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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1900-08-17, Page 6• eea ABSOLUTE SECURITY. Cenuine Carter's, Little Liver Pills, !Must Er Signature of. See FaCaShnile Wrapper Below. Tatar small and us (mar 1110 take an sagar. ; 4 C RTERS ITTLE . IVER 'PI LLS ' ` -6 • FOR'lltillACHgo FOR DIZZINESU ' roll.BILIOUSNErt OR TORPID LIVER!. -.4 FOR CONSTIPATION. 4_ . . FOR $ALLOW SIUN. •.,.• ,. FOR.THE COMPLEXION MUST WWI bUOVOlt; -rade?. - . HEADACHE. 25 , rnuurraa, eignti mr017 Tarn -- - -CURE SICK ; VETERINARY iin v.) 1rdra tharaes Arica ase ili GRIEVE, V. S,, honor graduate of Ontario Vaterivary College. All diseases of Domestic Is treated. Calls promptly attended to and moderato. Veterinary Dentstry a specialty. a,nd residence on Goderich street, one doot of Dr. Scott's office, Seaforth. 111241 LEGAL garr, Pubi Main JAMES L. KILLORAN, star, Solicitor, Conveyancer. and- Notary c. Money to loan. Office over Plokard'e Store Street, Seaforth. 1628 R q HAYS 1 - Barr, ater, Solieitor, Conveyancer and Notary Public golie tor for the Dominion Bank, Office—in rear of Doe:in:on Bank, Seaforth. Money to loan. 1235 , T M. BEST, Barrister, Solicitor, Conveyancer cl • Notary Pobiic. Offices up stairs, over O. W Pap Vs bookotorer Main Street, Seafortb, Ontario. . 1627 J'ENRY fort.. ra k_7( 10 0 0 bloc Thu Mou _BEATTIE, Barrlater, Solicitor, &a Money to loao. Office—Oady's Block, Sea 1679-tf : RROW St GARROW, Barristers, Solicitore, &c Cor. Hand -ton St. and Square, Goderich, Ont J. T. °ARROW, Q. C. 6 CHARLES (1-..NARONY, L. L. B. OFT 86 llicliENZIE, Barristers, Solloitors, etc. Clinton and Bayfield. Clinton Office, Elliot , llama street. Bayfield Offioe, open ever; sclay, Main street, first door west of post office y to loan. .faarneg Scott & E. II. McKenzie. aa 1598 CLIERON, IfOLT h HOLMES, Barelsten, Be Holton; in Ohaneery, ko.,Godadth• Ont, ILO °Aid 11011, Q. O., *MIA? HOLV. DIIDLIT HOLUM' - lAi r . Oonaeyancer, &dine for tisatarth, 1101,11E61BD, successor to the late arm o MeCaughey & Holmested, Barrister, Bolleito and Notaly Solicitor for the Ca Bank of Commerce. Money to lend. Fan sale. Office in Soott's Block, Main Shoe DENTISTRY. G4 F. BELDEN, D. D.S DENTIST. Booms -over the Demicion Bank, Main Stree Sea orth.. 169141 FW. TWEDDLE, Brussels, Dentiata(formerly a Seatorth)Graduate ot-R. 0. D. S., Torontc Post graduate course In moan arid bridge work a Ha1 kiles Sehool; Chicago. Office over A. 11 Seri th`a store, Brussels. 16094! D'F. A. SELLEB,Y, Dentist, graduate of th 1 Royal College of Dental Surgeon's, Toronto, ale hamar graduate of Department of Dentistry, Toront Uni •ersity. Mice in the Petty block, Bengal] WIE viait 'Zurich every Monday, commencing Mor day, June 1st. 1587 ! DR. R. R. ROSS, Dentist (successor, to F. IN Tv, eddle), graduate of Royal College of Dent:: Surgeons of Ontario; era class honor graduate c Tor aito Univers.ty ; crown and bridge work, ale goI4 work in all Its forma. All the moat moder methods for painless filling and painless extraction c teet . All operations carefully performed. Office till Tv( ddle's old atand, over Dill'a grecery, Seaforth. ,. 1640 MEDICAL.' 0 1,1 Or. John McGinnis, Hon, Graduate London Western University, member Of Ontario College of Phyalciano and flurgeona. 011ie& and Residence—Formerly occupied by Mr. Weci. Pickard, Victoria Street, next to the Catholic Church IlarNight calla attended promptly. 1463x12 _ AW. 110TUAM, M. D.'C. M., Honor Graduato. a • and Felloa of Trinity Medical College, Gra- duate of Trinity Univeraity, aleniber of College of Phy liiciana and Surgeons of Ontario, Conetauce, On- tarie. Ottlee formirty occupied by Dr.Cooper. 1050 A LEX. BET'LlUNE, U. D., Fellow of the Royal IX, College :qt Physiolans and Burgeon;, Kingston. latieleeacr to pr. Maelcid. °MOE lately oconpied :13r. Macikid, 1.47.",. Street, Sonforth. Reoldence —Oonrer ot Victoria Square, in hone° lately occupied Lt E. Donau. 1127 J. BURROWS, pate reolderit Pbyslcian and Surgeon, Toronto Gen - creel 1tI0opitat1. :Honor graduate Trinity University, Ineralier of the College of Physician') and Surgeons at Ontario. Coroner for the County of Huron. Offal: and Residenue--Goderieh Street, East of the miletilodiat -Chu ijh. Telephone 46. 1 1886 ORS. SCOTT & MacKAY, PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS, odiprieh etreeta oppoalte Methodiet churoh,Seaforth 3. G. SCOTT, r;raduabe Victoria and Ann Arbor, and laember • ontario College of • Phynaelans said Surgeocal. Coroner tar County of Huron, C. ilacKAY, honor graduate Trinity University, gold medaliat Trinity, Medical College. Member College of ,Phytaciana and Surgoone, Ontario. . 1483 ..,1cKillop Directory for 1900. JAMES LOCh 1 f ART, Reeve, Senforth P.O. ALEX. GARDINER, Councillor, Leadbury P. 0. JOHN G. GRIEVE, Councillor, Winthrop I'. 0 - JAV ES 01.AI:1011E1N, Councillor, Beechwood P. 0 A la t;REGOR, Councillor, Seaforth 1%0 JolIN C. alOR1tIa0N, Clerk, -Winthrop P. 0 DA1 ID M. ROSS, Treasurer, Winthrop P. 0. WII,,LIAM El, ENS, Aareeeer, Beeehwood P, 0. OHARLES DO•DDS, Collector, Seaforth P. 0. RICHARD POLLARD, Sanitary Inapecter, Lad- infra- P. O. The McKillop Mutual Fin insurance Company. f:ARNI AND ISOLATED TOWN PROPERTY ONLY INSURED OrrI011118. J B. MeLeNn, Prealdent, Kippen P. 0. ; 'Mourne Fraaer, vice-preaident, Brucoiluld V., 0. • Thomas E. Hayti, Secy-Treas. Beatorth 1'. 0. ; W. G. Broad. foot' Inspector of Losses, Seaforth P. 0. DIR&Or01111. WI, G. Bre:A(1foot, See.forth ; John G. Grieve, WI 1 ; George Dale, Seaforth ; • John Bennewels, Dublin' J11111011 EV11138, Beechwoocl ; John Watt, Hada:Pak; Thorne' Fraser, Brimfield ; John B. Mo Loa, Kippen ; James Connolly, Clinton, amen. • Req. Smith, Harlooka Rea MdMillan, Seaforth m ; Jae') Cumming Egniondv e ; J. W. Yeo, Holmes. ville:P. 0.; George 51urdie and John 0. Morrison, auditors Parties desirous to effect inenranoce or trans - tot other bnaineas will be promptly attended to or ypplioation to any of theabove 01110611, addreesed thole reepeatIvepoet Woes. A BY BI VAG BONDS. TALE OF SIL MAHN BOER DEFEAT. N, IN THE STRAND, ''CRA Withou a doubt It was writ large in less aspec of disre enjoymen of sleep straeger's gate. Y cape front er corps, them in't e ghostly and the cross -bars o that betokened an In fact, it suggeste lit shadow, perhaps. ship. Major Brand, as thinking of a son— lessly from him wh In a way too, he w that denied hide theugh he was a f alone as sech in a 1 In; he felt that th too keenly to his li and she—well, she with her husband. then that she was his affections. A 1 all Colonials, raven TEB. I. they were vagabonds their attire, their are utableness, their blanc in the shadow of t Major Brand, of th when his horse shied a shadow of moonbeam • the gate, gave a gas thing but disapproval ehme shadow—a star —of comfortable fellow e rode homeward, wa fa son snatched ruth n but three months old s resenting the destin ny further child, an rvent Catholic, limos nd of hypocritical eget- rod was being .presse 8. He adored his wife, as an Irish girl in loy It might be admitte ot dilatory in returning ttle 'wornati, svelte like haired, with blaok arc ed brows, with scarlet child -lips and eyes grey as the sea, she had a winsome, gentl somewhat grave m nner that bespoke lo e of all living things, and attracted especiall the love and confidence of little children—a feature which rendered her husband's Ion ing for a eon almost bitter in its passion. Lean, somewhat lanky for all the squar - nese of his 13 011 ide1113, John Brand, with h s elosecroppe iron -grey, hair, his stubb grey moustache, is broad nose, rugee chin and wide blue eyee, presented an a most heroic type of a frontier leorna farmer. As he rod in through the gate f his compound, this particular nighteof Apri • 1895, his thoughts ad been, as I have ind cated, soniewhat itter. , His oatt e, h s homestead, his inc easing crops—what u e were they without a child to work the for? His mood se med well answered as a low, snarling gr wl greeted the sudd n jibbing of his hors. He looked down a d rested motionless, his hand gripping ha d on the quivering c rb. , There, coiled up in the corner of the gat were two forms; a hild and a yellow dog ! Tattered, torn, vel -stained, thornsecratc ed, the twain, e en in the dim, starl t shadows, were ind ibitably vagabonds."Ye , in the chilcl'i uptu ned, tranquil, dreaming face there was som thing that drew ti sharp breath from John rand and made him leap ewiftly from the 8 ddle. The yellow dog growled menacingly as he approached, show- ing a flash of keen white fangs. Ye sone instinct of the invader's kindliness ithheld him, and, though ornewhat grudgin ly, e permitted the mai r to lift the leepi g child into his arms - And whenJoh Bra d' mounted on his ho se; bearing on his brea t , the sleepy, noddin goldenehaired he d, t e dog followed his c terse whimpering littl ever glancing upw ids, yet eviden ly h If contented. So he vagabonds c me a Greendip Farm. Beneath the fev rish excitement o Ka ie awoke. His eyes, ahnost • r bl e glint, loeked equa T child-lipe quivered Id n t be more than five, nd, s she hugged him s tely o her breast. Ile w s lithe, gracefel limbs d tired gleam- s cur y th t d g t e nd t e ce, t e, gh t e t, ad mei% • Brand's wonder and surmise the boy ack for all the ely into her face manfully. He oo thought Katie Br ddenly, passiop s so sweet with h opping inertly abandon' with his white, bare chest ged abirt, with h ,• shy smile, w plea accentuati ve of his lips. , the vague defia gleam of certain t ust dawning thro shadowy fear 1 It went to her hea made the major, watching her, tur swearing softly. " Wh are you, dear ?" she wh coaxingl "Jac braced er ?" The yellow do At the hi a forei nose sho 'wended boy's ha head, a "De Then, Katie's her, an happy s yellow ful, gra eful eyes, low wand was thus he heart • ing throngh the ra locks, his graciou timid, pearly di scarlet, smooth cu wonder in his eye spere • ie• ," he re lied, and—Lars if t at e 11 details added "Where' Tie iention o aws on th ed gentl •g, flushe( d fell lov d his eyes r old Tinks he murmurered. nestling h dress, he 1 smiling ile—sett og gazing answered for • imse his name he le pt u .• knees of the wo an, 1 is , caressingly agai at t e face of his maste T e ngly on the yello , bo y closed sleepily. at his fe And i home in is hand into the t snuggled, softly divinely—a littl ed into sleep, w with deep brow •ow at the woma rer. the Vagabonde g f Katie Brand, w husband, regardin them under lnwe sinolredj many strong pipes and many stbunee thoughts. • CH \TTER roat Owar • tiro th t • n ined ile h •ed houg • 11 Strictly speeki g, John Brand was farmer His title of major applied nly his posi ion in the rifle corps of his $ tetrt• , It eves ( n the bor ere of the Orange, l'r State t. at his far lay, being some thir miles s-outhwest oi the angle formed by t te's western; bounder • d belonged to a art' me district, but dorncs n to seek a livelih river OD , that et In oldeij days.he h lery cors in the h reasons had led hi the vel, t. . His fi at venturs had been at the c iamo id fields, and it wag in, the neighbor' ood of Kimber ey he had first met hie .wif , T e t .- daughtiher many admirers. Herfather of an Iri h settler,•herebea ty h d brough had um t favoured the . suit of o e Paul 1 Jansen, a Boei farmer of cons dere, de wealth. But fro n tho first mo ent of Brand's arrival K Gie had yielded her heart unconditionally, Brand's cold show of co • tempt for his rival whom he knew o be a profligate of the slladiest honesty, h ch rot s- ed in the Boer.a feeling of savage ha red f•r the youog Englishman.- . This feeling ' w s not lessened when, chiefly on Bran 's e a dence, be was exp sed for illicitly, tradi ig in.dittmends with - he Kaffir employ , a d only evaded puni imeneby flight: ,lohn !Brand, in the happinese of _ arryi ig, Kale and meeeing with much luck, augh at the threats Which Jansen had • eath 'd against, him. Yet when, after am esiug a comfortable fortur4e, he set out out. wi h his wife and infen and his pie arefully bestowed in his agon, he W41111 soon chs - tined .to remember the Boer's menace. Lurie/ sickness hayieg broken out in is team, he obstinately refused to Igo we .fart , er with the three other wagons , that for l- ed_ the caravan, and . having given them a day's start, trekked slowly in 1 their ee$ t. Ono dark night, as he was fordirt the No. - der, a sudden shot rang out, and Beend f It himself falling wil ly into the yellow maze of water. tVhen he reoovered conecio e- • t - a s, AAVAMIWiaMLW summer colds are noted or hanging on. They weaken your throat mid lungs, and li lead • to hyt serious trouble. pon't trifle with them. Take Scott's Emulsion at once. it soothes, heals, and cures. 60e. and $1. Mi druggists. nese it was to find himself ly ng on the bank of the stream, e hundred y rd below the wagon, w:th his ife and dri er bending oyer him. • Even as he bad struggled t his _feet a shout from the bo in char e f the team "attracted their attention. h sight they saw held them paralyzed. By the • dusky flare of the lanter ever he g sn the tent, 'they saw a man le p from th tail -board. At his waist was he yellow ba containing the treasured dia onds, an in his left arm was a glieteuing b ndle of hi e robes en- veloping their inf nt son. T e man leapt on to hishorse, aid as John B and stagger- ed forward with a hoarse cr , shook his sjambok mockingl at the - rifled' group, du,g his spurs into the anirn nd galloped of into the night. 11 search, all enquiry proved .,un- availing, - aud six onths la er John Brand had settled down, a soured, opeless man, onl a little farmili had luckly purchased in Kimberley before departing. With the edve t Of the agabonda, how: ever, the life at t e little o estead began • to twinkle into n atmos ihe e of radiant cheerfulness-. Th Major whistled for no asoignable cause. When is collar would net button, and he hear ackie's voice ringing in greetin to his • he forgot— the first time in many s—to swear. His wife, too, be an to sin •gain, and as she had a soft, s eet voice, with a touch of • lilting brogue in i , the sou d of her songs smote on the inaj r's heart stings to new, strange echoes of routh. He had naturally deeme i his duty to search for the -chi d's relati n . But he was unfeignedly glad that hi fforts proved fruitless. The c ild. wa li erally a very vagabond of the veldt, b rn out of the great reachesof •arkness a d shadow, with none to claim or are for Wm. Beyond the aseertion that he had come m ny days in a wagon, and run away from a ad man who whipped him, J1 ckie co Id tell nothing. En of the dog e could on y say it had alWays been his friend, f u ht his battles, sh -red his cruets and whip s, and in the dark stolen away with hi •m the dread- ed wagon. The boy grew into th He would look a him till to beat through i A seared eyes would blink softly. fearless,' healthy, thoroug as his own son • . . At th peuse, swear, an romp wi For the dog ! It was a i possible beast. Outside the two rown de $ th of its mourn. ful, loving eye is i Was a • all dead yellow, from the tip of i •s tailto th point of its noie, the colour f a clay tit. Half- of his left ear was bitten away, 1 0,V ng but a tas- selled edge. Its hard, bo y kull was seam- ed with scars ; its shoul er were dented deep with teeth marks ; it left hind -leg had a great hole in it, whi h eut it a per- manent kink and aridiculeus limp. It was evidently a fearlese warrio , a d in a quiet, sneaking way—with its on ue edgeways licking—it was giVen to va n and proud deeams of its wounds. For real pride in 'him, ot had no show againet Ja,cki ed the dog, and with the p years he adored without. It was Yellow, ugly, deforme limp, without a grace ;, bub i his friend, faithful, loyal heart, recognizing kinship of Ed no more. When Major 13rand and he fell out, and, the occasions were not infrequent, for Jackie was something of a T rk, Katie was sure to find him later, his ba c, brown arms circling the yellow, kno ty neck of the hound --the child sound as cep, the dog lueily-watchful, suspicious t ough friendly. ISo things went on for fc ur years. Then came the bugle call—Kru er' voice defying the stars in their cours s. And Major Brend joined his corps a d went to the front- with Methune's gh ing division. He had tried hard to induce iie wife to go to Cape Town. Bub w•th true colonial tenaeity sho pleaded her iu y to him and the farm'averring that wilth the farm hands else could always hold t e homestead againet, marauding patrols, a opinion which Jackie stoutly shared. The boy had grown a andy, intelligent little fellow, with a langte ge composed of a strange medley of word:—.";nglish, Kaffir and Taal alternating, i • diseriminately. There was not much of the ountry within fifteen or twenty miles •f he homestead • that Jackie had not exp or el, • his brown bare legElastride of a pon a d Tinker ever at heel. His boast to keep sharp look -out, wee, therefore, accepted y the major with becoming gravity. !Strangely enough; the m et despondent member of tho iciusehol o Brand's • de- perture was the yellow og Like most Etiglishmen; ho had alwa s had a loving hend for the ugly, faithfu c r, and, Tink- 'el.'s appreciation of the fact had only been equalled by his evident won er. For days after the major's departure the dog wandered restless and nhappy about the house, sniffing ouriout3ly at the doors and, as night drew near, whimpering, ill at ease and anxious. His -perturbation reach. ea a crisis when the booming of the big gene away towards the Orange river broke the sultry stillness -of the air round Green - dip Farm. When the fi at boom reached the little homestead- Jac ie and the dog were sitting on the step, eijgaged in the genial occupation of teasin tie pot monkey. With his one and a:half ea s pricked up- right, Tinker sat listening e ery now and then giving vent to a ena lin whimper DB a( og ea 113 fr iis 0 ajor's heart. heart seemed ust, and his was such a oy, just such oint he would he va,gaVond. • ever, Tinker The boy lov- ssion of five liscrimination. , lean, with a • was Tinker, nd the boy's deal, demand - ON EXPOSITOR 'AUGUST 17 1900 the dull roll of the $ hoes faded and swelled and died among the outlying kopjes. Jackie, flinging hi arins round his friend's neck tried to corn' t him by many an in- genuous trick otto in. But for the first ti e in his experie e 2inker took no notice of gm. His eyes d a red glitter in them; his scarred, ugly n e sniffed persistently at th wind; ever an again a quick tremor ra through his lim s. Then, almost before Ja kie was aware o it, the dog, with a me ancholy whine, ad slipped from his side an with tail erect nd snout to the ground wa racing northwa de over thii veldt. he boy was mite hi n in a minute, his mid alert at the , hought of rook -rabbits, his brown legs twizi ling feverishly among tht long grasses. 3ut it was a hopeless pursuit. The dog, iv ng no heed to his voce, kept ever see ig t on in a long, tire - les stride, which fi all took him out of Big1 t. Exhausted atjd resentful, Jackie pi(ked his way elo ly back. He thought he Ihad lost Tinker f r ood and all, and his lit le figure quiver° sv'th passionate anger as ,ome two hours 1 tc4 he related his loss to “tie, and dec1airred against the in - gr titude of all ivin things, especially ye low doge. CHA, T ;R III, ed th en o'clock soun ht.g on the wall in se ved Katie Bra A og fire slumber lai p on the table s eking lazily. ¥ s. 1th cushioned cone ch hr knees. he had wearied t loss of the dog, to bed, had indulge tu th in o o in 8 511 e. The almost o night had made he s that she neve and scratching ift patter of fee or had passed her ening of the doer an joyous welcome ee his panting yel nW f r. Suddenly Jacki , with a low cry of alarm, rted back and ra ged the dog to the m light. His he de and nightgown were rlined with little •ed flecks like red snow - keg, and Tinkei. ee led like a piece of azy patchwork -to er a daub of mud, here patch of natural el ow, and everywhere ubs of that flak , damp, staining red. e dog, with a lo N 'limper, licked at hire aster's face, 0,4 th n, seizing his nightn wn, dragged h n Co ards the door again. ckie, a little pr le ed, snatched his gawn ay and watchd1 w th curious gaze thei tics of the do . F rst ho ran out, thew used, yelping o1 tly. Then back he came! ain, and again meize the boy's gown, and,f ragging him a 1 title ay toward the gate, used again an evhi ed, looking up at him' aith speaking, eeeeching eyes. Jackie began to tre nble with excitement. He felt he was on th brink of an adven- tare. He glanc d a his " mother," and then whisnered, eagerly, "All right 1 I'll Icome !". He flew be k on tip -toes to hie reom, and dressed hi self—that is to say he put ore his slipp rs, drew on his breeches, tucking in his ii ht•ress and girding the whole with his k ot ed braces, and hastily scrambling into a ac et, crept back to the door. ' The dog greeted hi with a sharp yelp ot joy, and bound d a ay toward the gate. The boy snatch d up a whip and bridle and paused to look t the sleeping form. Katie Brand W6k8 oving uneasily, mut. tering. Jackie anea ed to her aisle and touched her haid w th his lips. He was N ery fond of 1is " ittle madder," as he called her, and ie felt rather mean in leav. ing her. He foand c nsolation in her whirls pered dream words albeit, they thrilled him with a certain fe r : • ' "Find hinrs . 9 1 ackie !• He is lying there wouded. 1 see the blood—the blood !" Jackie felt a sudden cold push 011 his leg,1 and turned with &start to find Tinker gazs ing at him i vi.ent disapproval. He waited no Ion er b t, following the dog, ewiftly bridle hs cony in the adjacent kraal, and wi h rui ker leading, galloped over the veldt. The night • as tfin and starlit, and the brooding still ess o the air lent added mystery to the ad1ves ture. As the dog led unfaltering eve' oil a sense of fear gripped et the boy's heart. Where was the dog 'taking him ? And Jor what? Yet every now and agaie, s he ugly yellow face looked back at hi • e derived new courage end confidence fro he look of the mate in- telligence and Per ose in the faithful brown •eyes. • . Presently, after oi e three hours' riding, away to the righi e saw lights gleaming end the ghostly s in ng of a vaet array of tents. Then he o y commenced to eby, and, looking ON n, he turned pale. His way was strew 1 a it dead horses, and her and there a hi e, ghastly face stared uP irom the grase. But the dog nee setting his teeth, oll ly away from tic indeed, kccpitij Suddenly his whinny, halted on his neck, he t t fro from the little clock large round hut that r a drawing -room. the open hearth, the burnt low and was rand lay asleep in ir, a book open on Jackie's plaints for sending him early the luxury of soli- preseive stillness of drowsy, and so it rd a faint whimper - e door and that the the communicating nheeded. Even the Jackie's low gurgle e knelt by the side dend failed to rouse suddetily round the Major's neok, crying out, 4 rather, father; you are not dead then, after all i" ' .. Though the stiff pain of the bullet wound in his a;I oulder was not improved by the general pressure of Jackie's encircling arms, t e major managed to smile. "Devil a bit, my son," he said, almost• cheerfUl He ha nook * this frie on eart 44 It with fo hie ap'p i his ride° rock. ' came h was mile myself ehowed and n home. It wa answelr to hielf exha,uet heavily osvioutot $ : r. halted, and Jackie, •wed, looking resolute gr und, for the most part, his :yes tight shut. horse, with a frightened d ad pitching him forward osing his balance, he slid ori to the ground, o fin the dog at his feet, hiS _nose pushed over the edge of a steep kraanzi - With an intelligen glance at his master, Tinker craw1ec 0 er the brink, following re email goat trac1t own the face of the cliff.; - Jackie's nervee yore accustomed to dizzy depths, and with his hands gripping hard oti the dog's cella way. About eaking a sharp -airly wide ledge, plaintive howi, bhe object of his unconscious, is etained with b oo Jackie, with a enelt by his h ad ehe one to the oel hs footsteps picked a Sure Ive feet down the path, turn, opened out on to a and then Tinker with 4 are forward and reached nand. There, lying halt khaki coat smeared and , lay Major Brand. hrill of fear and horror, while the dog gazed from er, a curious gleam, as of complacent qu stioning, shining in his eyes, ing his e3es, gazed at the a dream, for a moment in 1 was wandering. Jackie ion. He flung his arme The Major, ope two of them as i oelieving hie dispelled the •Ilu ut Nerves. So Weak she Couldn't Sleep or Work— Hands TrenJobi —Restored by Mrs. Marg re d—Could Scarcely Walk Dr. Chase's Nerve Food, Iron, Tower Hill, N. B., writes:— ' Dr. Chase's Nerve Food has done nic a so weak that I the length cf t trembleth pint ot wat4r. iisclienedp, and un al "Since using ir. Chase's Nerve Food I have been on eletely ref/tared. I caA walk a mile vit lout any Inconveniences Though 76 y ar old, and quite fleshy, I do my own, hctllsework, and considor* able sewing, k Ming, and reading be$$ sides. Dr. C ase'serve V ood haa roved of in ti able value to me." Dr. Chase's N e Food is the world' greatest restore. Ive for pale, weak, ner- vous men, wo en, and children. 11 pill form, 60 ce to a box, at all dealers, or Edrnansori, ales & Co.. Toronto. Don't cough, us Dr. Chase's Syruri of Linseed and T rpentine, 25 cents di bottle. world of good. I wag could ,not walk twice e house. My hand% t I could not carry a I was toonervous to le to do work 'of any C • 4 1 I shout crawl u man, an rope.' Jacki glanc foote 1 It dee ed to the Major, sitting painfull propele up on the ledge, that Jackie was very lo g time in returning. True, he di not k o exactly where his comrades wer now a ped. But as victory had been carte n y at the moment when he had bee struc he felt pretty sure they were net fa off. Th • elay, indeed, was not dae to an dilat riness on thepart of the bey. ' Whe he h d ained the veldt, with Tinker har at hii eels, he sped off with all the haste o his e oitement in direction of the twinklin 1ighti of the camp. The starlit distance, were t eacherous, however, and the camP was a ood seven miles away. The boy' speefli s owly slackened, and little by littl he b gen to stumble rather than run. Sud denl low, fierce semi from die do brou him to a halt. But it was too late Fro t of the hollows of the night fou burl • rms rose, and a rough hand seize the 0 's shoulder. " W at do you here ?" someone leaked. " Down, Tinker 1" called Jackie, imper ousl , s the dog, with a low growl, lance out t ,he detaining hand. Then turning t the ah, in all unconsciousnessithat he w a a B er and an enemy, he speedily explaine his rr nd and his father's predicament. few w ispered words passed between th me , a d then Jackie felt a thong passe ove hi wrists, and his captors gruffly said; " Y ur father shall be looked to. For you, y u must come to the Commandan . Yo m y be all right, but you may be spy of hese cursed rooineks." I w 8 an hour later when Jackie, wit the d g curiously, sullenly, quiet at h s hee s, ztood in a little tent on the hillside be on the river, facing a burly man, whom coa red -bearded face and small, narro ey ered little inspiration of confidenc ie boy's eyes searched- the man's fa e th led with a vague troubled fear. Th do o, teemed suddenly irritated. Tic eh ellow hair on his neck bristled an ril id a red, fierce glow grew into li s ey bile his lips were drawn back in a ug y, ute, vicious snarl, more expressi of» en ce than many growls. It was obvio • he did not like the Commandant. e 1 aul Jansen by name, eyed the tw fu reel', couriously, looking ever and agai fr m t e boy to the dog. Then, a nest am le s if of recognition quivered ifor a m m t o» his lips. ' A , my little friend," he said, " yo ha e ome back to Oom Paul again, eh P1 yin spy for the rooineks, are you? A w 11, e shall see how a little ejambo ag ees with you." 'Ib is a lie," cried the child. "1 am nit a py.. I came to seek my father wh.n yo r en caught me." '01 course," said the man, with a snee • nd who might your father be ?" ' M jor Mend, replied Jackie, wi'h fe ries pride. or moment a look of almost fear ere in o t e man's face, covered it an instant a lac scowl. ef re he eould answer the tent door w a p she aside, and two men entered uncer m nio ely, supporting, not untenderly, b t• een them the tottering form of ,the Maj r hi nsoi el . ae s prang toward him with a loud cr he Major hardly noticed him. His ey s w re'fixed on the face of the CoMmandan W ose eyes were roving uneasily arouni. 'Pail0bat)r. i Jansenansen ! A, at last !" ejaeulat d th M 4 Yes, Paul Jansen !" retorted the othe f with' a,sudden change to defiance. " Y u ar a prisoner of war, and will be forward d at onci to the rear. Forthat brat there, e is • spy, and will meet a spy's death, t da n e shall be shot." 9. lo, guttural murmur of disapproval rt4n- th ough the group of Boers in the tent. Jafa ee turned on them fueiously. '0e such evidence of mutiny again," ! Cr ed, hoarsely, " and I will pistol the fir t w o dares it." ‘ he men shrugged their shoulders a d tu ned away. 1oh4 Brand had become very white. u will never dare it," he said, in a h rsh vhisper. " It would be murder. f u mist shoot anyone, shoot me." " H is a spy 1" retorted Jansen, vicio s- ly, " nd shot he shall be. I know hi He wa in my service till lately, and he r n a ay o serve you. He was the son of se van maid." As he man spoke the words his furti 0 C, es g anced quickly, cunningly at the oth r to not the effect. Som thing in that glance illumined t e Major's mind with a sudden light. He f It his he rt beating in his throat. He turn d to Jac ie. . " Is it true ?" he said. " Were you ever w th t is brute ?" Jac le nodded. . The Major felt the blood burg swiftly to his fade, and as swiftly recede. His eyes were glued on the child'erect, graceful fofrin ahd features—the curling, gold brown h ir, the wide, fearless eyes, the tender ci4rve ef the lips, so like, so absurdly like, Katie'. What a blind fool he had been ! e t rned suddenly and walked up to Jn 1 yn, skeyuare a liar !" he said, "The boy is o ,the child you stole nine years ago. B ndit andthief and highway robber as you a e, yOu shall not be permitted to do this ti mg. I will see your general this night." Jan_ en's face grew white, but as swiftly t rned to a livid look of fiendish triumph. " Y u are two lato !" he snarled, point - g to the whitening sky without. "Ib ,is wn heady. You shall stay end see the ocut on." The Major with a swift movement lifted a hai d and smote the ruffian full on the uth Jan en reeled back, recovered himself, ped his bleeding lip, and smiled. "That wil settle later," he said. Then turning his men : "Blindfold the boy, place hiren t elve paces irom the door of my tent. Bd t is man and place him there, facing the bo'. You, Bothe, and you, Meth, take your r fles, and when I give the word fire, arid se to it that you don't miss." Five minutes later the livid sunlight sneote n the fair curls of the child, as, erect and be utiful in his graceful, supple ourve of y. - made up his mind to die in this ere he had fallen, and the relief of dly pressure was greaeb. "But how do you come here ?" as dear old Tinks' " replied Jackie, d pride; to whichTinker blinked eeiation, extravagantly thumping bus yellow tail against the liar • He ran away this morning an ck and brought me. And mothe • p, and I got out of bad and dresse •nd saddled Brownie, and Tinke • he way, and Brownie's up above, you must please get up and corn with a dizzy eifort the Major, o his breathless narration, staggers ets His arm was 'broken. He wa d with leas of blood. He lean gainst the rock, feeling the cart g in rainbow circlss round him. no go, Jackie," h• gasped. opple over the edgs if tried t there. Trot away to canip, littl • bring a couple of mea with after one critical, comprehendin urned on his heel and fled, sure s a buck, up the path, • CHAPTER IV. 4 1 0 se, 00 • rt, fi s, a • • • it • 4 4 y hi tc The output of " Slater Shoes" is so large that the makers are able to control their own tannaL;e in most leathers. " Canuck Calf," made from the best selected celfskins, in black, light and medium tan and :.cal brown. " Kidduck " in black and seal brown, from .selected Patna goatskins. Both leathers are wear and water resisting, porous and therefore sanitary. There as e also " .13$2t, French Paten t," " French -Enamel," " Peerless Russia" find "American Wax Calf," ia r Fhoc Polish only should be reed on these leathers, retains their ela,-',i(ity and ke •ps them soft. leather is the best obtain - on every sole is the makers' name and price in a slate frame, 1:cn the finished shoe has passed its rigorous examination. Catalogue. 'R. WILLIS & SON, SOLE LOC/AL AGENTS FOR SEAFORTH. • limb, he stood on the side of the broezed you would like to know who we are? My veldt, facing the levelled barrels of the two Boer sharp -shooters. The Major, bound hand and foot, stood with white, strained faee, and eyes lurid with passion, gazing on Jansen, who, revolver in either head, stood at the back of his two men. He did not notice the look that glanced and met, and was understood by each, as at his word the men stood ready. "Fire 1" he snarled, hoarsely. The Major, with a bitter curse, bowed his head. Two shots rang out in the clear air, and Jackie felt the singing hiss of two bullets whizz one at either side of his head. "Curse you 1" yelled the 'Commandant; "you have missed." " Yah !" grunted in the same breath the two men. "Missed we have and missed we shall if you ahall keep us here till Christ - And with cool courage they loaded their rifles, spitting phlegmatically after t jected cartridges. With an oath Jansen hurled them side, and, levelling his revolver, took stead at the boy. But even as he fired a fler of dirtyyellow lanced athwart the sun ight, and Tinker, who till that moment; had crouched unobserved at the Major's feet, flew at the levelled hand of the Command- ant. The report of the pistol was followed by a long, unearthly howl, and the dog sank bleeding to the earth as.Jansen, shaken and upset, recoiled in startled fear. At the sound of that howl Jackie,till then motionless, sprang forward, and, tearing the bandage from his eyes, ilung himself on the dog. " Who did it? Who did it ?" he cried, Something in the imperous blazing of the child's eyes awed Bothe into responding by eilent nod in the direction of his Com- mandant. • With a cry of rage he sprang to hie' feet and literally flung himself on Jansen''grasp- ing at the still smoking revolver. Even as he did so the clatter of horses' hoofs was heard. Round the corner of the tente swept a cavalcade, and Bothe and Meth apeang to attention, ejaculating, "The General !" The unlooked-for arrival of the dreaded Crohje in person startled the Commandant into a swift recoil, staying his uplifted fist. In his hands he claeped the barrel of his revolver, and as he dragged it back the child's sturdy fingers, clinging to the butt, locked suddenly on the trigger. There was a flash, a report, and Jansen lurched sud- denly forward, shot through the heart, fall- ing face downward on he boy. The explanation that followed was short and to the point, the two troopers bearing manful evidence on the child's behalf The Boer General glanced coldly on the still twitching face of the Commend nt. " He was a dog I" he said, shoal, "and died like a dog. He is well served. As for you, child, get you home. We war not with children." " I won't go without my father," said the boy, stoutly, facing the General. • Cronje smiled grimly. "Take your father, then," he said, "and be off. You, there, see them throngh the lines." It was some seven hours later thae Major Brand reached home. Jackie had prevailed on the two good-natured Boers to Make a litter and bear the dog along. And when the Major, later, after telling his wife the true identity of the boy they had so strange- ly found, visited with her the room where the two Vagabonds slept, perhaps 1is eyes were just as misty as the eyes of tjhe mo- ther, as, bending over the flushed, leeping face, she tried to spell out of his features the tiny baby face she had mourned so long. (TILE END.) • To Cure a Cold in One Take Laxative Bromo Qiiinine All druggists refund the money if it cure. 25c. E. W. Greece's signatu each box. ay. ablets. fails to e 12 011 They Were Also Notables. When , the newspaper man gets to be a 'writer," by which is meant one who dab - blew in literature to the extent of publishing books with his name on the title age the hacks of journalism are at liberty to nenbion his name. They never think of me tioning each other's name. Richard Hardi g Davis is a writer; therefore we may touch him up. One night his private table in the Valdorf cafe was occupied by two distixfguished looking strangers, whereat Dick p °tested to Oscar. He bad a friend in Ow -and wanted his rights. Oeear refused to throw the etrangere out, and our writer made bold to request them to take another table. As their dinner had not yet been served, they courteously yielded, and Dick thanked them effueively. It occurred to him presently that something more was duo, so he walked over to their new seats and said ; "Gen- tlemen, you have been so kind that perhaps are simply kidney disorders. The kidneys filter the blood of all that shouldn't be there. The blood passes through the kid- neys every three minutes. If the kidneys do their work no impurity or cause of disorder can reinain in the circulation, longer than that time. Therefore if yoer blood is out of order your kidneys have failed in their work. They are in need of stimulation, strengthening or doctoring. One medicine will do all three, the finest and most imitated blood medicine there is odd's Kidney Pills friend is Mr. So-and-so, and I am Richard Harding Davis." The strangers One replied, bowing obeisantly " And perhaps you would like to knew who we - are. My friend here is Julius Caesar, and I am Alexander the Great." A TRUE STATEMENT By Foreman. White, of the Ham- ilton Screw Works. • HAMILTON, Aug. I3—If a vote of the peo- ple were to be taken to ascertain which ie the most popular medicine on the market, Dodd's Kidney Pills would lead by a large majority. One of the latest cures by that grand remedy is that of Foreman T. H. White of the Screw Works here, who teetifies that he was cured by Dodd's Kidney Pills of Kidney Disease of eight years' standing, after other medicines had failed. Mr. White says " Oae box of Dodd's Kidney Pills relieved me, four boxes cured -- me. Publish this statement if you wish. It is true in every particular." • Odd Letter From Morgan. The following letter from Senator Morgan hai, been found. It was written to a Mr. Brand, 011 September 28th, 1832, while the illustrious Alabamian was a young lawyer at Talladega: "Dear Bill—You need not purchase an- other cow for me, as I have bought one over• here. I will send over after the one you bought for me in a day or two, "Bill, I am told that you are about to put up a stillhouee, It is 130 business of mine, but you know I am your friend and would like to see you do well, and I hope you will change your purpose. You will never regret it, if you will just stop and put your house to some other use. Turn it into a stable or a sheepfold, and it will do you more good. I have talked with some of our friends about it, and they say tell him, for his (seen sakel and that of his family and friends, not to do it. "You must not think hard of this, for if. you were to see me doing wrong and deli not tellme of it, I should lose confidence in 'you. You can make as much money ate other things, and you should remember that- --- money made in a wrong way never does man any good. " Give my bestyespects to your old lady„, and ask her what she thinks about that stillhouae. I never knew a man to suffer from taking his wife's adviee. Yours truly, JOHN T. MORGAN. • Tender Corns, - Soft corns, corns of all kinds removed with- out pain or sore spots by Putnam's Painless Corn Extractor. Thousands testify that it is certain, painless and prompt. Do not be imposed upon by substitutes offered for thes genuine " Putnam's" Extractor. Sure,safe, harmless. • • Roosevelt Rewarded Him. "During the storming of San Juan hill," said Gov. Rossevelt, while remarking on the extreme heat, as he journeyed through ,Kansas'"1 was,requested by one of my men to betake myself to the very hottest region, but when it comes to a hot day I> always congratulate myself that I didn't go. "There was a young fellow from Arizona Busby by name—who was shot straight across the top of the head,. I happened to overtake him, and saw the way the blood was streaming down his face that he was in no condition to stay in the front. Riding up to his side I tapped him on the arm and said, You go to the rear'" " Well, I'll never forget the face that fel- • low turned toward me,' said the governor. "It was one mass of blood, and this added, horrible fierceness to the look he gave me. " You go to hell," he said, as he struck out on a run up the hill. • " I couldn't forget such a fellow, and I got him a commiseirm in the regular army. He's now in the Philippines." • Colds That Hang On. Pneumonia is the /Twit of neglected chest colds, cold') that bang on and inflame and irritate the bronchial tubes and lungs. To prom -ply and thor- oughly cure cruet colds, tightneas in the cheat and all co'ds In: the throat and broaelial tabes Dr, Chase's Syrup of Linseed and Turpentine has proved itself the most effectual remedy extant. Ito sale is simply enormous. 25 cents a bottle. Family size 60 cent)). The Healthiest Light. When electric light comes into general use it is likely that, at, leaet 40,000 fewer people will die every year in the United Kingdom. This seems a large number, but Mt really only a lowering of the death - rate by one per 1,000. One of the causes why the winter death -rate is BO high is the unhealthiness of gas, lamps and candles. A single gee jet consumes as much air as four or five people, and, as it always gives off a lot of sulphurous fumes and poisonoua carbonic acid, it is easy to understand why we feel sleepy in a gaslit room. The sieepi. nese is really a symptom of partial poison- ing. But oil lamps and candles are quite as, bad, seriously injurieg the lungs, and pre- disposing us to consumption and bronchitis. The electrie light, on the other hand, C013 8 CMOS no oxygen, and does not cast a. particle of impurity into the air. Besides, it more or less resembles sunlight, and no doubt, has some of the aame good effects on the body. So that it is well worth the. extra expense, which is saved in doctors' bills and medicines, 1 World's Champion Healer._ "1 tried many remedies to cure piles," writes W. R. Smith, of Latham. III., hut found no relief till I used Bucklen'e Arnica Salve, I have not been troubled with piles, since." Grandest pile cure on earth and the best salve in the world. 25c per box, guaranteed by I, V. Fear, druggist. —One of Gait's best known business mem died in that town last week, in the person. of Mr. James Elliott, late senior member of the firm of Elliott Brothere, soap manufac- turers. He had been ill for over a year, and leaves a widow and one 8013, Dr. Robert Elliott, Preston. The deceased who was in his 55th year, was born in Beverley town- ship, and lived there till 19 years ago, when he came to Galt to go into business. He was president of the Galt Granite Carling, A ch hair not for hair thinl you may rely upor inak and t g long. druff It colo aliti of ea 110 your: fore $1.00 4‘ V) 1110 v.igor gaven11 every we Aug: IS, W /re -WU 11 an yon on -expi Igor ',ter aladdr• ...a#1.11111 - 4 That Did you eVe enobserved, ws.rde her ring? 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