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HomeMy WebLinkAboutHuron Record, 1881-10-21, Page 6n •, s r• THE , A. UNO l ..OTTO. EY, MARY' CECIL HAY, Author a! "Old �ltyddleton'a. hroney;" 'tXiict¢en !'arils;" "'The S/"ire's Legacy ;" '" Victor anti Van/wished;'"..•Nora's Love Test;" "-d Shadow on the ThrcBhord ;' "lSeek co fhs Did Homo;" eta., sea. • CCIA.PTER XXV TIT,- Continued, "Poetizing in the solitude, dear r lie asked,• sitting dawn opposite her, and leaniug forward with !lis arms upon Ins knees, curiously wondering at the struggle whiele he. read iu the young face at Whish, Be gaged so intently and fondly, '"ave you written the `carol' you promised me, Bessie?;'• "Oh, 1 quite forgot l" ;she cried, with 'a quick blush, . which surprised Tom no little. " I will write .it.uow,•"' And Hester took her pencil, glad and thankful for the relief from that one haunting thought; --"Don't you begin to talk ttbcut 'quantities,' and 'feet,' and such things . when you read it," she said, after writ: ing fast in his silence, ` just as if you knew everything." • '!Why, . Hessie, everey, , fellow at , knows„ what a duffer 1 tined versifica- tiolr. And don't you: remember • once last summer how 1 bestowed endless labor on a regular epie to present to you, and you broke my feeling beast by saying coolly that. it was mai/elite and too long, avid without finish." "No doubt of its being too long, it was without finish," • said' Hester, gravely, "but you know you used to talk in that sort of way over my poetry. at Aberswys; much to my dis- gust 1 can assure yen, Tom." p' " Ab, Hessie, how happy we were at Aberswy's !" said Tom, thinking' of the restlesness.of his'life since then, but forgetting. where ,theseed. of that wrong -doing had ' been sown. " I should like the "auntn3er over again; should you ?" " No," she whispered, very low ; " not.unlesa I could make' it all differ- - stet," n..' " Then it would'nt be that summer at all, dear, would it '"'• laughed .Tom: "No. 2'hat simmer is •gone for- ever," she or-ever,".'she answered ;..and,,• he started, though he could not. nnclersteed. the hopelessness of•the quiet twee. ." Here • it is,".she added, with a plasty imugh,, when she saw his puzzled glance into her face. " Road it well. Give: it every advantage, and. imagine forcibly tlie beauties it ought, teecontain:"' '. " I hope it is not sad," said :Tom, involuntarily, before ole began to read "I. shall not get •throughit to -night if it be. I must read it.aleed, dear 3 I' like to feel .you are .listening . "'THE C$RISTMAS' CHIMES. "'A Christmas peal, a joyous peal, a crash- ing peal ! • Open the windows 'wide, that it may .reel. Into the hall, timed the•festive throng. Laughing with the merry voices there, Gladdening every sound 'cif mirth and Then rushing out upon•the frosty. air. Repeating to the echoes'f'hr and 'wide Tee message of•Good-will. for Ohristmas-. • tide. • 0 "'A distant peal, a softened*lee. etas- tened.peal.! • Open the wendow wide, dint it may steal To the sick cluennber, wifli its hymn of Glory ; Breathing softly in a wordless prayer, Whispering wistfully the old, old story Theii'lloating'ont upon the frosty. air. • Answering to the echoes fax and wide. The Saviour's message, Peade for Christ - nets -tide ! . A merry 'peal. a dancing -1)Q, • a c'ashing peal 1 . Own •tire windows wide, that we may feel It fly from heaven to hearth—from earth to heaven ; ' Strengthening every ;feeb'e word of prayer With its glad song -"To us a • Son is given," Thief, swelling out upon the frosty air, Proclaim the glorious tidings far and wide, Peace and stood will thio' every Christ- mas -tide 1 A midnight peat, a• hallowed pea!,a dying peal 1 C ase down the window now; that eve nifty kneel, 'Mid cheerful fares in the ruddy light, Or in the chamber, dark with waist of care It leaves a Measlier, With us all to-tiht Then dies'withoit, upon the frosty air., Tho grand Ciel message shedding far and wide this Cry --trying to feel the throbbing 'gladness which .the •Cliristinas'iilorneule brings, Slowly it Gallie to -her, with its hap- py, earnest thoughts, and ' tele, pure promises. Standing in the still, calm darkness which was to herald in the glorious 'light, she prayed for courage to see the blessings which this light Would bring her. Prayed, toe, poor child, while a flash burned in her cheeks .even in the solitude and dark- ness, that some one whom she -roved might have • a happy Clirist[nas time, And then, With quivering lipis,she prayed (though she thought itewas only a longing) that, in this, Christtiias gladness and glory, the cloud might be lifted which now lay low upon her life. "Ole '1'ofn," she cried, as Tom same hastily out to her, elisten to the belle I We only seem to hear a note or two now end then, •but, are not they full of promise—whispering good tidings?" "Yes, deer," he answered, softly, as lie folded a cloak .around her; liut1 cannot,let,•you- wait out here in the cold. It' is past tnidniglit,is it not?" "Yes." "the look with which the words bad been. 'uttered, "when he' haci"`"stoect with her out upon the terrace in, the moonlight • after that. --to Bella—very happy day At the,abbey, She could only toodie- tinctly recall it ; but it was a look,, little leeks, as farabove your compre- hensions as, the moon rode. that night .above his brave, bent bead. e I almost wonder," resumed fire, Bruce, taking her Bible from the little table beside her, preparatory to taking her nightly dose of verses, " that lies - Ale consented so readily to go to this ball, 'Arid leave off`JJer morning on pur- pose." She must be very keen for said .hells, crossly, " I think it a, pity. Sne might have loft you this one ball in peace. Ile will surely then show yea. what- ]se wens, one' way or another." . There will bethe clay •after, too. Make the best of your opportunities, Love," I don't mind ,•bit about Bessie,„ said Bolla, with a toss of her head ; hedoes not care a button about her, that is very plaint You never see them together as you see us.” " No dear ; but I have seen him, aroused by her old-fashioned ways, and even by her remarkably rude remarks. And'indeed," ruminated Jvirs,• Bruce, " I do not like his signin ' mite o n b' his_ t t.. to tier ' Doeglas Arundel,' and ours, ' Leaholme:'>, ' .". That is nothing," said Bella, •snap pisbly, "°'You must -begin to think about your dress; Bella, dear," resumed.. her mother; more cheerfully, ." and you and I will see about it as . soon as to- morrow is over." . What Will Hester coo about hers ?" askedeleelle, rousing herself a little. • " I dare say elle will order it in Hereford, or perhaps when she goes to, Birmingham ; I do not know, She is, quite old. enough. to arrange those, things for.herself, h shall, of course, give her any advice she may ask for, but -I really do not,feel called iipon to take the whole responsibility. L.shell do my duty by, hetein'e every way, of course, but it really does not so inoch matter how she looks on„this night there will be' plenty of , balls tcieconio for ber.; When you' aro married `T' shall devote myself to her, I• ani tired of gayety for myself;” continued Mrs,. Bruce;. opening her book with .a 'sigh, "butI�will do nty duty as, long 'as.I. bave•young' people: about'rlie... llow- olifi is Mester. now r':; . This question was sudden and rather unexpected, inasmuch • as 'she had .found iser. place in se, Luke, and she ..could have 'seen •no reliiinder of it there. • "How can 1 reriiember ?" drawled Bella, "I. thought you might, dear. ` Well, I suppose she must heve been twenty. last birthday," cogitated 'Mrs: ' Bruce,, who knew her age to: the day. "There :is plenty of tiute before her: I donot like early marriages, though Was -bar- ely seventeenwhet,. your. 'dear papa Won. my consent.to our immediate use ion.. Yoa must , have the Advantages when there are any to Have, love:: Not that being a year or two:calder makes any difference in.appearance, bet seniority, gives' its own peculiar privileges: Bella; how old is Lord. Leaholme now ? ^ Here take the book and see." It Wes -not the Book that was ;lying in abeyance on her knee; but itssdaily companion on the little ormolu table. And Bella who had counted the. earl's thirty-fouryears as. often as she had .counted her own twenty-six, opened it .at the ''page towhichit opened most easily; arid read' with a, relish what she could- just as. readily have said blind.: fold. - , "eLEAHOLME,' EARL OF. •14 'Douglas Arundel, Larl of' Lea- holnie, Viscount Wye, and Baron Lea- holime,. of Leaholme, in the Peerage of Great: Britain. _Captain in the First Grenadier Guards. •Born May 22d, 1835, Succeeded his °omen, Douglas Arundel, the. sixth earl, March 12th, 1866.'" ' She paused,'here, but - her mother placidly begged her to go on, as she had got so fang. - "Oh; never mind, .mammal- We don'twant to know When the first bar- eget was created, and all that sort of thing : and 1 cannot pronounce the Latin mettoe You know there is' notMhg mor© liiut-"iii town res c�sn`ce and sluts and we know those well enough -,-as far as it tells us hero. Oh, dear, I. should like:to go to Lea- holmo castle ? 1 wonder when I shall?" "Bella," said.-ller, mallet a few nein Utes afterward, "we will eel' on" Mr. Delaboyde before'we go to the abbey. on the 6th. 1 Should not like to . have appeared neglectful." "I Went over the other day., and. visited the schools while be was there." said Bella,. • • "That wail a good plan," returned her .mother, smiling ---„ail encourage. nient to Mr. J)elehoyde i . and I dare say he will tell>i "Then the Christmas is• here; so, Hessie, give one n•y Christtnas greeting, dear, and my Christmas promise." The wondrous longing in her faee he could riot see. To hint the voice bad only its own sweet tone. "We will. take the whispered one that cams just then upon the bells; dears Tom ; and you and I, out. here • together. It- seemed to say, '.Fear not, I am With thee !' Such a promise that is for t e coming year ! Such 'a help for usn the keeping of our better resolutions !" "If; you Were with me always, I could do it better," said Tone a little consciously;''. . "While you think that, you will never do it, Tom; you lose the real help so. He has come once more unto His own ; and again shall we, refuse to receive Him, Tom?" . ""I .am' afraid I ant getting so coni- fortably accustomed to the darknesss,. Hessie, that I do' not feel the needof the fight ; but I will try, L will' indeed; dear, to keep those vows I have made," be said, 'eariiestly. "Do.-;vou 'believe mei ieeees," She turned and laid lier hands' upon his; • Her face; was close to eel ; and very tenderly, and almost .reverently, he bent in the clerkiiess and kissed herr The :distant noat .chime . announced n "need the.. Christmas morning found. it im- possible to .pieree the closede shutters anti: heavy, curtains:•to -find its way into Mr; .Bruce's'dressingioora; but she did not miss it, or .think of it, asshe sat en a email couche chase up to her cheerful fire, a bright flannel•,dressing- gown wrapped snugly about her ; while Bella rockedherself slowly on a low' chair •apposite, •arathei:.sallbn expres- sion on lier little rosy face',and a fret- fulness` in every tight . wave. of the erisp;' light hair. I do not quite tee the drift 'of all this mate/ilk" she said, criticising; one :white boot.. that rested on the low fere der.; "he did go .away, and we cannot help :it It.:is not very. likely that I. should have let him go, if filed' rested with me ; as, you perfeetly 'well know." "Yes," said Mrs, ."Bruce, • slowly, "'you are right, love bub still you did not act so wisely as you might have done." "How, pray I" "ThatI cannon; tell ; but surely you could have, prevented his going away in so sudden a manner after that nice day at Wye Abbey, when you were with him so much, love. 1 did •-not like his coming. back merely for the :cavalry 'week, and going off again as soon es it was over, It was very odd, too, his bringing the Dehiluoydoa; then taking „Mr: ,Delahoyde with him: to Leaholtne; and letting -him wine back here alone. Nov he only talks of coni- ing for two days." • . "As if I' would not have prevented it if I could," pouted Bella, "I did ask him why ho went." "Did you ? Ance what did •he say, love le inquired Mrs. Bruce, with in - nee gentleness. Reedit that so long as he had tel spend' his life in so nmeny nests, he must not spend too long a •time in one —even the downiest. Then I 'said I was sure be meet be tired' of Cher- leigh." A deathless, gtoty 'tri —tlte--Christmas:-- And wliae did he: --say- toethat, tide. • - dear ?" asked Mrs. Bruce, slowly, cross - Suddenly' Hester raised her head,' ing her slippered feet, and looking listening ; then passed out to the ter-. dowiu at them to hide her siiu1e: nice. • The distant Christmas eal of ,' p "He said—and. .I dQn t believe he the Ruyglen belle reached her here , knew at the.tintez chat he was saying it. yet above it, .piercing the frosty niid-. .-e-that he wished/410 was as fond of any night air, the old cry rang for her : other place on earth." "Could ye come bat;k;te me, Douglas." " That will do, Bella," said her. And•tho faint; far-off bells that flung mother, after a' pause; " he could their greeting on the still sky and hardly have said more. How did he earth softly echoedher wistful words look when he spoke to you ? I kite* before her heart could feel 'the glom what your dear papa meant by .hie irate promise in their tones :' looks months beforehe spoke to me° of "Oh 1 to snit back the days that are roll" love," Holding her „lead between: her " I3o 1ooked just as tumid," replied hands, Heater a Ood trying to hush •Belli►, a little' sharply, as -she recalled "When are we to make tine call, then rinterrupted Beni;, •' "The clay after Hessie goes will do, T wish Lord Lealiolree had given that living-•te petite ons who belonged to the families we visit; or, at any rate, who knew them." "It does not really signify," said Bella, impatiently and perversely; "where nee asksthe clergyman to one's house, his cloth is his guarantee of res- peetability. We need not mind any- thing else ; and we ueea not take"him to be a bosom friend. 1 do think it will be very awkward for- the-Coun-tess of Leahohne, because the earl does. look upon him anti a friend, I verily be- lieve; and she never could; of course." "Ohl she can do as she likes, you know, love." <"Well, good -night, mantnia," laughed Bella, rising at last ; "at least) good- rnorning, for it is Christmas -day, T' wish you a merry one, and Myself, too. I wish Lord .Leaholnler-'were here to be coming in ashe slid last year, and mak- ing it so jolly. 1 Wunder white • sort of a Christmas he is keeping at Label "Good -night, dear, a merry Christ, tries, too,' It will soon bo Twelfth - night, and you can ask Mtn," Bella,sliut the door and gipped into her own room ; and Mrs, Bruce at last took up the open book ;: and, with a quiet satisfaction, rated of 9ne who, at that time, artd for. Iter sake, hid be- come poor; that through his 'poverty ': she might he made rich. And she did not pause to question whether that meant that she might possess the•'ful- filled desires which •surrounded her, or the luxuries in which she reveled,. Professional end Other • Carat GIEr l CHAPTER, . XXIX, Iet IBIRMINGUAm. On the. round table before 'the fire was' laid on- a spotless white. cloth, where one straw neat • stood enipty, pronnising a 'little hot dish to colnu' The Venetian bend -was dowli and, dar- kenecl on the solitary window, and the red curtains drawn. •half across from eithersrde: Aunt. Phyllieefelt herself 'growing a Iittie,sleepy, that there was nothing else to. do ; .bub, .avoiding, with praise- worthy forbearance, the two easy -chairs' thee stood at the fire, and'.i9elr;etieg a very bleak an.d.upright; dining-ehairr 'she struggled weetaefulle t' meth tentp- tatioll. . Still the speeds inthe• coniparatiely •quiet' Birntnighani street diel`grow gradually'. distant- -mellow.^-silent thew a tall house fell bodily. ' • sunt Phyllis Started up to bear Mrs.: aaoldswith's cheery voice • telling : her "Co.put'the poker gently in.'s • " Good gracious Mary r how diel you buret open that. :door 'i" eha.'ex- cleimed,unablo:to !;eel, that the house was still safe at its fi;undetigns bnt. jumping deem Upon the hearth -rug in surprising wakefulness, for . the gentle i,neertiou of the pooker. ' • ' • " Noe bet what 1 think its a shame to spoil, a good fire by`.poking: it ; so :ex- tiavegant, to. . But you :,duet do as you like,' - suppose ,• 'and a; woe tiro ie cheerful when one conies in frieze a cold cab, • W here's Pollie• ?" " Seeing About' the fire . in . Miss Bruce's roour. - Annie lighted • it and it :went out.: • Poor Poflie is lighting it herself in• dispair."' ".Dear,' dear, how tiresome i And IJknow Annie will let that chicken burn, .or `ihot' have it done, or • sone timing. ". . " 1 have just been looking at it my self, and. it. • ie getting on 'very well, Phyllis," said her plumper and more easy -tempered 'sister.- • " How does my dress leek, Mary ? asked• _Phyllis, standing up and shaking out her skirt: Pathe says • there is quite a new gloss on. it. That's the blessing of getting a thoroughly good silk when you. buy one'att,,tlte 1 have bad this noweleven years, , you' know, and it looks as good as new to -night almost." " And . how:many timer ]lave you turned it ?" • • . Thia is the fourth. My goodne s.I What's that to : : That was unmistakably a (*ash.. But what occasioned it: was the ques- n needing solution, and bath: ladies went into the littlderetchen to solve . it. " Mama," cried Pollie, meeting them a the door with tears in her Cies, Anne had broken the globe of the best lanzgef` ' What eshall we do ?" --rt.-OK-Wee Yea '-eliiii a ie careless gtir'l''' began Aunt Phyllis ; but Mrs. • Gold- smith only said •two.words, with a note of exclanitition after them. " :L'he best. 1" . " I didn't, break it, like.'m," said • Anne, penitent y, " for it was Iiineeked' before.'• ted nn 001v1:14t1Ep4 »oN -'rws Graduate of the ROyal College of Dental Stir.. goons of Ontario, hits opened rooms in Yip- torin Rloek, Albert tSt . Canter where he wik be constantly in utfe, �' •., - �, dance, 'and preparedto .y, perform every opera, tion lneonnecllonwiJ, Clinton, April 21, 8801. ', Dentistry, JB. amore s, Licentiate of 'Dental Surgery w▪ ill • visit Myth on each and every month, from the tenth until the fourteenth. when be will be most happy to wait upon all those that may G,vor hint with their patronage. All operation, performed In the iugat skillful manner. , iilvtb, Dee.. 17 lase. A accentrib character named Paddy McGuire, who was going around Egan- villa for a number of years, was found Iying dead on the toad on Friday last, about two milers froni that place. This cause of death is uliknowfs.. R, REES% Ofl1 o, eetteneury Street, Maned/ ▪ ately behind itansford's book Store. Residery,aroo opposite the Temperance Usti, Huron Street, Oljii:o hours from 8 a,m. to Op. rn, Clinton, Jun, 'f4, 1883, 1-p ▪ Lr. DoWSLEX L 1),, M. R. 0. 8, England, .. Physician, Snrgeon, &c, Office- and residence next Moison's Bank, market square, . Clinton, Jan. 14, 1881. • 11, VAh1ER• soor1', •Barrister, Solicitor 111 the Supremo, e) Court of Ontario, Conveyancer Ree, Office fn heaver Block, Albert street, Clinton, Ont, 8b-enr. • L1II. eteete INO, Attorney, aolicitor, Conveyan10r . Sc. -Beaver Brock, Albert Street, Clinton, one. Money to lendat lowest interest. Private ["untl'n, Agent for some of the beet Insura,ice Comparnies. 4 !y ONES' CAMPBELL, Practical Barber and Rids.11) Dresser,, has reengved.te his lien' shop M.81111th'3 Mock and Is how better able to attend to the wants oecof nIliavinced, innnorous (,"stereos theeever, Call aunt lin HARRY rise:EIt'S Shaving Parlor, next to Q( in' imolai Rotel, returna,thanke for past tavar3. Conor and see enc again. Shop refitted in good styli, Clinton, January, 21, 1881. TAMES HOWSON Licensed Auctioneer for tis, e County of Ileron, Bales attended at ronsonah8, rates. Clinton, Jan. 14th 1881, tILiNTON Lodge, No. 84, A. P. & A M„ meets ��,) every Pricey, on or after the full ,coon, Visit. ing brethren cordially invited. A. STRATTON, w, s.J', »IlacwLUnTE1J, • Clinton Jan, 14, 1881 • 1.y it,TUNLY to lend 15 Isnot Or small ennui, on giros krl Mortgages or personal security, at the lovaet current rates. 11. BALE, intron Street, Clinton, Clinton, Feb. 25, 1881. . 1.1y, • ENT.RAI. HOTEL, Blyth, Ont., D. Erwin, prop, The above house is now refitted and furnished "new, and affords good accommodation to the travel. ling public. Good Liquors and Cigars always In thebar, Gond sample rooms. Every attention 'paid to guests. (Joon stabling and attentive hoptler._ Blyth, June 23, i881. • if 108.•W1'[I'1T,'rereher of music. Pupils attended lVl at their own residences, if nooessary, "Itice'S New Method" taught 1f desired, Jtosldence--Orani,d Street, near the Huron Road, Clinton. fj6 ' NST'1ii MJSYTAL MITSIC,-^-Misswebb'er, from this Boston Conservatory of music, will take a limited number of pupils on the organ or piano. reticular attention Oren to those who wish to improve on their " present stylt, of playing, at residence of J P. Davis,' neer GNG oi'grirrf[c4stel'r -.: r. FMK SALTER, Clinton, Ont., .teaches mush efri all its branches. Muslexi science and harmony' a specialty: Careful attentionntren to young; .heg0r- nets ; also the took :approved vocal training for ., strengthening and duvolo,ing'the voice is Iver whin - desired witliotrt extra charge,. Pupils attended at their ownresidences if required. Charges •$uodegytu Clinton,Iob.lStb, 1881,• - lig. JACKSON,• Fourth year Honor Claseie5t undergraduate T.00OAto • t"siversity. - Residence at Mr: A. S. frisher'se S. FFOpwLF t & S4011i For the 'BEST'VIOLIN STRING 'in Town, Ci.t tett ' WATCI(F.6, JEWELRY and SILVER PLAT Clinton. - Ontario. • ' CeIAS.'HAMILTO.N, ��17CTIONEER, lend, loan and insurance aglYtts .' Myth. Safes, attended in. town andtatuttry,'cw . reasonai,le tortes, A list farms and linage lots' fen•. saie.. 8lonoytq!oan 0n'nut estate, at low rates.of ln'. terest. Insurance effected on 8,11 elasses • or property. Notes and debts eolloetcd. Goods appraised, and 86145 • on: contniissien. Bankrupt stoics bought and sokt Blyth. Dec. 18 11150 - lhll)WIN M ''EFt, D. Set .L. . • ' DENTISTEI, • [tenor Graduate Royal College of Dental, Surgeons 'of:. Ontario. 'Late With Trotter a: Caesar, loading Dent fists Of Toronto, All Operations neatly and carefully • performed. ROOMS :`. Seaver. Block,' Clinton The preservation oftlle Natural Teeth a specblity;. July 15th, 1.881. • • Lo L., No. 710,' meets Mad Mondap: fn each motaIig in,Biddlecombo'e Holl. visiting brethren.eor-, d1any invitee- • •, J, HAMNER,. n^. sr. E. ELOODY, SSC.: Clinton, Jan. 14, 1881. ,7 11, .INTEREST :REDUCE! . • Money on first -elan farm.securlty and on. favorable . .. tonna to borrowers; tan:be had ' • At 6 per cent. per per Annum. Apply to C. A. HAlrrr, Attorney:, Clinton, May bs.'ie81. THE /fOLSON:'.$ BA i , Incorporated by Act ofParllawont,1853. Capital, lfj2,000,000. Rest, 5140,000. UEA.b .¢b'1~ rO; .. MONTREAL. „ H01HAS.WORRK3MAN, President: . if Y1: M0T )1 V1co•ttresrdeht: _.•. '. WOLVEnsTON THOMAS, Goneral Man or Collections' made, Matta war:,, Sterling' 110414 American Exchange bought and sold; and niite0 dig, Counted at the lowest current rates. Interest allowed on deposits M. LOUGH, Manager, Clinton, Fob: 1Oth, 1881. • CtraroS. A. S. FISHER, $50,000 to Landsat 6 percent. W1th extra infringes to borrower. Agent for the old J.nneaehtre lisasurntt •. • ('.o., En land, Capital Fifteen Million Dsltars OIL o+.:0,000.) Agent foe first -dais fire proof states-enenuie etur by °oldie & McCulleugh, Galt. ,;Second-handsafes taken Exchange Cursed, m;18, um -: •