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TOHN GRIEVE, V. S., honor graduate of Ontario
Veterinary College. All diseases of Domestic
Anhnals treated, Calla promptly attended to and
charges moderate. Vete rine*, Dentistry a specialty
Offiee and residence on Goclerieh street, one door
awn of Dr. Scott's office, Seaforth. 1112t1
G. H. G111131,,
Veterinary Surgeon and Dentist, Toronto College of
Veterinary dentists, Honor Graduate of Ontario Vet-
erinary College, Honor member of Ontario Veterin-
ary Medical Society. All diseases of domestic anima's
skilfully treated. All calls promptly attended to
day or night. Dentistry Id -Surgery a specialty.
Office and Dispnsary—pf. Caappbell's old office,
Xaa street Seaforth. 1406-52
LEGAL
JlaHAYS, Barrister, Solicitor, Conveyancer and
A, Notary Public. Solicitor for the Dominion
Bank. Office—Cardno's block, Main Street, &Moral.
Money to loan. 1235
It I-ATV:JEW MORB.ISON, Walton, Insurance
in Agent, Commissioner for taking affidavits
Conveyances, &ca. Money to loan at the lowest rates.
Moitaisos, Walton.
T M. REST, Barrister, Solicitor, Notary, &o
ti Office—Rooms, five doors north ofeconmercial
7g1totel, ground floor, next door to G. L. Papst's
jewelry store, Main street,. Seaforth. Godench
sgenta—Cameron, Holt and Cameron. 1216
,r4 ARROW & PROUDFOOT, Barristers, Solicitors,
iur &o., Goderich, Ontario. J. T. GAD.A0E, Q. C.;
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. McCaughey & Hohnested, Barrister, So
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Canadian Bank of Commerce. Money to lend Farms
for sale. Office in Scotts Block, Male Street
Seatorth.
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BARRISTER.
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Wilke Affidavits in the High Court
of justice, Conveyancer,
Money o Lend
Can be consulted after office hours at the Commer-
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HENSALL, ONTARIO
DENTISTRY.
PR_ G. F. BELDEN, L. D. S., Dentist. All kinds
of work done known to Modern Dentistry.
Loki, Aluminum and Porcelain Crowns a specialty.
Door bell answered at all hour& Office and real
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donee o'er Mr. Pickard's store, ia rooms lately occu-
pied by Mechauics' Institute.
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W. TWEDDLE, Deotist, Office over Richardson
J. & McInnes' Shoe Store, corner Main and John
Streets, Seaforth, Ontario. Nitrous Oxide Gas ad.
ministered for the painless extraction of teeth. 116f
DR.
S. ANDERSON, graduate of Royal College
of Dental Surgeons, Ontario, D. D. 8 of To-
ronto University. Lace, Market Block, Mitchell,
Oatario, 1402-
AGNEW, Dentist, Clinton, will
„ visit Hensall at Hodgene" Hotel.
every Monday, and. at Zurich the
second Thursday in eacn month 1288
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rr KINSMAN. Dentist, L. D
I 1. Exeter, Ont. Will be al Zurich
at the Huron Hotel, ONLY on the
LAST THURSDAY in each month, and
at Murdock's Hotel, Hensalt, on the FIRST FRIDAY
In each month. Teeth extraoted with the least
pain poseible. All work Ilret-class at liberal rates.
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MEDICAL
S. S. MURRAY,
1Weraber Britieh Medical Aseoeiation, late eoroner
County of Middlesex. Office—opposite Town Hall
n the Cady Week. Residence -67 'Victoria. Street
Telephone No. 80. - 1400,52
DR. CAMPBELL, Honor Graduate of Medical Fe-
culty of Toronto University, Physiotana Sur-
geon. etc. Office—Zeller's Block; night calls—
Greb's Hotel, Zurich, On. 1387
"1"‘R. ARMSTRONG, M. R, Toronto, M. D. C. M.,
j Victoria, M. G. P. 8., Ontanosuccessor to Dr.
Elliott„ office lately occupied by Dr. Eliott, Bruce -
Bold, Ontario. 1379x62
R. MoTAVISH, Physician, Surgeon, &o. Office
corner southweet of Dixon's Hotel, Brueefield.
Night calls at the office. 1323
DRS. SCOTT & MACKAY,
OFFICE, Goderich Street, opposite Methodist
Church, Seaforth. RESIDENCE, next Apiculture'
Grounds.
J. -G. SCOTf, M D. C. M., (Inn Arbor and Via-
toria,) M. C. . S. O.
C. MAtaKAY, M. D. C. M., (Trinity,) F. T.' M. C.
M. C. P. 8. 0.
T)) E. COOPER, M. D., M. B., L. F. P. and
Glasgow &c., Physician, Surgeon and Ara
comkttz, Coosa:nee, Ont. r 1121
A LEX. BETHUNE, M. D., Fellow of the Royal
College of Phyincians and Surgeons, Kingston.
Successor to Dr. Maco-id. Offio- lately oocupied
by Dr. Mackid, Malt Street Seaforth. Residence
—Corner of Victoria Square, in house lately occupied
by L. E. Daneey„ 1127
DR. F. J. BURROWS,
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Late resident Physieian and Surgeon, Toronto Gen
eral Hospital. Honor graduate Trinity Univereity,
member of the Cotteae of Physicians and Surgeons
of Or.taric ite0F1.:10E—Same as formerly occupied
by Dr. Smith, opposite Public School, Seat:4th.
I have much pleasure in introducing; Dr. Burrows
to all my former patients as a physician, in every
way worthy of their utmost confidenve.
R. W. BRUCE SMITH.
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Telephone—No. 46.
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AUCTIONEERS.
GEORGE
TAYLOR, Licensed Auctioneer for the
Conhty of Iiuron. Sales promptly attended
to in all parte of the County. Satisfaction guaran-
teed. Charaes moderate. GEO. TAYLOR, Rippen
P. 0. 13574. f
WM. IVECLOY,
Auctioneer for the Counties of Huron and Perth,
and Agent at Bethnal for the Massey -Harris Manu-
facturing Company. Sales promptly attended to,
eharg ):1 moderate and satisfaction guaranteed.
Orders by 1=11 addressed to Heneall Post Office, or
left at his residence, Lot 2, Conceeeion 11, Tuck-
oremith, will receive prompt attention. 1296-tf
THE HANDSOME HUMS.
BY WILLIAM BLACK.
CHAPTER XVIL
. THE PUGILISM'S DALTGIITER.
Directly after breakfast he went along in-,:
to the town ; if thie story about Mr. Sum-
mers were well known he would soon ,get at
the bottom of it. And he bad not gone far
when he perceived Pick Erridge, who was
standing with several companions in front
of the Red Lion. Dick eyed the new -comer
somewhat askance and coldly. It is true he
had determined to act the part of a noble
and generous rival ; be would show more
distinctly than ever that he was no "boun-
der" : nevertheless, the old Adam, lying
deep, occasionally begrudges these high re-
solves. But Sidney went right up to him.
Can you spare me a couple of minutes ?))
be said ; and therewith Dick left his knot
of acquantances ; and the two young men
walked a few yards away, so that they
could converse without risk .of being over-
heard.
"Didn't you tell Me," Sidney began, to
his direct fashion, " that Mr. Summers had
been a trainer, a well-known trainer of rape-.
horses ?"
Di& looked rather uneasy.
" Oh, well,". he . said, evasively; " he
made his little pile en the turf, don't -you
know—and it's all in the same -Swim—
everybody in America is called a - .nel—"
What I want to know is t ' 'dney
broke in, impatiently "Is it true ors it
ont true that Mr. Simmers was ever in the
'prize-ring—was heever a profes onal
pugilist ?—"
The puffy short yOung man seemed a lit-
tle frightened.
•
" Well, yes, he was—" he stammer .
" Then why the mischief didn't you hon-
estly say so Sidney exclaimed, in a blaze
of anger.
Bat at this Dick 'Erridge- pluked up his
spirits somewhat. •
" Oh, it's all very easy," said he---" it's
all very easy to talk. But when you're
asked to say, what a man has been, you
can't begin and recite his biography right
off the reel. Perhaps I forgot to tell you
•who were his godfathers and godmothers?
It's quite true that Jim Summers—that Me.
Summers—was at one time in the ring ; but
it's a great many years ago; and wheu he
had got funds enough, he started as a book-
maker ; and it's as :a book -maker thathe
lived and flourishetL—flourished'pretty well,
I take it.—until he. retired from active
business altogether, and came to set up
house here at Crowhurst. Perhaps I should
have told you ; but some people have such
prejudices ; and then it was only a casual.
question, as I thought ----I did net know that.
you were personally concerned—I did not
anticipate the little .communication that was
made to me yesterday, or I might have been
more careful—"
'Sidney guessed what the poor chap meant,
and his anger softened.
"Then Mr, Summers was not a trainer,
ut a book-maker—is that so ? Let's have
the truth !" he exclaimed.
" I may have said trainer instead of
book -maker," Dick confessed. "But, bless
you they're all in a system—bookie, train-
ers, jockeya_ and gee -gees, to say nothing
of the double owners—they're all in a sys-
tem ; and sometimes you give a man the
benefit of a courtesy title, in ;passing the
time of day, don't you knew. A book-
maker ?—I should think so ! Did you never
hear of honest Jim Summers ' ? .Ah, but
yoo'ra astt ia that linee of caoree—cdoisters
F.:: looked up, and perceived that his
companion, plunged in a profound reverie,
was hardly listeningto him.
" There's nothing E wrong, is there ?" he
asked, anxiously. "There's no harm done?
There's not going to be any alteration as--"
Sidney was silent for a moment or two ;
these were strange contingencies he had now
to face. Then he said, slowly and in a half -
absent sort of way.
" No, I don't think there is anything
wrong—no, I'don't think so." .
For when once be had yielded to the
glamour of Nan's eyes—close by this very
spot where he uow stood —under the shadow
of St. Mary's Church—then all that had
happened subsequently could not very well
have happened otherwise, no matter what
information had been vouchsafed him.
When once he had discovered that the world
held for him but the'one woman, and had
further discovered, to bis inexpressible as-
tonishment and joy, that her heart was well
inclined towards him, then social grades
and distinctions became small things. One
look from under her lashes—one touch' of
her hand—was of more consequence to him
than any pride Of birthor station. This
was not romance, he said to himself. This
was common-sense. He had but the one
life to live ; and here was the 'crown and
glory of it, that he had been so happy and
so fortunate as to secure. •
He was standing in this pensive mood,
scarcely listening to his eompanion, when he
chanced. to raise his eyes, for -there was a
vehicle passing near. It was Lady Helen's
mail -phaeton, herself driving. Instinctive-
ly he raised his hat, but just as hodid so he
became conscious that the recognition she
had accorded him was of; a singularly cold
description. No welcoming - smile—no
friendly glance : only the stiffest and Sheet -
est and briefest of bows '•: and then her face
was set straight before her again, as if she
would ostentatiously proclaim -that only the
most casual acquaintanceship existed be-
tween her and the young Man. What could
it-, all mean ? He had given her no cause of
offence that he knew of, Thee he suddenly"
recalled the fact of his having passed Mrs.
Spink on the previous day, when Nan was
driving him - in her phaeton along the Fair
Mile. Had that enigmatical person 'carried
her report of the epcoonter to Monks -
Hatton Hall, perhaps With some darkly
added innuendo? Well,. he could not help
it ; he had other things—surely of sufficient
urgency—to think of. And so he turned- to
Dick Erridge, whom it wile his duty now to
release.'
" You are going on the river, 1 suppose?"
he suggested.
" No, thanks," said Dick, in rather a
down -spirited way. " Iv bad enough of
Henley this journey. I slia,'n't forget Hen-
ley in a hurry. I'm going to avalrt out to
Crowhurst to do my 1'. P. C. ; and then I'm
off home. I know when I've had enough. -
Sidney felt sorry for this poor lad, the
start, of whose disappoiatment had becu
hinditil to hint on the previous • evening by
Mr. Summere.
" 1 will walk out -with you, if you like,"
he said.
Oh; very well," Dick responded ; and.
aa they set forth together he continued his
ineenuous talk, though not in such a gay
mood as usual. " Thera's no quarrel. tbe-
tween you and me—none e let that be un-
derstood. What I saytis, it is for the lady
to make her choice ; and when the lady has
made her choice, then it igfor her friends—
her friends who are her friends—to rally.
That's what I say. There's no spite and
dog-in-theenanger business about Inc ; rm,
not such a hounder as all that. I confess[
it's a little rough. Here's my grandfather!
Ots it into hie old noddle that my conver-
sation is a eure for lumbago --my conversa-
tion ! cure for lumbago ! Is anybody's
conversation a cure for lumbago ? And then
of a sudden you get this tIling sprung on
you ; ,and its just as if you'd come a ceown-
er over a five -barred gate, and you felt as if
your head was digging up 1 turnips twenty
feet deep. But I don't bear malice. You
lugged me out of the Thaines. And. Jim
Summer's daughter is Jun Summer's daugh-
ter ; and when she wants afriend, I'm here
—Pto on the spot. I am."
THE HURON
: "1 think she understands. that anyway,"
said Sidney.
Then the other proceeded, with some air
of apology :
I don't say but that 1 should have told
you that Mr. Summers -had been a fam-
ous boxer once upon a time, and that he had
made his money as a book -maker; bit I
could' not guess you were likely to stand in
this relationship te him ; and . people have
.prejudices. But n ind you," said Dick;
pluckily, " don't in a,gine there's anything
that Jim Summers N °nit' hide, or that his.
daughter would hide. Don't imagine there's
anything for him to be .ashamed of. There's
some of us would say it Was all the other
,way about. As for ine in my humble way,;
I tell you I would rather go tota, raceoneet-i
ing in the company Of Mr. Summers than
with any man in England, bar none. And
I am proud that he takes any notice of inc ;
and. allows me to call on him as a friend ;
and if I had begun t think of other things,
'suppose that _was all iy bally cheek, and that
I have been jolly wel served out. But as I
say, I'm not going to whimper. I know
what !e what. When you get one between
the eyes, you'd bette sit down quietly and.
wait for the sponge. And this ie my last
word : if tfirn Sumn er's daughter wants a
friend and asks me she'll have to ask me,
mind, for I'm not going to thrust myself on
her—if sheewante th f den41, and appeals to
me, she won't find n e running away very
fast,"
^" I think she m derStands that," said
Sidney ; he was beeijming more and more
'convinced that the Ye, was a good deal of
genuine human uatiire about this i vormg
man, despite his sens^tiVeness about his cos-
tume.
They found Nati hi sy in her rose garden,
her faithful and subllnissive attendant, with
her .; and they received a most kindly wel-
come. Dick had to . e the spokesman for
the two visitors ; for Sidney Hmne was un-
usually silent ; as it turned out,
was inclined to be lugubrious.
" England's po place' for me,"s he was
saying,- despondently.' '" I'm no use to any-
body. I may as welligo away and see what
is to be seen. I'm fer a skip across the
herring -pond, that's My idea—over. to San
Francisco, perhaps ; rirnd if I'm there before
the 20th of August, I may have a look at
Tim Mulligan after the Tasmanian Devil has
been playing about With him for half an
hour—not so much blather and bluster
then. Or I might_ get away down .to the
other side of the w'd —to Australia ; they
must be a clever lot ojj .Johnines to cling on
to the ground with..-eI eir feet, with their
head. hanging in the iv. 'What is there in
London, now the Alb tross Club has gone
bust !--nothing left b it the halls, and it's
the same sickening told game—the familiar
old wheezes—night after night. No, Eng-
land's played out ; or perhaps I am played.
out ; anyhow I'm off.'j
" Nonsense, man !" said , Mr. Summers,
good-naturedly. " What's the used talk
ing like Oita ! Come along in -doors and
show you how I've altered the height of the
pulleys." Whereupon' Dick, with all the
chirpiness for the moment gone ott of him,
was haled away ; and "idney and Nan were
left alone together. -
Bat it was no ordin ry lovers' confabula-
tion that followed not-, though the time
and place were propiti us.. She went quick-
ly forward to him-esh put her .hand on his
arm—she looked tinx ouely .up into his
face.
" Sidney," she said
about something ; wha
" Ir,. is nothing ti
Nan," he made answe
"'But what affects
I want to know," sl
is it?'
" you• are troubled
t is it ?”
at need affect you.,
You affects me ; and
s insisted. " What
1 well,'' - he said, with grim irony—
for be would. make light of this matter—" it
is a very coilinion oecOrence. When a man
chooses a wife, his j relatives invariably
think he should have donsulted them •first ;
and they are quite hurt, quite painecl. and
hurt, because he has not .done so, because of
his want of consider tioo ; and of course
they object, and disas prove, and may evert
become indignant-----
" I know ite--1 aue:sed it at once,"- she
said, with swift halt tion. " It is your.
mother. I told yot she would be my
en enty—"
" She is not your e 'env—how could she
be your enemy 'f” heiemonstrated. " She
has seen you ; she Ir s talked with you :
how eould she have 01 y objeetion to you of
any kind whatsoever '''
" The objection is to my father, then ?"
the girl said, breathlessly. ," Then she is
more than my enemy !"
" Nan, Nan !" said he, with grave foi -
bearance, " if there is to be trouble, that
is not the war to face it. Yon cannot ex-
pect people who have never seen you- to ue-
derstand what yon a.re, and what ,your eh-
cumstances are, and have been. And I have
• a lot of relatives ; an I daresaythey have
intolerant Prejudices like most other peo-
ple ; and I shouldn't yonder if they began
calling me names. B it I ask you, Nan ;
did you ever hear of the calling of names
Iturtine any one.?"
" It is more seriou than that, Sidney,"
she said, scrutinizing lis face with an almost
piteous earnestness. " I read it in your
look the nroment you, came along. And it
is something quite edisent—something that
has happened since testerday. Trouble ?"
she went on, rather sedly. "If there is to
be trouble, it is not for myself I. fear ; it is
for you. And my father warned dee. He
said your people were not our people—" .
" Quite so," be interjected. Perhaps
so. But that need not prevent My becom-
ing one of your people."
"He spoke to me once or twice,"- she
continued, unheeding, "about breaking 'off
the acquaintanceship. And I had resolved
to do that—"
"And a very pretty way you took," he
interposed. ".A very pretty way of break-
ing off an acquaintanceship, Do you remem-
ber how you did it, Nan? Do you remem-
ber the where and when ? There was a gate
somewhere near, wasn't there—up on the
'high ridge—between the . tall .hedges. Can
you tell me what color of dress .you wcire ?
because if you can't, I can tell you. And
was it your straw hat or another, and what
were the flowers ? And when your hands
were held tight, had Your upturned eyes
anything to say, or hasIn't they ? And- the
wind had been rather rude with your heir ;
the tangles had to be smoothededown a lit-
tle—swasn't that so ? :Oh yes, a pretty way
of breaking off an acquaintanceship, an ad-
mirable way, an excellent w -ay suppose we
try it now—if old John the gardener has dis-
creetly disappeared ?"
For that look of foreboding and concern
had quite -gone from his facto What did he
rare for all those Hars and Hmiase, for
Thomas the Rhymer and Tevtot-side and its,
tower, when .:sTan's s eedwelleeyes were re-
garding him, now tit ubting eiul timorous,
again half inclined ta gather courage, and
when thee stray waifs of golden -brown hair
had such need. of smoothing apd petting ?
No doubt they ha 1 their fine lands and
houses—those relatives of his—•Ellerdale
and the rest, ; here Nan was in her own
kingdom -e -of roses a id yellow pansies, ,of
sweet-svilliams and h meysuckle, of monk's-
hoo(1 and musk .and columbine ; and the
white day was sh air g around them, and
the air was soft and fragrant with changing
sceuts ; and the sweet. desire of vou•th was
dra.wing, those two together Nvith 0 force at
once unsuspected, inserutable, and imperi-
ous. " Cypris the terrible " was no longer
terrible ; now she - was a gracious queen,
sITllihng benigoly—on two lovers lost in their
land ot enchantment.
All the rest ofethat day Sidney wandered an
away through the country lanes by himself, mo
searching out certain problems ; and when can
he returned to Lilac odge there was barely him
time for him to dress for dinner. As he and
his mother sat down at table Mrs. Hume om
EXPOSITOR.
said, blithely enough :
"1 wonder what has become of Helen ;
I quite -understood she expected .os to go
along to the Hall this evening, to see the
illuminations ; but there has not been a sin-
gle word er a line of a message."
He changed the subject without apoloky.
"
Mater," he said in his .grave: and sim-
ple way, "1 have been • Making inquiries
about what you told me Wit night. You
were right—and I was wrong. It is not
true. that Mr. Summer's was a trainer ; I
was. • misinformed about- that. And it is
true that be Was 'connected With the prize -
ring, for a time, many years ago ; .but as
EOM as he could he left it, and became a
book -maker ;'and now belies retired from
the'bett,ing-ring as well, and is—what you
see him... These, as far as I can make out,
aresi)theecofancetesa.l'e'
d 'her triumph.
" Of course 1 have nothing to say against
the man," she said. " Of course not—a
very worthy man, no doubt; in his own
sphere. Arid I am sorry for any disappoint!
ment that the daughter may suffer--"
" But the daughter won't suffer any dis-
appointment, as far as I can help it," he ob-
setseileed,8 teatiAl
yet him with startled eyes.
" Sidney !" she exclaimed. " You don't
mean to say you cite be so mad as to dream
of keeping on those relations—now you
know the truth ?"
". I mean to say that the relations be-
tween myself and Ahn. Summers are pre-
cisely what they were," he made answer ;
" and I see no reason why they should
change"
But
the prize -ring !" she Ci ied.
betting -ting !" -
" What has she got to do with either ?I)
he asked. " She never was in the prize -
ring. 'She never was in the betting-ring—r,
"
But the low associations—the horrible
a,ssocietions—"
" What associations has she come in con-
tactwith ?" he demanded with something
more of warmth. " She has been brought
up all her life in a vicar's family down in
Somereetshi re."
So it conies to this, then," his mother
3
aid, with bitter emphasis, " that • the
youngest of ' the 'Haines of Ellerdale pro-
poses to maery the daughter of ite prize-
fighter, an ex-chairipien, a common pugil-
ist ; that is theprospect, is it ?"
In her overmastering indignetion she
could say no more. She rose from the
table, crossed the floor, opened the door for
herself, and swept from the room. He did
not see her again that evening.
CHAPTER XVIII,
AT AN OPEN WINDOW.
Mrs. Mune was desperate, but not- yet
despairing; she was a woman of quick re-
source, intrepid and confident, who had met
and overcome many difficulties in her. long
career of success; and she was not likely to
yield without .1), struggle now. And the
very first thing she did, early the next morn-
ing, was to send a cab to take her along to
Monks -Hatton Hall. Arrived there, she
was shown into the drawing -room, end she
went up, to one of the windows, to look
abroad oyer the river and its banks, where
the work of dismantling had already begun;
butshe turned quickly enough when she heard
the door open again; and here was her dear
Helene, advancing and smiling a welcome to
her: Lady Helen was attired in an extremely
pretty morning gown ; but she herself was
not looking very well; the London season
had left traces of lassitude and fatigue on
her refined and delicate features; besides
she had been taken unawares.
The two ladies kissed each Other effusive-
ly.
"1 won't apologize for calling at such an
hour—"
"1 should think not," said Lady Helen.
" —for the fact is I'm in trouble, Helen
'dear," Mrs. Hume went on, "and. the one
foemforting thing, when you're in trouble, is
to know the friend whom you can turn to for
consolation and help. And that's why I
have come to you, clearest Helen. . You are
the only one who can save me—who ean save
all of as ; you are the only one who can
make us all happy and content again ; tied
you can do it so easily. I was saying to
myself all the way along, How lucky to
haee dear Helen for an ally; everything
will be put right now.'"
Lady Helen's surprise was clearly tem-
pered by incredulity.
"My dear Mrs. Hume," said she, smiling,
"it is impossible to associate any very se-
rious trouble with you—you who are so
self-reliant, and so clever, and so ca,pable of
judging of affairs. How can you be in
trouble ?—and how is it possible that I
could be •of help to you of all people ?"
" But you can, dear," Mrs. Hume pro-
ceeded, "and you only. I have come to
you about Sidney--
There was an almost imperceptible quiver
of Lady Helen's eyelids ; .and from this in-
stant the expression of her face was changed;
she -was no longer a smiling. and affectionate
confidante—she had become a watchful lis-
tener, reserved and cold, and cautious.
" You know, Helen, what hat been the
dearest wish of my heart for many 0 clay
beak," Mrs. Hume continued—with a sort
of' pathetic appeal to that impassive face.
"And everything was going on so well, as
imagined—and *everything will go well
yet—oh yes, indeed—I am hopeful enough
—only there must be a little forethought
and discretion. ,Young men are such strange
creatures; such trifling things strike their
fancy for the moment—the turn of a lipt a
profile,„ anything. You know. the bronze
head in the Castellani collection ; well, I've
heard that long lad of mine just rave about
the expression of the mouth ; and of course
if he mune acress that in a.human being it
would interestthim for the moment—for the
moment—" •
• "Really, Mrs. Hume," said Lady Helen,
with an alarming stiffness of manner, "1
don't .see how I am concerned—"
"But I only wished to show you, dear,"
continued Mrs. Hume, in no wise put out,
" how these fancies may attract .for the
moment, and draw a yottng man away
.from the serious . interests_ of life—
but only for a 'moment. And that
is how it stands with Sidney. That
is my trouble; •and 1 ask you for help.
He has fallen in with two people—father
and daughter—who are not at all in his own
sphere—but Sidney was always very inde-
pendent in that way ; however, there is- no
doubt he has found some passim:tiattraction
in the girl—some attraction of the mo-
ment—and unless he is interfered with,
goodness knows what may happen. Some
absolute absrdity, no . doubt. I euppose he
a-ould tell us that as regards marriage his
incomparable Greeks recognized no differ:.
encelof birth or 'station, So long as the two
high 'contracting parties were ( :reek citizens.
But we have got to prevent his marching on
to any such fatuity ; and it rests with you,
"eIltiliteed it does not," said Lady Helen,
decisively. " Indeed it does not. I can
have nothing to do with the matter."
" But I appeal to you as a friend—as a
daughter—for it is as a daughter I have
been regarding you for many a clay back—I
appeal to you,-- the anxious mother said,
nt& to balk all the hopes we have been
forming for both you and him. We have
all of us been looking on it as quite settled
—ansi so it might be if you will only do as I
ask von—"
" Mrs. Hume, I cannot comprehend your
Lady Helen protested.
"'Shall I be more explicit ?"
IfyouwpeliLplease eher'
"Very
Sidney has got into
entanglement with this girl. and for the
ment will not listen to reason. But yeu
bring him back to reason, and restore
to us, if you like. And quite easily !"
'Ansi how ?" asked Lade- Helen, with
inous coldness, --but she was listening
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and watching intently.
"Surely," said Mrs, Hume, "surely after
all the attention he paid you in London,
after the constant association that was ob-
served by every one—for of course I know
nothing of any private understanding—
surely yon have the right to go to him and
say that you consider him bound in honor
to you. Then how can he refuse ? And he
is so hound ; I 'have told him so ! His
honor is pledged; how can he draw back?
Surely that is a simple solution of the diffi-
culty !—and we shall all be so grateful to
you, and 1 shall have my dear Helen as my
daughter, for that has been the dream of
my life ever. since I saw you and him to-
gether."
The strangest smile appeared in Lady
Helen's faca—a, smile of tranquil amuse-
ment.
"Von haVe. indeed brought. a budget of
surprises with you this morning, my dear
Mr. Hume," she said. But this is the
most. astonishing of all. You arrange a
very pretty little scheme with regard to
your son and myself without in the least
taking into account what my inclinations
might be. Did it never occur to you that I
might have . quite other views ? Did it
never occur to you that you might be con-
sideringan absolute impossibility—some-
thing that never for a moment could have
entered Sidney's • head or my own•—not
mine, -at all events !"
Her audacity was almost bewildering.
"Helen, how can you say so !" Mrs.
Hume exclaimed. " Never entered your
head -even as a possibility !—when you and I
have talked over this project again and
again—when you knew how I was looking
forward to its being realized—"
" Pardon me, 111 y dear Airs. Hume,- said
Lady Helen, sweetly, "but you forget.
You have mentioned such a thing to me
mice . or twice, I know. But you do not
seem to remember what I have invariablv
answered you on such occasions. Haven't I
.always assured you that you were looking
forward to a chimera.? Haven't I always
told you that the only thing he could toler-
at-e about me was my name, because of
Helen of Troy ? And then there's another
point," she continued, with some spirit.
" It, isn't merely what Siclney may say or
do. There must be some disposition on
both sides. And I must tell you frankly,
dear Mrs. Hume, that his wandering fancies
are welcome to wander, so far as I am con-
cerned—quite welcome, indeed. How you
could have imagined anything else I cannot
conceive fee a moment. How you could
have imagined that -it mattered to me one
pin's point what girl he had fallen in with—
and how you could have thought that I
should be willing to call him back—even if
he were willing to come—it is all beyond
my comprehension ! Sidney and I were al-
ways very good friends, in a kind of a way ;
but as for anything else—"
"Helen," said Mrs. Hume, angrily,
" what brooch is that you are wearing ?"
Well, it was the little Roman charm that
Sidney had given her; and -she had had it
very cunningly fixed. up with delicate chain -
work of platinum and gold. On beingthus
challenged, she flushed in confusion, hastily
unpinned the brooch, and threw it aside.
"One picks up anything when one is in a
hurry in the morning," she said impatient-
ly. 'It was an accident."
"Helen, dear," said Mrs. Hume, in a
more pacific fashion, "1 am an older woman
than you; and I have Seen more of human
nature. Perhaps, as regards Sidney a.nd
yourself, if the way were clearer, you would
not be quite so callous and indifferent?
Only, as I understand you, you won't help
me to have the way made clearer ?—"
(To be Continued.)
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—At Valleyfield, Quehee, on Friday
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Bertie Shortis, entered the office of the
Montreal Cotton Company, when Mr. John
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Loy and Wilson, were making up the pay.
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Other Manufacturers are putting on the -
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woo p,SPI10pII�DINE.
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For sale by Lumsden & Wilson, druggists, Sea -
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1400
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A General Banking business transacted,
Farmers' notes discounted.
Drafts bought and sold.
Interest allowed on deposits at the rate
of 5 per cent. per annuma
SALE NOTES discounted, or taken for
collection
OFFICE—First door north of Reid &
?irilnon's Hardware Store.
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was not able to dispose of all his stock at bis auction
sale, so has still lett a number of thoroughgred Tam-
worth and Berkshire pigs, including eom fine sowe
with pigs and two good aged, one Berkshire and one
Tan) wor. h. .Now is the time to get a barg-aih. An -
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MARCH 15 8v44,
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Harness at Rock
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PRICES away down.
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The McKillop Mutual Fire
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FARM AND ISOLATED TOWN.
PROPERTY ONLY INSURED.,
OPFICER8.
D. Roes, President, Clinton P. 0.; W. J.
Shannon, Seoy-Treas. Seaforth P. 0.; Michael
Hurdle, Inspector of Ileaeff, Seaforth 2. 0.
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bury, Gabriel Elliott. Clinton ; Geo. Watt, Ilarlock ;-.
Joseph EVED-8, Beechwood ; M. sturdie, Seafortb ;7.
Thos. Garbutt, Clinton.
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James Cumming, Egmendville. John O'Sullivan and-
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