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THE HURON EXPOSITOR,
THE LADY OF THE AROOSTOOK.
BY W. D. HOWELLS.
(Continued from last week.)
XII.
"Oh ! Then in this case of sweet and
generous friendship the party of the sec-
ond part may have construed the send-
" ment quite differently ! Well, what do
you want me to do ? Do you want me to
take the contract off your hands ?"
" You putit grossly," said Dunham.
"And you put it offensively !" cried
the other. " My regard for the young
lady is ae reverent as yours. You have
no right to misoolor my words."
" Staniford, you are too bad," said
Dunham, hurt even mere than angered.
"If I''ve come to you in the wrong mo-
ment—if you are vexed at anything, I,11
go away, and beg your pardon for boring
you."
Staniford was touched ; he looked cor-
dially into his friend's face. " I was
vexed at something, but you never can
come to me at the wrong moment, old
fellow. I beg your pardon. I see your
difficulty ' plain enough, and I think
you're quite right in proposing tohold
up, for that's what you mean, I take
it ?"
" Yes," said Dunham, it is. And I
don't know how she will like it. She
will be puzzled and surprised by it. I'
hadn't thought seriously about the mat-
ter till this morning, when she didn't
come to breakfast. You know -I've been
in the habit of asking her to walk with
me every night after tea; but Saturday
evening you were with her, and Iast
night I felt sore about the affairs of the
day, and rather dull, and I didn't ask
her. I think she noticed it. I think
she was hurt."
"You think so ?" said Staniford, pe-
culiarly.
" I might not have thought so," con -
tinned Dunham, "merely because she
did not dome to breakfast ; but her
blushing when she looked across at din-
ner really :made me uneasy."
" Very possibly you're right." Stani-
ford mused a while before he spoke
again. Well, what do you wish me to
do ?"
"I most hold up, as you say, and of
course she will feel - the difference. I
wish—I wish at least you wouldn't avoid
her, Staniford. That's all. Any little
attention from you—I know it bores
you—would not only break the loneli-
ness, but it would explain that—that
my — attentions didn't — ah — hadn't
meant anything."
Oh !"
" Yea ; that it's common to offer
them. And she's a girl of so much force
of character that when she sees the af-
fair in its true light—I suppose I'm to
blame ! Yea, I ought to have told her
at the beginning that I was engaged.
But you can't force a fact of that sort
upon a new acquaintance ; it looks silly."
Dunham hung his head ie self reproach.
" Well ?" asked Staniford.
" Well, that's all ! No, it isn't all,
either. There's something else troubles
me. Our poor little friend is a black-
guard, I suppose ?"
Hicks ?"
" Yes."
"You have invited him to be a leader
of your orchestra, haven't you ?"
" Oh,. don't, Staniford !" cried Dun-
ham in his helplessness. "I should hate
to see her dependent in any degree upon
that little cad for society." Cad was
the last English word which Dunham
had got himself used to. " That was
why I hoped that you wouldn't alto-
gether neglect her. She's here, and -
she's. no choice but to remain. We can't
leave her to herself without the danger
of leaving her to Hicks. You see ?"
" Well," said . Staniford, gloomily,
" I'm not sure that you couldn't leave
her to a worse cad than Hicks." Dun-
ham looked up in question. " To me,
for example."
" Oh, hallo !" cried Dunham.
"I don't see how I'm to be of any
use," continued the other. "I'm not a
squire of dames ; I should merely make
a mess of it."
" You're mistaken," Staniford — I'm
cure you are—in supposing that she dia-
likes you," urged his friend.
" Oh, very likely."
"I know that she's 'simply afraid of
you."
" Don't flatter, Dunham. Why should
I care whether she fears or affects me
No, my dear fellow. This is irretriev-
ably your own affair. I should be glad
to help you out if I knew how. But I
don't. In the meantime your duty is
plain, whatever happens. ' You can't
overdo the sweet and the generous in
this wicked world without paying the
penalty.
Staniford smiled at the distress in
Which Dunham went his way. He un-
derstood very well that it was not vani-
ty, but the liveliness of a sensitive con-
science, that had made Dunham search
his conduct for the offence against the
young girl's peace of heart which he be-
lieved he had committed, and it was the
more amusing because he was 80 guilt-
less of harm. Staniford knew who was
to blame for the headache and the blush.
He knew that Dunham had never gone
se far ; that his chivalrous pleasure in
her society might continue for years free
from flirtation. But in spite of this
conviction a little poignant doubt made
itself felt, and suddenly became his
whole consciousness. " Confound him !"
he mused. '' I wonder if she really
could care anything for him !" He shut
his book, and rose to his feet with such
a burning in his heart that he Gould' not
have believed himself capable of the
greater rage he felt.at what he just then
saw. It was Lydia and Hicks
seated together in the place where
he had sat - with her. She
leaned with one arm upon the rail,
in an attute that brought all her slim
young grace into evidence. She• seemed
on very good terms with him, and he
was talking and making her laugh as
Staniford had never heard her laugh be-
fore—so freely, or heartily.
9
XIII.
The atoms that had been tending in
Staniford's being toward a certain form
suddenly arrested and shaped them-
selves anew at the vibration io parted bye
this laughter. He no longer felt him=
self Hicks' possible inferior, but vastly
better in every way, and out of the tur-
moil of his feelings in regard to Lydia
was evolved the distinct sense of having
been trifled with. Somehow, an ad-
vantage had been taken of his sym-
pathies and purposes, and his forbear.
axce had been treated with contempt.
The conviction was neither increased
nor diminished by the events of the
evening, when Lydia brought out some
music from her state room, and Hicks ,
appeared, flute in hand, from ' his,
they began ppractising one of the pi
together. It was a pretty enough ai
Theirs had been gradually growin
better -looking fellow; he had an u
viable pictureequenees, as he bowed
head over the music towards hers;
she, ' as she held the sheet With
hand for him to see, while sheoisel
ly accompanied herself on the tale
the fingers of . the other, and tentati
sang now this passage and now t
was divine. The picture seemed p
ing to neither Staniford nor Dunha
they went on deck together, .and
down to -their cigarettes in their won
place.- They did not talk of -Lydia
of any one of the things that had for
the basis of their conversation hithe
but Staniford returned to his color
scheme, and exclaimed at length
nature of his purpose and expected
He had discussed these matters bef
but he had never gone in them tit) fu
nor with such.oheerful earnestness.
said he should never marry,--be
made up his mind to that ; but le ho
to make money enough to. take .care
his sister's boy Jim handsomely,; as
little chap had been named for him.
had been talking the matter over, a
he believed that he should get back
rail and steamer as soon as he co
after they reached Trieste. He
not sorry he had come ; but he co
not afford to throw away too much ti
on Italy, just then.
Dunham, on his part, talked gr
deal of MissHibbard,andsome of tlae cu
ous psychological characteristics of h
dyspepsia. He asked Staniford wheth
he had ever shown him the photogra
of Miss Hibbard taken by Sarony wh
she was on to New York the last tim
it was a three-quarter view, and Du
ham thought it the best she had h
done. He spoke of her generous qua
ties, and of the interest she had alwa
had in the Diet Kitchen, to which, as
invalid, her attention had been partic
larly directed ; and he said ` that in h
last letter she had mentioned a proje
for establishing diet kitchens in Europ
on the Boston plan. When their to
grew more impersonal and took a wid
range, they gathered suggestions fro
the situation, and remarked upon .th
immense solitude of the sea. The
agreed that there was something 'weir
in the long continuance of fine weathe
and that the moon hada strange look
They spoke of the uncertainty of life
Dunham regretted, as he had often r
vetted before, that his friend had n
fixed religious belief ; and Stanifor
gently accepted his solicitude, and sai
that he had at least a conviction if no
a creed. He then begged Dunham'
pardon in set terns for trying to woun
his feelings the day before ; and in th
silent band clasp that followed they re
mewed all the cordiality of their friend
ship. From time to time, as they talk
ed, the music from below came up fit
fully, and once they had to pause a
Lydia sang through the song that sh
and Hicks were practising.
As the days passed their common in
terest in the art brought Rieke and th
young girl almost constantly together
and the sound of their concerting ofte
filled` the ship. The musicales, lesss for
mal than Dunham had intended, an
perhaps for that reason a source of rap
idly diminishing interest with him,
superseded both ring toss and shtille
board, and seemed even more. acceptable
to the ship's company as an entertain
ment. One evening, when the perform-
ers had been giving a piece of rather
more than usual excellence and dif Icul=
ty, one of the sailors, deputed by his
mates, came aft, with many clumsy
shows of deference, and asked them to
give "Marching through Georgia." Hicks
found this out of his repertory,
but Lydia sang it. Then I the
group at the forecastle shouted With
one voice for "Tramp,Tramp,Tramp,the
Boys are Marching," and so beguiled her
through the whole list of war songs. She
ended with one -unknown to her listen -
ere, but better than all the rest in its
pathetic words and music, and when she
had sung "The Flag's Came Back to Ten-
nessee,"the spokesman of the sailors came
aft again, to thank her for his mates, and
to say they would not spoil that east
song by asking for anything else.! It
was a charming little trumph for her,
as she sat surrounded by her usual
court, the captain was there to counten-
ance the freedom the sailors had taken,
and Dunham and Staniford stood near,
but Hicks, at her right hand, held ,the
place of honour.
The next night Staniford found her
alone in the waist of the ship, end
drew up a stool beside the rail where she
sat.
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night, Miss Blood. I think
Hicks playa charmingly, but I believe I
pre er to hear your voice alone."
" Thank you," said Lydia, look
down, demurely.
" It must be a .great satisfaction • to
that you can give so much pleasure."
the palm of one hand over the back of
ng
the Other.
" When you are a prima donna you
musn't forget your old friends of the
Aroostook. We shall all take vast pride
It was not a question, and Lydia
answered nothing. Staniford, who had
rather obliged himself to this advsnce,
with some dim purposes of showing that
nothing had occurred to alienate them
since the evening of their promenade,
without having proved to himself that
it was necessary to do this; felt that he
was growing angry. It irritated him to
have her sit unmoved after his wor.s as
if he had not spoken.
" Miss Blood, ' he said, " I envy you
your gift of snubbing people."
Lydia looked at him. " Snuhbing
people 1" she echoed.
" Yes ; your power of remaining si-
lent when you wish to put down some
one who has been wittingly or unwit-
tingly impertinent."
"I don't know what you mean," she
said, in a sort of breathless way.
" And you didn't intend to mark your
displeaeure at my planning your fu-
" And you were not Vexed with me
for anything? I have been afraid that
—that you "— Staniford &ailed that he
ewes himself getting short of breath. He
had begun with the intention of mys-
tifying her, but matters had suddenly
taken another course, and he was really
anxious to know whether any disagree-
able associations with that night linger-
ed in her mind. With thin longing
came a natural inability to find
the right word. " I was afraid "—
he repeated, and then he sto
again. Clearly, he *could not tell het
that he was ;afraid he had gone too f
but' this was what he meant. " Y
don't walk with me, any more, M
Blood," he conoluded, with an air
burlesque reproach.
" You haven't asked me—since,"
said.
He felt a singular value and si
finance in this word,' since. It show
that her thoughts had been running
allel with his own ; it permitted. if
did not signify, that he should run
the mood of 'that time, where their pa
ing had interrupted it. He enjoyed
fact to the utmost, but he was not s
that he wished to do what he was p
mitted. " Then I didn't tire you ?'
merely asked. He was not sure, n
he came to think of it, that he liked
willingness to recur to that time.
liked it, but not quite in the way
would have liked to like it.
" No," she said.
" The fact is," be went on aimless
"that I thought I had -rather abus
your kindness. Besides," he adde
veeringoff, " I was afraid I should
an interruptiion to the musical ex
oises."
"Oh, no," said Lydia. "Mr. Du
ham hasn't arranged anything ye
Staniford thought this uncandid.
was fighting shy of Hicks, who was t
person in his own mind ; and it reaw
kened a suspicion which was lurk
there. "Mr. Dunham seems to ha
lost his interest." -
This struck Staniford as an expressi
of pique ; it reawakened quite anoth
suspicion. It was evident that s
was hurt at the cessation
Dunham's attentions. He was grea
ly minded to say that Dunham w
a fool, but he ended by .saying with sa
casm, " I suppose he saw that he w
superseded."
" Mr. Hicks plays well," said Lydia
judicially, " but he doesn't really kno
so much of music, as Mr.Dunham."
" No?" responded Staniford, wit.
irony. " I will tell Dunham. N
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then she remained rather distraught,
pulling at the ruffling of her dress.
"Dunham is a very accomplished
man," said Staniford, finding the usual
satiefaction in pressing his breast
against the thorn. " He's a great fa-
vorite in society. He's up to no end of
things." Staniford uttered these praises
in a curiously bitter tone. "He's a
capital talker. Don't you think he
talks well?"
" I don't know I suppose haven't
eeen enough peoeple to be a good judge."
" Well, you've seen enough people to
knowt that he's very good-looking ?"
" Yes?"
" You don't mean to say you don't
think him good looking ?
don't know anything about his looks.
But he resembles a lady who used to
come from Boston, summers. I thought
he must be her brother."
" Oh, then you think he looks effem-
inate 1" cried Staniford, with inner joy.
" I assure you," he added with solem-
nity, " Dunham is one of the manliest
fellowe in the world !"
Staniford rose. He was smiling gay- I
ly as he looked over the broad stretch of
empty deok, and down into Lydia's
eyes. " Wouldn't you like to take a
" Ves„' she said promptly, rising and
arranging her wrap across her shoulders,
so as to leave her hands free. She laid
one band in his arm and gathered her
skirt with the other, and 'they swept
round together for the start and con-
fronted Hicks.
"Oh !" cried Lydia, with what seem-
ed dismay, "I promised Mr. Hicks to
practise a song with him. She did not
try to release her hand from Staniford's
arm, but was letting it linger there ir-
Staniford dropped his arm and let her
band fall. He bowed with ley stiffnesie,
and said, With a courtesy so fierce that
Mr. Hicks, on whom he glared as he
spoke, quailed before it, " I yield to
your prior engagement."
It was nothing to Staniford that she
should have promised Hicks to practice
a song with, him, and no process of rea-
soning could have made it otherwise,
The imaginery opponent with whom he
_scornfully argued the matter had not a
word for himself. Neither could the
young girl answer anything to the cut-
ting speeches which he. mentally made
her as he eat alone chewing the end of
his cigar ; and he was not moved by the
imploring looks which his fancy painted
in her face, when he made believe that
she had meekly returned to offer him
some sort of reparation. Why should
she excuse herself ? he asked. It was
he who ought to excuse himself for hav-
ing been in the way. The dialogue went
on at length, with every advantage to
the inventor.
He was finally aware of some one
standing near and looking down at him.
It was the second mate, who supported
himself in a conversational posture by
the hand which he stretched to the
shrouds above their heads. "Are you a
good sailor, •Mr.Staniford ?" he inquired.
He and Staniford were friends in their
• way, and. had talked together before
this.
Do you mean seasicknese? Why "
Staniford looked up, at the mate's face.
" Well, we're going to get it, I gotta,
before long. We shall soon be off the
Spanish coast. We've had a great run
so far."
" If it comes we must stand tt. But
I make it a rule never to be seasick
" Well, I ain't one ito borrow trouble)
either. It don't run in the family. Most
of, us like to chance things. I chanced
it for the whole war, and I came out all
right. Sometimes it don't work so
well."
" Ah ?" said Staniford, who knew
t hat this was •a leading remark, but
forbore, as he knew Mason wished, to
follow it up directly.
" One -of us chanced it once too often,
and of course it was a woman."
(To be continued.)
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1DUILDING LOTS FON SALE.—The under -
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accurately
LUMSDEN & WILSON'S,
SCOTT'S BLOCK, MAIN STREET, SEAFORTH.
URE FIT
1 THOUSANDS Of: BOMB
GIVEN AWAY YEARa.
es When I say Cure I do not meat
merely to stop them for a time, and thet
lave them return again. 1 MEAN ARADICALCURE. I have made the diseaen of Fits
Lpilepsy or Falling Sickness a life-long study. I warrant my. remedy to fiNsire tin
rorst cases. Because others have failed is no reason for not now receiving a. cure. Send a,
Ince for a treatise and a Free Bottle of my Infallible Remedy Give ExptPois ant
'ost Office. It costs you nothing for a trial, and it will cure you. Address G. ROOT
araincis (Meet IBS WEST ADELAIDE STREET, TORONTO•
This iSpace We Pay For
Because { W. e have something to say that is of
interest to practical people.
Becau9e .1 We want toireach th.e kn. o.wi.ng and pro7
gresisive people of this vicinity.
Because { People of this class are thopeople whose
trade we desire to win.
THE BEST PEOPLE
Are the thinking people. They know`what they want. They are not
tc be won by mere irresponsible cackle. Fair dealing wins them.
Once won they are staunch customers, not to be budged by bluster.
ALL THINKING PEOPLE
Are invited to make an examination of our goods in order t b
vinced of the fact that our low prices are consistent with a HIGH
GRADE OF QUALITY.
The Bargain Dry Goods, Clothing and Millinery House.
WM. PICKARD,
Corner Main and Market streets, Seaforth.
CHILDREN'S AND BOYS'
We do a tremendous trade in Children's and Boy's' Clothing and
we oarry an assortment hard to beat in this section of country. We
manufaoture all our Boys' Clothing in a very superior manner, giving
a fine cut and fini4t not seen in, ordinary readymades. We have a
line of Suits at $3J'0, coat, vest and pants, which stand to -day un-
equalled in the Co nty for price and we would surprise you if we men-
tioned the quantity wc sell. Good honest buyers should see our goods
and prices for a val e.
JACKS IN BROS., CLINTON.
THE FAMOUS CLOTHIERS.
SPRING
CLOTHING.
- Our success in selling our Winter Clothing and Overcoats, has in -
&iced us to buy a very large stock of Men's, Youths' and Children's
Suits for this '
We have bought the nicest, neatest and nobbiest stock of goeds
this spring that has ever been offered for sale in Seaforth. We have
fine goods, elegantly made, almost equal to custom. work, cut right in
style, and the prices are right. You must certainly come in and see
To the ladies we will say that we can outdo- any bargains ever
offered in Boys' and Children's Suits. -
In our Custom Department we are not excelled nobby styles,
lowest.
perfect fits, or first-class workmanship. Our prices are always the
We keep the latest styles in Hats, Caps and Gloves. Ties from
five cents to fifty cents. Braces from 20e up. Our large stook of
Straw flats just arrived.
CARDNO BROS., SEAFORTH
SEAFORTH
Musical Instrument
mmizoBalnsit
Scott Brother
SEAFORTH,
eel
pi/moss—Dunham, New York ;
W. Bell & Co., Guelph ; Dominion Piano
Company, Bowmanville.
BoouOwelinpRhanG;viAitorrinto.n—WW0.rg. anKBaerlii,c1 04citcpacoCenyli
The above instruments always on lutadealsa
a few good second-hand Pianos and Organs*
sale at from $25 upwards. Instruments sold ott
the instalment plan, or on terms to suit ewe
tomer!. 'Violins, Coneertinas and small inane
manta on hand ; also sheet 311118i0, books, &e.
SCOTT BROS.
;ore Eyes
:atarrh
ameness
.ernale
,omplamts
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rains
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USE
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3urns EXTRACT
Younds
AVOID ALL MITA.
TIONS. THEY 10A1
BE DANGEROUS.
FAC -SIMILE Of
BOTTL E WITH BUR
nsect
3ites
3tings
3ore Feet
NFLAMMATIONS
and
ALL
PAIN
TRACT. ACCEPT tit
SUBSTITUTE FORP
THIS IS 'THE ONL1
RIGHT KIND, DOW):
TAKE ANY OTHER.
New Music Store
IN SEAFORTH.
Have opened out next door to Jordan's Grocery
ORGAN AlVD PIANO DEPOT.
DEATH TO HIGH PRICES NOW. They have
the age-noy of the THOMAS ORGAN, with
Scribner's Resonant Pipe Combinatien. They
have slso Violins and other small instruments.
Sir Please Give them a Call.
1161
John S. Porter's
Undertaking and FUnti-
ture Emporium,
OUTSIDE OF THE COMBINATION.
Fuoerals furnished on the shortest nettee
alwityis on hand of the best quality. The hest
of Embalming Fluid ased free of charge and
prices the lowest. Fine Hearse.
S. T. HOLMES, Funeral Director. Resi-i
deuce GODERICH STREET, directly opel
posit(' the Methodist church in tie house I
formerly °coupled by Dr. Scott.
ON ROOT COMPOUND ----Com
of Cotton Root, Taney and
111.
erinyroyal—prepared by an old phy-
icier). Is successfully used. stout*
by thousands of women, and has been
Doctor's consul-
tation hours, It to 11 and 1 4. Diseases of
women treated only. Sealed part:ealass, two
etatnps. Ladies only. Addrese POND LILY
COMPANY, No. 3, Fishe Bloc 131 Woodward
Avenue, Detroit Michigan. 1163-13
GODERICH
Steam Boller Works,
(ESTABLISRED 1880.)
Chrystal & Black,
Manufacturers of all kinds of Station
erg, Marine, Upright & Tubular
BOILERS
Salt Pans, Smoke Stacks, Sheet Iror
Works, etc.
Also dealers in Upright and Ilorizontal Slide
Valve Engines. Automatie Cut -Off EngAnese
spetiaity. All sizes of pip. and pipe fittiog
eonstaatly on hand. Estimates furaielhed at
short noties.
Works opposite G. T. K. Station, Goidtiob.
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