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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1890-01-10, Page 22 0.,..mmummastimiss. GRAHA, LADDIE BY JULIA hi'EAIR 'WRIGHT. 1..IIIMMEN./•••••1111MMIN CHAPTER n. PJIE RIGHT SIDE OF THE. WORLD (Continued fiNain hat week.) Quentin sprang from his stony resting place, hid his bundle, straightened his hair and clothes and went into the kirk. Once more he had been provided fcr. Between the long services the old wo- nt, a shared her simple lunch with him, and in the afternoon took him to her home. She was such a simple, pious, motherly seat that Quentin frankly told her his whole story. Next morning it .was not only raining, but pouring ; the kind hostess. said Quentin should remain until the weather changed and she would bete him a store of oatcakes for his journey. As the day might prove long, she proposed that he should apend it in the parish school, the inaster of which was a good friend of her, as sha did his -mending and wash- ing. Tuesday proved as rainy as Mon- day, and Qut ntin. remained the widow's guest. Meanwhile, at tineparish school he had entered into the classes with the rest, and, developed such Shrewdeess in arithmetic and geography that he, won the old master's heart. While the other pupils were holding uproarious moon- ing, the master toak Quentin into his living -room and drew oot I his history. He was the first one to 'd8t into the boy's future the shadow of perplexity : "How do you knew that Mr. Max - doch is at Glasgow now? He may not be there. What will you do alone in the city?" "1 mak' sure he's there," said Quen- tin, "an' if he isna, the Lord can tak' care o' me as weal weoot him as wi' him." "That is true, but the Lord expects ua to use discretion. Suppose you re- main with me until I write to Mr. Mur- doch? Or, aft I an a. lonely__ mau and find my jay in teaching those who love to learn, and have not one pupil. bent on earning, auppose you remain with me ? ltvill teach you ail I know, and some day you may be teacher in my place. How would you like that'" Quentin shook his head : "It wad be braw—ye are more than kiod, maister—but my heart is fully set on Mr. Murdoch. He has tellt me o' libraries in cities whaur there are thous sands: and thousands of books; of great colleges where handreds of men study night an' day an'. learn all there is in the books, an' learn hon to make books. And then, maister, here I could learn many things, but, while; I should have learnt all that is here; an' 1 couldna fin' oct here !all the wonders the good God wrote in the atones and in plants, areby then I should have lost all trace of Mr. Murdoch Gif ye please, maister, I'll gang Mang. I hae no trouble;. the ----were- is a guid place, an' all the folk in it are guid to me. I canna 'bide sae nigh to Kill Eda, nor sae far from the , grand cities which are full of knowledge 1 as a cup is full of water." The schoolmaster ceased to urge him. The lacl's destiny WU OD. him ; for good or for illhe was drawn toward the seething centres of busy life and thought. Wednesday rose clear and fair. Quen- tin bought his hostess a shilling's worth of tea endgave the schoolmaster the fos- sil he had found on his first day's jour- ney ; then, with careful directions for his way, he set off toward Leidmore, his next objective-poict The schoolmaster had advised him to spend his next Sab- bath a:t Lairg, and had given him a let- ter to the schoolmaster - at Laidmore, asking hina to entertain the pilgrim on Thursday night. Quentin was in higla spirits, he was- aeeing the , right aide of the world. Every one was kind;, he had no misad- ventures; future daYs beamed brightly before him. The country along his road abounded in lochs, the uplands rtrad moors were deep in heather ; the della were full of trees; the birch—"the lady of the woods "—and the• rowans; with its plumes of compound leaves, waved aver the waters of every pool; herds of kyloes, or email Highland cat- tle, browsed on the hills, and several times a day Quentin stopped to chat with; the girls or children who herded them. All day Friday he traveled be- side Loch Shin, and at night slept in a shelling. Finally, on Saturday, he reached the beautiful moorlands that surround Lairg. Thousands af flowers were in bloom'and butterflies of many varieties hovered over them. Quentin consider- ed. that butterflies would be speciments, and, while minerals were too heaVy to carry, the beautiful emblems of E'arche would be much easier to take to his master. He caught some twenty very fine ones, chloroformed them quickly, and for want of a better place to carry them stuck them by pins all over his big blue "bonnet,"the wide overhang- ing eap that all Scotch boys wear. , A more curious -looking figure than Quentin could scarcely be conceived. He had over his shoulder a stick on which hung a Stout pair of shoes, a bundlein a red kerchief and a faded green plaid ; several huge dead moths with _outspread wings were pinned to the 'bundle, The lad's bine cep was a blaze of glory by virtue of no less than twenty butterflios of all hues and sizes—white, orange, yellow, pale blue,spotted brown, black and gold, all that Nature creates of fantastic and beautiful in butterflies. Art intense lover of Nature and of all her works, Quentin could not resist gathering &mere, and he had an armful. Already he had Lairg :in sight, and had lost it behind a steep brae that he was climbing, when an unearthly yell like' a *hole menagerie of infuriated wiki beasts broke an the air. Such a sound Quentin had never heard before, it filled earth and sky. He stood still in aurprise, Then began a long, loud, - sustained horrible cry, as of souls hr agony, and Quentin thought he must be near the Mouth of the pit of perdition. Again the mad, trumpet -like, swelling scream rent the air, and now Quentin fell on his knees. "Ali is o'er," he said; " na doot the end of the world is come an' that is the resurrection angel sounding; but I aye thocht he wad make a nobler an' less uncanny sound. My daddie an' mai:a- t-Me have no had long to lie in the groan'; I wish I had stayed at Kill Eda Where they will rise. 1 wouldna have had to thele Jamie McGillie o'er- lang. . Hech ! That noise sounds like a hundred Jamie McGillies being carried off to the pit." The sky preserved its summer blue and calm, the world seemed quite un- moved by the fearful sounds. Quentin took heart, and famed on ono. more. Reaching thetop of the brae, he saw Lairg beneath him, heard °DO° again that trumpeting of horror, and saw tearing up from the east a fearful Crea- ture longer than a sea -serpent, swift as lightning,breathing out amide of stncke, fire flaming in it* open jaws. No dragon of old story began to equal it in awful- ness; it was, no doubt, the evil one himself coming to devour Lairg. The monster stopped its ffight ; the town re- mained undisturbed. The shrieks and smoke ceased. Fantiliarity of half an hour with the spectacle bred fearless- ness in Quentin'a soul; he addressed, himself to enter Lairg and see the mon- ster, but he proceeded. with caution, especially when he perceived it pawing, snorting and shuffling up and down in a threatening fashion. Entering the village and keeping an eye on the demon, Quentin perceived a lad of his own age on the wayside. He felt instant respect for this youth, be- cause he seemed so undisturbed by the awful presence near him. 1 "Will ye tell me," said Quentin, "what it was made them awful noises the noo ?" There Were no noises," said the boy. " Ye canna be deaf? There was hootin' made by yen great olawin', uncanny monster beyond the houses yonder. Ye canna mean yon engine, lad ?" " 'Engine,' call ye it? Maybe not. I mean yon monster with the long tail as came tearin' up to the town half an hour syne." The boy, bursting into shrieks of laughter, laughed until he fell down and rolled on the ground, contorting himself as if taken with Asiatic cholera. '1 This is a queer place," said Quentin, "where nobody minds the demons, and lads is taken wi' a fit if ane speaks wi' The boy, finding himself able to rise, scanned Quentin closely, and was seized with another convulsion. Quentin moved on, intending to re- connoitre his deinon nearer at hand for himself, but his new acquaintance fol- lowed him, screaming, "Whoop ! Come and see the fool wi' his bonnet fu' o' flies." A troop of lads swarmed upon him on the instant, and pursued Quentin, shouting, " Innocent 1 Innocent 1 Whaur cam' ye fro'? Yer bonnet will fiee awe.' fro' ye !" They emphasized these cries by shooting pebbles and hits of stick at Quentin. The blood of Noel's pupil was up. He set his back against the first wall, dropped his bundle and shoes behind his heels and gripped his stick for. war- fare, offensive or defensive as the case raight be : "Coos on, show ye the mak' 0' innocent I aro I" The crowd stepped out of reach of his stick. "An' ye're no an innocent, why hae ye set up yer bonnet in sic a fashion ?" demanded the leader. e Because I'm a naturalist," said Quentin, loftilY; o " Ay ! 'Natural,''innocent,' tangrel,' all mean the same. Ye're a born fule ; that's plain enough." "1 didna come hither to quarrel wi' anybody," said Quentin, "an' ye're cow- ards to the bane, satin' on me ten to ans. An'. yell stand up each yer lane like Christians, I'll thrash the whole lot o' ye till ye canna see." This challenge to Christian conduct was met by a derisive cry 7; "Let's pluck his bonnet I" Three of the adversaries made a rush, but Quentin met them with a, promiscu- ous sweep of his stick ,that sent them back howling. .The other boys of Lairg flew to avenge their fellowa. Some seized Quentin's stick ;, one gave him a blow on the nose that drew blood; one steeped to snatch his bundle, but receiv- ed a kick that changed his purpose. Like the traveler who went from Jeru- salem to Jericho, Quentin;might have been robbed, stripped and left half dead had not a tall man in black borne down an the group, divided them right and left, ordered thein to "stop immediate- ly," possessed himself Of Quentin's stick, wiped Quentin's face, and de- manded of the general public " Who is this ?" and " What is the matter ?" a stranger," shrieked one. "And, since the good Bock tells you, '-Be not forgetful to entertain strangers,' this is Lairg style of doing it. Eh, sirs ?" "He's a natural," said another; "he —he said he was." A, quizzical smile lit the gentleman's face: "If any man bear witness of himself, his witness' is not true.' A naturril would not say he was a natural. More- over, does not the Book say, Him that is weak, receive ye, brit not to doubtful dispntations ? And if you hold this lad weak in mind, these are serious disputa- tions you are beginning with. In fact, I'm aeharned of the whole of yon." "Sir," said Quentin, "1 did not say I. was a natural; I said I was a naturalist. I'm gillia to a learned man, and the flies on my bonnet are speciments I am tak- ing to Glasgow to my maister. The lads came at me because of the flies and because I did not ken what was that long black howlin' demon they ca' an - engine. Sirs! It seems to me the lads hereaboot ha' learnt their manners from yon engine." "On your way to Glasgow! When do you expect to get there ? ' "Not for many days. I had intendit to 'bide here over the Sabbath day, but .1'11 fare on till midnight. I'd far rather stay my lane on the moor than 'bide here an' fight all holy -time. Its clean against my principles to fight on Sun- day. " "Are you not ashamed of yourselves, lads, to treat a stranger in this fashion? I shall take him over to the manse to stop until Monday. I see nothing strange in his not knowing what an en- gine is; ask your fathers how old they were before they saw a steam -car. A4 for the flies, I think, if I were collect- ing, I should pin them on my bonnet for safekeeping. Come, lads! come up and shake hands. The gopd Book says, Let not the sun go down upon your wrath,'and that we must not 'hate and devour one another.'." , The ceremony of handshaking being awkwardly performed, Quentin picked up his bundle and followed his host to Lairg manse' which stood beside Lairg kirk. There, with the minieter's family, -TE HO Ansimmi•immaimeimmem . --,ti AMOOZ4A4 he passed a peaoeful Sebbath Wit the highest level lead in Sutherlandshire, lofty Benclybrich towering on the north three thousand feet above seseJestel. The twenty -houses of Lairg Were be- ginning to wake up in expectation of summer guests, ae, there the tourists and sportsmen rendezvous before start- ing for the Northern forests. Quentin wondered if grown-up Lairg would be . more courtly to them than boy Lairg had been to him, .. I CHAPTER V11.. THE WRONG SIDE OF THE WORLD. Early on Monday morning Quentin left the manse :of Lairg. - He was in hight spirits, thior ughly rested,- and carried tied in his s otted blue kerchief a lunch of white bad and cold mutton. Now, roasted flesh and bread of white flour are dainties that a Highland boy seldom tastes ; his bread- is of oats or barley, and he calls his porridge "mit." The luneb given him for his first ay's dinner and supper was there- fore e feast which Quentin anticipated with/ delight:. But he had something far better than the lunch; he had a map. The minister had torn a map from an old guide -book; he hadpasted it upon a piece of thin cloth, dotted in red ink Qrientin's way, and marked with red crosses the places along the road.. ' At one corner of the map was a scale of miles, and what could equal the joy of measuringwith a strip of paper the dis- tance he had come, applying this to the scale and ascertaining the number of miles? Armed with a map and a bottle of chloroform, Quentin felt himself that idol of his own fancy, a truly "acienti- fic"pereon. Of the two possesiens, the potent and mysterious drug was perhaps the most precious. When he applied a drop to a specimen and produced prompt and early death, Quentin found himself a true copy of the renowned Murdoch y and when he corked the vial and re- turned it to his pocket, he had the air of a member of the French Aca- demy. After leaving ' the manse Quentin's road lay beside the river Shin, outlet of the "longest and dullest of the Suther- landshire lochs." It did not seem dull to Quentin; what could be dull, when sunshine transmuted air and water to gold, when bluebells waved on their supple slender stems and purple crane's - bill held footinieamong the stones and the first red 'poppies •had begun to bloom _? a Having traveled seven miles, and knowing that he should soon pass the mouth of the Shin River, Quentin con- cluded to treat hiraself to a bath and a swine Turning a few hundred yards from the road, he found a sequestered place under birch, rowans and fern laid his bundles on the ground, placed his clothes near the& and plunged - into the water. While he was diving and duck- ing at a great rate he saw a man coming through the bushes; by his loose, slov- enly garb, his old "clouted shoon " and the wallet on his -back he knew him to be a professional beggar. Quentin had seen occasional specimens of this tribe during all hie life. The periodical beg- gars of Kill Eda were lazy, dirty, good- humored, given to. gossip, having store of news and long legends and stories. fond of whisky, but honest and cheery. This beggar was the least prepossessing of an unpleasant tribee'--- a powerful, red- faced man with a huge red nose and a shock of tan'gled: red hair, Quentin re- alized that his worldly all lay exposed to the disreputable stranger, and, making for the shore, laid prompt hold of his •own breeches and, proceeded to endue himself therewith.The beggar, sitting down, took to himself Quentin's two bundles. , . " Let -my things alane, ' mon," cried Quentin,.who, as hie head came out of the opening of his Ala, which he was patting on, beheld this interference. "Hand your noiee," responded the beggar'; "1 heve no had a bite the day, an' this blue bundle scents o' good eatin'." He untied the kerchief. "Hech, sirs! ye're a cantie chiel, gangin' ,roun' wi' white bread and baked flesh. It's not often me nor me comrades fall foul of sic eatin';" and he proceeded to devour his prey. . "1 hae seen beggars before," shouted Quentin, in Mad indignation, "but they were no tbievin' villians to eat up a a man's meat their lane withOut sayin' . By your leave.' An' ye 'wanted a share o'' my lunch, why • not ask for't 'I' . ; " . Matins I did not want a share; 1 wauted it all," said the beggar, devour- ing like Loki until all was gone: "Give me my bundle," said Quentin. " Syne ye he.' eatin' up a' T have, I'll gang Me gait;" - "No sae fast; aiblins ye bee' ither plunder may flo me .guid. 'Ilk& man for himsel' is my word." "Hae ye noifeer o' _God before yer eyes ?" asked Quentin. .. , - , "No," said the old sinner: "nor o' man, either." He had Quentin shoes and bundle in his lap, and was . now coolly shaking out the blue kerchief and elaborately folding It. i Quentin felt ready • to abandon his property, snatch his plaid and flee but the burly beggar was quite able to catch him; and how could he so easily give up hie all? If he waited, some one might prise by to whom he could appeal. He waited. " Ha' ye- hey money wi' ye ?"''askeda the beggar. e Quentin eould not say "No," for; Noel had tnld him never to utter a lie, and he wished he had fled while his z pockets were safe, His silence, how -1 ever, was sufficient answer to the beg- gar, in a twinkling he reached out a powerful arm, drew Quentin back with suchat grip on his throat that he could neither struggle nor cry, and, holding him thus at disadvantage, thrust his right hand into one of his pockets. - "A very good knife,", he said, secur- ing the knife—cherished gift of Mr. Murdoch—and he slipped it into his wallet.- Then he went at the other pocket. Quentin had spent but eighteenpence ; the remainder of his six shillings he had tied up in a little rag. The beggar un- tied it with his teeth, counted it, said "No sae ill," tied it up and pat it in his wallet. Then he ferreted out the bottle of chloroform; as it was in glass cut in facets and with a glass stopper, it appeared to him a great treasure. -The boy's pockets being now rifled, the beggar released him. - "What is thie ?" he asked, holding up the bottle. "Poison," replied Quentin. "Ye lee," said the beggar; "ye ha' (Continued on third page.) ESTATE FDR SAL SITOR:* [TIMING LOTS' FOR SALE.S—The under - 'dense has a number of fine building Lots on Goderieh and Jitmee Streets for Oak, at leW price". Or particelararippleeto D. I): WILSON . Yolk ALE —House with about four or five lots suitable for building. House contains three rooms up stairs, three rooms, kitchen and cellar downstans. A corner lot well ffiled with fruit trees of every kind and has a good well and stable. Situated one street west of the Public School on, West Street Terms to su purchaser. WM. WHITESIDE, Seaforth. 1110 "DESIDENCE FOR SALE.—For sale, cheap, 1.1s the residence on North Main Wert at present occupied by- the undersigned. Besides the house there is a good driving barn and stabling suffioient Ir a dairy, also eight acres, of choice land very suitable for market , gardening. The land is well planted with large and small fruit trees and the property is one of the most pleasantly situated in the town. Apply to R. COMMON, Seaforth. 11201 TIARM FOR SALE.—For sale, part of Lets 29 J: and .30, Concession 1, Meliillop, containing 50 acres all cleared, well fenced and in good state of cultivation. Buildings fair. There is a good orchard and plenty of water. This farm is within two lots of the corporation of Seaforth. It will be sold cheap and on easy term& Apply on the premises or to Seaforth P. 0. DAVID DORRENCE, Proprietor. 1135! MIARM FOR SALE.—For sale, the east half of .112 Lot 6, Concession 7: Tuckersmith, con. taining 65 acres, about 25 cleared and seeded to grass. The balance has on it valuable timber, mostly black ash ,and elm. There is plenty of - water. No buildings. Will be sold oheap and on easy terms.- Apply to WK. SPROAT, Sea - forth. _ 1134tf yonA.Elk FOR SALE.—The subscriber offers for sale his farm, being Lot No. 41, Conoes- s 13, East Wawanosh, coptaining fifty acres more or len, situated two add a half miles from Wingham, all cleared and under a state of good cultivation, well fenced and watered. On the premises are a geod house and bank barn with outbuildings and two good orchards. For par. Colliers apply to the owner, THOMAS K. LINK - LATER, Wingham, Ont. 1141 UAW& IN STANLEY FOR SALE.—For sale .12 cheap, the East half of Lot 20, Bayfield Road, Stanley, containing 64 acres, of which 62 acres are cleared and in a good state of cultiva- tion. The balance is well timbered with hard- wood. There are good buildings, a bearing orchard and plenty of water. It is within hall a mile of the Village isC Varna and three miles from Brumfield • station. Possession at any time. Thia is a rare chance to buy a first class farm pleasantly situated. Apply to ARTHUR .FORBES, Seaforth. 1144tf IGIARM FOR SALE.—Undersigned offer fo _U sale the farm of 100 acres, being lot 80, llth concession of Hullett, belonging to the estate of the lategrad Cole. On the place there is a frau e h good barn, stables Sm., young bearing o chard of one acre and first- class wells. Situated about one mile west of Londeeboro. About ninety acres cleared and in good state of cultivation, Possession let of April. Apply on the premises or to either of the Executors. JOHN COLE, Belgrave ; H. RADFORD, Londesboro. • 1139tf T__TOUSE FOR SALE.—A good frame house 1.1_ 'south of the railway track, Seaforth, storey and a half high, 26x20, with four bed- rooms upstairs arid three downstairs, also a large room, pantry mid kitchen 16x14, and t woodshed. In connection here is one aere of land, good stables and oth r outbuildings. A good well and pump are •n the place. For particulars apply to MUR 0 hicLEOD, Sea - forth. 1149x6 vARM FOR SALE.—Farm for sale in the .12 township of McKillop, being lot 13, minces- eion 5, containing one ,hundred acres, with eighty acres cleared and in a high state of culti- vation the remainder is good hardwood bush. There is a good house, good frame barn and frame stables and a spring creek on the place. It is well fenced, within half a mile of post office and store and dye and three-quarter miles from Seaferth For further particulars apply to THOS.' STEPHENS, Queen's hotel, Seaforth. 113941 FIRST-CLASS FARM FOR SALE.—Being Lot 10, in the C Concession of Turnberry, and Lot 10, in the A Concession of HOWiAk ; the gravel road runs between them. The two con- tain 148 acres, of which 125 acres are cleared and in a fit state for a binder to run. The farms are situate on the gravel road between Wroxeter ane Belmore—tbree mike from Wroxeter, and miles from Belmore. There is a school house on the corner of the land, and churches con- venient. Apply to A. CHRYSLER cn the prem. ises, orto J. COWAN, Wroxeter. 11014f MURK FOR SALE.—Or Exchange for more sis! Land.—Being North half of Lot 25, Conces- sion 2, Hay, containing 60 acres, 46 cleared and In a good state of cultivation and well under - drained, log house with 'frame addition, grain barn, horse barn, drive house, and pig pen, frame, two good wells and good bearing orchard. Two miles from either Hensall or Kippen. Scheel on next lot. Good gravel roads in all directions. No reasonable offer re- fused as the property must be sold. For terms and further particulars, call or address B. S. PHILLIPS, Hensel'. 1120 ATALUABLE PROPERTIES FOR BALK— Y Fox sale cheap, the following very desir. ableproperties in the Village of Egniondville, viz.: A brick house with large stable and half acre of land on Main street; a frame house and stable and quarter acre land on Bayfield street and a, good frame house and quarter acre of land on Mill street. These are all desirable properties' well located and suitable for retired larmers orothers desiring a quiet comfortable home. Apply to CHARLES WORTH & BROWN. ELL, Seafcrth, or to L. 0. VANEGMOND, -Egmondville. 114141 FARM FOR SALE.—For sale, the south half of Lot 23, Concession 6, Morris, containing 100 acres, about 90 of which are cleared, well fenced, about 70 free frorn stumps and well underdrained. The balance is well timbered with hardwood. The oleared part is nearly all seeded to grass. There is a frame house and frame barn, also a small orchard. This is one of the best 'farms' in the township arid has no broken or bad land on it, and is good for either grain or -stock and will be sold cheap. It is within three miles of Brussels' and within a quarter of a mile of a school. Apply on the premises or to Brussels P. 0. siM. or JOHN ROBB, Jr. 1144tf - - FARM FOR SALE.—Containing 119 acres, being parts of Lots 1 and 2, on the 8th concession of Morris, 100 acres cleared and 5 acres chopped, The balance good hardwood bush, fairly fenced and well underdrained, good frame house and kitchen with woodshed attached, two frame barns and frame sable, good orchard and three wells and a soft water cistern. Within two miles of Blyth, where there is a good market for all kinds of produce, school within five minutes' walk from the house. Would take fifty. acres in part pay. This is a first class .farm and parties wishing to litlY 'would do well to call and see it. Apply on the premises or addrese Blyth Poet Qffice. NICH- OLAS CUMING. 1139tf FARMS IN TUCKERSMITH AND STAN - 14Y FOR SALE.—For sale, Lot 21, Con. cession 2, L. R. S., 'Tuckersmith, containing 100 fibres, of which 85 acres are cleared, free from stumps, all underdrained, well fenced and In a high state of cultivation. The balance is well timbered with hardwood. 'There is a good brick residence containing all the latest im- provements and conveniences, a good barn, stables, driving house, sheds and other out- buildings all in good repair. There are three acres of orchard and garden containing all kinds of large and small fruit trees and the whole farm' is surrounded by maple and other shade trees. It is close to school and is con- venient to markets, railways, churches, etc., and good gravel roads leading in every direction. Them are three never failing wells. This is one of the best farms in Huron and will be sold cheap as the proprietor desires to remove to Manitoba where he has purchased more land. Apply on the 'premises or address Brucefield P. 0. GEORGE PLEWES. He also offers for sale for the same reason his farni in the Township of Stanley, being Lot 12 Concession 5, Stanley, containing 100 acres, about 75 acres cleared free from stumps and in a state of good cultivation, the, balance well timbered. There is a oomfortable frame house frame :barn and drtsanr house and stables. There is a good orchard and plenty of water. It is within three Miles of Varna and con- veniently situated formarkets. Apply on the premises or to either of the undersigned. WM. T. PLEWES, Varna P. 0.; GEORGE PLEWES, Brumfield. 11274f - OCK - CLEARING': SALE On Thursday, January 12nd, 1890 --We open the decade with a GRAND CLEARING SALE. Having made large purchal this, season, also had a large trade,' we still find ourselves overloaded with stock, but $1.8 piles of money is needed to carry the stock, and having made our profit, we have deter- mined upon clearing the balance of stock without any profit. For thirty days prior tolstock-taking, which commences on February 1st, we propose to do the work and give our customers the pleasure and the profit. The bargains will be too numerous to mention. They will be found all over our store in each and (very department, The 'earliest buyers get the best choice., If you want a Bonnet or a Dress, a Jacket or a Shawl, a pair of Gloves or a pair of Hose, a yard of Flannel ora yard of Cotton, if you want a Fur Cap or an Overcoat, a Suit of Clothes or a Shirt, a yard of Tweed or Cottonade, a pair of Blankets or a Com- forter, or anything else throughout our entire establishment, this will be your chance for buying at rock bottom prices. In fact, we make our store a retail place at wholesale prices. This is your grand oppor- tunity. We invite you, reader, to come along, examine for yourse if and be convinced that this is no idle puff, but a Genuine Clearing Sale. TERMS AT CLEARING PRICES—CASH. WM. PICKARD, Corner Main and Market streets, Seaforth. IATMSDEN & WILSON'S IS STILL Santa Claus' Headquarters. XMAS GOODS ARRIVING. They have just received a large stock a Plush Comb and Brush Cases, which are selling at prices from $1 up.; these are the prettiest goOds for the prices ever shown. LEATHER GOODS.—Portfolios, Collar. and ,Cuff Boxes Dress- ing Cases, Card Cases, Ladies' Hand Satchels, Purses,- Music Rolls, &c., in great variety. 'DOLLS AND TOYS for children at prices tlutt make people stare and wonder how they can sell so cheap—many lines are not one-half the price asked by others. Old Santa Claus buys in the best market. ILLUSTRATED CHRISTMAS PAPERS, Picture and Story Books for Children, New Games --great assortment just to hand; Xmas Cards—a very fine assortment' of new and beautiful styles very low in price. BIBLES,—Oxford Bagsters, Teachers' Bibles, Family' Bibles Bibles with Methodist Hymns, and. Bibles with Presbyterian Hymns much lower in price. SANTA CLAUS desires the public to get all their money is worth these bard times, and his particular instructions, which will be carried out to the letter at his headquarters, will insure every one get- ting full value for their money. Call on my agents,. LUMSDEN & WILSON, SCOTT'S BLOCK, MAIN ST1ET, SEAFORTH. BIG BARGAINS IN TEAS AT— FAIRLEY'S, SEAFORTH, ONE DOOR SOUTH OF THE POST OFFICE. JAPAN, GREEN OR BLACK TEAS from 25c per pound up to 60c. All new season's; no old goods in stock,and good value for your money every time. SUGARS away down in price. Fifteen pounds of Bright Sugar for $1.00. 6 New Currants, New Raisins, New Peels; quality prices right. If unsurpassed ; No. 1 Labrador Herrings, Lake Huron Herrings and Trout. Haddies and Siscoes always fresh. Cape Cod CranbezTies, Pickles, Sauces, Mince Meat, etc. Highest price paid for Butter, Eggs, Lard, Tallow and poultry. FAIRLEY, SEAFORTH Ji7AB 10, 1 Pour le Moulkoii DE POCHE, la Toilette et le L'EAUdeFLORIll DE MURRAY & LOMAX est PARMA UliiIVERSEL. M. R. Counter, SEAFORTH. HURRAH —FOR THE— HO L I DAYS. Right now we are ready for business with an immense assortment of Christmas Gifts. The new, the novel and the beautiful are all alike included in our splendid line of WATCHES, oLOCKS, JEWELRY, DIAMONDS, SILVERWARE, PLIT.SH and FANCY GOODS, ALBUMS, PIPES, SPECTACLES, NOVELTIES, &c. We offer a great variety of appropriate presents for Ladies, Gentlemen and Children. We can supply a suitable gift for old or young at any sum you de sire to expend. Oar elegant holiday stock is a popular stook in all respects selected to meet all requirements. . We are glad to welcome visitors pleased to show our goods, and ready to make close prices to all buyers. W. R. Counter, MANAGER, Allan, White Star and Inman lynited States &Royal Mail • Atlantic Steamships. Cabins, 450 to 4100 s Return $100 to $980. Intermediate, 430,_ return Steerage, 420, return 840. All classes oi passage to and froin all 'points in Great Initial's to any 1point in Canada. If you are sending Tor your friends do not fail to secure one of our prepaid tickets clear through and avoid all trouble. Canadian Pacific Railway and Steamship Tickets to all points. Special rates to Manitoba and Pacific Coast points. Through sleepdre secured free. Best connection to all points in the United States, Australia and China. Head agenoy for the best stock and mutual Insurance compries. Money loaned on all -dames of seounty at loweet rates of interest. o trouble to give information. Beal eslats and Insurance Office—MARKET ST. Ticket, Steamboat, and Telegraph Offiee.—MAIN ST. A. STRONG, " The" Agent, 1109 SEAFORTIL Valuable Property for Sale —IN THE— VILLAGE OF BRUSSELS. As the undersigned is retiring from businees he offers for sale the following valuable prop- ertlee either whole or in lots to suit purchaser : 1st. New brick store on Main street, opposite Post.office, with plate glass front, cellar, and dwelling above this store, will be either rented or sold. 2nd. Foundry and machine shop with engine, shafting, lathe, drills, &c. Everything i complete and n exeellent running order, and in oonnection a large planing mill and work shop with saws, belts and all complete. Also drying kiln and store house and a large stock of - seasoned lumber. 3rd. Blacksmith shop and tools, all complete. The whole Is centrally located in the thriving village of Brussels, and in connection there is two acres of land and 4 dwelling houses, all well tenanted. Thewhole will be sold ithout reeervcon the most reason able terms. Title, indisputable, For fug par- ticulars apply to W. R. WILSON„ Proprieter, 1129 • Drawer 18, BrussehF, Ont. GODERICH Steam Boiler Works. (ESTABLISHED 1880J Chrystal & Black, Manufacturers of all kinds of Station- ary, Marine, Upright & Tubular BOILERS, Salt Pans, Smoke Stacks, Sheet Iron Works, etc. alM•••••1mIn.m...4•MM, Also dealers In Uright aid Horizontal Slide - Valve Engines. Automatic Cut -Off Engines specialty. All sine of pipe and pipe fittings constantly on hand. Estimates furnished .at short notice. Works opposite G. T. R. Station, Goderioh. ABY 10, 1&O. 9414:agvillejawsh:Fneokeeleegrap;it'iiYlei,11144111aSn- ed:Iftlitliti;hn',14:rleants: distress at his 'wises ; it'd poison, an' ye stimodl'oelrhietibell'gtgaYer'ipirtioemep.'t'ly 'drew the stop-. epfer4ossnieewitheodslikane dth:hplingenti aromatie replineecinhg ti'll' eireciedtea re yinhis on,sfine. he ever wanted to smell till a lady spoanwts.. .wWilyisiIha tohendeeas rintnea't-gapiny iayln the ' Sasseuach, an' rest myself a wee sifter eatin', wi' *auto to my neb ? Sirs? 1 ' ssAl put the brew scent on, the kerchief,' an' sail feel like a laird."- lie calmly put Quentin's bundle under his head, the boy's shoes being tied to the bundle - as his wallet incomModecl him, he brought it forward over his breast. ,I "It's no chill," he said, plecidlyi i 'an' it were, ye sold spread the pladdiS o'er my feet, Ye may sit ripon it an ye." tin, with s bursting heart, did not avail himself of this generous per+ mission to usehis own plsid, The bii beggar' being settled to his satisfsction pouredabout half the chloroform on th4 blue kerchief and applied it to his note he choked and threw back his head i little, and, as he held the half-cerkel ' bottle in the same hand with the kat chief, the result was that he drenchei the. cloth with , the • remainder of th fluid. He murmured heavily, " I'r weavin' oop an',doon—o-oop—far 0-0q oop---" His and clutched - the 10 kerchief close -rand closer, his limbs n laxed, his eyes shut - he was still. ' "Ho 1" cried Quentin, quickly sprrni ingiremhi9afneedtid not stir. ] "Hes deid 1" shouted Quentil sallEimi. Then the boy. remen .bered that M Murdoch had -told him that by iuhalil chloroform people became for A the period heavily unconscious--somethe aie:hf he's deid," said Quentin, .4 no my fault; I warned him. Gif , comes to, 1 maim be oot fa' reach.". But Quention could not go. ivithy his property ; the beggar had beggai <-, him. If he disturbed the wretch, - might rouse him, but in the butn under his head were two dear relief the pialni-book, in which Sandy Grab had written ' his own name, and 1 housewife made by old Aggie's hi hands, these he could not abandon. I bent down, slipped his hand into wallet and recovered his knife packet of money; then he gently pul . the bundle from under the thiefe heavy head; the empty bottle and blue kerchief, held fast in his hand, would not be safe to meddle with. Snatching up his plaid, Quentin to his heels and fled like a frighte deer in the direction ef, luveral On, on, he went . He seemed. to 11 the big beggar coming behind; when he dared look back, he saw one. When he reached Invershire,: slackened his pace, but still pressed his way. He felt weary from rune also very faint, as he had eaten not but his breakfast porridge, and the gar had lift him no crumb of food. Quentin had been too hardily rears mind small hardships in the Arm missing a meal or two, His trouble was the' loss of that &dniii scientific bottle,that blessed dru which he had been so proud, " L•oonch, blue kercher, lehlorofo genet An' 1 hae mony mak Sic ac tures, I sell sten' my lime in my a said Quentin to himself. Fearing that the beggar might along the highway, Quvatin titrneci mofatkheeato hrioswd ainytoa Kwiootwadira,h disnde iutfopine 1 the obscurity. He moved slowly .1, much cast down by his sudden vu the wrong side Of the world. ILe crossed Ailsh Water'and entered The'„aspect of the country had cha The:towering hills of Sather lay behind him, the land was level, had fewer deep glens, ma rents and sharp rock.. There i more trees. As he -traveled along, thing rustled in the herbage nee -path, andlooking down, he saws The animal was wounded in oni which was torn and bleeding. I evidently been partly caught In trap and had pulled itself out. tin picked up the poor creature an ried it along until he tourer * spring oozing through thorniest. , ing down, he bathed the. woundo drew the torn &eh into pleat bound it up with part of the rei held his money. His idea was to the creature imtil-he found a "le or cabin, where he might get a mil tallovr or oil to dress the hurt, an let thehare go free. A* he wa full of this kind intention, his ne suddenly irasped from behbal loud voice shouted,. "So" I've got you,you i young poacher! Caught you in t I'll have you jailed,zertiiii" ili thhieTm.h'vearsilryker‘kiLeepebiril'--Bjlennigaitlesh hare from Quentin and roughly it by its hind legs. ' while 1 Quentin and dragged him et "You're hurtire tile wee . mon," screamed the boy, " It wonu1edsan; I hen,. boon' it me sianel "Hurt, is it? Yes, in yo trap, little -rascal 1 Well, I'll 1 khurtjisoo.n enough." He hit the smart rap on the back of the ne iedit Quentin gave a cry ofindigua "Oh 1 you wanted it for y supper, did you ?said the ma No no i I was to let it -Igo had mesked its foot. Let me set no treps. Hand off yet h "Net I, you young vagrurn I here to keep my master's wood make example of poachers. "I'm no poacher ; I'm an h ' ans dtealaing g., entleman's gillie." "ie Iook t," said the might as well fold yer tongue.- you before my master, who is and have you in prison for a and, I hope, sent beyond seas i ThOish'whaesrwe owersreethaganistrreebeggall tin was stupefied with terror. hope that the master might he and prove lees savage than the all that sustained him.* be w on, until finally he reecho& th a gentleman's shooting -lodge haired, rosy girl std there, feet proclaiming her It maid. ' cro be cootiauda '