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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton New Era, 1887-09-23, Page 2:o .b. •t DAX,,SEP'1'EIdBFR 23,, lg$7, lube",.had..tlo atdo�r or cart > s f the snAdloPt-c.R :lienee..:.. lhat.i - do, know is this they wer@ absent' e Eton 0�'I•� for the best Part, of an h.olti,and, that i-.- long before the expiration Of that BY e►^. g,, Z ORRIS. tinge digs:hod grown fidgety, Lady Mildred was looking nnxiousa, Mr CQNTINUED. Turner bad fallen fast asleep, and Bracknell at the age of woe this humble chtonicletssiati well nigh abtbly very much' what my tutor worn out with desperate efforts to 4 anticipated' that he would be. sustain a conversation which flick - a Wits one of the haudsenhest erect and died the moment it was left ung men ih London ; he was lin- alone, ensely in request, with that class At length Lord Staines returned. 3o have COMB to bo known in these He had been making hay with his ter days as 'smart people.' His hair,from which I concluded that he 'serge de Dour had been numerous had failed to discover any arithmeti- d. a trifle ostentations-; be Was cal process by which the greater mei.; or part owner, of several can be substracted from the less,and firsts, which had achieved a certain unless I greatly misjudged bim,his lebrity, and he was pretty deeply inward ejaculation on seeing us was debt. I should be puzzled to say 'What, not gone yet.' eat geode qualities he possessed be- He was far too polite to utter any end that of phick, hut I do not in words to that effect, and he dis- eleastwonder at his great pope- coursed amiably until Bracknell and rity. Jiw, who petsistecl in re- Hilda reappeared, which they did rdir g him as a bright particular without the least symptom of embar- ir, was overjoyed on hearing that rasgment on either side. Then, old proposed to honor our quiet Turner woke up suddenly, rubbed ighborhood with his presence for his Bands, and said that they had a time;and it struck me that Hilda's delightful evening,. but that they es glistened when this cheering outset keep the carriage waiting telligence was conveyed to her. any longer ; whereupon we all wish - We all. --that is, the Turners,Jiw ed one another good -night with al- d'm}self-were. invited to dine at acrity, and the party broke up. eines Court on the evening of his Jim's dog cart was at the door,and rival ; and I declare that we had he had promised to give me a lift ',t been seated at the table for five home ; but as I was putting on my Mutes before it was perfectly clear overcoat in the hall he followed.me me that Miss Hilda intended to and said : 'Do you mind waiting a are him her captive. What' put half an hour, Hairy ; I should like is beyond a doubt was the obsti- to smoke a cigar with Bracknell be - Cy with which she declined • to fore we go.' ve anything to say to him. Lord Of course I replied that I didn't eines, who took her into dinner, mind at all, and accordinly we ad - ss obviously depressed and preoc- journed to the ,smoking room, whi- pied when he sat down; but Hilda ther Lord Staines did not accompany t.forth all her efforts to please,and • the time that the fish was re - saved she had contrived to put her ighbor in the best of good spirits. D man was more truly appreciative famine beauty and,wi.t than Lord lines. Meanwhile Bracknell, who d old Turner on his right-hand, :eedily realized that he had a very 'arming person on his left ; and it as not a little amusing to see the ok of blank astonishment which ierspread his features when, after Ipeeted attempts to attract Hilda•s once, it dawned upon him that she fatly perferred her father's eonver- ttion to bis own. I suppose that ever before in his life had he know -n - charming person display such ex- `raordinary taste. In vain he brought is ingenuous arts to bear upon her lad forced her to look around while 'e shot languishing glances full into er eyes. The glances failed to rouse any response ; she gave him olitely and plainly to understand bat his interruptions were unwel- ome, answered hills a few- aoncsyllables or a faint smile, and mmediate]y turned away to resume Ler remarks to Lord Staines, who ,as evidently much.tickled by the iscomfiture of his heir apparent. - Jim all this, time, was very pleas- ntly engaged talking over by -gone ays with Lady Mildred, only every ow and then bis eyes wandered to ildred,and rested upon her with a idiculous look of •pride and 'afi'ec- ion. Doubtless he was th=nking ow good it was of her to take so uch trouble to amuse the old•gen- leman at the head of the table. A or'Rev Simeon and myself, we ate ur dinner, which was an excellent ne, and nobody took. muchnotice f us. Later in the evening, when we assembled In the drawing room,. ord Staines became grave and silent nce more, black care having, I pre- ume,recalled herself to his memory. ery soon he murmured some ex - use and slipped away -perhaps to ry and establish a balance between .avenue and expenditure in his tudy. Lady Mildred had sotne hotographs to show to Jim, who ay or may not have been as intor- sted in them as he pro essed to be ; r Tamer, for lack of a more wor- by listener, was fain to favor me vith his vies s uron the subject of ehifi ii eciucalio a; anil�wliile fire was xpounding these at some length, I aw exactly what I had expected to _ea.. seated himself upon the ofa beside Hilda, who put up her an and received him with a side lance, which was half supercilious, alf encouraging. He began to ad- dress her in low tones of remon- strance. Presumably he was begging to be informed why she bad treated him with such mart el coolness, for presently I heard her reply, laugh- ing slighly, 'I wouldn't press the point if I were you,Lord Bracknell.. If .you do, perhaps I may ask for lour version of certain stories that I have heard about you when in London.' 'What stories,' he returned eager- ly ; 'depend upon it, there wasn't a word of truth in them. Surely you don't believe all you are told.And so forth. The remainder of the colloquy was carried on in such subdued as- centa that the eloquence of 1'ev Simeon,tvho was standing very close to me and omphatised his, periods by repeated taps upon ray shirt front with his forefinger, drowned it. But indeed, I was not curious to hear more. How many times, I wonder, has that self same dialogue been conducted in .identical terms since the world began, and how many times will it bo repeated be- fore the human race becomes extiont. (,generally, I think, about five or ten Minutes elapse before the' point is reached when the lady invites unre• served confession as the preliminary to possible absolution ; and then the man tells her -well, I suppose, he sometimes tells her the truth,though I llhould imagine that that is a rare case, 'What Bracknell said to Hil- da, after, they had moved slowly '.towards tho open French window --through which they presently van - i ain ieements of oeuntry boner life i1n 7del d.isaihpoilttment might have �tha'; itISMtaRr.ttpiet; and' to,AvAteu1 -eato-btfar; aocl' :then whale.. 1Iild.a and. B.tacknel!< together Oil arguer might bare blown over quiet, those occasions would. ;have. been ly, if -only Lord . tainrta had had the :Most entertaining if ithad not been severs to llialcl gree, longue about it. a littie:slietkessipg. l he 'stirred hid Bnt 1 suppose he, t'vu>t llualled wilb curloaity ; she roused in him a .spit it v.ietol'y, and couldn't bold his Ongue. of emulation;•sho flattered bia van First he tord„Lady Mildred, wbicb sty one day, only to wound it the was i,erhapa unavoidable ; later in next. Sometimes she ignored hint the day, byx4iich time he had fully as obstinately as she had done the recovered his good humor, be marcli- first evening ; and every now and ed down to see my motherand boast - again when Jim's back was turned, ing a little of the facility with which she would favor him with a look hebad nipped this folly and nonsense which I am quite sure must have in the bud. sent,y thrill through his whole be- My mother said it was all very ing, though he had the credit of be- worldly "find shocking, and that if ing accustomed to such looks. All Lord Staines had nothing worse than this time she was eharmiug in her • lack of fortune to urge against Hil- demeanor to poor old Jim, with da, he ought to rte ashamed of him - whom, however, she now avoided self. Iiowever,be was not ashamed taking solitary walks ; and the up- of himself, and I take it that he shot of it was that,before a fortnight must have gone shout extolling the had passed, she had two sighing virtue of promptitude and decision, lovers at her feet, instead of one, for in a few days the whole neigh - That may not have beena very won- boyhood was in possession of the derful exploit to accomplish, never- facts, together with such emenda- tbeless it was accomplished with tions and additions as individual great skill. taste had gr. fted on to thein in the How matters must end- was ob- prooess of transmission.. Among the vious enough ; yet when the catas- first to be informed of what had oc trophy (for I suppose it must be curred. was Jim, who rode over to called a catastrophe) came, I confess our house in a great state of heat to I was slightly startled. It was Mt ask me whether I had heard,what he Turner who apprised me of it.- was pleased to Call 'an infernal lying Strolling out in the direction of report.' When I was obliged to Staines Court one hot morning, I tell -him that the report alluded to, came upon him just as he was hur- however infernal it might &be, was rying through the gates, and he at substantially correct,I really thought once pulled up, took off his hat and for a moment that he was going to began to rub his forehead. Evid- hit me between the eyes. But he ently he was a prey of conflicting renounced that intention, if he had emotions,and, indeed,his first words ever entertained it, and only drop - were a confession that such was the ped into a chair, with a look of pain case. and reproach on his (face, which 'My dear Harry, said ho. 'I am hurt me almost as much as if'I had deserved it. 'And you knew that Bracknell was humbugging me all this time,' he said. I had not said so, but the fact was undeniable. I fancy that, upon the flush of the thing, he was more grieved' by Bracknell's treachery that by Hilda's inconstancy, and I could not get hint to pay much at- tention to the excuse which I made both for the culprit and for myself ; though I venture to think that these were neither intrinsically poor nor badly put. But when, in the plen- titude of my generosity, I began to make excuse for her, too, he stopped me. --- 'That's enough, Harry; .he inter- rupted. 'You mean well, but you don't seem to see that apologizing on Hilda's behalf is ireplying that she is to blame. I can't admit that for an instant. She never gave me anything in the shape of a promise ; and if I chose to imagine that she oared for me, the more fool I.' •'Well,perhapsso,' I agreed. 'Any - ho -w,- it's ver.y flyident that she did not care for you.' 'Yes,' he replied, sighing, 'that's evident, I suppose. And yet, I can't help thinking that she might have cared for me ifBracknell hadn't come down. Bnt there's no good in talking about that now. I shall be off somewhere for the next few months, I think. You couldn't be persuaded to conte with me to Swit- zerland, and perhaps spend the win- ter in Italy. I reminded him that I was not a man of fortune, and that my winter would have to-be-spentr-in-the-less- agreeable atmosphere of Lincoln's inn, where I had already taken a chamber ; but I strongly advised him to go away and travel. He had so many friends that he was not likely to be left long without a com- panion. I fear that he did not find me very sympathetic ; and in truth it was all I could do to restrain my- self from 'openly congratulating him on his escape.. Presently he said that if my mo- ther was well enough to receive him he would just go and say good morning to her, and I knew better than accompany him to her room. From that quarter those who were afflicted in mind, body or estate, could always depend on obtaining sympathy, if not comfort ;.and sure enough, when Jim emerged, after an interview of half an hour, he looked so much less inclined to bang himself that I was afraid that my mother had committed the impru- dence of advising him to try again. But that, it ap?eared, was a ground- less alarm. 'Oh,no,' he said,quietly, in answer to my inquiry, 'she didn't give me any hope. She was awfully kind, though, and I believe it's quite true that I shall get over this some day. Only I wish Bracknell had been a little mcra straight.' Well, upon the whole, that seem- ed to be a very proper spirit to meet adversity; and I accompanied my friend downstairs, hoping thmt,after all, he might not be quite so hard hit as I had supposed. But when we reached the front door, whom should we find talking to the groom and caressing Jim's horse but Miss }Ultima. im started violently, while I,for my part, inwardly commended her to the devil ; for I could not doubt her purpose in waiting outside in that way. 'Why did you not come in,' I asked, with a touch of asperity. 'I presume you called to see my mo- ther.' 'I did,'she replied calnly,and never so much as changing color ; 'but when I saw Jinr's.horso at the door, I thought I would wait for him and call on Mrs Maynard some other day. I know it tires her to have more than one visitor at the time. Jin', if you have nothing !fetter to do you might walk bore with me.' 'Good heavens,' though I to mytelf,'is she going to propose to him.' I took the liberty of 1'aising;my eyebrows. She met my gaze with perfeot composure; and it was I, not she, who had to 1 sok the other way TO 1IE CONTINUED. ' completely upset. Tell me now - us. I don't think I have ever met for you have an old head upon your anyone quite as straightforward as y q g young shoulders -did it ever strike Jim. It never ocoured to him to you that there was anything between approec h any subject by a little in- my daughter and Lord Bracknell,' troductory beating about the bush, I replied that idea had suggested as almost alt o£ us do. " If he had itself to me.' anything to say to you, you might 'You don't say so. Dear me. be quite certain that be would say Well, I assure you that I never was every word of it, and lose no time more taken aback in my life than about doing so either. His cigar when Lord Bracknell came to me was hardly alight before he had ex- to me last night to tell me that he plained matters to Bracknell in the had proposed to Hilda and had been most unequivocal language. accepted. Ah, I see that you are 'Look here, Bracknell, old chap,' astonished. The fact is -that I said he, 'I don't want you to flirt formed other -ahem -anticipations.. with Hilda, Turner. We are all You may have shared those antici- friends here, so I don't mind telling pations.' you that I mean to ask her to be I- signified -ascent, and he went my wife, though 'I'd rather you did on :- not speak of it to any one else just 'To tell y ou the truth, Harry, 1 now. should, have been better pleased if Something in this announcement_ thinga had fallen' out otherwise. - seemed to tickle Bracknell amazing- Even now I am not sure -However ly•; for his mirth was so immoderate we shall see. I. have just received and so prolonged that Jim felt con- a note from Lord Seaines requesting strained to add, 'It isn't a joke.' me to call upon him immediately,, . 'Oh, yes it is, my dear boy,' re- and I greatly fear that he will not -turned- the other,- still-l'aughing ; be favorable to -the -engagement. _ You 'it's a first-rate joke, if you could are very observant, I know ; have 1. s e it.Beadvised bymedim only ee is 7 you noticed any signs of his being and drop that young' woman like a disposed to-er-welcome my dear hot potato. She's not the wife for Hilda as his daughter.' you.' I was quite unable to say that I 'That's as may be,' rejoined Jim, had, and I really felt very sorry for quietly, 'but at all events she's not the poorman, who seemed, through the wife for you' no fault of his own, to have got be - 'I should rather think•she wasn't. tween the upper and the nether The, wife for me is a lady with millstones. Nothing was more cer- £50,000 of her own. Of course it tain that that he was about to get` would be desirable that she should into serious trouble with the patron have mere, „but 50,000 is the irre- of his living, and it might be safely , ducible minimum; the governor has predicted that, wh en he returned just -been telling -mea ser By -the home, he would--get-into-trouble nut way, do you think the fair Hilda less serious with the controller of will accept you.' his household and his actions. I Jim, with a becoming blush, ad- quite understood why he begged me witted that he was sanguine. - not to mention this to anyone, and 'Well, she may. Five thousand also who was meant by that empire- s year is not to be sneezed at in these tic anybody,for .a squire in the hand hard .time& and I suppose you're is worth two viscounts in the bush. worth that. I willingly gave him the required as - Jim got up and leaned with his surance, and he hastened away to - back against the mantlepiece. 'Do wards the house, fanning himself you know, Bracknell,' said he, 'I with his pocket handkerchief -as he don't like that way of talking. I went. am sure you have •no intention of CHAPTER III. hurting my feelings ; but, you see, Lord Staines was a weak man, it isn't pleasant to me to hear Hilda and, like most weak men, was. ex - spoken of-' ceedingly peremptory when aroused 'As if she resembled other women. to anger. It was certainly not poor All right, Jim ; I'll spare your feel- -Mr Turner's fault that Bracknell bad ings for the future, and I don't been brought within anace ofmaking think I'll marry Miss Turner,thank an egregious ass of himself; ' for, as you. I suppose I may .speak to everybody knew, Mr Turner had no her.' more control over his daughter than 'Of course you may,' replied Jim, he had over the empress of China. quite gravely. 'If you tell me that. Still, those • who are invested with you won't flirt with her, that is all nominal authority should expect to I want. Only don't you see what be held responsible when disaster I mean 1 If you began to pay at• occur, and a sad pity it is:that this tentions to Hilda, or to any other excellent rule is not more frequently• woman, what possible chanoe could .made to apply to certain high func- I have. It stands to reason that I tionaries whom one might name. have none. I'm neither good -look- Lord Staines, having got hold of ing nor -nor anything. Why, I Hilda's ostensible superior, lend thio wouldn't, ven ure to put myself unhappy man into his study, and against Harry.' then and there gave him a treinen- And with this homage to his dous wigging. I made a point of friend's irresiatible attraction and calling on Rev Simeon in the Course incidental acknowledgment of my of the afternoon, and found him own, Jitn resumed his seat. quite scattered. Never in his life Bracknell was a little flattered, I before had such language been used think, and perhaps also, (though I to ,him, he . said piteously, and sl- am not quite so sure about that) a though it was his duty, as a chris- little touched. 'Go on and prosper,' tian to forgive Lord Staines' words, said ho. 'Marriage is the greatest he feared that it would be long mistake in the world,but if you will before he would be able to forget marry, you will. 'Let me know them. when the event comes off, and I'll As for Bracknell, . he was packed he your best man. off by the first train, with a flea in It is not always easy to tell how his ear, and, I dare say, a check in far the sense of duty and honor his pocket. He wrote a letter to possessed by men like Bracknell may Hilda, in which, I understand, he be relied upon. Doubtless there represented himself to be broken are certain offences against their hearted, but powerless. His father fellow men which they would under wouldn't hear of the engagement, no circumstance commit ; but as and since he was entirely dependent for the rest, I should imagine that upon his father, there was no more it vfas3 . very much a question of to be said. Upon reflection, f feel temptation. Truth compels me to quite sure that he must have re- admit that the temptation with ceived a check. Lord Staines pos- which Hilda assailed the heir of sessod a find old fashioned temper, Staines Court- during the next few bit he worshipped his son, whose weeks was of a nature to try the will was a groat deal stronger than stoutest powers of resistance. I his own, and if Bracknell had really don't say that her tactics were novel; been determined upon marrying the but I de say that anything mole cook, I doubt not but that he would clover than her employment of them have snapped Ms finger in his fath- I never saw. Of course 'the.young oar's face and married her. Such people,' as we are generally termed may not probably have been also by our elders, were continually to- the opinion of the fair Hilda, wlheso gether. There were rides, there Wrath at finding herself thud coolly wore picnics, there were lawn ten- left in the lurch was, as I gathered nes-in short all the ordinary from her father, very great. I1!T BRIBI , AZ:TA TO THE POINT . Dyspepsia is dreadful, Dii3ordered' Iver la misery.; Indigestion is a foe liver nature. he than digestive. apparatus is, bit a a one el the Prost to.nplicatedand won- derful things in e341stenoe. It is ,arily put out oforder. Greasy feed,, tough food, sloppy food, bad cookery, men- tal worry, late hours, irregular habits,'. and many other thinga which ought not, to, he, have uuide the ,&1nerican people a nation of dyspeptics. But Green's August Flower has done a wonderful work in reforming this rad business and making the American people so healthy that they can enjoy their meals and be happy. 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He has had a long prac- tical experience. and by giving close eer- sonal•attention to the business in -all its branches, hopes to merit and receive a share of phbliopatronage. Bread delivered at usual prides. A large stook o1 Cakes and Confeotionery always on hand. Ice Cream suplied for parties. J R EVANS. DO YOU WANT, A GOOD BUSINESS EDUCATION ? Then arrange to siiend at least three months at the Central BnsinessColle etStratford A school which excels in its facilities for practical work. Its patrons aro enthuse actio in its praise. Next term begins on Monday, September, 5th, 1887. For cata- logue containing full infer nnatlon, address W. H. SHAW, PRINCIPAL, STRATFORD, ONT T. Stevenson -THE- LEADING UNDERTAKER, C1I.11N7VI N., Anticeptio Embalming Fluid kept on hand. -s- My Funeral Director, J. C. Stev- enson, has attended the School of Embalming, in Toronto, to make himself proficient in the art of embalming. REMEMBEIR THE PLACE, OPPOSITE THE TOWN HALL. THOS. STEVENSON. I $50,000 to Loan at -6 per cent. Why pay , others 7, 8, 9 and 10 per cent, when you can get money from us at 6 per c. First-class loans 5t per cent. Large loans 5 per cent. ' TERMS 'made to suit borrower, re- garding payment and period of loan. Apply to FAIaRAN & TISDALL, BANKERS, CLINTON. The Molson Bank. Incorporated by .Act of Parliament, 1855. CAPITAL, _ $2,000,000. FTEAD OFFICE, MONTREAL. THOMAS ,WORKMAM, President. J. H. 11. MOLSON .. Vice -Pres. F. WOLFERSTAN THOMAS, General Manager Notes discounte 1, Collections made, DrcJs issued, Sterling and American ex- c4dnge bought and sold at lowest current rates. interest at 4 per cent allowed on deposits. FAIiMERt3. Money advanced to farmers on their own note, with one or more endorsers. No mortgage re- quired a. surfty. •:II, C. BRG1tER, Manager, January 1857. Clinton . Oakes' Excelsior ORGAN After the severest teat at the late fair in Clinton, it was universally ad- mitted that FOR PERFECT AND EASY ACTION, BEAUTY OF FINISH, AND SWEET- NESS OF TONE, the EXCELSIOR was away ahead of all others, and destined to be the popular instrument of the day. This, along with the fact that a special prize was awarded it, certainly speaks volumes for the instruments, and parties purchasing should see the EXCELSIOR before buying elsewhere. GEO. F. OAKES, PROPRIETOR. • . Factory three doors west of Mulloy's Pump Shop, Rattenbury St., Clinton. J. BIDDLECOMBE. Watch & Clock Maker s"JE'W fiT,LER, ,lo., OPPOSITE THE MARKET SQUARE, Clinton. Where ho keeps a select assortment of Watches Clocks, Jewellery, Silverware. Which wo will sell nt reasonable rates. Repairing of every description promptly attontou to, and all work warranted. ,J, BIDDLECOMBE. Clinton, Nov. 1882: t=ed co 0-1 emitLut o IMMs 111.1.11-41 CD k=1 P2 -11.C4 CD CID emit cv F--1 00 00