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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1905-08-11, Page 7wisseillweineeteeeelseemt T 11, 1905 THE HURON 'EXPOSITOR* Ire-Proo roof Roo be one roofing thet ste.ys soft pItabia dueitag the severest **id never "rune" or melts Ltest summer—is ' 'BY IRVING BACKELLER Copyright, 1000, by Lot -low Publishing Compardi hoUght ileum:dent, sounding depths of undiscovered woe to seeif there Were anything I should hesitate to s'af- %er and there was eothing. •"I'd lay me-doun an' dee," Isealft. And I well remember how, *hen I lae, dying, as I believed, in rain and datkeese on the bloody field of Bull Run, I. thought of that moment and of thes.e wor18. "I. cannot say such beautiful things you," she ansevered when r. asked la to describe ber ideal. "He Must be go d, and he tunet be tail and, band- SOl1l1O and strong and brave." r • Then she sang a tender love ballad. I have often shared the pleasure of thous sands under the spell a her voice, but I leave never heard her sing as to that sija1I audience on Faraway turnpike, s we came near Itickard's hall we conld hear tbe Addles and the calling es the produce ithout Oat trlat k. Cesetain tiflPtOOfL snow-proot and fire - No wear -out to it, re- man who owns a building, 's going to own one, oughtt� le copy of our free booklet on ug—tbe right kind. Write for It. ere everywhere sell "Wire Edge*" Roofing. paterson Mfg. Co. LLeited ' & ItIontrea eeet-ories tiontre eete ete-uver-, ea -milt on zrtit from the es. day. to colored„ 70lloWing )or. *or, after sceptible e or bad between the next the Red dian, and hus that Lced and Tea &Taro:311s odo, 'Winnipeg ew e and heavy lor Of youth. wee eae 13. 'e centre. L College, ss and ent rnd in the •N, ONT. SS. Metis rent of a'.r eel a in a sopersow rime weds it aerie theref ore, delightly on a Moans% riztE VETERINARY EVE, V. S., honor graduate ofOutorio- T ary College. Ail disease. of Dalmatia 4. Calls promptly attended to and at* Veterinary Dentistry a specialty, ence on Ooderiele street, one door Vs office Sesfoethy ulzt BABBURN V. 5.—Honorary aduatet of the • Owleelo Veterinary College an Houorary mem. eeeeeiell Ageocietion of th e Ontario Teter. ete. Treats &awe of all domestic animals meet reedern principles Dentistry and Milk' laity. Office oppoeite Dick's Hotel. Seeforth. AP ordere left at the hotel isce rompt attention. Night calls received 1871-52 salada•iwN• T.F.GAL. 4AMES L kit...LORAN Swine' r.Solicitor, Notary Public eto. Money to lea* elestfoltb Mondays. Fridays and Uttar - *ye. Office open every week day. Over Pickard's Nein street, &earth. 190e R. S. HAYS, iberkior, Saottnts Oonveyezioer and Notary Public. for the Dominion 13ank. Office—in rear of ion Bank, Seaforth. 3toney to loan. 1286 - ---.. M. BEST, Builder, Solieltor, Conveyancer a Notary Pehlke 0:31oes siolin, over 0. W tbookstme, Main Street, Seatorth, Onterio. 1617 2101=MSSTSD, successor to the late firm of r.McCaughey Boimested, Sardebert Solicitor 4sueyanosl and Sotto Solidus for WO= eilanBanicof Commove* Money to lead. Yaw sale. °aloe tn loott's 'look, Stain Street *forth. ICKINSON AND GARROW, BUritliere, Solloit= on, eto., Goderloh, Ontario., E. L. DIOKINSON. 1881141 OHARLIIM 0A.RROW L. L. B. DENTISTRY.. W.;*TWODLE, \DENTIST; Steduabe of acriai.coliege of Denial Surgeons of 0i:s- ped-graduate course in crown and bridge work dimikeiral3hoci, Chicago. Local anesthetics tor - 1*in/extract1on of teeth. Office—Over A Young's grotty Store, ileaforbli. 1764 DR: BELDEN, DENTIST, TORONTO, • ;be removed from tiaSherbourne St. to his beintle Agnew effices, 486 Young St, opposite Carbon at 1816-18 NEEDIOALe Dr. John McGinnis, Office and Reeidence—Vidorla Street, SEAFORTH ' 78 I traveled itenew roads that vacation tithe. Politics and religion- as well fig, love began to interest me. Slavery was -looming into the proportion of a great issue, and the stories of cruelty and outrage on the plantations of the smith stirred k my young blood tio made it ready\ for the letting of bat- tle in God's time. Theveeches in the senate were read aloud -in our sittleg, room after supper' the day the Tribene came, -and all lent a tongue to their discussion. - Jed Peary was with us one evening; reniember, when our talk turned late long ways; the end of which I have never found to this day. Elizabeth :heel been. reading of a slave who, accordlog to the paper, had been whippect rte 1 ."If God knows 'at such things: ;ere bell's done, why don't he stop 'eel?" David asked. "Can't very well," said Jed Fearer, "Can if he's omnipotent" said Devid, "That's a bad weed, a dangetenis one," said the old poet, dropping' his dialect as he spoleee, "It makes God're- sponsible for evil as well as good. The word carries nit beyond our depth, Ws too big for our boots. 'I'd ruther"think he can do what's do -able an' knew what's knowable ee In the beginning be gave laws to the world, an' these laws are unchangeable, or they are not Wise and perfect. , If God were to elmoge them he woirld thereby acknosviedge their imperfection. By this law in • ands races sutleras they struggle • pp - ward. Beet if the taw is michangeettle can it be changed for a Ibetter cense even than the relief of a whipped stave? In good thee the law shall '14111- ish and relieve. The groans of thern that 'suffer shall hasten it, but -there shall be no -change in the law. VIM can be no change in the law." "Leetle hard t" tell jest how poweefIll God is," said Uncle Eb. "Good deal like tryin' weigh Lake Champlain with a quart pail an' a pair o' 4feej- yards." - "If God's laws are unchangeable what Is the use of praying?" I asked. "He can give us the strength to pear, the .w.111 to obey him an' light to gnitle H. HUGH ROSS, ,vtgents of University of Toronto Faculty of Medi- erto*reerober of College of Phyeiolans and Sur - IIS of Ontario pass graduate courses Chicago Moo• ] Chicago; Royal Ophthalmic /leapt- 1.,cidoc, England ; University College Hospital, keue England. Oflice—Over Greig & Stewart's "• ihi Street, Seaforth. 'Phone No. 6. Night end from residence, Victoria street. 1890 death. Ott.-F.,;J. BURROWS, .1E3M.A.PORTME Oleo and Resideuee--Goderich street, east of the atiedirt chinch. Tataspnoss No. 46. iltetserfor theCounty of Huron. 1386 ORS. SCOTI` &..MacKAY, PHYSIOTANS AND SURGEONS, *tee sheet, opposite iiethodist ohnroh,Seaforth alt $0022, graduate Victoria and Ann Arbor, and teeMber Ontario College of Physicians and -garicons. Coroner for County of Huron. itiloilATe honor graduate Trinity University, 1014. medalist Trinity Medical College. Membei Of Phydoihns and Surgeons, Ontseee 141s8 AUCTIONEERS. riAs BROWN, Licensed Auctioneer for the Counties -of Huron and Perth. Orders left at 41.Cempbelles implement wareroome, Seafoeth, or _As IttrOOTOR, Ordee, will receive Prom14 stt"ilim* Illhatition guaranteed or no charge. 17084 4.*74 0. MoMIOHAEL, Boatload auctioneer for owanty of Huron. Sales attended to in any 'tithe county at moderate rates, and satisfactioe nettled. Orders left at the Seaforth post office = lila 2, Concession 2, Hallett will receive F. Volt attention. 188241 1101,10NEERING.—B. S. Phillips, Licensed flk, Auctioneer for the counties of'Huron and AWL Being a practiced farmer and thoroughly -Iltidentaveling the valeta of farm stook and imple- lino* places mein si better position to realize good --Vothas. °bargee moderate. Satisfaction guaranteed 0 50'KT, All °Moreton at Herman post office or 21. Concession 2-, Hay, will be promptly tee, 1709-tt Le McKillop Mutual Fire Insurance Company, pras.••••••1•411, CARA AND ISOLATED TOWN PROPERTY ONLY INSURED us," said the poet. Hope returned for a few days late in August. Invitations were lust iseed for the harvest dance at Rickard' ' "You mus' take 'er," said Tin* pb the day She came. "She's a petty dancer as a man "ever see. 1t0e0 right sib an' tell 'er She mus' go. ;,Doe.' want to let any pile eit ahead a' ye." "Of course 1 will gd," she said in en- swer to my Invitation. "I shopldn't think yOu were a beau worth hasripe; you did not aelt 'me." The yellow moon was peering ever Woody ledge when we went away that evening. I knew it was our last pl'ees- ure seeking. in Faraway, and the 'prick- -ets in the stubble filled the silence witle a kind of mourning. She looked so fine in her big 114 end new gown -with Its many dainty ecees- series of lace and ribbon, adjneted with so much patting and pulling, that as she sat beside me I hardly dtred *touch her for fear of spoiling rit)1110- Airing. When she shivered a little Red said it was growing cool I put in arm About her, and as I drew ber closer to my side she turned her. hat obligiegly and said it was aegreat nuisance, I tried to kiss her then, but she put her hand over my mouth and . eald :sweetly that I would spoil everytiithg 9ft r he windows on the long sides of tbe bi house were open, Long shafts of light shot -out upon the* gloom. It had altuys reminded me of it picture of No - ales ark that bung in My bedroom, and noW it seeneed to be floatiug, with rest - oars of gold, in a deluge of dark - nets. We were greeted with a noisy welcome at the door. Many of the boys and ghts aline from all sides of the big hall and shook hands with us. Enos• Brown, whose long forelocks had been 'oiled for the acasion and coinbed dowil so they touched his right efebrow, was pautirxg in a jig that j4red the( house. Nis trousers legs were caught on the tops of his fine helots. He nodded to me as 1 came in., suapped bis fingers and doubled his Offlainn. 3. B. McLean, President, Itippen P. 0.. Thomas Due tyvice-preeident, Bruceffeld F. 0.; Thomas E. MI% leoy-Treas.. Seaforth 1'. 0.. ena1030111. Willinnt Chesney Seaforth ; John G. Grieve, Win - 'Am 1 George Dela, Seaforth ; John Benneweis, Janne Evans, Beechwood ; John Watt, Wolk ; Thomas Preset, Brut:6681d ; Jahn Z. Ho tem, Kippers; James Connolly, Clinton. mourn. We. Smith, Harlook ; Hheohley, Seaforth : Jamas Curtnning Egenonelville J.W. Yea, Holmes O.; George Hurdle and John 0. Morrison, 1.4itori Teruo desirece to effect insurance, .or transact ateler hi:tailless, Will be promptly attended to. eleplicatione to any of the above offices addressed tbeer reepective post offices. ••••••••••.. IcMann & Mann, 4ohn !datum, or. John MoMana, (Summon to John Mollann, er.) Ave now prepared to handle all kinde of horses. 'Mere may e urehue Innen at their elle etshiee, lieentondville, at any time. 194.44f MARRIAGE LICENSES ISSUED AT 3, E RUBOR EXPOSITOR OPFICE SEA.FORTH, ONTARP. ttO WITNESSES REQUIRED • ; if I did that. "I must not let you kiss me, ee ham," she said. "Not—not for ftll the world. I'm sure you wouldn't have me do what I think is wrong—Would erott?',' There was but one answer tci 1.1c)1 appeal, and I made myself ne hap- py as possible feeling her head ppon my shoulder and her soft hair touching My cheek. • 'As 1 think of it now the trust she put in Inc was soinethieg subIlMe and holy. • "Then I shall talk about-eaboet our love," I said. "I must do somethieg." "Promised I wouldn't let you," she said. Then she added, after a leoplent of silenee: "I'll tell you what yen may do. Tell me what is your ideal in a woman—the one you would lovp best of all. I don't think that worth/ be wicked, do you?" "I think God would forgive 044," t said. "She must be tall and SUM, with dainty feet and hands a.nd Pair of big eye, blue as a violet, .91100. With long 'dark lashes. And her hair must be way and light, with e little tinge of gold In it. And her Omar must have the pink of the KO tutd dimples that show in laughter. And her voice—thet must have mete in it and the ring 'of kindness and geed na- ture. And her lips—let them sbow the crimson of her blood and 'be reedy, to give and receive a kiss when I meet her." e Slie eighed mad nestled closer to me. "IfI let y4-1.1 kiss Inc just onee," she whispered, " ou will not ask tad agate, w' 41. jig that energy. ,It'was pbwer and end and apologetic mi pod th a :mig sat down besid badly out of P congratulations, Oxtail man -with erei. that was I had length. thiekness. He s et on, a little ple rOom. He was tiered all over fiddle. He p183 Aeon babies Sin le and old men dance ihen his bow leer that when time I atonal tiddler if 1 ever, David told me etorthless lot a should ever foo • Incise-, I have Cream of yest • letter light o searching rays "Choose yer Musk!" the call Hope- and I started; the clr win Powers, a Stood up besid( ith sobriety m t was a pleas eldek men of t dizzy riot by sI Oorners. They Willing wives, I aC them wer as over. Th Scene, the fre girls—some of beauty—the pia jarred the MUM an exhibition both of ran, He wes damp 'hen at length he stop- ty bang of his foot and me. He steid he was actice wben I offered The fiddler was a a short leg and a char - minus one -.dimension. and breadth, but no it with his fellow play- tforna at one end of the D. odd man who wan - he township with his ed by ear, and I have illyou ?" knife WI began to witttfle thouglitfuls :le a familiar squint of reflection in his feee. 1 suppeae-iie theught of all it had cost hem—the tell of many years, the strength of his'young manhood, the youth and beauty ef his wife, it hun- dred things that Were far better than money. "itiftebn thousatt dollars," he said slowly. "Not a eent less," The man parleyed a little over the prte. - "Don' care t' take any less .t'day," said David calmly, "No harm done." "How much down?" David named the sum. "An' possession?" "Next week." "Everything, as It states?" "Everything as it stab's 'cept the beds an' bedding." "Here's some money on account," he said. "We'll close tihnorrer?" "Close Vraorrer," ,said David, a little sadnees in his tone as, he took the money. It was growing dusk as the man went away, The crickets sang with it loud, accusing clamor. Slowly we turned-ancl went into the dark .house, David whistling under his breath. Illizabeth was' resting 1. her clialie She was humming e.n old hymn as she :lecke& . "Sold the farm, mother," said David. She stopped singing; but tiled° no an - sever. In the dusk as we sat down stew her :ewe leaning upon her hand. Over the hills and out of the fields around us mine many voices—the low chant in the stubble, the bayleg of a' hound in the far timber, the cry of the tree toad—a tiny drift of odd thing:4 (like that one sees at sea) on the deep eternal silence of the heavens. There. was no sound in the room save the low creaking of the rocker in esdrich Eliza- beth sat. After all the golug and com- ing and doing and sayleg of many years here was it little spell of silence, and beyond lay the autried things of the future. For--me-it was a brae of reckoning. "Been had at work here all these years, mother," said David. "Oughter he glad to git away." "Yes," said she sedly, "Itip been hard work. Years ago I thought I never could sten' it, but now I've got kind o' used to it." "Time ye got used t pleas -pre an' com- fort," he said. "Come kinil le' hard at fust, but ye inus' try t' Wan' it. If We're goin' t' hey eech fin) in heaven as Deacon Hospur tells/ on we oughter begin tt practice er we'll be 'shameda uv ourselves." The -worst was over. Elizabeth began to laugh. At length a strain of song of the distance: "Maxweltonss braes are early falls the dew." "It's Hope and Uncle Eb," said Da- vid, while I went for the lantern. 'Wonder what's Rep' 'em so late?" 'When the lamps .were lit the old house seemed suddenly to have got a sense of whet had been done. The fa- . miller creak of the stalrevay as I went to bed had an appeal and a protest. Tile rude chrome a the Voluptuous Indy, with red- lips and the name of , Spring, that; had always hung in my chamber had a mournful, accustng look. The stain upon her cbeek that had come one day. ftom a little leak . in the roof looked now like the path of a tear drop.' And when the wind cense up in the night and I heard the' creak- ing of lone,pine it spoke of the doom or that house and it own that was net far distant. We rented a new home in towu that week and were soon settled in it Ilope went away to resume her studies tbes %tune day began work in college. Not inuell in niy life at college is es- sential -to this history save the train- ing. The Students came mostly from ether and. remote parts Of the north country i some even from other states. "No, swee heart, I will not" ! T s-wered. The we gave each other'euch a kiss as may be kuosve once aid only once in a lif time. "What wojild you do for thejleVe of 9. girl like th t?" sbe whispered. a i, SCOTT'S EMULSION won't folii4 'a !hump beeketreleht, neither will it frialie a short kg 011g but it feeds soft lone and heals diseased tone and is *Mont o the fevt genuine means or tecoyery in rlekete and bone consumption. penal for free temple. scare & BowNe., chemists., Toronto, _•Ontario, socl. and ;Wee; all dregelats, ' 1 1110.41111 "men, the merry the laughter, t glances of affec the thought o young again. There were t as swaying. 1 remora - heard it for the first ed that I shouid be a gra* to be a man, but that .fiddlers were a nd that no wise man., with a Utile. One is since learned, if any relay shall stand the today or the more L' tomorrow. partners fer ,r shouted. ot into line; the inuele is begau to sway, Dar- old but frisky men, the fiddlers evhistling (1 vigor es they played. ire to see some of the neighborhood join the ipping playfully in the tried to rally their un- nd generally a number ancing before the night life and color of the h young faces of the them models of rustle ful antics.of the young eking of their fathers, e airs of gallantry, the ion—there Is a magic in it all thaemakes me is when we c so sleepy that as we looked a "This night Itings," 1 teraa "And the be ams before and behind me home late' at night, the stars wAnt reeling them. Is the end of manes ked. Inning- of better ones, hope," was h • r answer. "Yes, but th aid. "You lea un to be four ly I can finis "Perfectly t pen. she added tone of her m tient." "I am , very aid. "Wdnit's the "I Ipromised more kiss." "Well then,' needn't ask nu And in a mo Use door. CH AVID ed, a now Id th So that he m tages of the t lease or sell h somest prope was there wl last days of Lim over tbe pine to Wood Bowman's hi Lan valley. 1 every tidy ro ed over the s 1 "Waal, wh last as we st green acres s David, pick y are so far away," I 4 home to study, and I years in college—possis in three." rriblei" she said, and the favorite phrase and ther, "We must be pa - sorry of one thing," 1 not to ask you for•one said she; "you—yon--- sharder, foztale'd thn,1ie raletlit �ay what is In the story." She was Beetling now as she looked up at me. "And kiss her?" "And kiss her," she whispered—and, let me add, that part of the scene was in nowise neglected." "And. 'when he sus, Will you Wait for me and keep nee always in your heart?' what should be her ansWer?" I continued.. "Always!" she said. "Hope, this is our owneastetY," X whispered. "Does it need any- further correction?" "It's too short—that's all," swered as our lips met again. rut tben 'Uncle Bb opened the door suddenly. "Tut, tut!" he said, turning quickly about. ' "Collie in, Uncle Eb," said Hope. "Come right in, *we want to see you." In a moment she had caught Min by the arm. "Don' want t' br.eak up the meet - in'," said he, lauglehag. "We don't care if you do know," said Hope. "We're not ashamed of it" "Ilain't got no cause t' be," he said. "Go it while ye're young an" full o' came out she an - a bonnie where tent I helped her out at ePTER XVI. BROWER had prosper - I have said befere, and le was chiefly' concerned welfare a hti children. ght give us the advan- Will he decided °Wad to s farin—by far the hand- ty in the. township. en a buyer came in the hat summek We took smooth acres froth lane ledge,, from the toe of I to Tinkle brook in the e went with us through m of the house. He, look- oek and the stable. t's it Wuth?" be said at stel leoking down the fair oping to, the sugar bush, d up a etick, 'welled hie Coming largely from towns and cities, they were -shells of those simple and rugged traits thet distinguished the men of Faraway and made, them worthy of What poor .fame tbis book May afford. le the main they were - like other students the world over, I take it, and mostly, as they have shown, capable of winning their own - fame. It all seemed very high and mighty and grand to me, especially the names of the courses. I had my baptism of .sophomoric scorn and many a heated argument (wee my title to life, liberty and the pursUlt- of learning. It became neces- sary to establish- it by : force of arum, wbich I did decisively and with aslit-, tie delay as possible. I took much in- terest in athletic. eports 'and was soon a good ball player, a boxer of some Sidll and the best wrestler in college. In my second year at college Hope went away to continue' her studies bit - New York. She was to live in tile family or. ;Tobn Fuller, it friend of Da- vid, who had left Faraway years be- fore and made his fortune there in the big eity. Hoe going filled my days with a lingeriug and pervasive sadness. saw in it sometimes the shadow of a heavier, loss than I dared. to contem- plate: Shettad come honie once a week from Ogdeesberg, and I had always had. letter between times. She was ambitions, and I fancy they let ber go so that there should be , no danger of any turning asiee from the plan of my life or et hers, for they knew our 'hearts- as well as ive. knew them and .pos'.sibly better. ' We had the parlor to ourselves the evening before she went away, and ad a little love tale I had Iritten . • especially for that occasion. It gave sie some chance to discuss the absorbing and forbidden topic of our lives. "He's too much afraid of her," 8he said. elle ought to put his arm about her waist in that love Beene." "Like that," I said, eating the action to the word? . "About "like that," she answered, laughing, "and then he ought to say something very, very nice. to her be- fore he proposes—something about his having loved. .her for so long—you know." "And how about berr I asked, my arm still about her waist. "If she really loves him," Hope an- swered, "she would put her arms about his neck and toy bee head _upon hie i‘Thore, Hope! Take thet." vinegarl That's what I say every' time. It's the hest fun there is. I tlinught I'd like V iaev ye both c_ome up t' my room fer a minute 'fore yer mother an' fa- ther ccerne back," he said in a low tone that wee almost a -whisper. Then) he shut one eye suggestively and beekened with his head as we fol- lowed him up the stairway to the little 'room 1i which*he slept. He knelt by the bed and pulled out the olkl skin covered trunk that David Brower had given hira soon after we came. He felt a moment for the keyhole, his hand trembling, and then I helped him open the trellis. From under that sacred snit of broadcloth, worn only on the grandest occasions, he fetched a bun- dle about the size of a man's head. It was tiO in a big red handkerchief. We eve*e both sitting on the floor be- side hiela. "Heft it," he !whispered. ; I did ‘e() and found it heavier tharal expected. "Whae is it?" I asked. "Spondoolix," he whispered. Then he untied the bundle, a close packed finiard of bank hills with some pieces df gold and silver at the bottom:. "Hainiit never lied, no use fer it," he said as be drew out a layer of the bills and spOad them with trembling fin- gers. Then he began counting them t107ThlYereeilt,d,cahrewefu11 Yh. ,lspered when at length he had counted $100. "There, Hope! Teke thet an' put it away in yer Wallet. i4ight come handy when ye're 'way fent hum." She kieeed him tenderly. "Put 4 n yer wallet an' say nothin'— not a word t' nobody," he said. Then h9, counted over a like amount forme. .9 "SO nothint" he said, looking up at me over his spectacles. Pather,, 1.nd mother were coming In below stirs, and, hearing them, We helped Uncle Ell tie up his bundle and stow it 44ay. Tben we went down- to meet the. • Next necirning we bade Hope goodby at the cif and returned to our home with a sqlse of loss that for hong lay heavy uli0 us all. 1:01APTETI LE BB and. David were ,feway buying cattle half the Week, but Elizabeth Brower was always at home to look •after myydpinfort. She was up betimes irdthe mdening and singing at her work long bet* I was out of bed. When the brealtfast was near ready she came to 4`ev. door with a call so full of cheerfuleOs and good nature It was the best thing in the day. And often at night .1 !ave knowlt ber to come into my room ",,when I was lying awake with semis diard problem to see that I was propeely covered or that in win- dow was 'net open toe far. As we sat alone togner of an eyening, I Intim seen het* trt ten for hours while I was committine the odes of Horace with a curiosity \ ftat finally gave way to res- ignation. 'Ometlines she would look over my -4sulder at, the printed page and try to iscern some meaning in it. -When tjne1 Bb was with us he would often sit along time, Ms head turned attentivelyt*s the lines came rattling off my tougee, "Cur'us tile," he said one evening as I paused aetnoment, while he crossed the room eat a drink of water. "Don' seem t' ma' no kind o' sense. I can make out-N.vord here an' there, but fer good, sd'und, common sense I call it a perty thinrop." /lope wOte use every week far a time. A cher.ch choir had offered her a. place soon :niter she went to the big city. She ea:me home intending to sur- prise us all the nrst summer, but un- fortunately :t had gone away in the woods with .a party of surveyors and missed her. -We were a month in the wilderness and came out a little west ot Albany, ,where I took a boat for New York to:see Hope. I came down the North river tbetereen the great smoky citieS. on either side of it one damp and cnilly morning. The 7101Se, the growfis, t4.0 immeusity of the town There Is Quich Relief !rota TORPID LIVER in Fruit-a-tives. And they are a positive -cur for constipation and all blood impurities. Those who have used these inarve1ous little fruitliver tablets are the ones who praise them warmesil. Here is one of hundreds of testimonials from those who owe their good h4a1th to Fruit-a-tives ewe tried Or alt-a-tives and like them exceedingly. We happened- to need emelt a eniusedld'atunedtkaaurmdifinessdlthiveeyr tdoonime aeusg ILyclupxnee alwasy,sta, rtiogalywth,eict 1.1whaave. or rinlit Liver Table ss soc. a box. At druggists. Manufactured y Fruit -A -Wes Limited, t 1 ID c•A,reer•AZI = 1 ;A0,03TrtEAloi 00Rf.SS 41.2 ee-L'ew ab< -4 That t3ro1ects This label is the best protectioni against poorly made clothing. It is found 11,1y on the famous eeesdeteeit ooRP5 CI 4 99 Suits & Overcioas The reliability and unifoeM exc Hence df ?ROG- * RESS Clothing, make tills label mean so much to judges of quality. Sold by Leading Clothiers Throughout Canada. MofiTtlEAL Tik...)G*SS P ogress, Brand Clothing may be bad om Greg Otitewar Beauty In ++++++74.4-14+++++ 4444+ We invite attentio io :the mag- nificent assortment o Furniture. Our display is largeSelections at this 'store are inacie easy an every taste gratified. I'We are giv- ing exceptional offeriiigs through the entire store, . 4.44-1-1-14444..1 4-44*÷4÷P*14444"14 r C 1:71-.32r.,,MIT1'..A. Il\TOr. Pun:aptly attended to nig t o day. EOADFOOT, BOji. 6: CO. Sine.; ja"OiRaiMit. T. HOLMES, Manager. had - deta nigh 1 p and prec cone to t had she fine ampl the At and of us to go ence made word a sug .hesit Then kisse 'We ful, more no lo nered rira8 dayll WOM skill 1 I love how grow in re borou (real had 11 ed to of the call co Any and e better an en truth, the Pu and in marke elan. 11 woraa mighty had ra vulture fering. with li much o ;lent rem. John Fuller's I found that Hope one home, and, while they tried to n me longer,' came back on the night as the people crowdet1 into the eharch, whispering and fanning them- selves, Ijn eager auticipn.tion. As the former 1lboked from the two side pews boat of the same day. Hope and where rthey sat many familiar faces ssed each other in that journey, greetedi, them—the fa.ees of fathers and did not see her until the slimmer motheraglow with the inner light of Ing my third and last year in pride'alid pleasure, the faces of nvy e, the faculty having allowed me they lo -ed come to claim a share In the glory o that day. I found ray own, reinem r, but none of them gave me such he` p as that of Uncle Eb, How- ever I xilght fare, none would feel the pride °Fdisgrace of it more keenly than he I shall never for'get bow he turned I1s head to catch every word ke two years In one. Her letters come leis frequently, and when tisinners, I saw a grand young lady of her beauty shaping to an . r 'mold, her form straightening to ignity of womanhood. the depot our. hands were cold. exttbling with excitement, neither :when scencled the platform I faticY, knowing quite how far' (To be 0.o/inn:led.) In our greetin-g. Our correspond- attothzterTiewrasabnarrvay opwoiwe7 ;.vriloutz4se, he ad been tt rue o thpromise mother. There bad not been a woodst., k, the othez maisthlt. 743 jet of love in It, only now and then Emig -ismer became drunk seen sate tip/ estion of our tender feeling. We post with' ia large fire on. int the ted only for the briefest moment ' herniate Iamel little water in )1ie boa- t put my arm about her neck and ere Efe I was foundlying partly a - her. m so glad to see you," she said. 1, she Was charming and beauti- ut different, and probably not different than was L She was ger the laughing, simple man - child et Faraway, whose heart 'DOR Sal.:$ ataeaforth oatmeal mill,* quantity S One's band before him dthe ealvisee wheat, sold -either kiln dried or sue ht.- She, had DOW a bit of the 4ttriitiztur go;36,',2111-,1°Itst.-1.131r. n's reserve—her prudence, her. ovule with sleighs..+2--,.. grad hiding the things of the hearte Also platform for new hears winger her xnore than ever, but someIfl - tate Agent, Exeter,Ont. 10684 Apply oraddress JOHN PACK— felt it hopeless; thet she had out of my life. She was much YOR . nest among the people of Hills- SALE . and we went • about a geed nit had Many callers. But we tle time to ourselves. She seem - void that and had ranch to say grand young mete: who came to her in tile great ow it all hurt me to the soul een robbed me of my sleep. A lover than I would have made of dallying and got at the ome what might. But I was of itans and not of -the cavaliers, • way was that which God had for me, -albeit I must own no d ever a keener -eye-for a lovely or more heart to please her. A Pride, had come to Me, and I er have thrown my heart to than see It an unwelcome of - And I was quite out of courage ope. She, -I dare say, WaS as t of patience with me. She r turned in the late summer, and I -went back teeny work aecollege in a hopelesi fashion that gave way under the 'whip of a strong will, • I made myself as contented as possi- new all the pretty girls and out with Stone of them to the raents of the college season. came the long looked for day aduation, the end of my stu- cross speedily and an O tracks. The fire wo.s drawn. out of the furnace xplosion averted. The man eeliately dischesged, IMPORTANT NOTICES. • 'mit SAL _V huge' with barge MAN, Beal me iwent fade At last of my dent life The s eets of the town were throng- ed, eve student having the college colors 1 his coat lapel. The Utile coin - rum zradtv.-os sr qpived 17 • * CetflORTH ici°uatberhas fel; butte. they a in =Dolor and lblo tor ra stration and will be soM reasonably'. JOHN ELD B., Howell P. 0, 1948-14 i 11" EICESTtt SlifEEP AND SHORTHORN CAM iu FOR 8 1sE.—The :undersigned has for /glassy, iti oral thorou bred Leicester Sheep and Durham Aaappttilye oat! btadr41,serni BooAdd,rfTucee Egruiersmonidia.villeRIP08;7027.toxi CHA.RTERS & SONS. BITS POR SALE,.—The undersignea le on Lot 16, Concession 2, Hay. * up-to-date ther4i,tighbred Shorthorn a of the low eat blocky type, -dark rad feholoe breeding. They are sit SQIIORTHOSNS FOR RALE.—* few Grandly bre.1 • Scotch Shorthorn Bulli with regietered pedi- grees, 8 to 211rontbe. Pricee from $50 to 920, if tekeu soon, a so cows and heifers at about the same prices, also a ew Berkshire sows four months' old DAVID MIL E, Ethel, Ont, ______.. Spleniclid Business Chance For side, a k.enerel store businees, together wait storeated dwe ling home. This Is one of hue bed country stan a in Wettfern Ontario and a splendid opening for good man with a, small capital. Poet Office in connection with store. Address ; THE 'HURON EXPOSITOR, 1961-tf Seaforth, Out - Rd Cedar t.A. Oar Just ArrWe SONSt LUMBER .4110 and PLANING MILL, SEAFOBTH.