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CAPTAIN KITTY.
A SALVATIONIST SKETCFL
In human love I claim no ps.rt ;
To her I give your changeful heart,
Though ueforgotten be the nest,
Diviner bonds now hold me fast.
By this last kiss of mine on earth
I seal your claims of higher worth,
The mitts of sin now dim our eyed,.
But o'er the sea of death will rise
A nobler goal, a grander prize.
-Every Day Verses,
CHAPTER I.
Her face, under the shadaw of the ugly
bonnet, was one of extreme refinement and
beauty. She looked -as indeed shewas-
thoroughbred, Katherine Villiers, in fact
belonged to one of the oldest families in
England.
Nevertheless she was one of the most pop
ular and successful captains in the army,
and, amid all the coarseness and appareu
profanity of the stormy meeting thee pro
greasing, she held her head high and never
ilinchea for a moment, though Some of the
language used both by orators and sinners
must have been a revelation to her.
But Captain Kitty had that enthuaiastic
exalted sort of temperament of which saints
and martyrs are the outcome, although
there were both human passion and feeling
in her dark eyes. When she prayed, as she
did now in her turn, it was not so much a
prayer as an impassioned protest againet the
powers of evil -an agony, a battering as it
were at the gates of heaveu. One could
hear the humen heart-throbs through the
eager words. Her cultured, exquisitely
modulated voice rang through the great hall
like a ai:ver b 11, and set the chords of many
a long-butied feeling vibratiag,
" That's r ght, Captein Kitty.! Have it
out with the devil ! Give him a bloody
nose ! Land him one in the eye!"
The expressions of applause that were
echoed about from one enthusiast to another
were perhaps not very choice or elegant, but
they were certainly evoked by genuine feel-
ing, undenieble emotion.
One man upon the platform commenced to
spar wildly in the air, as though he were
fighting with some invisible opponent who
was bent upon overthrowing him. A
woman-whoee eye was black and her face
swollen, as though she had been eixceediegly
maltreated -rolled on the floorkfin a fit of
hysterics. She began to confide to a cata-
logue of sins -a roll -call of an exceedingly
ghastly and unedifying character, beginning
with minor offences egainet the law -such
as petty larceny and "drunk and disorder -
lies "-and graduatly working up to the
climax of infanticide, on a wholesale scale,
for the sake of insurance moneys. There
are even now Lucrezia Borgias in humble
life who,
without the stage accessories of
gilded goblets and sparkling wines, commit
murdera on the same big lines as that dram
atic personage. The revelatious made
sometimes at these sensational religions
meetings are appalling. But people attend-
ing them are so accustorned to melodrama
that they produce very little effect.
One of the workers stooped over the
writhing, groaning, guilt stricken sinner,
and whispered words of hope and encourage-
ment, but the beautiful, passionate pleading
went on all the time, every word distinctly
audible even through the tumult it raised.
And yet it was not the words that moved
them, but the tones, .the thrilling, subtle
sweetness of the voice inflections. These
swayed their senses and played upon their
emotions as might the music of some great
and glorious symphony.
In this sort of emotional religion the
words are nothing, the voice, personal mag-
netism, nervous force, sympathetic rapport
of the speaker are everything. Captain
Kitty was perfectly aware that this power
belonged to her. She delighted in the exer-
cise of it, just as a great actress might de-
light in seeing her audience alternately
laugh and weep while under the spell of her
genius. The dramatic instinct is indeed a
valuable ons to the Salvationist. If it were
entirely eliminated from the platform there
would be few convers:ons, fewer disciples.
After the prayer Wag over Ceptain Kitty
came down from the platform and went
slowly about among the people -exhorting,
beseeching, encoureg-ing. Eager hands -
palsied •with drink, clammy with -excite-
ment, foul with the filth of days -were
stretchedtaut to grasp hers as she paesed,and
she had a word and a kindly greeting tor
all.
When she reached the sobbing, hysterical
woman she paused, laid a cool, soothing
hand on that miserable, beslobbered brow,
parted the ragged wisps of hair, and gazed
into the bleared, drink sodden eyes. s
" Thu a bad un, a downright bad ut
cried the sinner, with a sort of despairing
pride in the gigantic nature of her guilt.
"It's no manner of u3e me tryin', to be good,
because what I've done is enough to damn
the whole creation."
" The Lard wants your heart or He would
not be asking for it now," replied the Salva-
tion captain in a tender voice; and the
woman stooping suddenly, grabbed a bit of
her dress and kissed it.
Close beside them stood a man who, had
been a very attentive listener to Captain
Kitty's prayer, and who had followed with
his eyes her every movement with a sort of
breat-lies3 eagernees.
He was a man of perhaps 35 years of ago,
with a handsome, bronze, haggard face, and
a lean figure, upon which his rags of cloth-
ing hung loosely. Poorly, meanly as he WO,3
dressed, there was about him that nameleso
.incleecribeble air that marks unmistakably
to the end him who has once been a gentle-
im n
•
When Captain Kitty drew near and began
to telk to the hyatericii Woman, this man
hid his face in his brine, as though either to
bury away some intense emotion or. to pre-
vent some possible recognition.
If he was moved by the letter feeling,
however, he defeated his own object; for
the Salvationist took it for granted that he
was moved by her exhortation instead, and
staid to clinch :the argument.
The cause wee hers, hesut and soul, and
she but lived to resoue sinners from the
devil's grasp.
When, therefore, she noticed that the
man's shouldera were working convulsively,
and that he kept his face sedulously hid-
den, she judged that it wa3 the Spirit of
God at work within him.
She laid her firm, white hand upon his
shoulder, and at the touch he shuddered
from head to foot.
"Brother," mho murmured, stooping over
bine so that he felt her warm breath on his
cheek, "God asks your soul of you. Will
you let him ask in vain ?"
The man groaned but made no other
reply. Captain Kitty went on.
"0, my brother, my dear, precious, loved
brother in Christ, will you not listen to my
poor pleading and cast away the burden of
sin that is weighing you to the earth? It ia
so aimple-ao simple, and the relief is so
unutterable ! Give me your life and let me
pass it on to God."
At this last adjuration the man seemed
moved by some irresistible force to raise his
head and to look her in the face.
As their eye a Met -hers eager, supplicat-
ing, ardent, full of beseeching love and
tenderness; his full of nothing but, a hag-
gard trouble and deepair-she cried out
wildly and put her hand to her heart, as
though stabbed there by some sharp and
sudden pain.
"Julian -Julian Gray !" she exclaimed,
in a tone of great surprise and excitement.
"Ay, Julian Gray -or at least, all that
is left of him !" replied the man in a hollow
voice. Captain Kitty was breathing quick-
ly, her hand still pressed against her side.
You could see her heart beating through her
dress as she vainly strove to regain her self-
possession. The sight of this face, risen
from her former world to confront her, had
disturbed her strangely.
"I -I thought you were still in Austra. a
"German
Syru
99
The majority of well-read phys-
icians now believe that Consump-
tion is a germ disease. In other
words, instead of being in the con-
stitution itself it is caused by innu-
merable small creatures living in the
lungs having no business there and
; eating them away as caterpillars do
A Germ
Disease.
the leaves of trees.
The phlegm that is
coughed up is those
parts of the lungs
which have been
gnawed off and destroyed. These
little bacilli, as the germs are called,
are too small to be seen With tilt
naked eye, but they are very much
alive just the same, and enter the
body in our food, in the air we
breathe, and through the pores of
the skin. Tb,ence they get into the
blood and finally arrive at the lungs
where they fasten and increase with
frightful -rapidity. Then German
Syrup comes in, loosens them, kills
them, expells thetu, heals the p:..ces
they leave, and so nourish and
soothe that, in a short time consump-
tives become germ -proof and well.
lia," she gasped, after a moment's pause.
"Where have you been all these years ?"
The man laughed -a ghastly; unmirthful
laugh that would have provoked notice in
any other place, but did not sound at all ex-
traordinary there.
" Where? To hell, I think ! Yon hear
lots of queer experiences in this new life of
yours. Well, call to mind the very
strangest and the very wickedest of them
all and you still wouldn't be able to realize
mine !"
For once Captain Kitty did not appear
ready to grasp the opportunity this confes-
sion opened to her. She was usually quick
to aeize upon every chance given her to fight
the powers of evil. But now she seemed
struck dumb. She merely stood still and
gazed down into the depths of those wild,
despairing eyes -a like trouble growing into
her own as she gazed.
"I -I scarcely thought you would have
known me ! I hoped you would pass by,
unrecognized, the wreck of the man you
once -knew !"
"1 should have known your eyes any-
where," replied the salvationist, slowly.
Then sho sighed and awoke to the reality
of things. She was one of Christ's soldiers
and she must not neglect her duty. No
mere human -emotion must interfere with
that.
1
"Julian," she said, and esow her voice
was quiet, though full of #epresseel inten•
sity, " you Fdid well to come here! I have
prayed for you always. I have begged that
God would give me your soul, so that I
might render it back to Him. My prayer
is surely answered, since you are here ?"
"Don't you make any misteke, Kitty,"
he answered roughly, "1 did not come here
for any of that tomtoolerY. You don't catch
me slobbering over my sins like these idiots
over there ! I'm a man, where all's said and
done ; and, if I've sinned, I can repent
without howling about it."
"1 hoped you were here to seek salvation,
my poor friend ! What was it that brought
you, if not that ?"
"The chance of seeing you ! I heard
about you, and I could not believe it until I
saw it with my own eyes. Besidea, I was
hungry for the sight of you -after all those
hateful, God-forseken years !"
She would not uotice the break in his
voice, the pleading in his wretched' eyes.
She was all duty now; and, since the
time for his conversion was not yet come,
she rnuet leave him for other and more ac-
ceasible souls.
"You must come again," she seid-her
sweet, clear voice completely under control.
"Come again, and again, until the Spirit of
the Lord begins to move in your torpid
soul. Believe me, dear Julian, there is no
way to happiness save only by the way of
conversion."
But at night, when she lay on her hard,
narrow bed,--tho thought of that strange
meeting came back to trouble her and to
prevent her front sleeping, tired as she Was.
Years before,vvhen abet was a light-hearted
girl in her teens, Julian Gray had been her
betrothed lover. He was the younger son
of a baronet, whose lauds adjoined thoee ef
her father. He was then in the army. His
r-ez-ennects were not, perhaps, brilliant, but
they were fairly good. He would inherit
his mother's fortune, and his bride -elect was
net penniless, so that there was every reason
to suppose that the young couple would be
very comfortably off.
Then, little by little, a change took pace.
Rumors reached her borne that troubled the
peace of the family -Julian was becoming a
by -word in his regiment for feateess and
general recklessness of conduct. fle gam-
bled and became heavily involved in debt in
consequence, Then, to drown his regrets
and remorse, he took to drinking. That
finished him. Before long news came that
he was obliged to sell out, and that he was
now on his way hotne, disgraced and humil-
iated.
Under these circumstances Mr. Villiers
insisted, not unnaturally, upon the sever-
ance of his da,ughter's engagement. She
rebelled against the edict; but all in vain.
The family was a proud one and her father
pointed out to her that for generations their
escutcheon had been stainless, and that no
shade of disgrace had ever rested upon their
name. Would she -taking all this into
consideration -ally herself with a man
whose name had become notorious for every
species of riot and debauchery?
Katherine Was yoteng and sensitidat, and
she could not answer this except by consent-
ing to the separation. She begged in her
turn but for one thing, which was that she
might break it to him by word of mouth;
that before they parted forever she might
'have one final interview with him. How -
well she remembered that last day! They
had met by his special desire at one of their
old trysting places, for he did not feel equal
to facing the disapproving eyes that would
glare upon him at the hall.
The day was drawing to a close; a cold,
clear, sunless October day, with a low wind
moviug about among the grasses at their
feet, where they stood on the barren sand
hille down by the shore.
She could picture it all quite distinctly
now, when ;the closed her eyes; the long
stretch of cold, pallid sand; tho bleached
sea grasses, from which ever and anon crept
up a sou'nd like a shivering sigh ; the gray,
sullen sea, with its great waves thundering
on the shore.
It ea,s all hopeless., utterly hopeless and
colorless; like the future that stretched
before her when he should have gone out
of it.
And she loved him so -she loved him so !
Never, perhaps, had she realized this
fact so thoroughly as at that bitter moment
of final separation.
"1 am not good enough for you and they
are quite right to part us," he said, with a
sort of sullen resignation; "but it was my
only hope -my only chance 1"
"What will you do, Julian ?" she asked,
timidly, after an interval of sorrowful
deuce.
Children Cry for
Pitcher's Castoria.
"How do I know? Go to the devil, I
suppose," he replied, with a desperate bru-
tality born of much pain. For hie love had
been the one good and true thing in him;
and now the sight of her pale face and
pleading eyes unmanned him, and made him
bitter and savage.
If he alone could have borne the suffering
it would not have been so unendurable.
There was reason why he should be made to
smart. But there was no justice in the
power that punished the iunooent for the
sins of the guilty.
So the very tenderness of the man helped
to harden his heart and to madden him.
But love -lends insight., to it is possible that
Katherine underetood.
When it waa all over his people managed
to raise some money for him and packed
him off to Australia, that refuge for our
scapegraces. Dom' that much ill-used
country thank us for making her a present
of our younger sons and ne'er-do-wells, I
wonder?
Whether or no; at least it is convenient,
that if they have nothing before them but
starvation, they should do their starving at
a:respectable distance from their 'aristocratic
relations.
He had kept his word. He said that he
supposed he would go to the devil, and now
it certainly appeared from his words and
looks that he had done so in earnest.
But, as for her, she had given herself over
to the good cause, body and soul.
They might prevent her from marrying
the one love of her life, but they could nut,
prevent her from enlisting in the ranks of
the Lord's army, much as they might be
ecandalized at the low vulgarity of the pro-
ceeding. Had she turned Catholic now,and
entered a convent, that would at Icast have
been a well-bred notion! Broken hearts
could be hidden in a much more reputable
manner within convent walls, since the girl
was so foolish as to declare her heart to be
broken by a worthless scamp!
But Katherine Villiers had no vocation
for the life -if life it can be .called -of a
nun. There was a vein of wild, tumultuous
blood In her, along with all her goodness
and virtue, and this made her yearn for
something more thrilling and exciting than
the dreary, gray monotony of perpetual
prayer and perpetual telling of beads. Bet•
ter to die at once, she thought, than doom
hereelf to a living death!
Just at that time there rolled a sudden
wave of enthusiasm for the Salvation Army
across the country, and it carried back with
ite ebbing tide one eager, enthusiastic re-
cruit.
Once more her colorless existence became
infused with vivid tints ; gold and purple
and scarlet flaehes lighted tip its dull mono-
tony, and in the blare of trumpets and wav-
ing of banners Captain Kitty forgot for the
first time her own private grief and despair.
But she had never forgotten to pray for
him. And now? Wa,3 the answer to that
prayercome at last?
CHAPTER IL
She had but slept a couple of hours when
some one came to rouse her.
"You are to Smits at once and go to No.
9 Mulcaster's Rents. There'a a man there
met with an accident and they've sent for
you !"
Captain Kitty wondered a little as to who
it could be that wanted her in particular
and not one of the nurses who lived in the
place; but she was too sleepy to feel much
astonishment at anything. She did not de-
lay long over her toilet; just dipped her
head into a basin of cold water to dispel the
drowsiness and hurried on her clothes any-
how.
Mulcaster's Rents was a nasty neighbor-
hood for a lady to visit alone at one o'clock
in the limning ; but the army had mado it
a headquarters fc,r one of its divisions and
its soldiers were free of it and in no danger
of molestation.
Captain Kiety felt very weary both in
body and mind as ;the toiled up the greasy,
dirty staircase, where the boards were rot-
ten and crazy, and where the stair rails had
been torn out for firewood. But _the weari•
nese was all gone :when she entered the
wretched room and recognized that there,
upon the bed, lay the form of Julian Gray,
the man for whom she had been praying so
earnestly.
A doctor was bending over him, and
hailed her advent with pleasure.
"I don't know why on earth they didint
take him to the hospital at once, he said,
in a tone of vexation ; " but it hems he
begged hard to be brought home, and to
have you sent for before he relapsed into un-
consciousness,"
" Is he much injured ?" asked Capteaitty
in a low voLe.
The doctor shook his head.
"It isn't thet. He was knocked down by
a cab, drunk, I suppose, and • blind, they
generally are -and has two or three ribs
broken ; but that won't kill him. He's been
a fellow with a splendid physique, to begin
withAtici
l"
the surgeon lifted the arm of the
prostrate man and looked at it admiringly.
"Then, what is your dread ?"
The doctorgave her a sharp glance. There
was no fear of shocking a Salva,tioniet.
They. were too well used to every variety
of vice.
" the fever that will supervene, tho
D. T's., you know. The man's been drinking
like mad for weeks, 1 should say, and now
his blood is little better than alcohol. Who's
to see him through with it I wonder? It'll
be a tough fight. She's not much use, poor
little wretch !" he ended, with a glance to-
ward the fireside.
Capt. Kitty followed the direction of that
glance, and started.
The figure of a girl-uutidy, dishevelled,
ragged -was sitting there with her head
butied in her hands, sobbing in a soft, sub-
dued sort of fashion,
The Salvationist turned pale to the lips,
but she set these same lips in a firm line.
"1 will see him through it," she seid,with
quick decision.
The surgeon looked at her doubtfully.
"Hut perhaps -you dou't know what it is
that you are undertaking? It is no _joke
when the fits come on, I can tell you.'
"1 have some idea. I spent four months
once in the accident ward of a hospital,"
"That's all right, then. You know what
you have to expect when he comes round.
You will have to keep giving him doses of
this -bromide of potassium it is -to quiet
him or inflammation will set in, and if he
should become violent he will require to be
atrapped down. Are you afraid ? '
"Not in the least! Look at my arm, I
am as strong as a man,"
It was indeed powerfully and splendidly
molded. The doctor ran his eyes over her
and confessed to himeelf that he had never
seen a grander specimen of womanhood.
Nevertheless, the quick professional gaze de-
tected something amiss.
"Are you quite sure of your strength ?"
he asked, with some hesitation. If she did
not know it would be worse than foolish to
warn her.
But her eyes met his in significant re-
sponse to the question underlying his spok-
en One,
"1 know," she staid, quietly ; "you need
not fear shocking rne ! I have known it for
long. But I am going to -nurse him all the
same, and I shall not break down."
" Has he any claim upon you ?" he per-
sisted.
"Yes. It is partly my fault that he is -
what he is. Had I been brave enough, I
might have saved him -once."
"Ah !" was the long drawn monosyllable
that came from the doctor's lips. It meant
a great deal. He had seen sufficient of iife
during the course of his hard-working years
in the east end to guess at the Lets of the
story pretty correctly.
A man who had been a gentleman, dying
of drink and dissipation; a woman, atilt
Children Cry for
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Nese,.
What is
:V)*.fec.
Castoria is Dr. Samuel Pitcher's prescription for Infants
iind. Children., It contains miner Opium, rilorphine nor
other Narcotic substance. It is a harmless substitute
for Paregoric, Drops, Soothing. Syrups, and Castor Oil.
At is Pleasant. Its g-aarantoe is thirty years' use by
Millions of Mothers. Cast ori a destroys Worms and a11aa-3
feverishness. Castoria, prevent;; vomiting, Sour Curd,
?Wind. Conc. Castoria relieves
cures Diarrhoea and
teething- troubles, curs constipation. and flatulency.
Cas ria assimilate.s tl e food, regulates the stomach
and bowels, giving healthy and natural sleep. Casw
toria, is tho Childron's Panacea -the Mother's Friend.
Castoria.
Castorie 1.5 I171 excellent medicine for chit -
Siren. Mothers has° repeatedly told mo of its
good effect upon their children.."
De. G. C. On000n,
Lowell, Miles.
"Castoria is the hest remedy for children of
which I an acquainted. I hope the -y L eot,
far distant when rnothers will consider elle reel
interest of their children, and uso Castoria in-
stead of the various quack nostrums which are
destroying their loved ones, by forcingop urn,
morphine, soothing syrup and other Int fret
agents down their throats, thereby isca
tiTg
them to premature graves."
Da. J. F.' Kcmn4i,
Couway, &r
Castoria.
1
" Castorta is so well relented terehllitrent.hat
I recommend it in superior to any prescription
known to me."
11. A. Ancrien, 31. 134
lil :So. aeford St., Brooklyn, N. IT.
"Our physic:I:me in tho children's depart-
ment Iseeo spohen highly of their empe,ri-
eneo in Cheer' outsido practieo with ea:ern-ie.
and • although Ivo only hare among etir
medical snpplieto what le known as relotter
produces, yet eve aro free to co:liens that the
merle; of eastoria has won us co look with
favor upon it."
UNITED 1109PITAL AND DTSPENSAP.Y;
-Poston, 31n811.
./A.LLEN C. SMITII,
The Centaur Company, Murray Street, New York ("ay.
e.". ern' Ilsek.,
young and very beautiful ; bound tog ther
by some past, unforgotten and regrette 1 -it
was easy to piece together such a ronlanco
as this.
But the doctor came across so many c ueer
stories during his day's work that he had
no time to speculate concerning them. All
he now wanted was to do the -best he could
for his patient and to see shat he was left in
capable hands. And those of the woman be-
fore him seemed thoroughly capable, even
though she had heart disease and would not
butt long under the etress and excitement of
the life she was leading.
It was a pity, because she was a fine
creature ; but, after all, it was DO business
of his. So he wont on giving her directions,
and told her that in case of necessity she
could send for the man who lived on the op-
posite side of the landing -a big, powerful
coaltiaaver, who was under obligations to
him and who would gladly come to her as-
sistance.
Then he took up his hat and left her there
alone with the sleeping man -and the fair-
haired girl by the fire.
When he had gone she sank on her knees
by the bedside.
"Oh, God, why did we not die, both of
us, on that dreary October day long ago? It
would have been bearable then, and we
could have passed out iuto the night and the
darkness -together. You were mine then,
darling, and I watt yours. It wouldn't have
been so bad to face it hand in hand. But -
now ?" Hero she stopped for se moment,
and the sound of a low sobbing fell on her
ears. She trembled violeutly, and rose in-
stantly to her feet. "Now I belong to G-od
and must do His work," she said resolutely,
setting her teeth and frowning. " Andl, as
for you, Julian, you are in all proba7ity
hers ! What I havegot to do now is to ave
you for her."
Mastering her feelings of repugnancel she
crossed the room and put her hands on 1 the
gtrl'e shoulder. " You must stop that," she
ssid in a firm voice. "If you want to be of
any use to him you must Lave off crying at
once."
The girl gave a queer sort of choking
sound, making an effort to obey. Then she
looked up wonderingly. She was a rather
pretty, fair-haired creature, very young,and
apparently very much accustomed to being
commanded. Her big blue eyes had a fright-
ened stare in them; every now and then,
when any one spoke suddenly, she would
start and shrink, as though dreading a blow
to follow.
"Who are you? What is your name, I
mean?" asked Capt. Kitty.
"Me? Lor, I'm only 'Mellen" she answer-
ed at once, beginning to rub her eyes With
her not too clean apron, preparatory to en-
tering upon an account of heraelf ; then,with
a wietful gaze across the room, " He ain't a-
goin' to die, is he? I thought as 'ow 'twas
only the jimjams he'd got: but the doctor 'e
saysit's a bad job, an' is ribs is broke. But
he'll get better, don't you think ?"
"Yee, I think he will, if you and I do our
best for him. Now, 'Melia, I want you to
take a note for me to headquarters as 800n as
it's light, and then get me a telegraph form.
Where is the nearest office?"
'Melia thought a moment.
There's an orfie next door but one round
the corner -R. Green, grocer an' confech'-
ner, general post orfis au' telegrapht. Will
that do? It won't be open before 'arf-past
seven, though."
"Yes, that will do. Now, you had hotter
wash your face and lie down for an hour or
two, and I will watch. Is there a vacent
room near this ?"
'Melia nodded.
"One nex' door. People left only tbe day
before yeshia.y. Got nothin' in it but a 'cap
of shavinhe Never mind. I'll take a blanket
and lie down on the shavin's till you call
me -if -if you're quite sure he won't miss
me.
"1 will tell you if he asks for you," ,re-
plied Capt. Kitty, coldly.
The girl turned her big, vacant blue eeil
on the other, as the tone struck her with as-
tonishment, but the Salvationist waved her
away imperiously.
The next few hours were like year, as the
woman watched by the side of her long lost
love.
It all came aboutlas the elector predicted.
When the stuporpisssed away, it was follow-
ed by wild delirium and cerebral excitement
terrible to witness. Nevertheless, Capt.
Kitty did not find it necessary to ask for as-
sistance. Those strong white arms of hers
proved as efficacious as bonds, as she wound
them around him and held him down by
tnain force when the frenzy seized him.
But there was something also in the very
preeence of the stronger nature that acted
upon him like a spell, even though he did
not know her in the least, end kept ors call-
ing for Capt. Kitty to come and drive the
devil away, and give a fellow a chance for
his life.
During those ravhsgs she learned how her
memory had been woven into all those
wretched, miserable years of his; how, amid
all his sin and degradation, he had never
forgotten her. At length the opiate took ef-
fect, and he slept the sleep of exhaustion.
Then she had time to think and to mature
her plans. It would be easy enough to get
11
Pitcher's Castoria.
leave of absence until he was out of clanger.
But the things that were necessary foir his
comfort and health -she could acarceliy ask
for those from headquarters? ,
Her own money she had eimply given up
to the cause, leaving herself penniless.
But she was not friendless, although her
own kindred did not approve of her doings.
She decided, therefore, to ask her brother,
the one who was fondest of her, for a sum of
(CONTINUED ON 7th PAGE)
PURE
POWDERED
PUREST, STRONGEST, BEST.
ROD dy for use in an y qua ntity. For :nuking soap,
Sof tent ng Wii ter, Disinfecting, and a hunared other
uses. A cav equal's 20 pounds Sul Soda. '
Sold by All Grocers and Dreertridis.
3Ele
THE LAST FIRE:
TWICE BURNED OUT.
11"
JOHN WARD
SEAFORTH.
The People's Harness maker, has been burned out
twice within the past two months. After the first
tire he purchased the stock and business of 31r.
George E. Henderson and havingadded a fino new
stock, had just got everything running nicely when
the fiery fiend swooped down on him again, and this
time nearly cleared him out. His loss has been
heavy, but although cast -down he is net discouraged
and
IS AT IT AGAIN IN NEW
PREMISES.
Having leased the Corner Store, Whitney's Block,
lately occupied by Mullett & Jackson. He is once
more prepared TO FURNISH ALL KINDS OF HAR-
NESS of the best quality and on the shortest
notice.
VII' A full line of Trunks, Valises, Horse Furnish
ings, &c., will be kept as usual. His losses have been
heavy, but by hard work, close attention to business
and a continuance of the liberal public patronage
heretofore extended to hint, he hopes in time to
overcome his losses.
REMEMBER:
WARD'S , SEAFORTH,
Js the place to get the VERY BEST AND CHEAPEST
HARNESS, TRUNKS, VALISES AND HORSE
FURNISHINGS. Repairing promptly attended to as
formerly.
Remember the Corner Store, Whitney's Block,
Main Street, Seaforth.
1282
John Ward.
Wellington
Goma Nosern-.
Ethel.- .. -
Brussels_
Bluevale.........
Wingham
QOM Sons-
Wingham
Bluevale .
Brunel,
Ethel..........
Grey and Bruce.
Paseenger. Mixed.
3.00?. M. 9.25 lug. 940 r.m.
3.13 9.45 9.38
8,27 9.52 10.10
3.37 10.02 11.20
Passenger. r Mixed.
6.45 A.11,11,20 A. tt, 7.25 P.M.
6.65 11.35 7.56
7.10 11.69 8.60
7.22 12.14 926
London, Huron and Bruce.
Gorse NORTH -
London, depart
Exeter..
Bengali.
Kippen.. ...... .
Bruceileld . . .
Clinton
Londeoboro
Blyth ,
Sulgrave
Wingham arrive
GOING SOUTH-
Wingliam, depart
Beigrave
Blyth.. . ..........
Londesboro
Clinton
Brumfield .
Kippen.. ........
liensall
Exeter
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8.16&.x. 4.40 r.m
9.16 5 46
9.28 6.00
9.84 6.07
9.42 6.17
• 10.00 6.45
• 10.19 7.03
• 1028 7.12
10.42 7.26
11.00 7.1.0
, Passenger
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7.03 4.C6
7.16 4.20
7.23 4.28
7.55 4.50
sap 6.12
8.24 6.21
8.82 5.30
8.60 5.46
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Grand Trunk Railway.
Trains leave Seaforth and Clinton etation as
follows:
GOINO WBST- SRAPORTII, CLINTON.
Passenger .. .. .. .. 1.12 P. X. 1.28 r. v.
Passenger... .. .. .. 9.00 P. x. 9.17 P. M.
Mixed Train.. .... - 9.20 A. as 10.05.4.11,
Mixed Train 0.15 r. m. 6.55 P.3f.
GOINO BAST-
Passonger. .. .. .. 7.59 A. et. 7.43 A. M.
Passenger .. .. .. 3.00 r. m. 2.41 P. M
Mixed Train.. 6.30 r M. 4,55p. M.
Freight Train,. .. 4.25 P. 14. 8.80 r. is
AUGUST 5, 1892,
KIPPEN MILLS.
Always Ready to 13i rve the Public
by Giving Goc Flour.
JOHN MeNEVIN
Begs to Inform his friends and the public that he is
again able to give his personal attention to husinests
and having engaged Mr. John B. Austin, a thor-
oughly corn peten t,practical miIler,he is prepared to do
GRISTING AND CHOPPING
On the shortest notice, and most reasonable terms
to all who may call.
SiatisfactIon guaranteed every time.
trial solicited.
JOHN McNEVIN, Kippen.
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BUILDERS' HARDWARE
REID & WILSON, Hardware Merchants, Seaforth.
••
MUST BE LOANED AT
PER CENT. on First and
Second IVIortgageS. Old
Mortgages pald off. NO
COMMISSION. Agents
Wanted. Call or send 3c.
stamp for CIRCULAR.
7.Rictirt0Opyid.,TOR0N1O
Parties will be met any time and
place to see properties and arrange
loans. No fees. Enclose stamp.
The Old Established.
BROADFOOTS
Planing Mill and
Sash and Door Factory,
SOPTI
This old and . well-known establishment is still
running at full blest, and now has better facilities
than ever before to turn out a good article for a
moderate price. Sash and doors of all patterns al-
ways on hand or made to order. Lumber dressed on
short notice and in any way desired. All kinds of
lumber for sale on reasonable terms. Shingles kept
constantly on hand. Estimates for the furnishing
of buildings in whole or in part given on application.
None but the best of material used and workman-
ship guaranteed. Patronage solicited.
1289 J. II. BROADFOOT, Seaforth.
J. C. SMITH & CO.
33 .A.1•T EEOEs.
A General Banking business transacted.
Farmers' notes discounted,
Drafts bought and sold.
Interent allowed on deposits.
SALE NOTES discounted, or taken for
collection
OFFICE --First door north of Reid &
Wilson's Hardware Store.
SEAFORTH.
PUBLIC NOTICE.
The undersigned -hereby begs to Notify the citizens
of Seaforth and vicinity that he has opened out a
Renovating Establishment.
ANY ONE IN NEED OF
Clothes Cleaned and Pressed,
Repaired or Dyed
Will do well to give him a trial.
; --
Stains from Oil, Pitch, Tar, Paint or Grease will be
thoroughly removed and nicely pressed up again,
making them look as clean and fresh as when new.
Satisfaction guaranteed. Charges modersite.
Shops and residence first door north of Thos. Kidd's
residence, andnppoeite S. Dickson&
1286 h. J. W. SNELL.
Cures Burns, Cuts, Piles n their worst fora,
Swellings, Erysipelas, Inflammation, Frost Bites,
Chapped Hanps, and all Skin Diseases.
HIRST PAIN EXTERMINATOR
Cures Lumbago, Sciatica, Rheumatism, Neuralgia
Toothache, Pains in every form.
By all dealers. Wholesale by F. F. Dailey & Co.
VETERINARY.
TOHN GRIEVE, V. S., honor graduate of Ontario
it) Veterinary College. All diseases of Dereestie
Animals treated, Calls promptly attended to and
charges moderate. Vete riflery Dentistry a specialty
Office and residence over W. N. Weteon' Sewing
Machine Shop, SeafOrth, 1112tf
FRANK S. Beath?, V. fi., graduate of Ontatie Vet.
erinary College, Toronto., Member of tne Vet.
'winery Medical Society, eto., treats all ditemee of
the Domesticated Animals. All eall- promptly 24.
tended to either by day or night. Charges mode,.
ate. Special attention given tt veterinary eentilp
try. Office on 3lajn Street, Seaforth, one door
south of Kidd's alardwitre store, Ilis
CjEAFORTII HORSE INTIRMARY.-Cornei cf Iae.
vis and Goderiph Street -a, next door to tt.e Pres.
byterian Church, Seaforth, Ont. All dit ses
Horses, Cattle, Sheep, or any of the do e
anireale, successfully treattA at th. Inerreary 0/
elsewhere, on the shorteet none' . „barges
„-
---
intder.
ate. JAMES W. ELDER, Vete' inary Surrem, p
S. -A targe stook of Veteritary Medicines eept con
stantly on hand
LEGAL
1.) S. BAYS, *successor to the late firrn of Dickson
& linte s, Barrister, Solicitor, Notary public, &e,
efeney to loan. Oftlee-Cardno's hirrek, Main Street
Seaforth. 1235
HIGGINS & LENNON,
Barristers, Solicitors, Notaries Public, ere. Offiees-
12e Yonge Street, Toronto, Ontario, and Seaterth,
Ontario. Seaforth Oftiee-Whitney's Blocac, ;Main
Street, Money to loan. Tilomas 31Theoe Meows.
JAMY.8 LENNON. 1291
AjrATTIIEW MORRISON, Walton, Irtsurstre
Ili Agent, Commissioner for taking ailidavite,
Conveyances, &c. Money to loan at the lowee. rates,
M. AIORRISON, Walton.
T M. BEST, Barrister'Solicitor, Notary, sto
ej Office -Rooms, five doo:s north ofCommeretal
inetel, ground floor, next door to C. L. Papers
Jewelry store, Main street, Seaforth. te'oderieh
agents -Cameron, Holt and Cameron, 1-215
ri ARROW & PROUDFOOT, Barristers, Solleiters,
&c., Goderich, Ontario. J. T. GAssene, Q. 04
W. Paoutwoor. 4313a
CAMER014, HOLT & CAMERON, Barrieten So
Bettors in Chancery, dso.,Goderiche On M.0
CAM/LON, Q. C., PHILIP BOLT, M. ts CAMIROX
tirteJ. DOWNEY, Solitator, Conveyancer, acetate
„ of Victoria, B. C. Office -4)v, r Bank of
Commerce, Main street, Seaforth. Pr.vate funds to
loan at 5i and 8 per cent. 1666
IiirA.NNING & SCOTT, Banisters, Solionora, Con
veyancere, &e. Solicitors for the 'Beet ci,
Johnston, Tisdale & Gale. Money f0 Iota Office -
Elliott Block, Clinton, Ontario. A. H. Melones
lessee SCOTT. 781
HOEMESTED, suceesaor to thc. este Area
.E McCaughey & Holuiested, Barrister, So-
licitor, Conveyaneer And Notary. Sulicitor frr the
Canadian Bank of Commerce. honey to lend. Farms
for sale. Office in facett's Block, Mein Street,
Seaforth.
W. CAMERON SMITH,
BARRISTER.
Solicitor of Superior Court, Commissioner for
taking Affidavits in the High Court
of Justice, Conveyancer,
Money to Lend
OFFICE. -In Meyers' Block, Main Street, Seaforth,
adjoining office of Drs. Bethune and Belden. 1234
DENTISTRY,
F. W. TWEDDLE, Dentist, Office over Hamilton
& McInnes' Shoe Store, corner Main aud John
Streets, Seaforth, Ontario. .Nitrous Oxide Gas ad-
ministered for the painlees extraction of teeth. 1189
DR. G. FRANKLIN BELDEN, Dentist. Gas ad-
rninistrated for painless extraction of teeth.
Office over Johnson's Hardware Store, Seaforth.
1226
taSste,e,KINS31AN, Dentist, L. D S.,
TT. E:ceter, Ont. Will be se Zurichs
frtssaistrst at the Huron Hotel, on the Lest
Tlitilt8DAY IN Recil MONTH, and at
3furdock's Hotel, Hentiall, on the FIRST AND THIRD
Fetnee in each month. Teeth extracted with the
least pain possible. All work first-class at liberal
rates. 071
DR. C. II. INGRA.M, Dentiet, (successor to H. L.
Billings), member of the Royal College of Dem
tal Surgeons, Ontario Teeth hiserted with or mah-
out a plate in gold celluloid or rubber. A safe arms-
thetie given tor the painlese extraction of teeth.
Oltice-over O'Neil's bank, Exeter, Ontario. 1204
N. B. -Plates securiid firmly in the mouth by
Yemen' Patent Valve,
MONEY TO LOAN.
MCkNelnYt., TtOvithL0.4.210:.--Sprit.,rgiliegghot Loantorartowt, 0
5 ri
repaying part of the principal money at anl time.
Apply to F. IIOLMESTED, Barnett', Seafotth.
MEDICAL.
R. C. SHE.PPARD, Physician and Surgeon Bay -
if held, Ontario, sueceseor to Dr. W. IL Wright.
1225-52
TAR. T. P. McLAUGHL1N, M.C.P.S., Ontario, Thy-
sician, Surgeon and Aceoucheur. Night
calls promptly attended. Office, Dashwood,
Ont 1225
DRS. SCOTT & MACKAY,
OFFICE, Goderieli Street, opposite Methodist
Church,Seaforth, RESIDENCE,. next Agricultural
Ground's,
J. G.seers 3t. D. C. M., (Ann Arbor and Vic-
_ ,
toria,) 310. 1'. S. O.
C. 31ACKAY, M. 11 C. M., (Trinity,) F. T. 3f. C -i
M. C. P. 8.0.
DIcFAUL, Member of the College of Phy
sicians and Surgeons, ete., Seafen h, Ontario;
Office, Cadys Block, opposite Commercial Hotel
Night hell at residence, north side of Goderich St.
seventh door west of theafethodist Church. 1210 tf,
11E. COOPE.R, 3f. D., Physician, Surgeon and
e, Accoucher, Constance, Ont. 1127
DR. ELLIOTT, Bnieefield, Liocetiate Rev./
College of Physicians and Surgeons, Edin-
burgh. Brueefield, Ont. 980
RW. BRUCE SMI, M. D , C. M., Member of
SMITH,
R. the Collece of Phereicians and Surgeon's. &e.,
Seaforth, Ontario. Offiee and reeldenee same are
occupied by Dr. Vereoe. • 8413
it LEX. BETHUNE, 31. D., Fellow of the Royal
11.. College of Physicians and 8-urr'2'eone, Kingston.
Successor to -Dr. Mackid, Otlio lately occupied
by Dr. ilfackid, Main Street Seatorth. Residence-
-Corner of Victoria Square, in house lately occuplixie
by L. E. Dancey. 1127
AUCTIONEERS.
T P. BRINE, Licensed Auctioneer for Ike Coun-
t) „ by of Huron. Sales attended in A 1 parts of
the County. All orders left at Tug Exeeistrou
Mee will be promptly attended to.
W. G. DUFF,
AUCTIONEER FOR THE COUNTY, Converancer,
Collector, Book-keeper and Acentuttant Real Estate,
Life, Accident and Fire Inguranoi Agent; Money to
Loan, Correspondence, &c. Parties requiring his
services in any of these branched will receive
prompt attention. Osetos IX BALKY'S BLOCK, (me
STAIRS), lef AIX STAMM SseitORsts. 1LSe
McKillop Directory for 1892.
JOHN BENNEWIES, Reeve, Brodhagen P. 0.
JOHN MORRISON, Deputy Reeve, Winthrop.
DANIEL MANLEY, Councillor, Beechwood.
JAMES EVANS, Councillor, Beachwood.
WILLIAM ARCHIBALD, Councillor, Leadbury.
JOHN C. MORRISON Clerk, Winthrop.
SOLOMON J. SHANNON, Treaeurer, Winthrop.
W31. EVANS, Assessor, Beechwood.
CHARLES DODDS, Collector, Seaforth.
R. W. B. SMITH, M. D., Medical Health Officer,
Seaforth.
WM. ifcG1VINS, Sanitary Inspector, Leadbury.
HURON AND BRUCE
Loan and Investment
0035/132.46 icr"1"-_
This Company is Loaning Money on
Farm Security at lowest Rates
of Interest.
Mortgages Purchased.
SAVINGS BANK BRANCH.
3, 4 and 5 per Cent.Interest Allowed
Deposits, according to amount and
time left.
OFFICE. -Corner of Market Squart and
North Street, Goderich.
HORACE HORTON,
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goderich, Augnet 5611,1285.
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