S E A .1? 0 R T H
•
ARTHUR FORBES,
TT AVING purchased the Stock and Trade of the
J-4- Commercial Livery, See.forth, from -bat
George 'Whiteley, begs to state that he intende
carrying on the business in the old stand,and has
added seveial valuable horses andvebicles to the
formerly large stock. None but
First -Class Comfdttable Vehiclesand Good
Reliable Horses Will be Kept.
Covered and Open Buggies and Carriages, and
Double and SingleWagons always ready for use.
$pecial Arrannemesats Made _With. Cwn,
Inercial Men. —
Orders left at the stables or any of the hotels
promptly attended to:
OLlNTQN—LOOK OUT FOR THE
- NEW SIGN.
:CUNNINGHAM • & AIKENIHEAD,
• Grocers, Clinton,
FIVE just received e. very fine 'Stock of NeW
and Fresh. Groceries of every descriptior,
which pre cheaper than the cheapest.
A. Fresh supply of Teat Peet received from New
York. The best value for the least money.
A very nice stook of& Crockery and Glassware,
voihhiaseehrsi! well deserving of the attention of putt
All kinds of produce falcon in exchange as cash.
511 CUNNINGHAM & AIKENHEAD.
• INTOTIIOM
TO GRANGERS, FARMERS AND
OTHERS.
AS THEY occupy the attention a all, these
hard times the subscriber is determined to
meet them by offering good inch Hemlock, "not
Usually sold for inch," at' the following rates:
.12 foot Hornbook. at $6 50 per thousand, 14 foot
Fencing, at $7, for Cash. All orders over 4,000
5 per cent. discount. Call and see if you don't
get what is represented.
Book Accounts over 8 months will be charged
8 per cent. .
The subscriber thanks his numerous customere
for their liberal support, and solicits a continV.
ance citlieir favors.
. . JOHN TII0M.PSON. ;
488 •' Steam Saw Mills, McEillop.
BUTTER TUBS.
S. TROTT, SEAFORTH,
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IS now Prepared to supply all customers with
•,any number of h1s
SUPERIOR BUTTER TUBS,
At $80 per hundred, Cash. These Tubs are so
well and favorably known to the trade that it is
unnecessary to say anything in their recommen-
.
dation. I
MR. TROTT also -manufactures a small Hard-
wood Ttzli suitable for washing butter in.
Orders by mail or dtherwise promptly attend.
ed to.
495 S. TROTT, Seefortit.
HAIR DRESSING.
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MISSSTARK
igv-isHEs to inform the Ladies of Seafortit and
I Vicinity that she -is prepared to make up
SWITCHES, CURLS, BRAIDS, -
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1. the Latest Fashion from Combings.
Prices Moderate, and all orders punctually at
tended to. A call solicited. Residence—Main
Street Sesiortle• • 587
HAIR DRESSING.
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wL7aiih der :ratreahn. ged the Natura2 way
• (10MBINGS inade over into Switthes5,28.Cit
At Mr. William Ifunni, four doors west col the
Braids and Puffskall in the Latest Styles and
with Boots at the top.
- MISS cAnnow,
Market Seeforth. • .•
Ito N. BRETT,
SEAPORTS,
Wholesale and RetailDealer in LEATHER szal
fiHOE FINDINGS of Every Description
None but the VeryBest Stock kept. Torus
moderate. A. Trial Solicited. All orders by lull
or °thorn* promptly filled.
490 B. 1ST. BRETT.
14-E13RDABN 1, 1878.
HANN.A11
ABEL liEBB.MBATITE11, EEPESSEE0.4.1av15
GRESS 7E011 TEE TBIETT-TIIIRD DXSTETI
- ANDLLEA—IX‘v x2E.i WBITEiJ.,OTWTOR—$4
ONE SOCIAL pli.0007.11.
She isn't half so handsome asewhen, tweut
agone,
At her old horae itt Piketown, Parson A.very!
RS one;
The great house crowded, full a guests of ee•
gr.es,
The augulens allvyingme.
enveriiag Trannah Jane, and tia
•
Ifer Aligers wore then tapen-anahenekinwa
asninkiHer l
fulbororera7filAkirp;—broditte,
vIlat
No Itezd-rved willow by s brook had ever
i ;1
She bad but meagre schooling; her
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Her th'elmeare
Were fu = she Spellea nett double e,
ll of crooked pot hoots and. the evoret
-
Buand
t
t seivhonth 1)01 eee,sn s
;zed with passion, what',t4
ter mein or less?
„She blundered in her writing, and she Nu
Andwevilenery SrhuleefloIkesyn, tax that old Murrayin
broke ;
But she was beentiful and. freah, and 1—wei
young;
Her form and fete eerbalenced abi 'the bin
her tongue.
was but little better. True, rd longer
My tlehZel;and pen were run, perhaps, a trill
by rule;
of eis imew,
Said—which balieved—she was the better.,
But tthat wo.was all. The neighbors round, wh
Ars chenged; the light of !seventeen's riok
her eyes 3 •
Her wavy hair v gone—that loss the eoille
supplies:
'ger form is thin and anguler, ; she „slightly
bends;
Her fingers, once so shapely, now are than
ends.
She knows brit very little, lead in little are ,
The beauty lean that moee than bidtbpgrci
is gone :
My parvenue relations mow deride ray born
And pity me teat I ata tied te Etich ohed
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I k.now there is a difference at reception a
The brightest, 'wittiest and most famed oi
senile on me ;
And -everywhere I hold my place among thel
men —
And sometimes 'sighorith TiThittier's jeadg
." it might have been."
When they ali trowd -around me, stately dal
brilliant belies, .
,Andooyielinped toincthe homage that all greali
Discussing sit and etate-craft, and Mere
-well,
From, rieu,..eer d.wn to Thatherity4 and Seel
m
„
I can't forget that from these streams 333y
Heennee7,41-wivaffthetiOihelia• wept, nor with J
• Of asutaffthorsia,Igachtoears;, attiete—why, etc hail
the names;
She slept while 1 -was epealthig on the
• eandttms.
forget--Sest at this point another
pears—
The wife, I wedded as eh° wee before ray pi
years; a
I travel o'er the dreary road -we travelled
side,
And wonder what my share would be 1
should -divide. •
• She had font hundred dollars left her frU
estate,
On that -we married, wad. thtliiptiorly arine
our fate.
I wrestled with my books; her task wan h
• tbeer mine—
'Twee how to make two lumdred
work of nine.
At last I was admittea; then I had my I
An office with a stove and defile of bookel
BOOTS;
She had her beauty and her youth and ern
wifely skill, •• -
And love forme, and faith in me, and ba
haddrenou81.riende belated. me—no iBililettl%
I worked and foughtfor eve_*, little bleb
In tw°101 bong yam she never spent a ehig1
Andihmor he fought beside me I never we
Ali I hoevwon, cried for JO when eny
flrst
vaLs
9
When our eelipse isissed partly by, and
The fee VAS fifty elollani—itwas the work:
year—
First captive, lean and seraggy,4:0 my It)
!pear.
I well- remember, 'when my nat
• had)
Wasiseed, shoyeligiengowbrierl, threadbare, and. i
The tailor's st•ern remark when a mu
"Cartfaie.ii?le, basis, sir, on whieh. we te.1-1
•
Her winter cloak sits balite shop bY nozi
dan
She woirdonugtohtpoany.hickory ehirts a.t night I• I
I gotaLecont, and wore ; but algal pr
•
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No'er went to ehurell or lecture till we.?
• . mine again.
the mini
Our second season Stile relusea nalot 01
That I might have a neeent suit in Iva*
in e,ourt ; •
She rnade her keit year's bonnet -do tis
have &bat ;
Talk of the olti time, flame -enveloped ea
that
No Negro ever worked so hard a neva
save,
She made herself most 'willingly a hone
and BlEI.V4..
What wonder that ehe never reads
book, •
Corobining as she aid in one, mese,
seametrees, cook]
What wonder that the beauty it'd
so adored]
Her beautiful romplexion my fierce lit
"mired;
Her plump, soft, reunaed arm was on
be concealed;
flard work for me that softness intosin
congealed.
I was iter altar, and her love the eacrifit
Ah 1 with what pure devotion she tf.
=me,
Andittetharienn-12-11ung therecni—nlaff I
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All thatshe-wes and inore than thatri
might have 'been. I
blavitaerryputoen ars. Ali 1 then on'
I was fax up the ruing DOBAI; ,be, pee
• we started. •
hadtried my Bred and metal, and feel
Waiiineve:hk
every
trar'eights
farof. life--ehe
base.
She made me take oach fail the s
The/wilatwassomykeartiseeetirt; listening trawls
• myear.
Whitt otiMUIXIS had 0110 tO cheer her art
Fax me she lived on gladly in mmatara
She wash° eltidrild ray span); but win
'Twesalltaighe bet one of the session, then
And with a gush, of• pride thertiat
felt,
She sent them to me in -a notekwith
miepelt.
I to the Legislature 'went, an
Twoithate:raotijagartathfieek2mile,viwil:sibemeauti,anderea,whii:,
The sumerzii
Batespnonse.ratee for board for oi
At twenty•eight the SUsto-bonst on
thirty-three
Bearing"' IguiletlialtYlnirocaulifes:17:fiang?tatesbe—E7hozsellndlifegrewvw:2170•Aseti,n;
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