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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1886-03-12, Page 2, THE HURON EXPOSiTOR. rNDLA..1sT SUMMER. nit W. D. ..Hownans. I XXL . (continued from last week.): She - "She had been conscious of the truth 1)efore, but she had stifled her miagiv- ins insanely, and, as I feel, almost Wickedly, pushing on, and saying to her- eelf that mlhen you were married, then there would be no escape, and she must love you." Poor. girl ! poor child ! I see, I _ ` "But the accident that was almost your death saved her from that miser- able folly and iniquity. Yes," she con- tinued, in answer to the protest in his face, "folly and iniquity. 1 found her half crazed at your bedside. She was fully aware of your danger, but while she was feeling all the remorse that she ought to feel—that any one could feel— she was more and more- convinced that she never had loved yon and never Should. I can gis'e you no idea of her state of mind." "Oh, you needn't you needn't! Poor. poor child!" "Yes, a child indeed. ' If it had not en for the pity 1 -felt ;or her— But no matter about that. She saw at last that if your heroic devotion to her"—Col- vine did his best to hang his pillowed "-head for shame—" if your present dan- ger did not awaken her to some such feeling for you as she had once imagined she had ; if they both only increased her despair and self-abhorrence—then: the ease was indeed hoistIess. She Was s triply distracted. I had to tear her a4vay almost by force. She has had a n rrow escape• from brain -fever. And new I have come to implote, • to de - Mand "—Mrs. Graham, with all her eise and calm, was rising to the hys- Heal_ key—" her release from a fate Oat would be worse than death for such a girl. I mean marrying without the - love of her whole soul. She esteems you, she respects you, she -admires you, she 1Pxes, you.; but—" Mrs. Graham press- ed her lips together, and her eyes shone. "She is free," said Colville, and with the words a mighty load rolled from his heart. "There is no need to demand aqthing." - - : ' I knew." - • "There hasn't been an 'hour, an in nt, during—since I—we—spoke to- g tiler that I wouldn't have released her if I could have known what you tell me " Of coarse !—of course!" "I have had my fears—my doubts; b t whenever I approached the point I found no avenue by which we could reach a clearer understanding. I could n 1, f say an uch without seeming to seek fo myself the release I was offering h r.' " Naturally. And what added to her wretchedness - was the suspicion at the bottom of all that she had somehow forced herself upon you—misunderstood u, and made you say and do things to ap re her that you wauld not have done v untarily." This was advanced tens: t a ively. In the midst of his soplusti- c4ions. Colville had, as most of his sex have, a native, fatal, helpless truthful-. nes, which betrayed him at the most, unexpected moments, and this must now have appeared in his countenance. The. lady rose haughtily. She had apparent- Iy been considering him, but, after all, she must have been really considering her daughter. "11 anything of the ki d was the case," she said, "I will ask yoli to spare her the killing knowledge. It' quite enough for me to know it. AijcI allow me to say, Mr. Colville, th4t it would have been, far kinder in y0 ......), , "Ah, think, my dear madam!" he exclaimed. " How could I ?" - She did think, evidently, and when shel spoke it was with a generous emo- tion, in which there Was no trace of piqUe. -- " You couldn't. You have done right; I feel that, and I will - trust you _ to say anything you will to My dough ter," I To, your daughter ? . Shall I see her?" . ' She came with me. She wished to be your forgi Veness." Wale lay silent. "There is no for- giv ness to be asked or granted," he said at length. '" Why should she suf- fer Ithe pain of seeing me ?—for it would be nothing,else. What do you think? Will it do her any good hereafter' I dont care for myself." "I don't know what to think," said Mrs. Graham. " She is a strange child. She may have Some idea of re- l paration." . "Oh, beseech her from me not to im- agi e that any reparation is due' Where theTe has been an error there must be bln e t but wherever it lies in ours, 1 ailll 8ure it isn't at her door. Tell her I . sayithis ; tell her that I acquit her with tm not unhappy, but glad for her - all ;rty heart of every shadow of wrong;ha 1 a sake and my own that this has ended as it has." He stretched his left band across the coverlet to her, and said, with the feebleness of exhaustion : " Good - by. Bid her good -by few i$e." rs._ Graham pressed Ms hand and went out. A moment after the door was flung open, and Imogene burst into the room. She_ threw herself On her knees beside his bed. " 1 will pray to you!" she said, her face intense with the passions \reeking in her soul. She seemed choking with -words which would not 'come; then, with an articidate cry that inuat stand for all, she 'caught up the and that Iay limp on the coverlet; she lerushediit against her lips, and ran out f the room. e sank into a deathly torpor, the phy ical-refastd of his brain to take ae- cou-4 of what had passed. When he woke from it, little Effie Bowen was air- ily tiptoeing about the room, fondly re- touching its perfect order. He closed his eyes, and felt her .come to him and smoothe the sheet softly under his chin. Then; he knew she ntust be . Standing with clasped hands admiring the effeet: Some one called her in whisper from the door. It closed, and all was still again. XXII. C4vitle got himself out of the comfort - 4 and • viet of Mrs. Bowen's houseas soon as h could. He made the more haste bee use he felt that if he could have re- ed. with the smallest trace of self-, resp et, he would have been gladto stay there. forever. E 'en as it was, the spring had ad - vaned to early summer, and the sun was lyuig hot and bright in the piazzas; and bhe shade dense and cool in thenar - row ntreets, before he left Palazzo Pinti; the Lung Arno was a glare of light that struck back from the curving line of the buff houses; the river had shrivelled to a rill in its bed ;:the black cypresses were dim in the tremor of the distant air on. the hill -slopes beyond; the olives seemed to swelter in the sun, and the villa walls to burn whiter and whiter. At evening the mosquito began to wind his tiny horn. It was the end of May, and nearly everybody but the Floren- tines had gone out of Florence, dispers- ing 0 Villa Reggio by: the sea, to the hills of Pistoja, and t� the high, cool air of Siena. More than once Colville had said that he was keeping Mrs. Bow- en after she ought to have got away, and she had answered that she liked hot , weather and that this watinot compar- able to the heat of Washington in June. She was looking very -well, and younger and prettier than she had since the first days of their renewed acquaintance in the winter. Her southern...complexion enriched itself in the sun; sometimes when she came into his room from out- doors the straying brown hair curled in- to loose rings on her temples, and her cheeks glowed a deep red. She said those polite things to appease him as long as he wasnot well enough to go away, but she did net try • to detain him after his strength sufficiently re- turned. It was the blow on the head that kept him longest After his brok- en arm and his other bruises were quite healed he was aware of physical litnits to thinking of the future or regretting the past, and this sense of his power- TheoretiCally he o ght to have been ; lessness went far reconcile him to a life of present in ction and oblivion. de- voured by remorse and chagrin, but as a matter of fact he suffered very little from either. Even in people who are in full possession of their capacity for men- tal anguish one observes that after they have undergone a certainamount of pain they cease to feel. Colville amused' himself a good deal with Effie's endeavors to entertain him and take care of him. _ The child was with him every moment that she could steal from her tasks, and her mother no longer attenipted to stem the tide of her devotion. It was understood that Effie should joke and laugh With Mr. Col- ville as mach as she chose; that She should fan him as long as he could stand it; that she should read to him when he woke, and watch him. when he .slept. She bronght him his breakfast, she petted hitn and caressed him, and wished to make him a monster of de- pendence and self-indulgence. It seem- ed to grieve her that he got well so fast. The last night before he left the house she sat on hia knee by the win- dow looking out beyond the fire -fly twinkle of Oltrarno to the silence and Solid dark of the solemn company of hills beyond. They had not lighted. the lamps because of the mosquitoes, and they had talked till her head drop- ped against his shoulder. Mrs. Bowen came in to get her. "Why,- is she asleep?" "Yes. Don't take her yet," said.Col- ville. Mrs. Bowen rustled.:softly into the chair which Effie had left to get into Colville' lap. Neither of them spoke, and he was so richly content With the peace, the tacit sweetness of the little moment, that he would have been glad to have it silently endure forever. If any troublesome question of his right to such a moment of bliss obtruded it- - self upon him, he did not concern him- self with it. " We shall haveanother hot d.ay, to- morrow," said Mrs. Bowen at length. "1 hope you. will find your room com- fortable." • " Yes ; it's -at the back of the hotel, mighty high and wide, and no sun ever comes into it except. when they show it to foreigners in winter. Then they get a few rays to enter as a matter of busi- ness, on condition that they won't de- tain them. I dare say Ishall stay there some time. I suppose,you. will be get- ting away from Florence very soon ?" ' Yes. But I haven't decided where to go yet." - "Should you like some general ex- pression of my gratitude for all you've done -for nie, Mrs. Bowen ?" " No ; I would rather not. .It has been a great pleasures—to Effie." " Oh, a, luxury beyond the dreams of avarice." They, spoke in low tones, and there was something in the hush that suggested to Colville the feasibility of taking into his unoccupied hand one of the pretty hands which the pale night • light showed him lying in Mrs. Bowen's lap. But he forbore, and only sighed. " Well, then, I will say nothing. But I shall keep on thinking, all. my life.", She made no answer. "When you are gone, I shall have to make the most of Mr. Waters," he said. " He is going to stop all summer, I believe." --- . "Ob yes. When I' suggested to him the other day that he might find it too hot, he said that he had seventy New England winters to thaw out of his blood, and that all the sumiiiers he had left would not be more than he needed. One of his friends told him that he could Cook eggs in his piazza in August, and he said that he should like nothing bet- ter than to cook eggs there. He's the Most delightfully expatriated compatriot I've ever seen." " Do you like it ?" = "It's well enough for him. Life has no claims on him any more. I think it's very plea,sant over here, now that every- body's gone," added Colville, from a confused resentfulness, of collectively remembered Days and Afternoons and Evenings. "How still the night is !" _ A few feet clapping by on the pave-- ment below- alone broke the hush. "Sometimes I feel very tired of it all, and want to get home," sighed Mrs. Bowen. "Well, so do I." "I can't believe its right staying away from the country so long." People often say such things in Europe., "No, I don't, either, if you've got anything to do there." " You can aliva,ys make something t do there." `` Oh yes." Same yeung men, break- ing from a street near by; began to sing. " We shouldn't have that sort of thing at home." " No," said Mrs. Bowen, pensively. " I hard just such Singing before I fell asleep the night after that party at Madame Uccelli's, and it filled me with in " Why should it do that ?" . [- fury." "1 don't know. Ikseemed like voices from our youth—Lina." , She had no resentment of hits use of her name in the tone with •whickshe • asked: . "Did You hateihat so Much?' "No; the loss of it." They both fetched a 'deep breath. .• "The Uccellis .have a villa near th Baths of ' Lucca,'! said Mrs. Bowen "-Thy ha Ve askd me t� go." - ." Doyou think of going ?" inquire Colvgle. "Fre alwayi fancied it . mus be pleasant there."' "o; I declined. Sometinie 1 think I will just stay on In Florence." -, "I dare say you'd find - it perfeal comfortable. 1 There's nothing like hay ing t11 e range of one's own house in sum $ ' - mer.' He lo ked out of the window on the b ue-blac1sky. ." An4 deepernee through their silent spheres Heven Over heaven rose the night,' " he queted. "It's wonderful? Do you remetnber how I used to read. 'Marian in Oil Sotith 'to you and poor Jenny How it musthave bored her! ° Wha an ass I W18 !" - . "Yes," said Mrs. Bowen, breathless ly, in sympathy withhis reminiscence rather than in agreement -with his self. denunciatien. . .. ' - Colville -broke intea laugh, and then she began to laugh too, but not quite willingly, as it seemed.: . . Effie started from hr sleep. "What —what . is, Hi?" she asked, stretching and shivering as half -Wakened children de. : . 1 "Bed-tiine,, ! said her mother, prompt- ly, faking her hand to lead her away. "Say good -night to Mr. Colville." - The child turned and kissed him. "Good -night," she murmured. - " GoOd-uight; you sleepy little soul !" It seented to Colville that he rnust be a pretty good Man, after all, if this little -thing loved him so. "Do you always kiss Mr. Colville good -night ?" asked her mother when she began to undo . her. hair' for her -in her room. ". Sometimes: Don't you think. it's nice ?" 1 . i " Oh yes, nice enough." Colville sat by the windoW a long time'thinking Mrs. -Bowen might tome back; but she did not return. Mr. Waters came to see him the next afternoon at his hotel. . " Are you pretty comfortable here ?" he asked. , - " 'Well, it's a change," said :Colville. "I -Miss the little one awfully." • "She's a winning child," admitted the old man. "That - combination of con- ventionality and naivete is very capti- vating. I noticeit. hi the mother. " • " Yes, the mother has it too: Have on seen them to -day ?" i . " Yes ; Mrs. Bowen was sorry t� be ut when you came." ' I had the zniafortune to miss them. had a great wind to go again to -night," The old 111811 said nothing to -this. "The act is,"Icolville went on, ," I'm 80 ha- _ ituated to being there that I'm rather polled."' , -c..‘ Ah, it's a -nice place," Mr. Waters dmitted. " Of course I made all the haste I ould to get _aWay, and I have the re- • tard of a good conscience. But r don't nd that the reward is very. great." The old gentleman smiled. "The ifficulty is ' to know conscience from elf -interest," "Oh,- there's no doubt of it in My ase," said Colville. "If I'd consulted 1 .y own comfortiand advantage, I should till be at PalazZO Pinti." . "I dare say they would have been lad- to keep you." "Do you really think so?" asked Col: dile, with sadden seriousness. "1 wish ou would tell inc why. Have you any eason—grounds? Pshaw ! I'm ab- nrd !" He sank back into the 'easy - hair from whose depths he had pulled imself in the eagerness of his demand, nd wiped his forehead with his hand - 1 erchief. " Mr.. Waters, you remember y telling y u. of my engagement to Miss raham ?" "Yes." "That is roken off—if it were ever ✓ ally on. ' I was a great mistake for oth of us— tragical one for her, poor. ild, a ridie lona one_for me. My Only csnsolation i that it was a mistake and o more; bu. I don't. conceal frorn my- s.'If that I mg:ht have prevented - it al- , t gether if I had behaved: with -greater isdom and ignity at the outset. But I in afraid 1 vas flattered by an illusion o hers that tight to have pained and a armed me, and, the rest followed in - e itably, though I was always just on t e point of scaping the consequences o my weakness—my wickedness." "Ah, there is something extremely i teresting .in all that," said the old inister, thoughtfully. "The situation u ed to be figared under the old idea of a. compact With the devil. His debtor n as always on the point of escaping, Its you say, but I recollect no instance.in Ai hich he aid- net pay at last. The .n yth must havearisen from man's recoge n tion of -the inexorable sequence, of ef- f ct from ea.e in the moral world, which even tepentence can not avert. Goethe tries i to imagine an atonement f rI musts trespass against one human s ul in his benefactions - to the race at 1 rge ; but it is a very cloudy business." "It isn't quite; a parallel case," said C !vine, rather - sulkily. He bad, in f. ct, suffered 'mote under Mr. Wages', 6 cf neralization than he could from wore p rsonal philoSophy of the affair. - "Oh no; I' didn't think that," con- s nted the a:adman. " And I dorit think I shall undertake a y extended' scheme of drainage or sub- s( iling in atonement for my little d..eam," Colville continued; resenting • ti e - parity. of , outline that grew upon him in spite of his; protest. They were both silent. foi' a I -while, and then Col- ville cried out L " Yes, yes ; they are. alike.. I _dreenied, too, of ' recovering. and restoringony ;own lost and broken past in the love of ,a young soul, and it was in essence the sae cruelly egotistic dream ; and. it's nothing in my defense that it was all formless and undirected at first, and,that as soon as I recognized it I abhorred it." " Oh yes, it is," replied the old man,' with perfect eduanimity. "Your asser-. Moo is the hystetieal excess of Puritan- ismain all tines and places. In the moral world we are responsibleonly for the wrong that we. intend. It can't be otherwise.-" "And the evilthat's suffered from the wrong we didn't intend ?" '`: Ali, perhaPs that isn't evil." "It's pain !" - - i • " It's pain, Yes." - . And to have wrunec'a young and nocent heartwith the anguish of self- doubt, with the fear- of. wrong to an- other, with the shame of an error such as 1 allowed, perhaps _encouraged, her to make—" "Yes,," said the . old man. "The (Contirmedaau 3rd page.) ' I REAL ESTATE mit S.ALE. IMARM FOR SALE. Fr Sale. Lot 37, Cowell sion 4. East We. &nosh, County of Huron, containing 200 acres, about 140 acreleared. This pro erty will be Bold this summer In order to elOse the affairs of he estate of the late JAS. W.AULD. Forpartiou arsapply tothe Executors' GEORGE HOWATT Westfield P. O., or to BOBT.,B. CURRIE, Ingham P. O. 943 161ARit FOR SALE. One hundred acres being the south -half o Lot 9, in the 9th Conces- sion of forris, Count - of Huron. It is well situ- ated, and good for raini or pasture being well watered. it will be old eheap as the owner is giving up farming. Fo4 partieulare apply to CHAS. MeCLELLAND, B 'grave. 922x8tf 'ElOR SALE.—The property known as John - 12 Prairie, situated in the Winghtun Town Plot, consisting of 40 acres of land, more or less. There is a good frame house, barn and stables on the prem ses. , This Is an excellent opportunity for any no Wishing to go into the dairy business. The proprietor is at present in the milk business, anI being close to the Town of Wingham, finds r a.dy sale. For terms And other particulars, ap ly on the premises, or by letter addressed to Wingham P. 0. WM. M. JOHNSTON. 950-4 HOUSE AND LOT FOR SALE.—For Sale corner of St. fJohn and Sperling Streets, Seaforth, being Lot 9 Sparling's Survey. This desirable property b iing a corner lot near the residence of Mr. m. M. Gray, suitable for a small fainily, can be rurchased on application to Mr. Armitage in C inmercial Bank buildings, Seaforth,the house c ntains six rooms with sum- mer kitchen, hard a d soft water, coal house and other outbuildings t e lot is well stocked with fruit, Plum, Cherri s, Crab Apples, Currants, Grapes, &c., and is %%ell fenced with new picket fence. .0. F. -PASH EY. ! 910 • ARAI FOR SAL1 .—Fdr sale that splendid • farm, being LolJ 22, Concessionl, 11. R; 5., Tuckersmith contair ing 100 acres, 80 of whieh are cleared, free iron stumps, well underdrained and in a high state of cultivation. The balance is well timbered. There is a comfortable and commodious dwelling house, large clap boarded bank -frame-barn with stone stabling underneath, and all other necessary outbuildings. There is also a good orchard and ah overflowing spring. It is within four _miles of Seaforth and six from Clinton, and convenient t� a good school, with good gravel roads leading in all directions. Ap- ply to GEORGE SPROAT, .Seaforth P. 0. , 946 • -LIAM FOR SALE.—The Executors' of the 12 estate of the late Samuel Slenion, offer for sale that excell.,nt farm being Lot 12, Con- - cession 12, Grey. There are 100 acres; 80 of which are cleared, 10 acres partly cleared, and 10 in good hardwood bush. There is a good frfile ba-rn with stone stabling underneath 30x 60 feet. Immediate posseSsion wili be given. A large portion of the purchase money will be al. lowed to stand on interest; for further • particu- lars apply to JOHN LECKIE, 197 College Street, Toronto, or to JOHN SLk,131.0N, Ethel I?. 0. 931tf _ ]F AR.1)1 FOR SALE.—. -The Subscriber offers for sale his splendid farm of 100 acres, being Lot 44, Concession 2, Tuckersinith. Good new story and half frame house, 2. acres splendid orchard, • good nundinea 85 acres free from stumps, 15 acres in fall wheat. The whole under good cultivation, and well underdrained, live spring on the farm and has good wells. Close to churches and schools.. Three and one-half miles from the town of Clinton, 5 from Seaforth. Will be sold on reasonable terms. HUGH 31c - DONALD, on the premises, or Clinton P. 0. 930tf "DAM. IN MULLETT FOR SALE.—For sale, 12 Lot 6, Concession 1.4, Mullett, containing 158 acres about 100. acres (geared, free from stumps, underdrained, well fenced and in a high state of cultivation. The balance is well timber- ed with hardwood, cedar and black ash. There is a good stone house and good frame outbuild- ings. There is a splendid orchard, and abun- dance of living water. It is within four miles of the flourishing village of Blyth, and good gravel roads leading to all the surrounding towns. It is- convenient to schools, churches, Postoffice, tac , also Lot 7, ,On the same Conces- sion, containing 157 acres. The two farms will be sold together or separately on terms to suit purchasers. GEO. WATT, Harlock. 944 FARM FOR SALE.—For sale, Lot 25, Conces- sion 5„McKillop, containing 100 acres, near- ly all cleared, well fenced and underdrained, and in a first-class state of cultivation. There is a stone house, bank .barn and , other necessary buildings all in first-clasi condition. Also an orchard of bearing trees, and the river -Maitland run a• through a corner of the farm but there is no waste land. It is a first-class farm either for stock orgrain, and is within two miles of the town of Seaforth on the northern graverroad. -Apply on the premises or to Seaforth P. O. HUGH J. GRIEVE. 911-tf i . J1 OR SA LE.—For sale ie the thriving - village of Mensal' at a great bargain, that valuable property situated on the !west side of Brooke street, consisting of a good new frame dwelling 18x26 feet, and well finished throughout, with good well and stable on the premises. Reason for selling is that the undersigned intends leaving the.village about the end of the year. Possession can be given at any time within a weeks notice. Terms of Sale.—Very liberal. For .full particu- lars apply to D. MOWBRAY, Mason and Con- tractor, Henaall P. 0. . 905 FARM IN MORRIS FOIR SALE.—For Sale, North -half Lot 22, Concession 7, Morris, -containing 100 acres, about -70 of which are clear- ed, and partly cleared from stumps, well fenced and in a good state of cultivation. The wood land contains considerable cedar. There is a • good frame house and -bank barn with stabling underneath and other necessary outbuildings, a . good orchard and plenty Of spring water. It is within three quarters of • a Mile from school, and only three miles from the' flourishing village of Brussels. This farm will be sold cheap. Apply on the premises or Brussels P. 0. - 920tf SIMON FORSYTHE, Proprietor. GOOD FARM FOR SALE.—For sal , Lot 1, Concession 8, Tuckersinith, containing 100 acres, about 80 of which are cleared, free from stumps, underdrained, in a high state of cultiva- tion and well. fenced.. Thtire is a comfortable leg house and a large bank barn with stabling underneath. Also a youni orchard mil good well. The land is all dry and of the best quality. It is conveniently situated to Seaforth and the Proprietor, Egmondville P. 0. or apply at Kipper] stations, with good gravel roads leading to each place. For forthe particulars address the Egurondville mills. JAMES 'KYLE, Pro- prietor. • 1 . - 904-tf GOOD FARM FOR SAL:—In order to close the affairs of the estate of the late W. G. 'litigator', the executors off r the following vary valuable lands for sale.. First—North half of Lot 30„ Concession 5, town hip of Morris, con- taining 90 acres. On this 1 t iserected a good frame barn with stone foundation, good orchard, well and pump. Nearly all cleared, and is on the gravel road closely adjOinine- the village of Brussels. This farm is a yalualile one, is well fenced and in a good state of cultivation. For prices and terms apply to THOS. KliLLY,, Brus- sels P. 0., HissitrJENNixos,iVictoria Square P.0,, or JANIES Stun; Maple Lodge P. 0., Middlesex County. 868 j .PRM IN GREY FOR SALE.—For sale, the South Half of -Lot 1, ',Concession 12, town- ship of Grey, containing 50 .acres, of which 40 are cleared and pretty iree from Stumps, and the 'balance well tinibered, There is a good frame barn,. 56x36 with stables underneath; a good frame house 32x22 With a cellar the whole size, also two geed 'wells and a» orchard containing 50 trees: There are five acres of fall wheat and five acres plowed and readai, for spring crop. It - is one mile south of Brussels,- on the Alain Road leading from Brussels to .`eaforth. It will be sold cheap, one quarter t e .purchase money cash and the balance to suit purchaser. Apply' to ALEX. DALGETTY„ Brussels P. 0.,47:4A. YM RAANN, Cranbrook. 9 PLENDH) 200 ACRE FIRM FOR SALE IN - 0 THE TOW$HIP OF GREY.—Sealed offers • addressed to the undersigried, will be received up to July lst, A. D. 1886, for the purchase of that firat-class farm, being composed of .Lots 11 and 12 in the 16th Concession. of the township of Grey, County of Huron, coniprisi»g 200 acres, of which about 115 Acres are citaared and in a good !state of cultivation, the balahce being well tim- bered. There is on the preinises a good frame barn 60x50 feet And a -hewed log clapboard house and outbuildings Fences' are in good repair. A line orchard of young trees just corning into - bearing. A good well and* a never failing spring creek. Although this is a most desirable prop- erty, intending purchasers OM view the property and obtain any further inforination with regard to it on application to the terrant on the premises. Possession wil be given on 'October 16th, 1886. The highest or any offer not necessarily accept- ed. Address offers to ROBERT THOMPSON, Roseville P. 0., Ont.-ROseville, Ont., November 0, 1885. 937-tf - 20,000 NNTOIVI'H QM" KRUPT STOCK To ljie slaughtered regardless of cost. Now is your time for PRO IGIOUS BARGAINS. We are F etermined to clear the Present Stock as soon as Possible R CASH ONLY! - We come to do business in Seaforth not unknown to the General Public, and we kindly ask the favor of a call, being convinced we can fully introduce ourselves by the bargains to be offered. OSEPH KIDD 84 SON, SUCCESSORS TO THOMAS KIDD & SON. 1011111111•1•111•10... PECMAL ANNOUNCEMENT. 1CHARLESWORTH & BROWNELL, WHOLESALE & RETAIL GROCERS, ,One Door North of Seaforth Post 0 'ee. Owing to our large and increasing trade, we found our late premises far too small, and were Compelled through the pressure of business to move to a much larger store. • . 1 . We are more than thankful for the past liberal patronage, and trust by fair and honest dealing to still increase our business. Teas jobbed by the Caddie and half Chest, at wholesale prices. New Crop T as in store and arriving, consisting of Young Hyson, Gunpowder, Japans and Bla.c -s. New Season Fruits in abundance 100 boxes .AIorrand s New Valentia Raisins, London Layers, lack Basket, New purrants, Figs, and os usual a large stock of Sugars, Syrup a d Molasses. Fine Coffees, Green, Roasted and Ground. Pure Spits in full variety. A full stopk of Canned iruits and Vegetables, Salt Water Fis , Whitefish and Trout. Ful Line of Gen ral Groceries, second to none in the mar et. A new and c mplete stock of Crockery and Glasswarl just toshand and will be pened out th s week N. B.—Farniers will please remember the job Teas and .General Groceries at wholesale prices n quantities. CHARLESWORTH & BROWNELL. ONE DOOR NORTH OF SEA -FORTH POST OFFICE, ur Gr .7 Stock -taking Sale Continued. Bargains in all Classes of Woollen Goods. ESS MON REAL HOUSE SEAFORTH, Are bound. to clea out the balance of the Winter. Stock before the arrival of • all ; our Spring Stoelt. Wool -Squares, Shawls, Clouds, and all kinds of Fancy Wool .. I goods. Plain and Fancy Winceys, and Dress Goods of all kinds. Three hundred and fifty Reiman s of Dress Goods 'wfll be sold less than liall price. ' *Ladies' Furs in mink and Astra han. Ladies' Caps, Muffs and Boas—all at a great reduction. Fur Capes frail 1.50 each. Gloves, Hose, Mitts. Two hundred Ladies' Felt and Wool Skirt S a half price, from 40c to $2. Black Quilted Skirts at 75c to $1.50. A nice lot of Mantles to clear from 81.50 to 810.- Mantle Cloths in e 1 Astrachan, Melt° s, Ottoman Cords, Sealettes at 2.5)er cent. discount. Cloth cut free. Overcoats—only a -'few to clear, which- will b sold cheap. Under- clothing at great reductions. Fur Caps small lot at cost in Seal, Persian Lamb and Otter. J.T.TS'T AREIV H :JD New Dress Goods, Prints, Ginghams, Shirt- ings, Towellings, Cottonades, Denims, Ducks, Tickings, Muslins, Laces. Duncan 4 Duncan, Montreal House, Seaforth. MARicil 12, 1886. WROXETER mut Alexander L. Gibso Begs to announce to the public that he has meneed tb operate the W.ROXETER. WOOLLEN FACTORY, And that -he will be prepared to give good r1 la FULL CLOTHS, TWEEDS, UNION TWEEDS, FLANNELS, PLAIDINGS, IVINCEYS, And Varieties in STOCKING YARPAL Custom Cardingispinning', and Pulling Promptly Attended to, - Parties from a distance will, as far as possible have their ROLLS HOME WITH THEM, and s; he has put the Mill into Good Working ord" and employs none but Efficient Worland', All Work is Warranted. REMEMBER THE WROXETER ALEX. L. GIBSON, Proprietor. 8115.00 WILL BUY YOU AN American Solid Silver WATCH, —AT— Purvis & Milks JEWELLERY STORE, (43POSITE. THE Commercial Hotel. REPAIRING NEATLY DONE. Agents for the Light Running New Home Sewing Machine. C3 -0;74-‘1.-;-•-s.,.., C3 CZ) • "re HARDWARE _A_ S _ CROSS -CUT SAWS. The best Canadian and American makers. Buy the American Lance Tooth Saw, OF ANY. - • Every one fully guaranteed. If this is not the fastest cutting sa,tv in the max- ; ket, and of first-class temper, we will take it back and give another one in its place. REID & WILSON, SEAFORTH. F L.A1\T I, I 1\T E ROYAL MAILISTEAMSNIPS, A. STRONG, Seaforth, Agent. GREAT R,EDUCTION IN PASSAGE RAM Cabin rates from Halifax to Liverpool anti Lon- donderry, $.50, 883, and 873, according to position of stateroom. Children under 1.2yeam, half fate; tinder 1, free. Servants in Cabin, 850. Inter- mediate, 535; Steerage, ig13. From Liverpool a Londonderry to Halifax: Cabin, $63, sos.Th and $94.50; Intermediate, $.36; Steerage, $1.1 Re. turn Tickets from Halifax to Londonderry Or Liverpool and back to Halifax: Cabin, $100, 5126 and 41.4.3; Intermediate, $70; Steerage, 526. Money Loaned and Real Estate Bouglit pam.rdesoiffineeth—el I represent several of the bast Insurance Com and Sold as Usual. Mir:aoSrrklde7t—S —Rtref,PaSeaCtol. 862 A. STRONG - young suffer terribly. But i , at ftetward we don't suffir' A we don'i:i*.p..--ecover. 1 -von! you agaieSt youreelf if I seriously, in the tve-ong. yourself to be, you elionhinl Thus pot upon his honors a long 'ante thoug;ti fel. - *1 tell ?" helasked. " 'Von !ir.4 "`11 eln iiv1204'irgee:t'o judge. at ,a say you $eiere likely to s] wr.Iliort u °11gtannarelsY•laundhag 4li 44 Miss-Orrabani is a youn have no Oubt that the yousi _-what tt Do ) hisrianleot' mrthal, suppose there was aoythire demanded .Colville, with ea s. more bomorous observer Waters Might have IouM "le was an admirable r - with an !?exeellent head a heart 1i, underrated him time, ethtMgh 1 recognizei qualities :afterward; bat 1 I Al, t ttappsorescuiareteohf iin t4 esiie ltiflnhCan' attiltho hie ana:gehnrriaal N so !" he cried, fervently. son,,:eBsuotrty:uf daerefinriLelkl ny ovv:rlec: " 1 wonlel give the wort eoncernedi!in something else; "In what else ?" " Can imagine?" tt No," eaid Colville; but self., growing very rednh nonloire ttoe Colville.,Yes.:,a, 4117: dk, ‘r: 1sAlli tdaanfyttehil von hintedrat something loni 1h) e°,aw,doe. nw*" 'D'bojonuoothwienghej: On "Yes;" ' the old man ' My life' What self-respee immeasurable gratitude! of a man saved from hint* his stupidity and seifisimess mit' Why, I—I love li words gave him courage, breath and .pulse 1 She beautiful and gracious an best woman in the worli loved her eteer since I met Florence litet winter, 4.3oe :I:7 have always loved- I he added, .fall.ing, from the this confession, "she eiritj "it was certainly not to that you 1N -ere willing at the to marry some ,one.* se." - - 4) " Willing ! I was i't with bound hand and oot l V eare what you think- of my 'N was not a fee agent. It's t -condemn one'e self, bit it me too far, injustice to others only injustice'or the , wors was willi4todo was to kee ,. —to pre that poor e eve sible, fromr finding e. tae . If Colville eapected this , fession to rimpress . his liste disappoint$6. Mr. Waters no reply, 4iid. Le was oblij with a degree of sarcastic , .` 1 supposd.you scareely b that'0V "h, I ',, don't know TO , i people for things. Tbere when it seitas as if we were I pulled this: way or that, wl trol of on* own movement was able to: browbeat Itose1 (buildenstern with his Wei' pipe; but it they bad been ' to answer they might hat -e it required far less skill to p man than any other instill:11.- 0f us, hi fact, ger sounding any special:: applieation 4f1,1 fingers, repeating the tunes played oLigtiathat y lliynpoouuirr n s'otletei p to do something of the kin ' fair. We are a long time act with enumion-sense, or . mon sanity; in what are calif) of the affections, A broken e may be a bad thing in some el arn5ttelined to think that it i hest thing that eould happt eases where it happens. I done- long before; the brot iiinceennt,ti,smerely sanative, and 1 Ile chi gentleman rose, an dazed by the recognition q edf„.mtavairndriema,,:i:, di3aubtsbuettrio,l4it to the outer gate of the hotel - To be continued.) i . .. I • le ; True to Duty. t liugh MX herty, a son of aid Isle, -w as had volunte Philadelphial in the 16th It Infantry, waS stationed -on tie Sullivan's 1.4land, with Ariel sealk-between tweepoints, ane ()tie pass without the tounter# was to be kmununicated in; Two hours afterwards, the cot the relief discovered, by Hugh to hiS waist in wate having set in since he had bej " Who goes there?" Hugh "Relief," answered the eel 4 4. Halt, relief. Advanceoied give the countersign.' Itotie'bgreCeidaireroP:werieelli:::,=?rollimileootur hili Hugh : "Never a -.bit; thi told me not to lave the post.' inti:13hreP:raatl" ezr a1181li,h night".fetel40' 1 1514 he spoke; : Hugh : " Halt ! Ill put • 3straisvithouttheertersis me ordere flon he leftenant uitiev2iinghisgun7; Corporals. " Confound yo body will liehr it if I ban' vou;:lf.gh : " Yes,, inc darlin7 leftenant said it must be e•ii per. In ividye ; me tinges' s , ger. and me ;Tali may go off." --,:,:i.,.,131'.11a,,t' ritilania.f.me 11' Pfto,:ainnj):::std: at od yieldeinto 0 . 4i who rejohied, "1'I A Noireity in Surg T1 I NO AN ELEcTRIc A 1:VAN'S aIr tOXE.1 XeW Yotk Times: An els inside the hip bone of a it4 usind spectacle, and yet it note reeently at the _Post -gradual school in East Twentieth an light was used hi an operati Inp-dieease. A student, .22 3 the vollege of Burlington, slipped on the pavement months ago and strained his t