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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1884-12-19, Page 22 unieumansamiesanteemier • QUEENIE'S WHIM. CHAPTER VI. (Continued.) "I am sorry to ask a lady to with- draw, but I will hear no more." One moment, and I will take your hint," returned Queenie,,– rising and turning very pale. " You are mereiliesS, Mr. alcott, but you will not find me troublesome after this. Though we were perishing of hunger, though Emmie were dying in my arms, I will not crave your bounty. You have received. me coldly," she continued with emotion, " you have /given me hard, sneering words, but I do not resent them; you are refusing to helP me in my bitter strait; you are leaving me young and single handed to fight this cruel,' cruel world; you have disowned your own niece, and are sending me back to her almost broken hearted, but I will not reproach you ; nay, if it would not make you angry, I could almost say I am sorry lor you." Sorry for me I Is t4 girl mad !" but again the white eyebrows twitched uneasily. I am sorry for you," repeated Queenie, in her dear young voice, " be cause you are old and lonely;,because you have only hard, miserable thoughts to keep you company ; because when you are ill no one will comfort yonewhen you die no one will shed tears over your grave. .It must be so dreadful," con- tinued the girl, "not to want love, to he able to do without it. Don't be angry, Mr. Calcott, I am sorry for you; I am indeed." Not only the eyelids, but the rigid lines of the mouth twitched convulsively but his only answer was to point to the door; but, as though irresistibly and painfully attracted by this spectacle of loveless old age, Queenie still lingered. Enunie never forgets you sir. She does not love you; how can she? but she stilt says the prayer mamma taught her,---' God bless pear Uncle Andrew.' Now I have seen you I shall ask her never to forget it." "Leave me," was all his answer ; and this time Queenie obeyed him. Had she remained she would have been fright- ened. by the change that came over him. The veins of the forehead were swollen and -purple now, the twitching of the month increased, a strange numhness seemed creeping over him. That night Mr. Calcott was alarmingly ill. . almoat wholly from -public life, and people said his health -was failing. Queenie pondered over this problem till her head ached, and the organ changed „melody and broke out into a sweet .minor key; then • a magnificent solemn preiu le, sounding the keynote of every possible pain, an infinite march - of woe trac ng the footsteps of a -Divine majestic lsfe, and wrapping wonderful meanings and solemn hint's in every chord, --C nil Queenie knew shewas listening to Han- del's unrivalled overtstre to she " Mes- siah." t- . The salter Music pleased her better and Made the tears flow, a luxury' iot i often indulged by the overtasked go s ers " ness. After all,, *hula she change pi with the .miserable .man she had 1 Her trials were great, no doubt, but had youth and health and energy, Eminie and Cathy loved her. By bye when this dreadful winter was ca me and spring came, they would go down to Cathy's home and Emmie would be -a happy child for some weeks . at least.; they must live inhope of that. After alle there Must be a- meaning. in the pain they had to bear; and then Queenie thought of a strange pietnre she . lad iti, seen as a child, painted by a poor. hi. zY -artist iihing. in their neighborhood . at least her father had said he was erazy. though she and her . stepmother had thought otherwise. Itwascalled ." The March ' of Suffering," and it was ex- plained to .Queenie that it was an alle- gorical picture of life. Her father had pished and pooh-poohed it I as a (Bahiai caricature, but her stepmother had • shed tears over it, she remembered; one of the figures had attracted them both, -a young girl with .a sweet, resolate faeee carrying a spiked cross in her 'bleeding hand, an old man before her had fallen down, and lay With his gray hair grovel, . ling in . the dust, and .still holding' the torturing cross firmly with one hand,she had stooped to raise him. . The face . and -figure lingered in ' Queenie's 'childish memory, and recurred to her -mind as the Solemn . 'notes of the " Messiah i," reverlesrated through the cathedral.' " "My cross has spikes too," she - thought.; . and. 'then the workmen. went out noisily shouldering 'their, twits; and the young man with the tenor voice came clanking - through the choir, and. stared at Poor pale Queenie' as though ' she were a ghost, and. the Organ died. ' away ..,with a _long plaintive Wail. Queenie -followed them reluctantly ;_ the buns were htill in her pocket,but she had forgotten her faintness. . As she stepped out into the dark narrow .clOse she could see the windows of the Dean'S house brightly illuminate:it.; a few Stars shone. in the December sky, a. cutting wind lurked round, every cornm faint vaporous moon sbone . over cathedral.. . - It was too cold to , linger; even dark, cheerless school room with cindery -fire and insufficient light w be better than the streets of Carlisl such a night. Emmie would be you - (tering,. too', -what had becomeof her,and CHAPTER VII. LOCKED 'IN. "The Path my father's foot Had trod me out (which suddenly broke off And passed) -alone I carried on and set My child -heart ''eainst the thorny underwood To reach the grass.shelter of the trees, " Ah, babe i' the wood, whithout a brother babe ! My own self-pity, like the red -breast bird, Flies back to -cover all that past with leaves." -Aurora.Leigh. As the asses of the inhospitable mansion closed behind. Queenie she was conscious Pfn strangte, feeling of revulsion and wea,knessl a blank, hopeless depression of mind and. body. At the first touch of the keen wintry air she shivered and staggered slightly. "All this has been too much .for me; I wonder if I am ill," she said to herself, in a vague, wondering way;.and then she remembered-- that she had eaten nothing since the early morning. Sus-- pense and anxiety had deprived her of appetite, and she had sent away her din- ner nntasted. " Whatever happens, I must keep Strong, for Emnaie's sake," she thought, and she went into a baker's shop and bought two buns ; but as she broke one she remembered that Etrunie's sickly appetite had turned that day from the unteinpting viands placed be- fore her. " Fannie will eat these, she is so fond. of buns," she thought, and she asked for a glass of water, which the woman gave civilly enough, telling her that she looked faint and ought to rest for a while, but Queenie thanked her and shook her head. For a little while she walked on aim- lessly : she felt stunned and broken, and felt that she dare not face Emmie until she had recovered herself. She was too weak to walk far, hut where could she ? She could not face Caleb's eager questioning, she thought and yet his house was her only haven. Service at the cathedral had long been over, the minor canon and some of 'the choir -boys had brushed past her in the High street. laughing and. talking merrily ; if she could only go and sit there for a little until she felt stronger. Then she re- membered in a dazed. sort of way that she had heard that the workmen were doing some repairs in the nave,and were working late ; it might be worth her while to find out if they had left one of the doors open. She felt ft momentary sensation of pleasure at discovering this was the case. One or two of the men were -still there, and the organist was praetiaing some Christmas anthems, Queenie crept into one of the canon's carved stalls and listened. A light gleamed from the organ, but the altar and choir were in deep shadow. The men were laughing over their, work ; beautiful tenor voice broke out with Camnod's 'Bethlehem," the organ pealed and reverberated through the dim aisles. Christmas-tinte, " peace and good will on earth, the angels' sone," sounding through all time. Alas ! :-hat peace in the sore, rancorous heart of the old man she had. just left ! Ought she not to feel pity for one -whom the good angel of mercy had forsaken ? "The tender mercies of the wicked are cruel." Where had she heard, those words? In ehureh, of course. Was Mr. Calcott wicked, or was he simply a soured vindictive man who cousidered himself ill used by the world. Her stepmother had loved him and left him, and then had yearned after him with a bitterness of yearning that 'had shortened her Vife. Why had she accused herself on her death -bed of sel- fishness in leaving him ? She had hinted indeed more than once of some great trouble that had warped his nature in early manhood.; and yet what brother had the right to demand the sacrifice of a sister's whole life'? Her step- mother had no morbid views of duty,lmt she had chidden herself for so leaving him There must be some mystery of which even Caleb was ignorant. Caleb and his fellow clerks spoke shudderingly of the fits of ungovernable rage to which Mr. Calcott was subject at times;.and Queenie knew that Mr many years he had led the life, of a recluse. People spoke of him as an eccentric person, a misanthrope, in fact; but he was not generally disliked, though his clerks and 'servants feared him. He gave largely in charities, and was always first in the subscription list in the town, and spoke handl at vestries. The firm of Calcott Calcott had ahvays been respected in Catlisk, but of late he had withdrawn ces ft? he Ind bud , the the ould be pictnring her all this time Smite Caleb's.cosy parlor; at this though drew her thin cloak closer round he" hurried!, ma When she reached Granite L 'she rang for some thile without gai admittance ; this surPrised, her, "It is -very cold sthnding out hei 'Ong, Mary," she said', quietly,as th opened the door at last` and 'Poke her with a scared face. I am so glad you have collie M she returned; "Miss Clayton is in a way, and all the young hubes. kin has been going on aWful,and mis and Miss Tozer are out." " Ennide !" was Queenieh only tho ight as she hurried on to.the school -room a flying footstep in the stair arreste and Cathy rushed down to her pale terrified. " Oh, Queenie, where haveltou I expected you home hours 'ago'; leM has been going on in the most dalous way, and Miss Tither' h out, and I am so frightened Emmie." " Where is she? what do yon In asked poor Quenie, her knees sud knocking together with weakness, her lips becoming dry all at once. , 1 iii she and C so girl 1 at iss," uch Kau - Fess "Emmie had not been doing any only she was stupid, and could not her lessons,' you know her way, Fraulein got into an, awful rage, A than I have ever seen her, and 1 Emmie's ear e so that the poor -child quite giddy s; and when I'spoke u called her a Lruel thing she sea E up to her room, and locked her in put the key in her pocket ; and 'U. I have been going on at her like she will not give it up." "Locked her up in the dark !" a screamed Queenie. Her own sounded quite aavful to her ; she half -way up the stairs by this time, Cathy panting behind her. "What could we do, Queenie? look like that. I have been sitth the floor outside the door for hour I was almost starved with cold, t to her." ." She talked, then ?" pausing a in on the garret -stairs. " Well, she cried a good. deal, nd I talked, but she has not answered la ely,r stammered Cathy;."perhaps sic is ,but 1 her and en ? ran- 'can - e is bout ?" enly and T E HURON E POSIT R. r— DECEMBER, 19, 18.84. Give tie that Fraukin !" he woman looecl.at h n*sion at once jtold an the heavy Teutoi ic face - lowering. Q.ucemie suspected that Fl a Somewhat free as -she lociked at sire was s ilre of 1 ' Mees mistress the littlei she musti Give in break ope' yOu will shall ji f this ieess e punl tha the ( rue it • with an immova as unus ed more than ,e .11 was addiete isei of stimulant; he 0.11asned,stripih , pt dictate to me, II school -room to-hd siiaughty,unbeara bed," key at once, or I oil; give me the k 11 Y ur conti QUeeme sternly T e woman qu for a mon ent m der hat -bright • nant gla cc, 'd t ien she lo with 11 ex re.ss on 1)f tiring cunning. Do not fatig key is saf remain u Titheridg shall not I For a single hasten the stron , powerful Wore he a then sh Without wora. 1-' Aga-tha sta id • ;by the at reed by Slice g;" and With Ex- ile ; FARM FOR SALE. -The .ubsoriber offere f REAL ESTATE- OR SALE. Side his farm of 100 aerbeing Lot 7, do aJy . cession 4, H. R. S„, Tuck rsmith. About roe - notes cleared, brick house, frame outbuildii 1 to orchardi &e., well watered a d in a goed stet cultivation. About three in les from the towli n°w Seaforth. Terms, $2,000 do el, and baittne • face suit purcheser. JAMES F. fILLIOTT, Egne n 8'l4 am ht 'dile P. 0. ARMS FOR SALE OR T emiber offers for sale o b_c; 20, bit Concession of Tucker 100 acres each, about a mil . Good frame house on one f "II barns; and usual outbuildin y or • rented or eoldlen bloc, but n it separately. If $ Lued taulracthireeAnmar3e'nipaittir. on ortgage. WILLb one -t down, and t i.ec • FOWLER. . 873 ibe ) RENT. ----The to rent, Lots 19 d eonsistin f west of Seafo nu, with mettle s, on both. Will iide kedr'4HOIC1 FARM Re. SAL i,' IN. THE, COUN. j OF ian Concession of. t,h0.- T•oeNtlitiLl pt No. 3.111,11iielie 103 taining 152 acres, 120 acres Y, Ii n - f which are clear 'd iirsell, Alees.s- fi -,:,li,e, aweitdhuhnadregoiod(r.vaTtimethe Mance is timber d is o i the premises a coin- . in Ine- pe) •ket ; there it will fortable log house, large fra ne barn and stable, itil n y -lc, ear • friend Meess . good water, well fenced, ll le orchard, and is returnsi;"" achas nein, Meess within' two and tt half in les of Blyth. This ve " is one of the best farms in t le best township le aiti.'' ' , . Huron. A ppl y to MATHE V YOUNG, on the premises, or to MYLES YO TNG, Blyth. 811) Queenie mea, tired ; rame ef the w man . • turned from ser FARtt MeRILLOP FO t SALE. --The sorth Clarice Will tunS, 50 acres of Lot 20 Con 'ession la, 45 tierce of d be ' which are cleared, free fro n stumps and well underdrained. -No better 1 ' *lie- Is situated about half way , t lat Brussels. It is well fenced. and a good frame barn an shed'and a good orchard witnesses citssity to 'she quitte Many o Fraul savagcl As w a htin 80111 relief yen got tl .# No Stand 1 0 hing earn an91 -orse exed was and imie and °ugh" most -oice ,was with lon't g on •, till king ment asleep, she complained of feeling and confused ;" but Cathy, whose were red with crying, did not ado passionately the child had heat h the door and implored t let out. " She was so afrai the darkness, and she wanted to sonic one's hand." Neither did sh that just before Queenie's ring ii been been frightened by a 'stifled grow then a sound as though something had fallen but her hesitation alit dent terror were enough for Queen in another moment sire was outside the door. " En.miie dear ! Emmie, ,My da it is ; there is nothi fear, ---nothing; speak to me jus word, darling:, to say you are not •iddy eyes how ainst be 1 of hold add had , and eavy evi- e, and cling that I am •f do 'el* thh I the loons. the girls in ordered that they ut up the s ded. Cathy rose with a. look ## Hive T1ARM FO:t1 SALE.. -North half of Lot 20, C seeing her .friend. _ _12 ! ....• 8, M urns, cot e key, Queeniesd" ' of which ertreleared and ne returned H Queenie, doggedy. ' There tire On the premises frame stable, two never fail tick, Oath r, I I am going to ' 1 • cellent orchard of almost break ope 1 the door. ' ' trees, all -bearing. The f Wm is conyemen ly Either he young 'n usel s were brased situated, being only two an 1 a half miles helil With new strength.,,o1.• els the • fastening Brussels end thirteen from Setiforth. For fur - of, ther particulars Eqrply to F S. SCOTT, Br1188 1E, the dm r was craeyi with old old age, but or to RICHARD LEES, Lin -Nay. 84 as QUeeni hthrew herself against it with ; all her fo •ce the Woodwork round the TIARM IN TUCKERSMI leek splin ered, and in another moment 14 ,fittle, cheap, the Meda the door- ielded. I i mei Road, Tuckersmith; • II abbut 65 of which are clear " Now, Cathy, the light ! Ah, !perch . fenced and in a first class hid heavei s !. the saA- Lges !" as she thsew The balanee is splendid pas ould. liave followed nd hi the ooun otween Seaforth • There is a log hoi I fraine stable a ilanted with apt le, plum', peat and cherry trees in good beari ig- thein to their scats order. It is one and a qua or miles east fr Leadbury: Apply _to ROB RT McMILLAN ot dated 'not • , . • 33 Coneceision ), or to Box 165 S "a - airs the door -bell forth P. 0. 834 iii Sc Id In- ining- 100 acres, 40 rly free from stumps. good log house and ng wells and an he two hundred friit 'hug.! ig to one right - cued. and then I will go down ai d get the key from Frankin. li,Thimie,E do you hear ?" shaking the kloot there -was no answer. "Stay there, (`athy," will Queenie in a hoarse voice; "I am to Fraulein." Her face was whit apprehen ion, but the look in lieu t seared Ci lay. The girls were huddled togeth whispering in knots of twos and 1 as she entered the sn chool-one was evidently a Mutiny for Fi with heath face and. harsh 4oie vainly calling to order. A Mull. " shame ! we will tell Miss Tithm came to Queenie's ears, but she 1 nothing as she walked up to the with outstretelled hand. 11C1 self dcavn on th floor beside the lelisleigg,naz. zioco ibarn With orchard and ple ity stone stile 0 ie child lyll nge.ktithul wthite, sm seless'fieme of .t1 1 of water, end is within half a mile of a selisiol. gathered t into her i rms.' • 'Tmois l,ifarm is beautifully sit iated, ahd is within i " She -IS not dead; she has only falist- '_. . . miles 'of the village of Brumfield end flute e from Seaforth, and e ill be sold cheap tut; oil, Queeie ! Oh, .! ace -me, don't bol "'des the proprietor has gone to iensae. Apply to A, like that !" cried pop' Cathy, sobbing as FOR SALE. - on tney farm, • on he eintaining 125 act es, d, underdrained, ell -tate of' - cultivati n. ure land. There a though r heartwO break over the SCOTT, Brumfield. g as STRONG Land Agent, gentle . or to 80) pitiful sp The elder sister's face VALI, TABLE FARM PR( PEKTY fq)R SALE NNtax,. whit as the oh Id's, her eyes -a ere The subscriber off rs for sale, his fern of burning and dilated. axles, being Lot 11, oeession 11, Stanley, •aulein is her mur- about 90 acres cleared am4l free from stumps. ,ay, Cathy. They There is cin the premises a stone house, frame outbuildiegs and good or hard. Well watered hey . shall hear me and in a good state of cu tivation, church and , not ling on eerth , school adjoining the eaid ot. It is situated 6 Zmich, 7 from Kip - Terms 51,000 down, Urohaser. Possessiott 5. Apply \pt. ind she could do . HARDWICK, Bayfield P. 875-26 "If sh hlerer. have. gon now; dm sball Stop' me frOm Quee lou mad ad 5-1)01othin,g tep. -A. is 'dead, ut ofIth too far ; 't stop de, QUeen " But Ca en to the "A ut they of. Ii 11 ii S eould hear Miss Ti somewha shar " ly she had A eturrnsl, no comm nt ; s ie laid her i neonsLim s erness's-f •et.., , "Miss MarriOtt, does this mean ?" recoiled i absolute ' "It in ans, that that Fr, ulein lis turned t veen.h!.., i i The pee' thing; rm 1 .f4po,m.ent. I I 17 " No,1 no," Isoblb down O the hob heavy he d on o he mine, hut pered going With - eyes and hrees There Aulein , :Was nir of idge," ceded table eaki e, -c by ?" • - : miles froth Bayfield, 6 fron me back ; are pen, and 34: from Varna. and the 'bale:lice to suit ieht as as well *given 1st day of March 18 prot'esting at :every • I 4 ssed the hail they ; - F ARM FOR SALE. -Lo 20, Clencession , le, 1 Township of Grey, co itaiiiing 102 aeres 60 ridge's voice raised , iiCreS eleared and in ag'oce. state of cultivatien ; the school-roim ; .., the balanee is well timber . There is on :the . premises ti good frame hou -e, log- barn and fritine en,. Queer& .11 .ade ' . stables, also a good bearin orchard. It is two tply. walked in and miles front Ethel Station o 1 the -(Meat Western burden at the . rev- Railway, one mile from th village of .C.ratihrbok and 6enil "s from Brussells For terms and gir- 1 ther part eulare temlysto 'ALENTINE FORES- mid heavens !I h hat TER Cranbrook P. O., Ont. 877 nil Miss Tither dge. . .. ' isma,y. , ARM FOR SALE. -A rare chance.- Bcing rani is dead, and from arming, the proprietor • about to retire offers his farm for sale che It is situatee, in er mrderer .1" fre- the townehip of East Wa yanosh adjoining ithe awful voice, town plot of Wingham, 1 contains 100 acres!, 70 of cultiyation ; tliree hardwood. There is . a bank barn 52x60 on the remises,. also a g od mg bearing orchard, and the lace is well wate ed. the Terms easy, Apply to J: S. FLEUTY, at the not .Advance Wingham, • •••• 817 SALE. ---Being -of Lots number 55, kEt-li Op of Turnbe 'ry, or less. , It iN ;Atm ted miles from Gorri Gravel Road. Ti ere 1 within a few eels. Forty acre. of s chopped ready or clearing, 20 a, tee ood black ash an cedar - the bal: nee an y believed it. fi . I , d Cathy, sit and drahving • lap ; " she is f ss•TALl'it dead ; sit-' is living,, breathing; some o III F F 11111 D ) you help toe to revh e her ; it is cold and y • -paa-a o'f'„O're-,' wit hunger - . hat has made . her ,fi int. 59 and ea in. the 1st 'CA containing 110 acres., mo)ri C'Ma- .Mis: Titheridg , don't mind ' oor 24 miles Prom Wrneeteel 5 'Qneenie ; She iS aim )st beside ' hers ••lf." miles froi 113russels on Mu " If sh • is not dead she is dying " per- is a Seho , . ioarse vthe landoice. " No; n't dare to t idge, with a au ent over time . ted the littl Ix hoose this s. , whoha,,s sh urs, pinchinc 1 in Spite of . d ; ask Cath them. ' • s true ?" am absolutely , sh • poor orphes ye but she wa.. . had wothan. ,A S laden . revuls feeling came aver h the prpgtrate fign FrauliOn,is it. true acted se barbahouel -" It ils I true ; and 'tune,'' returned Qu Miss. Ttheridge, ii ,r death will I your . door as ,',',welle as Fraulehis - if 'lies look to yburse yes; for -I wil justice, it thee is justice in Ei All Caalisle Shall know. how . yot treated! the child 1committed - t( pare. ,AS to that xxq.)Inian ," -point. her finger to !-'. rauliii, who- now n in • stupid , te :ror at . this e thi day if r a cleared mid in a good stat acres cedar and balance' sisted th on't ton girl in a h her ; d mer1" as I lisslithe feeling ef, remorse., Seim's chlild and Ii hand. !" It is in yo done; ask Frauleii 4 in the dark for h old:and hunger, an ries to be releas" .. larices ask any of "Fraulein, is th ritheridge lookedj She bad -treated th hardness land saved a, as she loo •e in Cathy' that you coul 1 it is not th enie. If sh 11 " she a dies.". ## be caln iMiss rtheridue She 1,-A7a despal ,in Que she e hu the shiinking Wont Maihi say. for a ( 'be dal "C of sue.] positiv eyes. all of y or two with p them f "N shall im Come obeyec way ix Cathy s bed. ill live to rt. sh, hush, n dea and reasm le, tar quite cow e by . There he a mie's eyes 4 she led words 0 rigl h. tt, 1 amonot gri will di) w octor ; do ix I at • MissM# entreat ed very he girl' ild stran faced th teous Avi 'My de Ved thaa on like. OU pleas lin !" resceat 1 Qt eenie, in utter hei beak tha ly came tos iss 'itheridg s, sen dfir on," im slo* of the ofers of asid ercely away , you nonelc ot touch he with,, ing Ca her, it nd Cathy's ris "SI one in When two gi tion •Iltoct c Ca step r ; bY ; but a ied a )uch swamp, hardwooc . There is a •pring- (week rum (-mh: through the farms Efts terms of peen) con- Title per ect. Price P-2,5ie). Apply to .1.1, cold DREIVE, Hardware Mei-el ant, Brussels, or tc is 13. DCR„ "roxeter. ION, Saw Mill, her ARM vith Sal her Tit rn berr ase which at'"- part bus well mid, Bee 'ration. ed, -house* choice f,' en vith sevan ot a of 1 at lap. lave first lies, e at she lave and. lave your with ked cue, nnie ri iott ; ;aot. 1.(i.e)gillcas3,et e t, , as SendMIL • Liss tam e Queeni yoi loved he ive her And a Queenie )i aid laid at; ; I will h d s tid to let 1 he fon o restore .3r- gravel ii Ii Ii vhice ars ard ing one -ed 1 you 'lie. thy I the ii on ut them. al ye no the doe or h rive friend. ul the t you," he; the chi d. ! maima- rls tryin va 113 'He .hook hi' hei 1 ve - when Cathy told hi n a I , Queeni never spoke again di. rill( tha1 dreadful night. is a sad ie Se," he said t last, careful e min ation. "When kes up I fea • sh will no know rain feverli4 the least we. 'an ex- • terror eads to iervous Ce in a " Thie after she Wc you; pect f on an very s childr low t •om such. xhatisted mci results, n." But, Is It tie, Queenie (To be shocjk. Acu rsteiji often I pecially with long i he spo tear( him. ont-nued.) IN TURNBER , south half o containing 15 cleared, and tht and part sivann rdrained, and in rhere is a good here is a splend lit. It is situate a half tidies fie miles an 1 a half from in -e quarter of a mile Of a ther particulars, apply EDWARD PALMER, Wie ES R. JAMS CAYIPE SIGN OF Pi LL TH D'S, Si BLOCK, :-...) RE FLAG MAIN STREET SEAFoRTII. Enterprise ANI) Are the Prinoi 0 Civil ty, P les by Whic ur. Business. ornptness we ' HERE WE ARE AGAIN -AT OUR- HEADQUARTE M. B. Count J EWELRY STOR SEAPOIMI, ONT. RS. r's I have a full line of Holiday and Bri jaicis:1 WELIty My Come • swto,AcTkoeHmE) 4is,stsf Litylita.rtelitfiltple) mlaAtiatek Idi and see t Mil if you want to buy Dr tot. eats, handsomer and cheaper than eve ieeed-illosherespoirdess,hneatedp,fez i iv'a ;hailed) cash.CLOCKS, t Al , S sgeo. (, ) da sl 1 og If G • In WATCHES we shoe; Ladies' an money re innded. Hunting and Open -Face, Gold amid Sib 1 Govern . Stem and eiey-Windertecases and movem the best Makers. The leading Watch • wear wee is the Aurora Quick Trail Every movement fully guaranteed makers and agents. Sold only by Just received and opeum up thirty cases and bales of various kiuds which we are offering at spec al prices. Note ,ome of them.: Lined Buffalo Robes, 86 and up ; .'n'hite Goat Robes, .c4.4.50 and up; Black Coat Robes, $5.50 and tip; 'MU: Bed Blanke s w 1), $1.75 per pair and up; Shaped and Strapped ifdrse Blankets, $1.40 and up; Men's (ood Shirts and Drawers, 37!)c and up; Hunlisome Tapestry Carpets, 4 Gents' nts of all r gent's Watch. by the of goods, M R. COUNTER 'Wool Tweeds, 40c per yam d it nd up ; A HandSonek Coin Silver limiting (lase, Me jewelled i,ever movement for se,S. C per yard and up ; A11 In great variety, Ladies' 4uiltcd Back Skirts, 65e and up; Ladies' Winter Jackets 'for 82.25, worth $4; teadies' Winter Jackets for ::.*;3.50, worth $7; Ladies' Wintei Jackets for $5, worth $10; ,Nfen's Overcoats for S3 and ; Men's Suits for $5 and u WE SOLICIT INSPECTION. NO TROUBLE TO SHOW COODS. JAMES PICKARD, Smith St West's Old Stand Campbell's Block 2 3 El. "E" CD 1=V1 CENTR AL GROCERY. LAIDLAW & .pAIRLEY, TbRs. Good Y FOR SALE: - For Lot 2, Coneessio 1 2, acres; - about 71 of • balance well thelie The cleared hu d is a good state of e ilti- rame barn, and log d bearing archers ef I on the gravel load. in Brussels, and two Wroxeter, and si Schoolhouse. For fur - 1 the premises, o • to eeter h. O. 8 ..„ Cheer to' Christmas and New Year at the " Ce#tral.J" 'New Currants, New Ra sins, New Peels, New Fi Colored; Valencia Ahnends, Walnuts, Filberts, Cann Canned 'Fish, Haddies, Bloa. ers. I • !Large arrivals of N exc l tm led. Prices from 2. stockof General Groceri et s. 3 goods sold by us warranted IN TUCKERS:ME If FOR SALE.-- 'on- ing 100 acres, be neeLot 11 in the 4th . Concessi n II. It, S., Ti ekeremith, all ele wed amid in arood state of elle ivateen. There' er ' on i., the pren ises 2 good frill le dwelling hone 's, 1 et and a bank ham. There are two n 'ver rings convenient y situated, and a ood Said farm is sit aided one and a half ' Miles frosei Setiforth and a ejoining the vill, to of Egmondeille on the Kipp n gravel road. T -rums ossession at olive. Apply on the pr eni- JOHN MeMURRIAY, Egmondville. e77 -- -- -DID FARM IN small ba failing orchard. I easy. P ' ses or to Cele'LEN 0 Poi Bruce, c -111-GCE FOR SA E.- - Sale, Lot gO, Cot cession 6, townshi .of ontaining 104 act- et, of which abet t 30 acres are cleared, fenced : nd, free from stu ups, . the bala ice is timbered incipally with spl ' idid ,i liardwo d and a little h inloek fencing. here. are fran e buildings, and a never failing st ring oreek #1 nnino• thrciurrh •t1 eplace. It is wit rin 6 miles of the flourishing .own of Paisley ax d an equal di lance from Und irwood. There is a good school o posite the place, and it is in a splendid settlem nt. • There is t good clay bank for rth one fourth of what his is a splendid 1farm p„ Apply to hot 24, '77 ' bricks or tile, which is ee asked i for the farm. And will be sold very elite Seaforth P. 0. Ltiri 001FARMS FOR S: LB.-, -In order to close' the affairs of the es ate of the late . G. Hingston, the executors der the following veryvaivab4 lands for sale.First- North , hi If of Lot 30, oncession 5, to nship- of Morris, con- taining 90 acres. .011 thi.1 lot- is erected a good frame barn with stone fo indation, good ore ard, well and: pump. Nearly jail cleared, and e on the grayel road closely a joining the villa re of Brussele. This farm is i4 valuable one, is well fenced -and he a good stat ' of cultivation. Sc emd. ---. Lot 4 Concession 5, to inship of, Grey, et unty of Rutsin, containing 10t. aeres 10 acres el 'axed and fre • of stumps, balai cc well timbered with pare, go4d hardwood, pin and cedar. It is hree ands° half miles from ijrussels, and one mile from gravel road. For 1 rices and tomes pply to Dime Keeee, f3ruSsels P. 0., HENRY J EN. INGE, Victoria Square P. 0., tr J AMES SMITH, faille Lodge P. 0., Middlesex County„ _ 868 FARM FOR. SALE. --F aSale, Lot 37. fie noes. shot 4, East Wawan sh, County of II iron, containing 200 acres, ah it 140 acres clear d, 90 ac 'es feee from stumps. There are 17 ac es of fal wheat and the best o hard in the Tow iship, be ng 7 acres. It is well watered and the h lance of he farm is well Millie:red with beach, i aple, eh i 1, w ite ash, black est , hemlock and ced in foe fie cin. The farm is AY II fenced and has good oie buildings and good- 1 g house, frame bank ban 5636 feet, frame b ink shed and st Tiling 105x20, turnip house att ched to stabling with etOne below and frame hove 48x12. Cleirehes and schools Close by,. 2 a w mills within li Miles. Markets -Blyth, 5 mile ; Belgrave, 6 Miles : W ngh.am, 12 miles; Chi ton, 15 miles, all good m rketts. The farm is o good quality, in a good state of cultivation and cry clear .of foul eieds, as it has been under my care since it was bush. Terms -I -A small amount down to secure'. th - testa and 6 per cent. on the b dance and 10 ye i's to pay for it, if needed, as the proprietor do s not need the moneyeonly, inkreet. The cause of sell- ing is the want of health,. For further particulars apply to the owner on tl e farm, or by letter. to Ks Myth'. O.,- Oet: JAM 53 1: W. AUL). .. eason's TEAS, Which for 75e per pound. SUGAR The " Central " is the spo s represented, or cash refu s, Icing Sugars, White and d Fruits, Canned Meats, ungency and flavor, are un - cheaper than. ever. Full to buy gbod goods. All ided. Crockery and Glassware Department. We have a large and eh ice selection in hina, Tea Sets, Printed and Deeorat- ed Tea Kets, Dinner aml 'Br akfast Sets, Chamber Sets, Toilet Sets, etc, etc.. • - I An inspection of oulf st ek will repay in nding p rehasers. A -call respect- fully solicited. Highest! Prices Paid for Butter, Egg and Poultry. 7 FREE DELIVERY. I Laidlaw & Fairle eaforth. •P„REPAI, By Purchas for COL ing Yo J. L. SMITH'S MAN K ETS We can give you a good A FLAN N SAPS Winter Goods at SEAFORTH. En this line We are still Jeeping up our 1 -Wool Double Blanket for $3. all shades and all prices, allsizes makes an pipes, SILVER-PLATED W Immen prising a lines. Re stock in Hollow and Flat W reeeone 1 the Staples and most of the Finney 'JEWELRY Same as usually kept in a first-class jewellery store, comprising in part Colored and Bright Gold Sets, Gold Brooches, Ear -Rings, Lace Pins, Gem, Seal, Band and Plain Gold Rifles, Scarf Pins, Collar', Cuff and Shirt Studs, Lockets, Neekletee Guard and Albert Chains; 4ls5 same hi Boleti Plate, Electro -Plate, Gil, Agate, Ruby, Pearl and Celluloide. Also M erschame and Brier Pipes, Walking Sticks, d Pocket Books. Spectacles at all prices and t4 suit all sights, from 25 cents upwards. REPAIR !Ng In ail breeches of the trade as Seal. M. R. COUNTER, The Old and Reliable Watehmal(er ant_jewefier, Main Street, Seaforth. W. N. WATSpN, —GENERAL -- FIRE, MARINE, LIFE & ACCIDENT INSURANCE AGENT. a Risks Effected on All Kinds of at the Lowest Rates. operty None but First -Class British and Canadian ComPanies Represented. • Dealer in First -Class Family an I Mama faeturing SEWING MACHINES. AGENT FOR THE ' CELEBRATED WHITE Warranted for Five Years. PiEEDLES, OL - AND -- MACHINE ATTACHMENTS& FIEPAIRS Kept on hand. ALL XINDS OF BIACHINES R -tr3- ,ffice-Next to Weir's II _ W. N. N SOMETHING PAIRED. tel. ATSON. EW FOR BRUCEFIEJt1/ MCDONALD & 1101(1,41 PRACTICAL SHOEMAKE Have leasi.ffiu in intimating to th people of Brucef did and vicinity, that they hae e opened a Guarai teed. Fit, ood Workmanship, and good Material 1:sufiLetmheihtlhtioesTi.rner Store, at presi:IntSoheoceullisietadbbleis• Boot at All iders promptly attended te, and a Good A TRIAL SOLICITED. .-Being both practical men, and thorougliV :acquainted with their business., th e hope 1':strict .attention and honest dealing, to merit 3 liberalshareshare of the Public patronage. reputation. N. 886 --Repairing neatly, cheaply and plITIPtlY McDONALD HOCKIN', Breda. rom 12.'#c cents up. FURS --In Mink, Seal, and. Astrakhans. Be sure and s'ee them., , GENTLE MN —If you, want 4 Suit of . SMITH'S, wh1 ere you a e sure to get the rig it thing. HATS AND CAPS -In large numbers kept in stock. Underclothing, j'o to J. L. Cl-iRYSTAL BETAOK, • PRACTICAL BOILER MA ERS. G . 0 di el 1 SubscriberscohlleFroBuii )i(siir_eas shnadlatelyv ttl11);ouulga tht utcarried rt II go on by a_ ,..1i3b)1, • and always the latest styles and having had an experience of overeight Yee; thilsatdheVtlilisalberann7hePsr.ePal ed to carry " ''''' Ane work entrusted to us will ree 've proMPt attention. First-class work guaran eed. An kinds of Boilers made and eaBLArlired, als° that defP - - . Smoke Stacks, Sheet Iron Work, ., at reason able rates - Ne' en Salt Pans made and old repgred time s1ortest notice, and at prit 011 J. L. SMITH'S, Chea thy Goods, Seaforth. court) .tition. CII RYSTAL At FoUr-Se he sits in the gathering el By the potreh where the ro And her thonghts arn hark i That vanished long,ago • , 'she forgets the grave int time' She forge lS that she is old, And reniemhbrs onb, ,the eel God gave her heart to hold Les site sits there, under thee- -sew turns her dim 'Id (eta iTo the road that leads up flu To the glory of suneet skie. They are late," she stays, an : With her knitting mi her k It is time fer the ehildres Where van theiittle olive •she fancies he hears them "Ah, here at Lest ehe And the light of a methere. t Shines in her faded se es. " you've been gone a king ti; • Were the herriee She asks, as leathered about Each chile -of (mid appear,. ;She hears the merry 1.-„eee, Of the dee* mite thet art- 41 'She smoothe out the ttleeesee That crowh tate) little he, She kisses the faces latoi ; To hers, as iii days if oltL And the hertit of the ilreamn is full of peace :Load, ,She listens to eager s rase Of what. they mv atil Ilea Of a nest in toe blarklin yr.% And a frightaned Mother e Johnine fellintd his hen Were lost Ito And Mare- Wes 'freed and dre The brook they had tit ere So while the eight resole, d She sits with her eliilciren Forgetting the years that tot And ehe seowilakee in her The love text, will last, force Peings hectic the dear, tee And the faitlitul heart f thf With her .dreams become Ere long she will go to the f Where bee dear onee wae For her, and I think of the _ There at the jasper: gate.. .„ehe will feel their weheniiine And the ebildren's father As the household is gathere# " \AVM ati; at hone; to -day The Barrister and. t There is a. point beyon4 forbearance 'cannot go. c'.'ett of tempers WblI bet titnes. At an assiie court held ytar both jr.ii:ze and corn oil trouble to make the pon a trial:speak entrieie latard by the jura-, and it the temper of the munsel lit,ive been 'Willed from th way. ; Af ter this :gentleman ha the various ,Stageis of bar hail threatened, and ev asses, there was Galled, i oitler, who seemed to be tone .tla*.i iii Nomisill;;Iala at denounced aiq Vulgarly it shall have no ditliehlty • '.17ope t:l not, zur, A tt eereel-riiitlkle71)11,04eV' stook and 'Would certainly ha tiMid or nervous lady. HoW dare yon l :Tea si ?" said the counsel. I- Please, zur, I sp et:* said the astoinishel tempting to peakhnid evidently,. thinking;the fa speaking too softty.1 Pray, have Ail be ihouted;the et! 11#1,w thoroughly lost the 11 Vis temper. ' ;- Yes, Zane- Was thc r ndwhl:kit have you . cuilke, sir 'demanded th ;• ••• A spline, zur r june the witness in the highe the roars of -the whole cot nAk thoroughly wild con 41.4wn his brief in disgust _ • Big.;t never'tATie °18rcli) sMall ones will express th A lady. who was ma sorn:e acqualoanee obsen naure had heen changed teil the lady i" Yon have been it btfven't you ?" '1% -e -s," said the other iYou mean, repapered, 14#9)ks much better, doesn't ..knother lady 'was she ar:ound her grounds.! the care of a landscape slie inquired of her ilriend the work. ; ".Why, I think," Ale su he symmetry." I Why," said the, oth intend to butiy any One h a Ifsood cemetery quite nem 4* What -canssed your litt asked a plain moth wh4 iso little son was ver 141;13'-},t was andlost his :equl Poor little felh)w, thetk woman.; do buy him I RI more earefurnext time nidacieorligfiyii'attheilaii4)f 11)1.7- of his church who, had soime very poor families, )4-1.iOhdr;:-teymee T17 ,rt; 11' -1‘tiP4C>shhete'ttEgi:tgH71:7:111:311,-'471' corning the mcidents on the sights 00 landinIg at 'U ants his bath at the se tib ni-md a hat box, and it'm nig ten hear the complab Bp 11 on the znorning whe get his " bawth Y41.1 know, and ' mmii w-Orih living, don't you f' the remt 'f that day $1 life same thine I didn't h hiii because it -Always. • I1 ne'm ti1111,.s."..ns ghliesinisalinuitise .4.)441.T;111%7TIN'aP-hilil:e !ill:01161yr