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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1893-04-21, Page 6• • 3 THE HURON EXPOSITOR. APRIL 21, 1893. V ETERINARY. TOHN GRIEVE, V. S., honor graduate of Ontario eof Veterinary College. All diseases of Domestic AniniaLs treated. Calls promptly attended to and charges moderate. Vete riflery Dentistry a specialty Office and residence over W. N. Watson' Sewing Machine Shop, Seaforth. 1112t1 -LIB.ANK S. Beattie, V. S., graduate of Ontarit Vet X eritutry College, Toronto, Men.ber of the Vet erinary Medical Society, eto., treats all diseaseof the Domesticated Animals. All callpromptly at- tended to either by day or night. Chargee moder- ate. Special attention given te veterinary dentis- try. Office on Main Street, Seaforth, one door uouth of Kidd' s gardware etore. 1112 caai EAFORTII HORSE INFIRMARY. --Corner of Jar. to, vie and GoderichStreete, next door to the Pres- byterian Church, Seaforth, Ont. All die) Ses of Horses, Cattle, Sheep, or any of the do n sticated animals, suooesefully treated at th, inarrnary or eleewhere, on the shortest notice. aharges mdor ate, JAMES W. ,ELDER, Votes inary Surge m. P S.—A large stook of Veterit ary Medicines Kept con etantly on hand LEGAL -.D. S. HAYS, successor to the late firm of Dickson & Hays, Barrister, Solicitor, Notary public, &c. Money to loan. Office--Cardno's blook, Main Street Seaforth. 1235 HIGGINS & LENNOIN, Barristers, Solicitors, Notaries Public, &c. Offices - 120 Yonge Street, Toronto, Ontario, and Seaforth Ontario. Seaforth Office—Whitney's Block, Main Street. Money to loan. THOMAS MILTON HIO(8248. Jamas LIINNON. 1291 - TATTHEW MORRISON, Walton, Ineuranee _M.. Agent, Commissioner for taking affidavits, Conveyances, &o. Money to loan at the loweei rates. M. Maaamos, Walton. M. BEST, Barrister, Solicitor, Notary, &o Offioe—Roome, five doors north ofOommercial riOtel, ground floor, next doer to C. L. Papet's jewelry store, Main street, Seaforth. Goderioh agents—Cameron, Holt and Cameron. 1216 fl ARROW & PROUDFOOT, Barristers, Solicitors, Goderich, Ontario. J. T. sow, Q. C.; Wm. PROUDFOOT. 681 CikICERON, HOLT kHOLMES, Barristers So- lieritors in Chancery, ke.,Goderich, Ont M. C. Camasea, Q. C., PHILIP HOLT, DIMWIT HOLM15 itifANNING & SCOTT, Barristers, Soliciton, Con JI Teyrucers, &o. Solicritors for h.Bin e4 Johnston, Tisdale & Gale. 'Money to loan Otlioe— Elliott Block, Clinton, Ontario. A, H. MANIPII0 JAM111 Soon. 781 - HOLMESTED, erucceasor to the ate firm _E. McCaughey & Hohnested, Barrister, So • licitor, Conveyancer and Notary. Solicitor for the Canadian Bank of Commerce. Money to lend. Farms for sale. Office in Scott's Blook, Main Street, Seaforth. W. CAMERON SMITH, BARRISTER. Solicitor of Superior Court, Conuniseioner far taking Affidavits in the High Court of Justice, Conveyancer, Money to Lend Can be coneuited after office hours at the Coruna r- cial Hotel. HENSALL, ONTARIO. DENTISTRY. FW. TWEDDLE, 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. Office—Over Johnson a Hardware Store, Seaforth. 1226 13 AGNEW, Dentist, Clinton, will It. visit Henson at Hodgene' Hotel every Monday. 1288 T_T KINSMAN, Dentist, L. D. S., 1 . Exeter, Ont. Will be as Zurich' at the Huron Hotel, sn the LASt THITRSHAT IN ILACH MONTH, and at Murdock's Hotel, Henson, on the rum AND THiRD Femme' in each month. Teeth extracted with the least pain possible. All work first -clam at liberal rates. 971 DR. C. H. INGRAM, Dentist, (successor to H. L Billings), member of the Royal College of Den, tal Surgeons, Ontario Teeth inserted with or with- out a plate in gold celluloid or rubber. A safe awed- thetic given for the painless extraction of teeth. Office over O'Neil's bank, Exetert Ontario. 1204 N. B.—Plates secured firmly in the mouth by Yemens' Patent Valve. MONEY TO LOAN. II/CONEY TO LOAN.—Straight loans at 6 per oent., with the privilege te borrower of repaying part of the prinoipal money at any time. Apply to F. HOLMESTED, Barrister, Seaforth. MEDICAL. 'Ft R. C. SHEPPARD, Physician and Surgeon, Bay- field, Ontario, successor to Dr. W. H. Wright. 1225-52 DRS. soorr & MACKAY, OFFICE, Goderich Street, opposite Methodist Church, Seaforth. RESIDENCE, next Agricultural Ground". J. G. SCOTT, M. D. C. M., (Ann Arbor and Visa toria,) M. C. P. S. 0. C. MACKAY, M. D. a M., (Trinity,) F. T. M. C., M. C. P. S. o. Ta E. COOPER, M. D., M. B., L. F. P. and S., etAt• Glasgow, &c Physician, Surgeon and Asa cloudier, Constance, Ont. 1127 DR. ELLIOTT, Brucelleld, Licentiate Royal College of Physioians and Surgeons, Edin- burgh. Brucefield, Ont. 980 1010 W. BRUCE SMITH, M. D , 0. M., Member of Itf. the College of Physicians and Surgeons, &e., Seaforth, Ontano. Ofilee and residenee same as occupied by Dr. Vercoe. 848 ----- --- A LEX. BETHUNE, M. D., Fellow of the Royal _no College of Physicia es and Surgeons, Kingston. Succeesor to Dr. Mackid. Office lately ()coupled by Dr. Mackid, Main Street, Seaforth. Residence —Corner of Victoria Square, in house lately occupied by L. E. Dancey. 1127 AUCTIONEERS. T P. BRINE, Licensed Auctioneer for the Conn ce) . ty of Huron. Sales attended in a!1 paris of the County. All orders lett at Till ErFoRTTOlt Office will be promptly attended to. WM. M'CLOY, Auctioneer for the Counties of Huron and Perth. Sales promptly attended to, oharges moderate and eatiefaction guaranteed. Ordene by aail addreesed to Chiselhuest Post Oftioe, or left at his residence, Lot 2, Concession 11, Tuckeremith, will receive prompt attention. 1296-tf W. G. DUFF, AUCTIONEER FOR THE COUNTY, Conveyancer, Collector, Book-keeper and Accountant .Real Estate, Life, Accident and Fire Insurancc Agent; Money to Loan, Correspondence, &c. Parties requiring his services in any of these branches will receive prompt attention. OFFICIO IN DALEY'S BLOCK, (or STAIRS), MAIN STRAW, SR./FORTH. 1181 McKillop Directory for 1893. JOHN BENNEWIES, Reeve, Dublin P. 0. JAMES EVANS, Deputy Reeve, Beechwood. DANIEL MANLEY, Councillor, Beechwood. WM.. foloGAVIN, Councillor, Leadbury.. WILLIAM ABCHIBALD, Councillor, Leadbury. JOHN C. MORRISON, Clerk, Winthrop. SOLOMON J. SHANNON, Treasurer, Winthrop. WM. EVANS, Assessor, Beechwood. CHARLES DODDS, Collector, Seaforth. B.. W. B. SMITH, M. D., Medical Health Officer, Seaforth. RICHARD POLLARD, Sanitary Inspector, Lead - bury. a -- HURON AND BRUCE Loan and Investment camp This Company is Loaning Money oi Farm. Security at lowest Rates of Interest. Mortgages Purchased. SAVINGS BANK BRANCH. 3, 4 and 6 per Cent, batereet Allowed OH Deposits, according to amount and time left. OFFICE.—Corner of Market Square and North Street, Goderich. HORACE EfORTON, MANAGBli ilicuiesioh, August 5th,1886. DONALD ROSS OF HEIMRA. BY WILLIAM ItLAOK. CHAPTER XXV.—CONTINUED. " Aw, as for that," said the Gillie Cio- tach—and he was clearly casting about for some portentoue lie or. another—" I was saying to Peter Grant that mebbe the young lady might have the sea seeckness ; and Peter he was saying to me, Tek a smahl bottle of whisky with you, Andrew, and then she will hef no fear !of the nea-seeck- nem' And it was just for yourself, mem, I was bringing the whisky." "And a pretty character you seem to have given me at the in !" said Kathchen, as ehe contentedly wrapped herself up in her ruge. Martha had seen the boat on its way into the harbor; she had come out to the door of the cottage; a visitor was welcome in this solitary island. "Martha," she said, 88 soon as she had got within, "have you heard any news of late ?--can you tell me where the Sirene is now ?" " Yes, indeed, mem," said the old High- land dame, with wondering eyes. "But do_ you not know that the Sirene is at the bot- tom of the sea? Was the master not writ- ing to Miss Stanley about -it ?" " We have not heard a word," Kathchen exclaimed. "Dear, dear me now !" said Martha. " That is a stranche thing." " But tell me—tell me 'about it," said Kathchen, anxiously. "There was no one drowned ?" "No, no," said Martha, with much com- placency. "There was plenty of time for them to get into the boat. And the master not writing to Miss Stanley at the same time he was writing to me—that is a stranche thing. But this was the weh of it, as he says • that it was an ahfu' dark night, the night of the first day of the gale; and they were mekkin for shelter between Scalpa and Skye, and they had got through the Caol-Mor, and were corning near to anchor- age, when they ran into a trading schooner that was lying there without a single light up. Without a single light, and the night fearful dark; I'm sure the men should be hanged that would do such a thing to save a little oil." "And where is Mr. Ross now ?" asked Kathchen. "Just in Greenock. He says he will try to get a place for Coinneach and for Calum, and will not trouble with a yat any more for the present. Aye, indeed," Martha went on, with a bit of a sigh, "and I'm thinking he will not be coming back soon to Heimra, when he says he will not trouble with a yet, and when he could have a yat easy enough with the insurance money— " Is he at a hotel in Greenock ?" "Aye, the Tontine Hotel," the old woman said, "And I am not liking what he says that he is waiting for a friend, and they are going away from Greenock together. I am not liking that at ahl. There's many a one sailed away from the Tail of the Bank that never came back again. And he says, if it is too lonely here for me and the young lass Maggie, we are to go over to Lochgarra and get lodgings; but how could I be leaving the house to the rain and the damp? Aye, lonely it is except when Gillis Ciotaoh comes out to look after the lobster -traps—" " Well, Martha'said her visitor, " tclis time the Gillie Ciotaoh is going straight back again; for I'm rather in a hurry. And don't you move over to the mainland until you bear further. I will come and eee you sometimes if you are zo lonely." And therewithal the industrious Kate hiedher back to the lobater-boat, and set out for Lochgarra again. Mary was lying on a sofa, her head half hidden by the cushion. She had been at- tempting to read, but her arm' had fallen supinely by her side, and the book was half closed. " Mamie," said Kate Glendinning, enter- ing the room noiselessly, and approaching the sofa, "I have a favor to beg of you ; but please to remembes this : that I have waited on you—and worried you—all this long time; and I have never asked you for an hour's holiday. Now I am going to ask you for two or three days • and if you give me permission I mean to boff by the mail - cart to -morrow morning. May I go ?" The pale cheek flushed—and ithe fingers that held the book trembled a little. ' But she affected not to understand. "Do as you wish, Kathchen," said she, in a low voice. Well, this was an onorous and difficult and delicate task that Kate had undertaken, but she had plenty of courage. And her setting -forth was auspicious • when the mail cart started away from Locgarra the dawn was giving every promise of a pleasant and cheerful day Lor the long drive. It is true that as they paesed the Cruagan crofts her face fell a little on noticing here and there traces of the devastation that had been wrought by the gale; but she had heard that things were mending a little in cons.. quorum of the continued fine weather; and she was greatly cheered to hear the driver maintain that the people about this neigh- borhood had little came to grumble; mat- ters had been made very easy for them, he declared, since Mies Stanley came to Loch- garra. And so on they drove, hour after hour, by Ledmore, and Oykel Bridge and Inver- cassley and Rosehall, until tho afternoon saw her safely arrived at Lairg. Then the more tedious railway journey—away down to Inverness; on through the night to Perth; breakfast there and on again to Glasgow; from Glasgow down to Greenock. It was about noon' or something thereafter, that she enteredthe dismal and rainy town. , Fortune favored her. The Tontine Hotel is almost opposite the railway station, so that she had no diffioulty in finding it; and hardly had she got within the doorway when she met Donald Ross himself crossiog the hall, and apparently on his way into the street. When he made out who this was (her face was in shadow, and he did not at first recognize her) his eyes looked startled, and he threw an involuntary glance towards the door to see if there was any one accom- panying her. But the girl was alone. "Mr. Ross," said Kathchen, rather nen vouely—for she had, not expected to en- counter him just at once—"I wish to speak with you—" " Oh, come in here then," said he, with a certain coldness of manner, as if he were about to face an unpleasant ordeal that was also uselese ; and he led the way into the coffee -room, where, at this time of day,there was no one, not even a waiter. Nervous Kathchen distinctly was; fOr she knew the terrible reeponsibility that lay on her; and all the fine calmness she had been calculating on in her comrnunings with herself in lonely railway carriages seemed now to have fled. But perhaps it was just as well;.for in a somewhat incoherent but earnest faehion she plunged right into the middle of things, and told him the whole story—told him of the factor's oircu—mstan- tial and malignant slander, of Mary's reo- mentary bewilderment, of the luckless mee' - ing, and of her subsequent bitter remorse e.nd despair. At one portion of this uarra- tive his face grew dark and the blaok eyes burned with a sullen fire. "1 have a long account to settle with Part die," said he, as if to himself, " and it is about time the reckoning was come." But when she had quite finished With her eager explanations and excuses and in- direct appeals, what was his reply! Why, not one word, She looked at him --in blank dismay,`nt ‘BMr. Roes !—Mr. Rose?" she said, piteouely. There was no response; he hart received her communication—that was alli " I have told you everythidg ; surely you understand; what—what message am I to take ?" Kathohen exclaimed, in trembling appeal. •‘ I have heard what you had to say," he answered her, with a studied reserve that seemed to Kathchen's anxious soul nothing less than brutal, "and of course I am sorry if there has been any misunderetanding, or any suffering, anywhere. But these things are past. And as for the present I do not gather that you have been commileioded by Mies Stanley to bring one solitary word to me—one expression of any kind whatsoever. Why should I return any reply ?—she has not spoken one word." "Ob, you ask too much 1" Kethchen ex- claimed, in hot indignation. "You ask too muoh ! Do you think Mary Stanley would send for you? She is as proud as yourself —every bit as proud ! And she is a woman, You are a man; it is your place to have the courage of offering forgivenness, even before it is asked. If I were a man, and if I loved a woman that I thought loved me, I would not stand too much on my diguity, even if she did not speak. And what do you want? —that she should say that she is sorry? Mr. Ross, she is ill. I tall you she is ill. Come and judge for yourself what all this has done for her—you will see only too clearly whether she has been sorry or not. And that superstition of hers, about there being fatality attending her family—that they cannot help inflictiog injury and insult on you and yours—who can remove that but yourself ? No," she said a little stiffly, " I have no message from Mary Stanley to you; and if I had, I would not deliver it. And now it is for you to Bay or do what you think best." "Yee, yes; yes, yes," he said, after a moment's deliberation. "1 was thinking too much of the Little Red Dwarf. I was thinking too much of that side of it. I will go back to Loolsgarra, and at once. And this is Thursday; the steamer will be com- ing down from Glasgow to -day; that will be the easiest way for us to go back." There was a flash of joy and triumph— and of gratitude—in Kathohen's sufficiently pretty eyes. CHAPTER XXVI. THE BANABHARD. The big steamer was slowly and cautious- ly making in for Lochgarra bay—elowly and cautiously, for though the harbor is an ex- oelleut one after you are in it, the entrance is somewhat difficult of navigation; and Donald Ross and Kate Glendinning were seated in the after part of the boat, passing the time in talking. And of course it was mostly of Miss Stanley they spoke. "For one thing, you ought to remember," said Kathchen, "tho amount of prejudice against you she has had to overcome. If you only kneed -the oharaoter she received of you the ver f first evening we arrived here I wonder if you would recognize the picture —a terrible outlaw living on a lonely island, a drunken, thieving, poaching ne'er-do-well, a malignant conspirator and mischief -maker; Mr. Purdie laid on the colors pretty thick- ly. By -the -way, I wish you would tell me the cause of that bitter animosity Mr. Purdie shows againet you and all your fami- " It is simple enough—but it is not worth speaking about," he said, with a certain in- differenoe. It was not of Purdie, nor of Purdie's doings, that he was thinking at the moment. "But I want to know—I am curious to know," Kathohen insisted. "It is simple enough, then," he repeated. "When the old factor died—old Mee:dunes— I hardly remember him, but I fancy he was a decent sort of a man—when he died, my father appointed this Purdie, on the recom- mendation of a friend, and without knowiug much about him. Well, Purdie never did get on at all with the people about here. Ile was an ill-tempered, ill -conditioned brute to begin with; spiteful, revengeful, and merciless; and of course the people hated him, and of course he came to know it, and had it out with them whenever he got the chance. You see, my father Was almost constantly abroad, and Purdie had complete control, My mother tried to in- terfere a little, and he resented her interfer- ence; I think it made him all the more savage. At last the discontent of the peo- ple broke out in open revolt. Purdie hap• pened to have come over to Lochgarra ; and when they heard of it the whole lot of them —from Minard and Crugan and everywhere —earn° together in front of the inn, and there was no end of howling and hooting. Purdie escaped through the back gardeu, and took refuge with the minister; but the crowd followed him to the minister's cottage and burned his effigy in front of the door— oh, I don't know what they didn't do. Only it got into the papers; it was a public scan- dal; and my father, coming to hear of it, at once disposed of the twopenny-halfpenny tyrant. That is all the story. But no doubt his being ignominiously dismissed was a sore thing for a man of his nature— the public humiliation, and all the rest if Red.' "But how did he get baok to his former position 1" Kathchen demanded. Mies Stanley's uncle put him back when he bought the estate," Donald Ross said quietly. "1 fancy he had an ides that Purdie was the right kind of man for this place, especially as he himself had to be ab- sent a good deal. Yes, I will say this for Purdie—he is an excellent man of business ; he will squeeze out for you every penny of rent that is to be got at; and he has no sort of hesitation about calling in the aid of the sheriff. And of course he came back more malevolent than ever; he knew they had rejoiced over his downfall, and he was de- termined to make them smart for it. As for his honoring me with hatred, that is quite natural, I euppose it was my father who sent him into disgrace • and then—then the people about here anI are rather friendly, yeu know; and they had a great regard for my mother; and all that taken together is enough for Purdie. We were in league with his enemies; and they with MI I can imagine what he thought," said Kathchen meditatively, "when he saw the new proprietress taking you into her coun- sels, and adopting a new system, and interferiog with him and over-riding his de- cisions at every turn. He made a bold stroke to sever that alliance between her and you; but it failed; and now he is eorry —very sorry—exceedingly sorry, I should think." "What do you mean ?" he asked, fixing his eyes upon her. "Perhaps I should leave Mary herself to tell you," she answered him. "But that is of little consequence; it cannot be a secret, Very well ;she has ordered Mr. Purdie to prepare a statement of his accounts ; and his factorship ceases at Michaelmas. It was the last thing she told me before I left Looh- garra." Donald Ross laughed. "1 had intended to have a word with Purdie," said he, "but it emits the baintig- hearna has been before me." The arrival of the steamer is always a great event at Loohgarra ; there were sev- eral well-known faces on the quay. Here were the Gillie Ciota.ch, and Big Archie, and the minister, and Peter Grant, the innkeep- er • and here, also, was Auna Clannach. Thpoor lass was in sad distress; she was crying and wringing her hands, What is the matter, Anna ?" said Don- ald Rose, in Gaelic, as he steppedfrom the gangway on to the pier. "1 am wishing to go out to Heimra," said the Irish -looking girl with the dishevelled hair and streaming eyes. "Why so ?" he asked. "It is to find my mother," she made an- swer, with many sobs, "When I was sleeping my mother came to me, and said I was to come out to Heimra for her, and * Tighearnas (lordship, dondnion). bring her back, but when I offer the money to the men they laugh at me—" "Anna," said he, gently, "you must not think of going out to Heimra. If you were not to find your mother there that would be great sorrow for you. If she is corning for you, you must wait patiently—" "But I am going out on the steamer !" said the girl, beginning to cry afresh. " The steamer ?" he said. The steamer does not call at Heimra'not at any time." "But it is Mr. Rose has the mastery," * she pleaded. "It is every one that must obey Mr. Ross; and the steamer will take nee out to Heimra if he tells the captain " "Now, Anna," he said, trying to reason with her, "listen to what I am telling you. How can a great boat like that go into the small harbor of Eileen Heimra? And I have no authority over the captain, nor has any one ; it is to Stornaway he is going now, and to no other place. So you must wait patiently; and I think you should go and live with the widow MacV ean, and help to do little things about the croft. For it is not good for a young lass to be without an occupation." Anna Clannach turned away, weeping si- lently and refusing to be comforted, while young Rose was immediately tackled by the minister, who had a long tale to tell about some Presbytery case in Edinburgh. What now occurred it is difficult to de- scribe coneeoutively, for so many things seemed to happen at once, or within the space of a few breathlees seconds. The cap- tain had discharged hie cargo (Kate Glen- dinning and Donald Rose, with their body- guard of Coinneaoh and Calum, were the only passengers), and was getting under way again; and to do this the more easily he had signalled down to have the engines reversed, while keeping the stern haweer on its stanchion on the pier, so that the bow of the boat should gradually slue round. It was to the man who was in charge of this massive rope that Anna Clannach, see- ing the steamer was beginning to move, ad- dressed her final and frantio appeal—nay, she even seized him by the arm and implor- ed him, with loud lamentations, to let her go on the boat. The man, tatently watch- ing the captain on the bridge, tried to shake her off; grew more and more impatient of her importunity; at last he said savagely: "To the devil with you and your mother. I tell you your mother Is dead and buried these three years 1" At this Anna Clam:lack uttered a piercing shriek—she seemed to reel under the blow, in a wild horror—then, with her hande rain- ed. high above her head, she rushed to the end of the quay and threw herself over, right under the stern -post of the steamer. Donald Rose, startled by that despairing cry, wheeled round just in time to see her diesppear : and in a moment he was after her, heedless of the fact that the steamer was still backing, the powerful screw churn- ing up the water into seething and hissing whirlpools. But the captain had seen this swift thing happen; instantly be recognized the terrible danger; he rapped down to the engine - room, "Full speed, ahead 1"—while the man in charge of the hawser, who had not seen, taking this for a sufficient signal, slipped the noose off the post and let the ponderous cable drop into the sea. "The raven's death to you, what have you done?" Archie MacNichol oried, as he ran quickly to the edge•of the quay and stared over, his eyes aghast, hie lips ashen - gray. There was nothing vieible but the seeth- ing and foaming water, with it million mil- lion bells of air ehowing white in the pel- lucid green. Had the girl been struck 'down by the revolving screw? Had Donald Ross been knocked senseless by a blow from the heavy cable? Big Areeie pulled off his jacket and flung it aside, He clambered over the edge of the quay, and let himself down Until he stood on oneof the beams be- low. His eyes—a fisherman's eyes—were searching those green depths, that every mo- ment showed more and more clear. All this was the work of a second, and so wag Archie's quick plunge into the sea when he beheld a dark object rise to the surface some half-dozen yards sway from him—the tangled black hair and wan face belonging to a quite listless if not lifeless form. It needed but a few powerful strokes to take him along—then one arm was placed under the apparently inanimate body—while with the other he began to fight his way back again to the pier. Of mune, bearing such a burden, it was impossible for him to drag himself up to his format position; he could only ()ling on to one of the mussel -incrusted beams, waiting for the boat that the people were now hurriedly pushing off from the shore. And if, while bravely hanging on there, he looked back to see if there was no sign of that other one, then he looked in vain; the corpse of the hapless Anna Clan- nach was not found until some two days thereafter. Meauwhile, this was what was taking place at Lochgerra House. Barbara had come to tell her young mistress, who was lying tired and languid on the sofa, of the arrival of the steamer. "Go to the window, Barbara," said she, rather faintly, "and—and tell me who are coming ashore. Maybe you can make them out?" "Oh, yes, indeed, mem," said Barbara, who had been famous for her eyesight, even among the keepers and stalkers, when she was parlor -maid up at Glen Orme. She went to the window. " There is Miss Glendinning, mem," said Barbara, in her soft-spoken way, "and glad I am of that; it is not good for Miss Stan- ley to be so much stone. Yes, and Mr. Ross coming ashore too—no, he is going back down the gangway—maybe he is going on to Stornoway ?—no, no, I think he is only calling something to:Coinneach Breac, and the lad Calum—and they are carrying a portmanteau. And there is Anna Clannaoh going from the one to the other on the quay —yes, and Mr. Ross now speaking to her— and Miss Glendinning speaking to the min- ister. And now Mr. Roes speaking to the minister — and — and Miss Glendinning watching the steamer—eke, just- waiting to see her go aweh . . Oh, mem 1—oh, mem! —there is something happening on the quay 1" exclaimed Barbara, in terrified ac- cents. "The people are running—and I am not seeing Mr. Ross anywhere— and they are shoving out a boat from the shore— " What is it 1—what is it, Barbara? Tell me 1—tell me 1" "Oh, mem, do not be afraid," cried Bar- bara even amid her own wild alarm. " There's a boat going out—oh yes, they are pulling hard—they will be at the end of the quay in a moment or two—and the people are all looking over—oh yes, yes, mem, if any one is in the water, they have found him—and—and the boat—now the boat' has gone by the end of the quay, and I am not seeing it any more—yes yes, it is there now —and they are coming tlhis way, mem—they will be coming into the elip—oh yes—I am sure they have got the one that is in the water—and Big Archie in the stern of the boat, mem—and the people now running to meet them at the slip—now it is Big Archie that is lifting the one out of the stern of the bot—" Suddenly Barbara uttered a plain- tive cry, "Oh, Dyeea, it is the young master himself 1" "Whet do you say? Mr. Roes? What has happened, Barbara, ?" She struggled to her feet, pale and shuddering; and Barbara was at her side in an inptant. "Quick, Barbara 1—come with me !--help me 1—I must go down to the slip—your arm, Bar bara—help me !--quick, quick—" And so, with trembling limbs and damed eyes—dazed by the fear of some dread un- known thing—she managed to cross the hall and get down the steps and across the road. It was but a short distance to the slip. The little crowd made way on her approach ; and there, lying extended on the stone, she beheld the senseless body of her lover, while the big fisherman, kneeliug, was making surochismachexamtianatain.onceas was possible. Big A "Oh, he will be ahl right directly, mem —Ieoesnier_ —I'm !—he has been struck on the back of the head—mebbe by the keel of tb She paid no heed to him—no, nor to any who were standing there. She threw her- eelf on her knees beside the prostrate figure; with her warm hands she pushed back the coal block tangled hair; she bent down close to him; she spoke to him, almost in a whis- per—but with a passionate tenderness chat might have thrilled the dead. "Donald 1—speak to me l—tell me I have not killed you 1-1 sent you away—yes—but my heart has cried for you to come back— speak to me 1—speak to me—Donald lee -do you not hear me ?—Donald—" Was it the touch of her warm, trembling fingers about his face, or was it the low - breathing, piteous cry of her voice that seemed to stir his pulses and call him slowly back to life? The eyelids opened wearily— to find this wonderful vision hanging over him, and they seemed to rest there and un- derstand. " Mo-lua 1" * he murmured. She did not know the meaning of the phrase; but the look in his eyes was euough. She held his hand as they carried him up to the house. 'er It was on a clear and white -shining morn- ing in the following spring that Donald Ross and his newly -wedded bride were walking ,arm -in -arm through the budding larch woods, the sun warm on the green bracken, on the golden furze, and on the gray rook& She was angry with him; though the anger did not show much in her dimpled and fresh tiuted cheeks'nor yet in her eyes, . where the love-lightlay only half concealed by the modest lashes. "It is a pestilent language !" she was saying, with frowning brows. "1 do be- lieve the heavens and the earth shall pass away before I become thoroughly acquainted with that awful grammar; and unless, as Barbara says, I 'have the Gaelic,' how am I ever to get into proper relationship with the people about here ?—yes, and how am I to be sure that you are not stealing away their hearts from me?. Oh, it is a very pretty trick, the stealing away of hearte—you are rather clever at it," said she, with downcast and smiling eyes. " Mo-ghaol," said he (and there were some Gaelic phrases, at least, of which she had by this time got to know the meaning well enough)„ "1 thought you were going to let me be your Interpreter." "Why do you not begin, then? Where are the vermeil that Mrs. Armour sent ?". she said, "You promised you would write out a translation for me." "And so I have," he answered her—yet with some apparent unwillinguese. "1 have written out a translation, in a kind of a way, because you insisted on it. But it is a shame. For the Gaelic is a most expres- sive language and all the subtlety and grace of the original escape when you come down to a literal rendering in English. Besides, what skill have I in such things? If you like, I will send it to the editor of the Celtic Magazine, and ask him to get it properly translated—he has printed some of Mrs. Armour's pieces before now—in Gaelic, of couree—" " I want your version—none other," she said, imperatively. "Very well, very well; I will read it to you," said he, taking a sheet of paper from his pocket. "Here is a seat for you." It was a rock mostly covered by soft green moss ; and when she had seated her- self, he threw himself down on the bracken by her aide, leaning his head against her knee. And this is what the old dame out there in Canada had sent them as her humble wedding-gift—perhaps, as to the form of it, with some recollection of the song of the Princess Deirdri influencing her unequal lines : " am far from the land of my fathers, I sit and mourn because of the great distance. My old age brings me no comfort, Since I am far from ray ewn land. " 'My eyes strain across the wide ocean. I see the lofty hills, and the peaks, and the glens ; I see the oorries where the wide -antlered deer wander. , Joyful to me was my youth there. I see the woods, deep -sheltered ; I see the rivers flowing by the rooks ; I see the sandy bays, and the headlands: I see the sun [setting] behind Eileen }Ware. " Ru-Minard, 0 Ru-Minard The promontory facing the great waves: Often as a girl have I este and watched the ships, Singing to myself on Ru-fdinard. "'Loch-Heimra, 0 Loch Heimra !— Pleasant its shores, with the many birches ; Sweet were the yonthful moments Ispent watching For one that I used to meet by Loch-Heintra. " Loohgarra, 0 Loohgarra The fair town—the ToWn of the Big House—' " I wonder if the Americans know the meaning of Beltimore ?" he said ; and then he went on again. " 'Dear to me were my friends, happy the hours We spent together at Loohgarra. " But to -day there is no more of mourning ; To -day my old age is comforted To -day I lift up my voice, I send a message Across the sea to the dear one of my heart. " Well I remember him, the young boy fearleee ; Fearless on the land, fearless on the sea; Clinging to the crags seeking the ravens' nests. Proud was I of young Donald—' "There are some more verses about me," he agaireinterpolated, "1 will skip them." "You shell not," she said. "Not a single word." "Oh, how can I read all this about my- self !" he protested. " Well, then, give me the paper," said she, and she leaned over and took it from hind Nor did she return it. She read right on to the end—though not aloud : "'My eyes have beheld him come to man's estate. Proudly I name him Donald, son of John, son of Roderick. Of the ancient Clan Anrias, high he holds his head. Joyful were my eyes when Iheheld him. "Swift and alert, Arra-sines ed u a man. Laughing and light-hearted; dangerous to his foe. Strong as an eagle to choose his mate, Strong likewise to defend her. " Bold -eyed and reeolute ; confident at the helm Long -enduring; scornful of danger. Small his possesolons, but rich -chambered his mind ; Wealth has he other than Eileen Heimra. "1 see the people as they go along the road - Their regard is turned upon young Donald' ; There is deep love in their bosom for him ; They wish him many clays and prosperity. "1 see her whom ho has chosen; The lady of the Big House near to the trees ; The fair mistress, the beautiful one, The generous daughter of the Saxon. "Mild of speech, smiling pleasantly ; My heart was warm towards her; Much did I her of the kindness Of the generous, open-handed maiden. "Tali of stature, graceful in step as a young fawn; Glad was I when I gazed on her; I regarded her many beauties, and I said— W311 has young Donald chosen his mate. " Now I hear the sound of rejoicings; I hear the feetivitiesi wide-eohoing ; Acrose the ocean I hear the shouts of the wedding; Hail to the young chief of Clan Anrias ! "The wine -cup is lifted by many hands; [friends ;] The bride and aridegroom are smiling among their To -night the bonfires will blaze on the hills; I hear the loud sound of the pipes. "No gifts have I for the home -coming; No amulet of secret virtue ; [her ohief ;] But tho VO1CC of the woman -bard' is welcome to Young Donald will not despiee what I send. "Salutations and blessings I send ; Happy may his days be with his love ; Long years, many friends, a warm heart— These are the things I wish for him. " For her also the same [beautiful Saxon For her, the chosen one the fair-haired one, the Many years, and love tbrough all of them, For the bride of young Donald of Heimra !" She carefully folded the paper and put it in her pocket. "This is to be mine," she said. " For if young Donald despises that messsge from across the sea, young Donald's wife does not." Banabhard. *Mo-Cuaidh (nay dearest one, or my moot prized ond). TRE END. 00B FLligGedstCompi7on:01; are all intimately connected — practically inseparable. Though the fact is often ignored, it is nevertheless true that a good complexion is an impossibility without good digestion, which in turn depends on good food. There is no more common cause of indigestion than lard. Let the bright housekeeper use % )4)4 SfC, CaTT 0..!ENE Pk* OA, %1P og-412kle The New Vegetable Shortening and substitute for lard, and her cheeks, with those of her family, will be far more likely to be "Like a rose in the snow." CoTrotAxn is clean, delicate, healthful and popular. Try it. Made only by N. K. FAIRtANK & CO., Wellington and Ann Streets, MONTREAL. Tho New Cheap Store SM.A.E101=V12=1, GEORGE GOOD'S OLD STAND. Grand Opening Sale Friday and and Saturday, And Following Days. We have been for several days opening up the finest stock of new goods ever displayed in Seaforth. We invite you to visit our store, and we will offer you such bargains as will make our opening sale memorable, and the new cheap store famous in Sea - forth. THE NEW GOODS AT THE NEW CHEAP STORE POST OFFICE SEAFORTH, ONTE Consist of Boots and Shees, Hats and Caps, Trunks and Valises, Groceries, Woodenware, Tinware, Crockery, Glass- ware, Chinaware, Lamps, Brooms, Brushes, &c. Remember the opening sale of the New Cheap Store, where everything we mention is new! new ! ! new 1! and the prices will be new also. Butter, Eggs, Potatoes, Lard, Tal- low, Dried Apples, &c., wanted. Good Brothers, NEW CHEAP STORE, SEAFORTIE 0/tiff d Bennett's Planing Mill. The undersigned would beg leave to thank their many customers foe their very liberal support for the past and would say that they are in a much better position to serve them than ever before, as they are adding a new Engine and Boiler, oleo a dry kiln and enlarging their building, which will enable them to turn out work on short notice. Lumber, Sash, Doors, Mould- ings, Shingles, and Lath always on hand. Contracts taken and Estimates furnished. Cluff & Bennett. P. Sahl-All in arrears please pay up, 13214 f THE — WELL — KNOWN IMPORTED CLYDESDALE STALLION c‘• " Formerly owned by McNevin & Berry, is now the ex - elusive property of John MoNevin and is kept at hie stables, Bell's mills, near Kippen. " Joe" will this year travel on about the same route he has travelled for the past four years. He will start on his route on Monday, May 1st. 1322-2 JOHN McNEVIN, PROPRIETOR. Notice to Creditors. Notice le hereby giren pursuant to the proyisione of chapter 110 of the Revised Statutes of Ontario, that all persons having claims against the estate of Elizabeth Bertliff, late of the Town of Seaforth, in the county of Huron, widow, deceased, who died on or about the 27th day of February 1893, are to send by post prepaid, or otherwise deliver to the under- signed solicitor for the Executor of her estate, on er before the 1st 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 weeks of the deceased among the parties entitled thereto having regard only to the claims of which notice shall have been received Re 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 euch dis- tribution. R. S. HAYS, Solicitor for the Executor of said Estate. Dated at Seaforth this 28th day of March 1.903. 1320-4 Having started business in J. Fair- ley's old stand, we solicit the patron- age of his many customers and other intending purchasers. We have on hand a fresh 'supply of' GROCERIES, which will be sold a a fair living profit. Highest market price paid for Pm - duce, either in cash or trade. Remember the place—Fairley's stand. A. CROZIER & CO., SUCCESSORS TO J. FAIRLEY. 1318 FARMERS, A TTEN T ION! All patties requiring Farm Machin. ery, Implements and Repairs, would do well to call at Hugh Griere'sWareroom • —OPPOSITE— John Dorsey's Blacksmith Shop Before purchasing elsewhere, as he keeps repairs for the Massey-Harrist Patterson, Wisner, Goody, Mason and Coleman machinery and implements, and he is also agent for the Bain wagon, Massey -Harris binder and mower, drills, rakes, &c; the Colemati roller and a full stock of Plows con- stantly on hand. HUGH GRIEVE, Seaforth. 111/1(102110 NIVIN 3a18 ULSV3 61140 `N1aOdV3S 8133a1S cn g el 5 • E O Ch leeZ 1-1 z1 O 0 t• - at et) 0 E' E., entUI pt, o re • el - 0 04 et. i71 ce" (- PT' 1:1 tlit • •414 • ;I: 1:1 • tel-; tzl 1=r c'eft_crq tt• r=••• zrd • g • .C1C2 a) 1—` • et. 1ms! 11:1 8"- C7' • g co jaw ,CD f=1 0 1=' et- c) ca no rZ n cz, o a cl 00 t -ti* • )73 • =Clq O ciQ • P 1:0 • rretit ,S7iaQ'IIRg ohn S. Porter's Undertaking and Furni- ture Emporium, SEAFORTH, - ONTARIO. OUTSIDE OF THE COMBINATION. Funerals furnished on the shortest notlot always or hand of the beet quality. The beet merit of Caskets, Coffins and Shrouds, &o., d eatisfaction guz anteed. A large assort - Embalming Fluid abed free of oharge and noes the lowest. Fine Hearse. S. T. HOLMES, Funeral Director. Reel - mace — GODERICH STREET, directly op- te the Methodist churoh in the house, rmerly occupied by Dr. Scott. a 4 The Old Established. BROADFOOT'S Planing Mill and Sash and Door Factory, SOITII This old and well-known establiehment is still running at full blast, and now hair better facilities than over before to turn out a good article for D moderate price. Sash and doors of all patterns al- ways on hand or made to order. Lumber dremed on ehort notice and in any way desired. 'All kinds of lumber for sale on reasonable terms. Sbingles 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 .7: K. BROADrOOT, Seaforth. ApRth itenermsorranst PROS The Rec still L Features Life Assurance Increase ot New Life Appli 1.892 increase Cash Income oember, IS Increase Assetts at 31st , increase ItcServe for See Teereasece surplue over Capital Surplue over a Stock Death Claims f Decrease f -T.B.MACAUL Secre A. S. 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