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The Huron Expositor, 1893-04-07, Page 6• ;.; VETERINARY. TORN GRIEVE, V. S., honor graduate of Ontario e3 Veterinary College. All diseases of Domestic Animals treated. Calls promptly attended to and charges moderate. Vete rinary Dentistry a specialty Office and residence over W. N. Wateon' Sewing Machine Shop, Seaforth. 1112tf 1J1RANK S. Beattie, V. S., graduate of Ontaric Vet _U erinary College, Toronto, Member of tht Vet erinary Medical Society, eto., treats all dieeases of the Domesticated Animals. All ()alb promptly at- tended to either by day or night. Charges model. - ate. Special attention given. se veterinary dentis- try. Office on Main Street, Seaforth, one door south of Kidd's Mardware store. 1112 EAFORTH HORSE INFiRMARY.—Corner o f Jaz. vis and Goderioh Street*, nextdoor to Ste Prete byterian Church, Seaforth, Ont. 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"Bleu me, Miss Stanley," the factor pro- tested, " it would be quite useless—perfect- ly melees. The loch was never worth any- thing to anybody. Salmon cannot get up; and there's nothing in it but a wheen brown tront—" "It is not theovalue of the loch I am con- sidering," she rejoined. "1 wish to make some reparation, as far as I can. And I sup- pose if those °kennels you had cut were par- tially blocked up, the water from the hills would soon ftll the lake again. Or you could bring the Connan round in this direc- tion with very little trouble, and let it find its way down to the Garra after going through the loch—" "The expense, Miss Stanley ?—the ex- pense !" "1 tell you I will have this done, if I have to sell Loohgarra House to do it !" she said—forgetting for a moment her austere demeanor. The factor had no further word. Mary went on; "It cannot be a difficult thing to do, any more than the draining was difficult: and it will give employment to eome of the people, when the harvest is in and the fishing season over. So you'd bet- ter see about it at once, Mr. Purdie; and make arrangements. And there is to be no more talk of Loch Stanley or of Castle Stan- ley, either; this is Looh Heimra; and if Castle Heimra has been pulled down— shamefully and wickedly pulled dowa—at least there are the ruins to show where it stood." The factor remained darkly silent, his vindictive mouth drawn down, his small eyes morose. And little did she know what gall and wormwood she bad poured into his heart in directing him to employ those very Lot:legal-re people in this work of restora- tion. However, he made no .further pro- test; indeed, he endeavored to assume an air of hopeless acquiescence—it was his business to obey orders, even if she should bring the whole estate to waste and ruin. n But as they together set out to return to the village, and as she was talking over gen- eral business affeire with him, explaining what she had done, and what she meant to do, he oonld not quite conceal his bitter re- sentment." "It seems to me, Miss Stanley, that I am hardly wanted here. A strange condeetion of affairs. The factor the very last Bne to be consulted. And when I thiak of the way ye allow these people to impose on ye Inaybe I'm not so much astonished; for what could one expect ?—you come here an absolute stranger, and you wish to do without them that have experience of the place, and of course you believe every tale that is told ye. Though 1 may it, who may- be should not, Lochgarra was a well 'man- aged -estate; everything actually valued and in order; and the tenants, large and small, knowing fine that they had to fulfil their contracts or take the consequences. But what prevails now? A system of wholesale charity, as it seems to me. It is giving everything and getting nothing. I hope, Mies Stanley," he went on, " ye will not mind my speaking warmly; for I've done my best for my employers all my life through; and I cannot be supposed to like other ways and means—which were never contemplated by the law of the land. If the other proprietors were to go on as yon are doiug, there's three-fourths of them would be in beggary—" "11 might do them good to try a little of it," said she—which was an odd speech for the owner of a coneiderable estate. "And what has been the result ?" he de- manded. " What ,has been gained by so much sacrifice !" " Well," said she, for one thing, the people are more contented. And they are more friendly towards me, When I came here at first I was hated; now I ern not so much so. Quite friendly most of them are— or, at least, they appear to be." BY WILLIAM BLACK. CHAPTER XXIII.—CONTINOED. This same afternoon, shortly after lunch - on, Mary left the house alone, which was unusual. She passed down through the village, greeting every one, right and left, with a fine cheerfulness ; for the weather still held good, and there wee a fair chance for the harvest ; while her individual schemes and industries were doing as well as could be expected. In fact, the only idle person in the place, apart from the aged and infirm'appeared to be John the policeman, and him she found by the bridge that crosses the Garra—no doubt he had been amusing himself by watching for some lively salmon or sea.trout on its way up the river. fain seemed to have grown plumper and more roseate than ever in those piping times of peace; and the smile with which he greeted the young proprietress was good -nature it- self. "John," said she, "1 want you to tell me something." "Aw, yes, mem," said the amiable John ; and then he added, "but the lads have been keeping very quiet." So I hear," she answered him. "The Grille Ciotach says he will smash the head of anyone that wants to fight; and I sup- pose that is one way to stop quarreling." John laughed, showing his milk -white teeth. "A very good weh, too, mem. There's not many would like to hef their head brok- ken by the Gillie Ciotach." " It is not about that I want you to give me some information," said Mary Stanley. " I want you to tell me if you have been long in -this place. I mean, do you remem- ber theeld castle' np there in the looh, be- fore it was pulleddown ?" "Aw, yes, mem, yes indeed," he made en- swer. " Who does not remember Castle Stanley ?" Oh, nonsense with your Castle Stanley," she said, angrily. "It never was Castle Stanley sad neher will be Castle Stanley. It was Castle Heimra; and if I could have my way it would be castle Heimra again—" "Aw, yer, mem," said John anxious to please, "who would be for calling it Castle Stanley ? It is not Castle Stanley at ahr; its just Castle Heimra, as it always was— aye, before any one can remember." " Well, tell me; what size of a place was it before it was pulled down ? Was it a big plus ?" "Big !" repeated John, doubtfully, for he did not know which way she wished to be answered. " Yes, was it a great ruin ?" she went on. "Some of those old castles are mere towers, you know; and others are great strong- holds. What was Castle Heimra like! Was it Le big as Ardvreck ?" Now John had jumped to the conclusion that she wished to have the ancient glories of Castle Heimra magnified. "Aw, far bigger nor Ardvreck," he assert ed, confidently. hAw, yes, yes • far bigge nor Ardvreck. A fearful big place, Castl Heimra—if you had seen the dungeons, an the towers, and the windows, and every BARRIST ER. Solicitor of Superior Court, Commissiorer for taking Affidevite in the High Court of Justice, Conveyancer, Money to Lend Can be consulted after office hours at the Commt. r • cial Hotel. ONTARIO. - HENSALL, DENTISTRY. F W. EDDLE, Dentist, Office over Hamilton McInnes' Shoe Store, corner Main and John Streets, Seaforth, Ontario. Nitrous Oxide Gas ad- ministered for the painless extraction of teeth. 1169 DR. BELDEN., Dentist. Special rates for next six months. Greatest care taken with all work, and best material used. 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"May- be it was bigger nor Ardvreck at one time— that is a long time ago, before any one about here can remember ; but Castle Heimra ! aw, no—a smahl place, a smahl place, in- deed ! There was nothing but the road out to it, when the loch was not too high flood- ed; and then the archway, the dungeon,and the tower. Castle 'Eleimrs, !--aw, he a small place was Castle Heimra." "And do you suppose it could be built up again ?" she asked—but rather to see how far his complaisance would carry him. "Quito easy !" said John, without a mo- ment's hesitation. "Why, how do you know ?" she demand- ed. "Are you a builder ?" " The stones are there," John pointed out. "And if they were pulled down it is easy to put them back. What has been done once can be done twice." "Alt, but it would not be Castle Heimra," Mary said to herself, rathee sadly, as she went on her solitary way. In course of time she came within view of the desolate expanse of mud and stones and rushes that had once been Heimra loch ; and when she chose out for herself a seat on a heathery hillock close to the road, there before her were the tumbled ruins of the stronghold that had withstood the storm" of centuries only to fall before the withering blast of one man's spite. And as she sat there, alone, in the abso- lute silence. a kind of desperation came into her mind. In all other directions there was hope for her ; but here there was none. Elsewhere she could labor, and patiently wait for fruition; but how was she to drag back the past? The future had abundant and fair possibilities within it; and she was naturally sanguine; her happiness consisted in action • and perhaps she was looking for- ward to tile time when she could say to her lover : "See, this is what I have striven to do—for your people; is it well or ill ?" But as between him and her, would there not be ever and always the consciousuess of this black deed that could in no wise be re- calied or atoned for, thet could never be forgiven or forgotten? She was not even allowed to speak ; he had declined to hear her shamefaced expressions of sorrow. Way, she began to think that he was too proud, too implacable, that he would have no word uttered. And if she went to him and said; " Donald, do not blame me 1—I had no part in it; I would give my right hand to undo what has been done !"—would not his looks still remain haughty and cold, telling her that she had not ceased to be the ban-sasun- nach—a stranger—the enemy of his race and name? There was a sound Of wheels. She start- ed to her feet, for there were tears in her eyes that she had to hide. The approach- ing vehiele turned -out to be the mail -cart ; and on it were Mr. Purdie and Mr. Watson, seated beside the driver. Both of them raised their hats to her, and would doubt- less have driven on, but that she called to the factor, whereupon the mail -cart was stopped ancyilr. Purdie descended. s "Leave my bag at the inn, Jimmie," he said to the driver, who sent his horses on again; then the Troich Bheag Dhearg came along to the spot at which Mary awaited kiiu. " I wish to speak to you about one or two things, Mr. Purdie," she said in a curiously reserved and frigid fashion. "You told me that it was under your direction that the loch here was drained. I do not know whether my uncle was acting on the advice or suggestion of any one ; I can hardly be- lieve that so insensate a piece of malice could have entered his head without insti- gation. And if there was instigation, if this thing was done out of towards the ROBS813 of Heimra, then I say it was a cowsrdly blow—a mean, shameless, and cowardly blow." Her lips were a little pale, but she was apparently quite calm. LEX. BETHUNE1 M. 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Scotch and the Highlanders ?" he said, sud- denly and sharply. She hesitated for a second. "11 is of little consequence," she answer- ed him. "But I would like to add this— that denunciations of the inhabitants of a whole country -side do not seem to me of muoh value. I suppose human nature is pretty much the same in Lochgarra as it is elsewhere. And—and—besides, Mr. Purdie —I do not wish to hear evil spoken of a peo- ple among whom I have many friends." She epoke with some dignity. "Evil speaking," said he, with lowering eyebrows, '1 for one am not given to evil speaking—or the truth might have been told you ere now." "The truth ?—what truth ?" she de- manded. "The truth about ene that is too much at your right hand, Miss Stanley, if I may make bold to say so." At this moment they arrived at the door of the inn; and she paused, expecting him to leave her; but he said, "No, I will go on with you as far as Loohgarra Honae. It is time I should open my lips at last. I have been patient. I have stood by. I have heard what has been go- ing on—ani I have held my tongue. And - why ?—becauee there are things that are dif- ficult to speak of to unmarried young wo- men." Mary was a trill° bewildered. They were walking along through the village, on this quiet afternoon, with nothing to interrupt the peaceful stillness save the recurrent plash of the ripples on the beach; it was hardly the time or the place to be associated with any tragic disclosure. Moreover, had she heard aright? Was it of Donald Ross he Was speaking? "And I will say thie for myself," the fac- tor continued, "that I warned ye about the character of that young man, as plainly as I dared—aye, the very first day ye set foot in the place—" " You mean Mr. Ross," said she lightly. " Pray spare yourself the trouble, Mr. Pur• die. You forget I have had some opportuni- ties of stud) ing Mr. Ross' character. I know him a little. What did you say ?— that you had something to tell? Oh no ; don't give yourself the trouble. I know him a little." You do not know him at all !" he said, with a vehemence that startled her. " I tell ye there is not one in this place who would dare to tell ye the story; and would I unless I was bound to do it? If there was a married woman at Lochgarra House, its to her I would go; and she would tell ye; but I say it is my bounden duty to speak— and to speak plainly—" "Mr. Purdie, I do not wish to hear," she said, with some touch of alarm. " But ye must hear," he said, with set lips and slow, emphac utterance. "Ye are bound to hear—and to ' understand the character of the man ye are publicly associ- ating yourself with. A scoundrel of that kind has no right to be going about with a virtuous and respectable young wo- "Aye trust them; for that !" said the Little lied Dwarf, scernfully. " Trust them tor that—the cunningest mongrels that ever whined for a bone ! Well they know how to fawn and beslaver when they're expect- ing more and more. I tell ye, Mies Stanley, ye do not understand these creatures, and it angers me to think that ye are being cheated and imposed on right and left. Getting more boats and nets ?—they'll laugh at ye, they'll just laugh at ye when ye ask them to pay up the instalments. And who is your adviser young man who is in secret league with them—an underhand, conspiring ne'er-do-well, as cunning as any one of them, and as treacheroue—' said—with a sudden did not fail to note, beg you to be a in your language." did not lower her head, or avert her face ; she wee too proud for that; her heart might be beating as though it would burst its prison, but to all outward appearance she was quite unmoved. " She passed him, pale and cold and silent; and he stood on one side, looking at her, without a word. She went into the house; she took no notice of Kathchen, who was still in the hall ; she made for her own room, and looked herself in there—voiceless, tearleee, with all the fair fabric of her life, its aims and dreams and ideals, ite still more secret and tremb- ling hopes, become suddenly and at one blow a tragic desolation of wreckage and ruin. CHAPTER XXIV. " 'TWAS WHEN THE SEAS WERE ROARING." It was early morning out at Heimra; the sky comparatively clear as yet, though there was a squally look about the flying rage of cloud; the sea obviously freshening up, and already springing white along the headlands. And here at the little „landing - slip were Coinneaoh Breao and Calum, wait- ing by the side of the yacht's boat, and from time to time conversing in their native " Mr. Purdie," she change of tone he "what do you mean? little more respectful "Its the old story," said the factor, with affected resignation. "Ye- may work and work, and do the best for your employers ; and then some stranger is called in, new ad- vice is taken, and all you have done is de- stroyed. And I wonder if the people will be any. better off. I wonder what change in their oondeetion it will make—what perma- nent change, when once you stop putting your hand in your pocket. Improvements? Oh yeseyes ; improvements are all very fine. But I'm thinking that spending money on free libraries and the like o' that will not help them much in getting in their crops." " It was just the thrawn nature of the people about here that brought it on them- selves," said the Little Red Dwarf, sullenly, "The Roues of Heimra had no further con- cern with the loch and the castle, once the property was sold. They belonged to your uncle ; surely it was for him to say what they should be called? Surely he had the right to do what he liked with his own ?" " In this instance," said Mary, still pre- serving that somewhat cold and distant de- meanor, " what he did has got to be undone as far as that is now possible. I suppose it would be useless to try and rebuild the castle. Even if the stones were put up again, it would hardly be Caetle Heimra, But Loch Heimra could be restored to what tongue. "1 am not liking the look of the morn- ing," said Coinneaoh, " with the glass down near half an inch since last night. But if the master wishes me to go, then it is I who am ready to go, and I do not care where it is that I may be going. For who knows the anchorages better than himself, and thetides and the currents,and the navi- gation 1" And then presently he said, in a more sombre tone: "There is something that I do not under- stand. Did you look at the maeter when he was coming away from the mainland last evening? There has a trouble fallen on him ; mark my words, Calum; for you are a young man and not quick to see such things. And do you know what Martha was telling me when I went up to the house this morning ?—she was telling me that the master was not coming near the house all the night through; and it is I myself that B&W him coming slowly down the hill not more than half an hour ago. And if he was up by the white grave all the night through,that is not a good thing for a young man. A grave without a wall round it is not a good thing." And then again he said: "It is I who would like to know who brought the trouble on the young master; and last night, as I was lying in my bunk, thinking over this thing and that thing, and wondering what it was that had happen- ed, I was remembering that the Little Red Dwarf came to Lochgarra yesterday—yes, and he the only stranger that came to Loch- garra yesterday." " I wish the Little Red Dwarf were with his father, the devil," said Calum,with calm content. "And if I thought it was the Little Red -Dwarf that was the cause of the master's trouble," said Coinneach, with his deep-set gray -eyes full of a dark hatred, "do you know what I would do, Calum? I would pu of cr th th on th th 13 sh t the orra-an-donaie on him. That s hat, I would do—aye, this very night. his very night I would take two branches hawthorn, and I would nail them as a oss, and at twelve o'clock I would put em against his door, and then I would say is: God's wrath be set against thy face, hether thou art drowning at sea or burning land; and a branch of hawthorn between y heart and thy kidneys • and for thy soul e lowermost floor in hell:forever and ever.' a is a powerful man,the Little Red Dwarf, nd he has wide shoulders ; but how would e fare with the orra-on-donais on his wide °alders ?" But Calum shook his head. "No, no," said the long1. loutish, good- umored looking lad, "1 do not think well such things. They are dangeroue things. hey are like the bending of a stick; and ho knows but that the stick may fly back nd strike yon? But this is what I have in y mind, Coinneach; if the master wiehes, hen I would take the Little Red Dwarf and would put him in a pool in the Garra, ye, and I would hold his head down till he as as dead as a rat. Aw, Dyeea, there ould be no trouble with the Little Red warf after that." "The master 1" here was silence, Young Donald appeared somewhat pale and tired; but otherwise did not seem out of spirits. "Well, Coinneach," he said, cheerfully nough, as he came up—and he spoke in the ongue that was most familiar to them— ' what do you think of taking the world for our pillow—as they say in the old stories; nd would you set out at this very mo- ment ?" u'ily.utwith you, sir?" said Coinneach, "Oh yes, yet—in the Sireue." "1 am willing to go wherever Mr. Rose wishes, and at any time, and for any length of time—it is Mr. Roes himself knows that," Coinneach made answer. "And you, Calms ?" "It is the same that I am eaying," re- sponded the younger lad, with downcast eyes. "And where would. you like to go Coin- neach, if you have all the world to choose from? the young master asked. "That is not for me to say—that is for Mr. Ross to say." " And if you were never to Heimra again ?" "That also to me is indifferent," said Obinneaoh, with dogged obedience. Donald Ross stepped into the boat, and took his seat in the stern. "Come away, then, lads; for if we are to set out on our_travels, we must make a buty start. Did you look at the glass thie morn- ing, Coinneaeli ? And there is a thick bank of cloud rising in the west; we shall not want for wind, I'm thinking, when we get outside. And u for getting under way at a moment's uetice, well, we oan put In stores and everything else that is wanted when we are safe in Portree Huber, with a little time to spare. For there is wild weath- er costing, Coinneach, if I am not mistaken: but anything is better than being storm - stayed at Heimra, when it is to the south you wish to be going." man—" " Mr. Purdie," she said, hurriedly, " I don't want to know—I don't believe—I wouldn't believe—" " Mies Stanley, he said, with measured deliheration, "you have eome knowledge of that poor half-witted creature they call Anna Clannaoh ?, But did it never occur to ye to ask how she came to lose her reason? Aye, but if ye bad asked, they would not have told ye ; there's not one o' them about here but would lie through thick and thin to screen that scapegrace; and what, then, would be the use o' your asking? But I can tell ye; and I may its my bounden duty to speak, if there's none else here to warn ye. And there is my witness—there is the living witness to that scoundrel's licentious- ness and wicked cruelty • go to her—ask herself—ask her what makes her wander about the shore watching for him, looking out to Heimre, as if the hi he has done her could now he repaired. The poor lass, be- trayed, deserted; no wonder she loot her reason—aye, and its a good thing the our - rents along this coast are strong, or I'm thinking there might have been a trial for infanticide as well—" Mary heard no more; she did not know that he was still talking to her; she did not know that he aocompanied her almost to the house, where be left her. For—after the first fierce and indignant denial that invol- untarily rushed to her mind—what she saw before her burning eyes was a series of visions, each of them of the most terrible distil:it:taus, and all of them related in some ghastly way to this story that she had just been told. What were these things, then that seem- -ed to sear her very eyeballs? She savii the little harbor of Camus Bhettg ; she sawthe figure of a young girl rocking herself in an utter abandonment of misery and despair; she NW piteous hands held out; she heard that heart -broken wail piercing the silence as the boat made slowly away for Eileen Heimra. And then again she was en the heightsabove the Garra, and looking down upon the bridge. Those twe there —site had taken them for lovers—she hal called &ath- chen's attention—it was a pretty seen., Then the sudden, swift disappearance of the girl into the woods; and the young man's easy, confident professions; all those things grew manifest before her with an appalling clearness; a blinding light burned upon them. Nay, her very first interview with Anna Clannach came back to startle her; she re- membered the poor demented girl wander- ing among the rocks, all her intelligible talk being about-Heimra ; she remembered her being easily persuaded to walk towards the house; she remembered, too, how Anne, Clannach fled in terror the moment she came in sight of the stranger who knew her his- tory. What hideous tale was it that seem- ed to summon up these scenes, appealing to them for corroboration? What was it they teemed to say was true—true as if written up before her in lettere of fire? "As for that," she retorted—but with no displeasure, only a little quiet confidence, "1 can merely say that I am trying to do my best, in a great many different ways; and the result, whatever it may be, bs a long way off yet. And I live in hope. Of course, there is much more that I should like to do, and do at once; but I cannot for I have'nt sufficient mbney. I don't deny that there is a great deal still to be amended ; I can't work miraoles. The peoPle are very poor— and many of them not too industrious; the soil is bad; the- fishing is uncertain, and communication difficult. 1 dare say there is even a good deal of wretchedness—or, rather, what a stranger would regard as ex- treme wretchednese and misery; but all that cannot be changed in a moment, even if it tarns out that it can be ahanged at all. And at least there is little sickness ;the poorest cottages have the fresh air blowing around them—they're better then the Lon- don alums, at all events. And one must just do what one can—and hope for the best." "1 tell ye, ye are going entirely the wrong way to work wi' these people, Miss Stanley," said he, as they were crossing the bridge and about to enter the village. "Its my place to tell ye. Its my bounden duty to tell ye. And I say they are just making sport wi' ye. They are born beggars; work of any kind is an abomination to them; and you'll find they'll be like leeches—give, give always; and when you've ruined the estate on their behslf, what then ?" "1 don't see any such prospect—not at present," said Mary, cheerfully. "Who is likely to know most about them, you or me 7" he went on with dogged persis- tence. " Who has had most experience of them ? Who has had dealings with them for years and years, and learned their tricks? A whining, cringing, useless set, cunning as the very mischief, and having not even an idea of what epeaking the truth is ! Plausi- ble enough—oh, aye—plausible with a stranger—especially when they expect to get anything." "Mr. Purdie," said Mary, interrupting him, "1 presume from your name you be- long to the south of Scotland. Well, I have been told that the Scotch—the people in the southern half of Scotland—do not under- stand the Highland character at all; and cannot understand it, for they have no sym- pathy with it. I have beeu told that the English have far mone sympathy with the Highland nature. And I am English." "Ay, and who told ye that about the a a What fills the housevrife wfth delight, And makes her biscuit crisp and light, Her bread so tempt the appetite? COTTO LEN g What b it makes her pastry such A treat, her husband eats so much, Though pies he never used to touch? COTTO LE N g •What is it shortens cake so nice, Better than lard, while less in price, Amid does the cooking in a trice? said Coinneach—and There was no time for her to reason or think. For here, as it chanced, was this very man—this Donald Ross—coming down the wide steps from her own door. And all her soul was in revolt. Her wounded pride —her sense of humiliation—scorched her like flame. How had this man dared to lift hie eyee to her? Unabashed he had come into the saute room with her—he had breathed the same air—he had touched her hand ; a contamination that was a poisoned sting. And the people of Lochgarra, who had seen him and her walking together; were they cognizant of his low amours? They had wagged their heads perhaps? They had looked the one to the other. "1 half expected to meet you," said Don- ald Ross. There was no answer. But Mary Stanley a COTTOLENg What is it that fries oysters, fish, Croquettes, or eggs, or such like dish, As nice and quickly as you'd wish? COTTO LEN g What ie it saves the time and cue And patience of our women fair, And helps them make their cake so rare? COTTO LE N g Who is it earns the gratitude Of every lover of pure food By making " COTTO LEN E " so good? Made only IV' N. K. FAIRBANK & CO., Wellington and Ann Streets, MONTREAL. APRIL 7, 1893 POST OFFICE SEAFORTH, ONT. IMPORTANT NOTICES. i I Having started business in J. Fair- ley's did stand, we solicit the patron- age ofi his many customers and other (-, inten ing purchasers. 1 We have on hand a fresh supply of GRO ERIES, which will be sold at a fair lying profit. Highest market price paid for Pro - 1 duce, ,#ther in cash or trade. i Re),Iember the place—Fairley's old stand. HATCHING EGGS FOR SALE.—I can supply eggs from a pen of pure standard bred Black Lanphens, at 76 cents a setting of 13. These birds are bred from the beet exhibition stock. D. STEW- art,Hensall. 1319-tf T1ARM TO RENT. --To rent, the north half of Lot _U 12, Concession 3, Township of Hay. For fur- ther particulars apply on the premises. MRS. JOHN TAYLOR. 1319-4 GOOD MARES FOR SALE.—For sale cheap, a span of bay mares, one in foal, aged five and six years, good, sound and quiet. weight about 1,200 pounds each. Apply to W. SCOTT & CO., Brum- 1316 see Eileen DURHAM BULL FOR SALE.—For sale a young Durham hull, color dark red, registered in Do- minion Short Horn Herd Book. Apply on Lot 26, Concession 4, H. R. S., Tuckersmith, or address Sea - forth P. 0. CHARLES ROUTLEDGE. 13161f IrPHOROUGHBRED BULL FOR SALE.—The un- dersigned has for sale on Lot 25, Concession 4, H. R. S., Tuckeremith, a thoroughbred Durham bull, sixteen months old, and of dark red color. He is bred from Biggins' imported bull. H. CRICH, Sea - forth P. 0. • 1316t1 A. CROZIER & CO HORSES FOR SALE.—Fer sale two teams of good heavy draueht horses, in good condition, one team four years old, the other three years old. They can be seen at the premises of the undersigned one mile and a quarter north of_ Bengali, or write to Hensall P.. 0. Will be eold cheap. WM. HEE- FERNAN. 1319x4 SUCCESSORS TO J, FAIRLEY. 1318 1 DULL FOR SERVICE.—A pedigreed Shorthorn LP bull for service on Lot 18, Concession 3, MoKil. Lop. !The bull was bred by Mr. Whitelaw, of Guelph - Terms 81.50, payable on the let of January, 1894. THOS. GRIEVE, Naeh Farm, McKillop. 1319x4 DRIVER WANTED.—Wanted to exchange a mare in foal for a serviceable pony, suitable for light driving purposes. Apply to R. HICKS, Egmondville. 13194f ATTENTION! TIARM TO RENT.—To rentthe east half ef Lot _U 18, Concession 13, McKillop, consisting of 48 scree, with frame house, barn and stable in good repair. There is a good well and a never falling spring on the place, also a good orchard. It is situ- ated q miles from Leadbury and 8 nalles from Sea - forth. Possession given at once. Apply to ROBT. ADAMS, Winthrop P. 0. 1319x4 All parties requiring Farm Machin- ery, Implements and Repaire, wonlit do well to call at HOUSE AND LOT FOR SALE IN SEAFORTH. For sale, a good one -and -a -half story frame Dwelling House. The house contains five rooms down stairs and three upstairs, besides pantry and woodshed, Slt30 hard and soft water, and all other conveniences. The property is nicely situated on Jarvis street, and will be sold on reasonable terms. Apply on the premises to the proprietor, LOUIS REINKE, or address Seaforth P. 0. 1318x4 Notice to Creditors. Hugfi Grieve sWareroom - —OPPOSITE— John DI orsey's Blacksmith Shop Before purchasing elsewhere, as he keeps repairs for the Massey -Harris, PatterSon, Wisner, Goudy, Mason and Coiemnn machinery and implements, and he is also agent for the Bain wagon,1 Massey -Harris binder and mower; drills, rakes, &c; the Coleman roller and a full stock of Plows con- stantly, on hand. HUGO GRTEVE, Seaforth. Notice is hereby given pursuant to the provisions of chapter 11 of the Revised Statutes of Ontario, that all persons having claims against the estate of Elizabeth Bartliff, late of the Town of Seaforth, in the county of Huron, widow, decesmed, who died on or about the 27th day of February 1893, are to send by post prepaid, or otherwise deliver to the under- signed eolioitor for the Executor of her estate, on or before the let day of May 1893, statements containing their names, addresses and full particulars of their claims, and that after the last mentioned date the Executor will proceed to distribute the assets of the deceased among the parties entitled thereto having - regard only to the claims of which notice shall have been received as above required, and that the Executor will not be liable for assets so distributed or any part thereof to any person of whose claim he shall not have received notice at the time of such dis- tribution. R. S. HAYS, Solicitor for the Executor of said Estate. Dated at Seaforth this 2.5th day of March 1803. 1320-4 And he himself helped the two men to get the vessel in readiness when they had got on board—ordering them, as a preliminary pre- caution, to take down a couple of reefs in the mein -sail. For even here in this shelter- ed little bay the emcee were inauspicious ; the sky had grown dark and the wind had risen; there was a low and troubled and con- tinuous murmur from the out -jutting spur on the north. "11 is an angry -looking day to be leaving fleimra," young Ross said; "but perhaps there is no one wishing its to remain at Heimra; and you and I, Coinnaaoh, have been companions before now. And if I am asking you to go away in a hurry, well, there will be time to get all we want at Portree." " And what do I want," said Coinneaoh, " except tobacco? And it is not even that would hinder me from going wherever Mr. Ross wishes to be going." The young master went aft to the tiller. As the yacht slowly crept forward he turn- ed for a moment and glanced towards the is- land they were leaving. " Poor old Martha, he said to himself, "1 must try to find another place some- where and get her away: it would be the breaking of her heart if she were to see strangers eome to take possession of Eileen Heimra;" On Eileen Heimra he bestowed this single farewell glance ; but on Lochgarra none. When they got outside into the heavily. running seas he did not turn once to look at the distant bay and its strip of cottages, nor (Continued on page 7.) STUD G OUT. A: G. AULT'S, SEAFORTH. As I have decided to sell out my whole stock, any person wishing to start business in Seaforth—which is one of the best towns in the West for doing business—will have an oppor- tunity of buying a good new stock and trade. It is one of the best business stands in the town, and has, for the past 16 years, been one of the most successful stands in the trade. Any person desirous of purchasing can get all particulars by communicating with the undersigned. In the meantime, I will commence selling on FRIDAY MARCH 17th My entire stock of Dry Goods and Groceries at cost price, as - I intend clearing them out at once. I extend a cordial invitation to all to call and get some of the good bar- gains. I will take Butter, Eggs and Produce at cash prices. A. G. AULT, Seaforth. SHINGLES FOR SALE. The subscriber has now a large stock of north Shore cedar shingles on hand at each of the following places, and they may be procured either from him- self or from the parties named:' Belgrave, Mr. Wat- son; Blyth, D. Cowan; Brucefield, at the station, or from R. McIlveen, Stanley, and at L-ondesboro from hbareelf. W. H. WHITELY, Londeaboro. 1318x4 0 adlfOalO 3Ha. s• 0 SIDE MAIN STREET, SEAFORTH, ONT. crl M.ciq cc) 1-1 ett- sTftrIIf1a p:J Rohn S. Porter's 'Undertaking and Furni- ture Emporium, SEAFORTH, - ONTARIO. OUTSIDE OF THE COMBINATION. Funerals furnished on the shortest natio* and satisfaction gui anteed. A large assort- ment of Caskets, Coffins and Shrouds, lie., always on hand of the best quality. The best of Embalming Fluid used fres of aharge arid prices the lowest. Fine Hearse. EL T. HOLMES, Funeral Direotor. Resil dence — GODERICH STREET, directly op- posite the Methodist church in the house formerly occupied by Dr. Scott. The Old Established. BROADFOOT'S Planing Mill and Sash and Door Factory, This old and well-known establishment is OAK running at full blast, and now ham hotter facilitioe than ever before to turn out a good article for s moderate price. Sash and doors of all patterns al- ways on bend or made to order. Lumber dreeeed en short notice and in any way deeired. All kinds of lumber for sale on reasonable terms. Shingles kept constantly on hand. Estimates for the turnisiling et buildings in whole or In part given on appiloation- None but the best of material used and workman. ;hip guaranteed. Patronage solicited. 1269 J. H. BROADFOOT, fieatorth. yet at the promoti•l of the gale were along the tops of 1 ing Loch gam!' Tio fulness with wi env sailors on set1 his face wee p etern ; the eyes c bad his hands ful tareather became " Daum," he c fetch me up my o catch something And so—amid ,skies and blew bore away for th And mes,nwhil among the win - long and terrible I neither slept se, had not even und log up end down ;Wien : or she i halide clasped ceid shut out from be sion of scenes, th seemed to have b And if they w and stubbornly that they lent a tale that had bee ed herself; and reproaches ; and of living crest believed, even 1 base and =alga she net known a *swelter that Pur bore towards yo Had she not he charges against dation other tho -spite ? And she testimony of on hie mind with min 'who was he in their secret h reattoning impel those fair possib grasp; she had ed to the -snick iser in all the w ikow proud sad forgiven much, would never for insult; it was think of her, ev and make hu his pardon? fp instant of patio repudiation—th brought him f& fierce revolt of iamination—a meat of error for now. W:ha kept repeating shameletts, who in her? if s very dust befor bands towards from her, rerno was not worth And, nevert might, she a eyes those two followed by t into the woods -at the shore, e Helms. Island her despair wl was not Ford things; it we knew them - t in corrobori:tic 1 he spoke. Bu his challenge? Anna Clameac she was his wi there watt any story, she 4i Mary Stanley! charge wits ' malevolent in hurl the Woo ' He had ch Clannach : go, And then it dawn eppeat tense of her her. That no word of appeal to an vention ? H repeating a even the pas more: neigh strued 1 W the interpr inquiries ? House was that poor 'Stanley eel position of Not in th of hurling time. The whi and les; an Island, Ishin black and the western *ince rater *he knew within her of sleep Sea Was it away up to more a she with, the would brio her, to eho amends! him* which her whole attd,well-w Yesterday look forte& her a *tie upon, eve now—this her, that hopeless 1 heavy et Suddeni staring. southern It Was a a Sirerte, sh ashore n Rouse, a and maul Con from trail her bar, whit self not lowed he window yacht, A ParillYZe this way entrnieti me scone !had th ner, Th —net ex reproach dnexneell e whiold be Won't It that ,ag the. And (if Big , boat. lemons tion ix shawl. 0 down... the ma '" Ar 'eeind, borne a The fisher atised probab -three t be hea And b