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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton New Era, 1892-07-15, Page 20 41mkt 0410411404.Zokim` buxbiN004,14411' ' . leYe beleb t Alt slighth Kith etsetiemaiteetelent emit tee Po4 trith It* smile feign eeteletia else** eitniffe 00 Ole teevfl� 011, Ole* tfeMitetinfellts. • It!'ffirllle' sweeteat belle were Tong • Ow we sbeald mitts theminor chimesl o grandeat pot ug There'4 be,ne lonehle little-rtermee, ;The Modest, glee/fuel, viees aed grace • lento the tot est'e.guite fetes !..eeelasele'ettrtliet neeety L. taelece • S To pepele tette just comet in folks. Net they the werrlors W.:Meted' win Ulion the..oattiedeld i mune "Tejletindeitemom the a wfel -dire seMet thetre tile pefietereedeateloris tante. 1.1q theirs the oeet'e mime that hriugs Ttetaytheato gift. h is soul invokes; Tbeirs'but to do the SImpliithings ThfktlInty givea. Pet lommou folks. Theeeltre.11et muttitlefee of earth • 1ifl Meng* ever in the crowd glelptvilst,these of eqteel birth, 'Where eerie because of paste is proud. .0.0044 by the meshes of a tate - Zito. eometimes te•decree revokes; seleemeIbiloWly. eteettethe great, 'eAre Millions of just common folks. MA lifted theni above •-:!Thejevel of ehe lattimtuiplain; Yelluire vtitll Men arether love; *Quell with pleaetteontid with pain. 9.14.tterele, fee -reaching •briitherhood s7rithComniou,huidetut; common yokes • 'Aleeleettnienoze wrong e and common gOod, •pied?isartny out conamon folks. MISS FRENCH. 4,1M•••••••••••••••••••• eWell, Henry, vrhat is it now?" eiffieta Feelich had • just taken her east at hee'ovse! dealt n the1Divi5ion, and looked •teueeilWith soenewhet iinptitient 'air, at the eetileseed mesien er stedieing before her. ;•!;;Therst. wee. ie file of papers wiettutg to be and Henry's famished a deprecat- ,4eXpgession thee she nndeeetood. ee "Mr, Calvert 'weitts to:it:tow if you will kind as to midst hint this morning? ..11torrison isn't her, eud there's a sae :Mail." bag Morrison absent again?" 4Ifets'rn; I understand thet it's on account kneel." ery well, Henry; tell Mr. Calvert I'll apretiently." taFrench's tones were perfectly even, AIM never ellowed heraelf to betray emo- te:41in office," There were so many fol - women who did let jealousy, or Mee, or nerves get the better of them in iee that she was doubly careful to avoid Shred displays. But °inward composure 'Never navrard vexation; and Mr. Calvert- ek'essteltive little gentleman -was quick to 'feerlethe touch of hetet in -her manner. etelam extremely !lorry, Miss French, to t,;ittertupt you; but Mitsp Morrison is, unfor- •etteettely, ill etagain, the work is piling ° rapidly''- Troight say tile same of my own work, r.'Clilveit." '"Uridoubtedly. And I am distressed to iteeble you so often; but, you see, when I 'ineed help it must be efficient. Miss Blank eta* the desk yesterday, and I'll tell you .teeteifidence, he was really a hindrance. etit not every one who has your taculty." . Miss Morrison seems to be absent fr iiintly," said Mies French, inc less frigf One.. She was aware that her "faculty' evas above the office -level, and there wa eenee compensation in having the fact re cognized eleer health is frail," Mr. Calvert re Oiled. "I don't think she is absent with eeemesettuseabut-it. -certainly-happens, free. eeeqintiatly. Her sick -leave for the year Were Mee& up before July, and she had to make ret9,efrears on her vacation." e 'Do you mean that she has been here al .e-seimmer-that she has had no holiday atetill?" asked Miss French, &little 'startled. ee "I believe so. The fact, hies." lowering nede voice discreetly-"Viiss Morrison is not e, en what you might call prosperoue mecum - Y's eterleee." ; "That might be said of most of us," with eteelight curl of her short upper lip. "We :areell Government paupers here, Mr. Oat - "quit so; but there are degree!! in emu- eism. Between yourself and Miss Aler- t Oneefor - • messenger came up with a batch of let - stifle, and the sentence was never finished. ',But the distinction suggested lingered 10 Ifiete'French's-ooneoionenees throughout tile r'bility.morning. Mr. Celvert had drawn it 4eseeetitmerficiad grounds. Any one could see ontward differences marking social and habitude-, and the inference was snateeally in her favor. But she was aware sof iomething more radical. ;:ieet luncheon.time she asked, casually, if enybody knew whore Miss Merrison lived. ein the group of four or five, who by law of efeneteral selection took their Russian tea to- eemittier at noon, there was one who did reknow. And, with the address in her card- easo, he walked down to the Junction ee!alter hours, a Ninth -street Fear out towards Le Droyt Park. Some- LeAbere in that rather dreary neighberhood 7,tkhOitrinind a dingy, red -brick carayansery, eentaon which "Cheap Itoarding-house" was e,sethe legible stamp. A slatternly colored eseirl answered the door -bell, and refused her • card. e " 'Deed it ain't wuth while totin' that - npsts.hs. Miss Mawsotes sick abaid. She slcititit come down to see nobody." alestelati I go up to her room, perhaps?" i•!•• ieeaon you kin. It's on the top floe keep QR till you seep, an' knock at the •'f1;11!It do' you cre to." Mitts French followed these sometlihat e directions, and climbed three dusky fl ts of stairs. At the head of the last Met a woman who had just emerged leofe the firet door on the landing place, eseed 'daked to be directed to Miss Morrison's 'e,,tottn. "We right hore," was the answer, eager - t gediffi. "I wonder if you are one of the t relit ladies from the office?" t; Vies Felthch answered that she was, and thesiliman's face brightened with a sympa- f thetie ektaiture, •:,"teeeteriy am glad! She's been wishin' ; eotneheite would • come. Miss Mayrson-" eopetiing the deem a little way-"bere's '!coifferely ftie you. Can :she walk right in?" is it?" a weak voice asked, in a fluttered tone. know, I reckon. Somebody fr tethe °thee." door ems pushed open; the guide, 4not."7 dr...Jimmy than might have been fereed from her 'appearance, vanished deem the etairWs,y; and the visitor found 'herself in adtem so small, so bare, so pov- erty -a ficketit that her heart, touched al - ;reedy vvith rediersefut pity, melted utterly 'at the forlokenets before her. Upon a ear- fo* iron cdt lay *light figure, poorly cov- I eadaeitith ',threadbare quilt. A pale, ' eager, titattled face looked up to her with ! ennentieemiii ikleading in the big, brown , tied etithetit theught of convention- , ieit thatwold hife bean reineriffiered in olecumeesdiebt, 'Miee rainch dropped fitee ketees by the beds . 1 'lead tidier little ebiettl' she cried. "You peer little Will Why didii,N y.otz letdate if tthitteit?" ° "T thinV1 40 "Thittlit to eay, $ou th'e ght fl iteekrk• ' 1lose oreaturee,. en eeglIC 0 kkehein of ' yourself,o. • , ": ,, ,. ' . knee Idorrieeit tupited-a putient, piti "You may aeottnie if you like. It yV 'err kind of you to 011nelt::', • ' "Oh, kind! Ffirlin dh,tgnsted with ni Miss French rose from her knees, dr a chair to the bedside, and feet down in , with an air of determination. "Pee an engeeement for iiiic o'clock," 6 begrin,Iioking at /Orli-itch; 'land cOunti the ride home, it leaves me ten minutes eelke., ettey,e milt you some, questions?" many as you please. ' ."rell In •, thou, why you'ic in thia Olio placer Yea have a fair ealary-nine hu i (1, pp .. 9" "Oily sovenetwenty," eorrected Mi Morrison. • "I thought you had your promotion? M Celvert add you had paused the examin tion, and been reeommended to the Co initisioner. He earl you are doing ve good .e "It doesn't seem to help you much unle vim have influence. I eave nobody to pus the thing for me." "There ahould be no need," said Mis French, bitterly. "Good work should d it, own puslimg; but it's no nee expeotin that. Even sq, sixty dollars a month oug to give you more comforts. Are you hel ing anybody with your salary?" "I gave to provide for my mother, an my grandmother, and my little lame bro- ther. I heY have only me ta look to." "Good heavens!" Kies French forgot the well-bred coin leisure for the moment, but Miss Morris° maintained hers. "We should do well enough," she con tinued simply, "if I could keep my healtt • My mothereuts a littliehouse in the countr where rent is cheap, and she is a goo manager. But I -I don't knovr what is th matter with nie. I teem to break dovvn"- Her voice quivered. The starting tears the pale cheeks and trembling hands tol their own tory of nervous prostration - brought ou, as one might easily guess, b continuous personal privation: "I am so afraid," she added, strugglin with a sob, of losing my place! If it come to that, it juet means starvatioa for all o us." "I believe you are atarviug yourself now,' said her visitor promptly. "Do you boar in this house?" "Ye ---s, that is, not exactly"-- s "Not exactly; which means that you pay for your lodging and live on crackers and cheese?" ease Morrison was mute. "How can you'expect to keep your health when you are not properly nourished Would you be kind enough to tell me wha you have had to eat to.clay?" "All I wanted. Indeed, I have no appe tite. Mrs. Hoxie brought me up some tea. She has been very kind." "Is Mat Hoxie the person who told you I was here?" "Yea. I don't see any one else in the hotise." "I shall speak to her when I go down. And if she brings you up some hot oysters, by and by, and a glass of wine, you'll take th 9" . Miss Morrison hid her face in her hands. "I shan't go till you say you will," con- tinued Mies French. "And I've no time to Sparc, you know." ees "I'll do anything you tell me. Kiss me d before you go!" ' The thin arms were stretched Out in 3 Ohildiell entreaty; the wistful eyes shone - through wet lashes with grateful affection MleaFrench was but a few years older, yet her heart grew warm with motherly tender - nese as she bent over the lonely girl. - ' "You -a.re-nor-to-worry wisatir-the'Olnee,- .. I am helping Air. Calvert. with your work, and there will be no trouble. Look for me about the same time to -morrow," she said 1 cheerfully, as she left her. Mrs. Hoxie's room was on the floor be- low. Her door was ajar as Miss French came down, and she was peeping through the crack; but she responded, with a flutter of pleased excitement, to the young lady's request, "Yes, indeed, I'll be right glad to oblige you," as she took the offered money. "I ce t'uy do feel sorry for the poor little lone th g -and she don'ti eat enough to feed a fly, that's the livin' truth!" "Try to coax her appetite," said Miss French ;-giving- hasty -directions- esbout oy . building up, I'm sure. I'll sec to her agai , ei ters and grape -juice. "She only ne s to -morrow:' * e 0 Ito 'way not idghtiog oreseiteS himeeic "I lie' 10d, or gneiniug qui/Rub:km, The rut i*vening had proved rather faiiiiro to 'ler Pee Trottehe in a11 Orioue Mood, Was. not entertaining, It 'wiSti relief) on her part, to eeotkpe even from y- much intermittent Worts as eho j,hed nide Ab that effect, aati to find hei'oelf at ew last atone in her OWO room. But her soli - it Ludo ,was soon interrupted, even there, Hem I married ccusin--mistress of the house he which sheltered her she left the ng New Iteighiad homestead tee, y 0114'8 ILgo to came to her door, •present „ ,1;•ou4log 1 gown aiO'slippers. "You's. e' missed an opnor 1: rim ,ee she set Owe in • et , :see, 4f• us fore the 0')011 fire. "Eller .. erts Li. and Wile I hr,usted when . '1,1 aim you it hliiosht it to. nvir eentle!)_k thonr think it has. ,Calune. ' I "Whibli ineeme,conoeited thinli-thnt . yOu're,footecI"andl, rotin,,,u,'.it your obStim, ' el '4%. I 49iy. tAnow the •, oonlight4mtle of Mire. tell 1 Wiksit my h de of you, But I dOn't envy you,v 4be ',lidded, inalicloesly, "Your next interview with little Kingston," "You tnight spare nie that, if you loved me, Caasee" "AO I deal leee you. You've tented it all to gall and bitterness. By the way, there are some letters for you on the hall ethic. One is from aunt Katharine, and the other is in a man's handwriting-King- etoe'a, oia3,rhe, Shan 1 ring to have them iwou eit in?" "No, I'll get them as I go out. I must not stop to read them." She rose hastily, with a sudden tremor at her heart, the swift forerunuer of unhoped- for joy. Was it a letter from Kingston that lay with her mother's on the silver tray? Oh, no! She hed.unt seen for two years that clear, firm sepereeription; but she knew every line and curve of it with instant, glad • recognition. Was it not a sign that "while yet she was a great way off," her tepentance was accepted. She never quite knew how she reached 4 80 I were at thet'Sili o'Clock a f le can't see what you enjoy in th u herbage." r. m- ry ss • ht P- 1 "la it important that , • eeutild?" , "Oh, well, if you wit , to please him"- ' "Why should I wa,e, to please him, Casale!" "Don't ask idle questions. One goes through the motion, at least, with the mau IOne proposes to marry." "Who is proposing to roarry Mr. King. ston?" Miss French asked, with a warning note in her voice. "Bear me! I can put it the other way, if you are so particular. Mr. Kingston is pro. poising to marry you, at all events," Mrs. Clarke replied. "He meant to have it out with you to -night, I am convinced, and he was avrfully disappointed." "I'M gigot I wasn't there, Cusick" "What do you mean by that?" her cousin - , demanded. "Are you going to tell me that a 1 after all the pains I've taken to bring you I two together"- - ' "Cassie, don't be cross. I know you've 1. I taken pains for me, and a week ago I might y have said yea to Mr. Kingston, though it 1 d • would have condemned me to the game e eplendid mieely that you hide under a Redline face every day you live," "Berthal how dare you say such things? a Did I ever"— I "You never did; but I've lived with for you y two years, and I can see what yon hide from others. Where is your husband to. g night; dear?" s "At his club, I suppose; or the theatre, a veritable sunbeam, to brighten Mies - f or" - Morrison's chilly little den. . The sick girl "Why not aay you don't know where, was eagerly expecting her, and already -so ' and you don't care? That would be truth much can a little loving kindness d�! -was d to -night as it is five nighte out of seven:. He looking better. takes his pleasure apart from you, and in "Did you eat your oysters?" Miss Preach ways that you have no respect for. And asked severely. "And have you taken the though you've grown indifferent, you are tonic I sent you? And had a proper break- notehappy." fast and luncheon? Don't tell me any fibs, "Suppose we leave My husband out of now the question," her cousin suggested, with a "1 have been eating nice things all day," gooil deal of asperity. "You are taking waa the grateful answer. "And the tonic ? more for granted than I ever gave you war makes me feel strong again. But oh, I t rant for " don't know how to thank you as I ought." ."Forgive me, dear. You and I have "Don't try, then. You do look atronger. loved each other as sisters. I thought I I shouldn't wonder if you would be equal might speak plainly for once." to.a little drive to -morrow," said Mies "I will not forgive you," Mrs. Clarke re- French, reflectively. "Would Mrs. Hoxie turned snappishly. "You want to trap inc nend going with you. I'd take you myself, iuto admissions, to lead Inc up to a disap- but after four o'clock is too late. You poimment. And there's a flaw in you want to go while the sun shines." argument, too, for Kingston is just the sort "Mrs. Ifoxie would be only too glad !" of man to find his happiness at home. lie cried the girl, flushing with delight. "Yon would adore you, and he would give yeti on ht to I r th till h the office that morning, or where or rho" And therenpou, the littife waii.r,related,' /MO 100/40 prompt' given thWigieks .1riunehie, protege etioulti p. lon-ger laok1"infinenov" , to aeatire her pre, m°,AtITknnO)V.' 'the Conuniaimier," he Kahl,, etieit,T. "anC'e'ith your itSeltratiee that Atiel• morriewiliaa earned it, 1 thinh I can Om^ age her Melees° of salary. Ilieult you for giving Inc the oppertueity to serve you, oven SO slightly." He went, away with a liugering hand- clasp that 'sett t titrills of rex/terse to Bertheet penitent soul. It meant everything that was brotherly, brave, helpful, forgivioef and she longed to throw her arms round his neck, anti kiss him, sieterly, in grateful re- cognition. Title beteg Manifestly improper Iie rushed upstairs instead, and oried stormily for three minutes. After which she felt better, and having obstieately re- fused admission to Cassie, who was not too angry to he inquisitive, she sat down to write a long letter to her mother. In this she incloaed helf sheet of note paper with three written lines on it. She folded it once, and scribbled "Frank' on the blatit side. She said her prayers end went to bed and alept the bleep uf her childhood. e e Tbat "Frazzlea" brief inclosere was suf- when ficientl to the point may be inferred from she road her precious letter. It did not signify; she lied read it, practically before the seal was broken. He had faith in her -more than she had lied in her- self -and he had bided his time patient- ly. Now he asked her once more, would she come to ahare love and labor with him, to strengthen his hands, and lift up hie heart, and make her own Soul glad with blessing gained aud given? "I know you love me, Bertha, and you know it," the letter concluded boldly. "Hearts like ours love once and for all time, and now that you have taken your journey for ex- periment, come home to me, dear. We be- long to each other." , Where is the women that does not like to be claimed with such manful determina- tion? The bold worda rang iu Bertha's ears, danced before her eyes, made music in her heart all the long day; and their sweet reflection shone in her face when she came, An hoer or so leter, lee was seated * a qtfielitk vivant 4.1per cost, al one tbe Item, 'aright tablds spread at Alore l t, eitening for the Sir o OW Club dinner. Times was a flood of gel -light, a glitter of aileer_ and cut-oryetal, a wealth of color in glow- ing pyramids of fruit and flowere, bdhind which smiling faces and cheerful voices lent animation to the scene. Miss French was well-placed for the enjoyment of the even- ing. Sime had an escort, entirely devoted, with a semi-detached young man on the other side, who was eager to occupy acci- dentalgapsinherattention. And three or four of the notable people present citi we 1 her recognition, across the te!de. Ustielle she W5 le her etoment vial a gethering; tar she k ed c...ver men, I1 11 met them on their owe ground -with a reserved fund of , feminine fascination. To -night, however, her thought s wandered, and her tongue was less ready with suggestive speech and grace- ful repartee. She was glad when the din- ner of many courses was 01'81., and the chairman of i,Se evening announced the topic for disiseesion-"How to Abolish Poverty.'' It was a topic curioesly in keeping with her w,i»dering thenglite, that continually stray -ed back to Mies Morrison's desolate rodre, and to older, deeper memories which, by some feminine process of suggestion, the visit had awakened. Carefullyamppressed, rather than sleeping, memories, theme had been. At a touch they had grown active, and swarmed about her like bees with a Elting to be feared. But she listened, with a rapt attention that amused her com- panions, to the conflicting opinions tossed from one fluent speaker to another. There were some who contended that poverty was no evil, and to abolish it would be to rob progress of ita most potent factor. Others claimed that there was actually no poverty vvorth speaking of, and glibly quoted Btati- titles to prove that the world had never been so well-to-do as at the present moment. One saturnine orator advocated the multipli- cation of prisons and almshouses, bectuse industry created competition, and beat down the price of labor. The greater the number of workingmen he argued the smaller the pittance their work command- ed; therefore, encourage idleness aud crime, and raise the wages of industry by reducing its ranks! This speech was immensely clever. It bristled with trenchant sarcasms; it sparkled with droll humor. The room rang with laughter and cheers when it ended, but all the applause as to Miss French as the crackling of thorns under a pot. "It is a iffiamte to laugh,' she erclaimed. "The jest is too bitter. He speaks the truth. And we sit here eating ices, chink- ing champagne, laughing at witty speeches! Vast Ire we doing,. any Of us, to make et Oh truths iteposeibre?" er neighbor shrugged has sheelders, "WO; it been a.geoLonti_-foe fri gaup. tea e nge e says of you ! But it's too much -it isn't right for you to spend so much money for me." "I shall not Spend money. My ectuein's 1icHeef_3 94:e not used half enough for their own good. It will only cost ate the asking for them.'' "What makes you so kind to me?" Mise Morrison asked, the ready tears brimmittg up. '"No one elae would think of tomb a thing." "Don't talk of my kindness," Miss French retorted, "unless you want to put me in the chum and trample on rne. Why have I mevertliteight of it "before? Why have I walked blindfolded and seen nothing that I ought to have Been? But I am going to turn over a new leaf. Shall I tell you" -- with a sudden impulse towards confidence, and a sudden deadre for sympathy that she did not pauee to question -"Shall I tell ou a little story about myself? Would you interested! "Interested?" repeated Miss Morriso eathlessly. "That isim't the word!" II es ahone with eager pleasure; and thou would have seemed the most ineongruo ing to Casale, who impulses ran in mo nventional lines, it was a positive relief d satisfaction to Bertha to open her heart this simple child. To Miss Morrison it as a thrilling romance, this store of Love's etory-aver the world, the [testi_ and_the vil. She listened to it with a tremulous light, Moved to the depths of her gentle the soul. And Bertha wont away, feel - position, money, everything. I can't inuig• etc what you find to object to." "I'm not objecting to anything, Cassie. Mr. Kingston ie a very nice little man, for ell I know to the centre,ry." "It is a matter of thou ? Bertha, you are too childieh. You refuse a man that twenty girls would jump at, because he isn't six feet high!" "He has not given me the opportunity to refuse him, and I. hope he nevem will," said Bertha, gravely. "Let no talk of some- thing else, dear. I want to tell you about a poor little girl in. thesoffice.e • - - Bet, Mrs. Clarke made a gesture of im- patient disgust. "What do I care for the office, or your °poor little girle? I hate the office, and enrages me to see you going there day afelrr day, like any shop girl, when you might be mistress of an elegant establishment. I'm all out of patience with you." "So much so that you've no feeling to spare for a sick child, who is trying to sup- be port a family?" ey "Sick children have no.business to suce- ti port farnili.es. I've no interest in office th histories I'm goingt bed. C d !" Mrs. Clarke rustled out of the room, too 4n angry to be polite, and Bertha seated to herself, with a sigh, in the chair she had w -vacated. - -vi It was a luxuriously -comfortable chair, de and the other appointments of the spacious de room were all in keeping. A tall lamp shed lit tY in r- ha Mrs. `Luke's ootinnents at the blea.kfast» table a, few months later. "Berthee wedding -cards have come," she remarked to her huaband. •'She ie to mar- ry her Methodist minister, on the tenth." " is it as bad as that 7 1 thought he was Congregational, at leest," returned the gent eman. "It anmounts to time same thing," said Cassie, contempuously. all hini what you like, she harm thrown herself away on a poor minister in a New England factory town ?" "Going on for the executien?" "Not 1. There's nothing to go for. A quiet wedding in his owe meeting -house; the bride in her travelliee, dream, and not even a reception!" "Seneible girl, • I've no doubt her hus- band will be glad to escape the fuss and. feathers." "There's nothing sensible about it," Mrs. Clarke contradicted, sharply. "The whole fling is idiotic. A girl.like Bertha French o be teaching factory girls, and leading mothers' meetings! I never shall forgive her for the way she treated Ellery Kings- ton." "There was a 'mash' in that quarter, then?" said Mr. Clarke, whose colloquial- isms were not always refined. "He was in love with her, if that's what ou mean. And she refused him," said Caseie, succintly. "Possible? I thought you girls always took the rich fellows, when you got the chance," sneered her husband, "Scene of us do, and live to repent it," was the angry retort. At which Mr. Clarke laughed, heartlessly, and strolled away with his hands in his pockets. While Bertha's cousin thought bitterly -not for the first' time -that perhaps Bertha had chessen the better part, after all, Certainly little MiS8 Morrison thinks so. Thanks to Mr. Kingston's influence, she lies been.advanced to Miss French's desk ; and drawing the twelve -hundred dollar salary which pertains to it, i8 inclined to take cheerful views of life nowadays. She adores Mies French --or to speak more correctly-. Mrs. Freetk SteFling, from whom she re- ceives cheerf letters that haire much to do with her sweetness and light. Mrs. Sterling finds ample use in her hus- band's parish for the "faculty" that distin- guished Mise French's office -career. But it does not dwindle by exercise, any more than her happiness does by possession. She main- tains the friendlieete relation, with Mr. - Kingston, ingston, who is a welcome aud familiar guest at the New Englaiel parsonage, as close to the friendship of the husband as to that of his wife. "Society" does not see much of Mr. ingston of late. He has taken up ther serious study the question thit w re. agitated one night at the Six o'Clo/ . The Sterlings are able to give him points n, oedasionally; and while the problem ua its er larger aspect is yet to solve, alas! there is it gh gradually widening circle, of which he 1,0 us the beneficent centre, where the grith re forces of poverty have called a halt. Bertha looks up to her "nice little man" with a sort of tender reverence nowadays, "You have overcome my. evil with good," she said to him one day with the mdit egenuine.hurnility. answered her as genuinely -- .1 nave done any good, you were its airation.•••-bfary Bradley in Ladies' Home J ourn4i. its rosy glow over innumerable pret things. A brass bed glistened from a cu tained alcove; a couch hooped with sil e ti, cuslaione stood under a Woad window., it t. blooming plahts; a dee"teterri *AI 6 le nd feminine atmcy had iFidulge iit with well-chosen books; ictures tele o the walls; a itself freely in beribboned baskets and si ver toilet articles. Government pauperie had an attractive look in this room, wher Governmeet money had been lavishly span for trifles. Miss trench had never denie herself such trifles; for there had been n claims of necessity on her purse. Her wid owed mother had an income sufficient for her modes', needs; and her cousin would allow no mention of money between them, being glad to make sono return for years of timilvr ohliga1ion in her own homeless girl - legal Cow- 'eel' ly, l'an ',ha's income had been used cl.ieh,, .,.0. fie:. pre.:(clal gratifica• tion; and, till now, with only an oc,-;asional, ineffectual qualm of conscience. To -night, for some occult reason, these qualms grew insistent . and keen -edged. Memory pho'ographed with unsparitig dis- tinctness the wre'ylied little closet„ bare of commonest. comforts, in which a sick girl lay whose earnings had not been spent self- indulgently. And conscience, cheated for years, turned upon her sharply at last. "Listen to the truth about yourself," it said. "Years ago, because you we; e selfish and ambitious, you rejected a good man's love, and threw away the chance to work d with for your kin. You left y,. et. mother's home, not to be honestly itidermudent, bet to have more money for extravsgan..e; and, worse still, because you en vied your cousin's prosperity. yo, ',rampled on lov,s, and came to seek luxury and position. And now that you have caught the fish you angled for, you a.re not even true to your purpose. \ ou think the man a simpletoe, and you mean to throw him over; but he ia a truer soul than you are. He has given Komi his honest heart, and you hs.ve cheated im. You are not worthy of hie love. And you carry yourself high in the office, but every day you meet a hundred better women. That little patient creature that till now you thought beneath your notice - g glad she had told her, and humbler and ppier for the approval of an innocent Creature who knew nothing of worldly pre - 1 cedente and proprieties, but was clear-eyed d to recognize the beauty and holiness of true 11 love. Another interview was in prospect, which promised neither approbation nor pleasant - m pees, She knew that she had no right to e avoid it. Yet her heart sank when King- ston was announced the same evening; and d her eyes sent ineffectual entreaty after her eonsin as she slipped behind a portiere, and • escaped from the drawing-roont. "I won't help her out of her serape," thought Cassie, amiably. "She deserve is her bad quarter of an hour, and I wish he may get it." Her wish came singularly ishort of fulfill- ment, as it, happened; for bertha discovered to her surprise that "little Kingston" had more good sense that she had accredited to him, and very much more good feeling. "I am grateful to you, Mimi French," he said manfully, when she hal made her hum- ble confeseion, sparing herself not at all in the explanation which she felt was his due. "It goes without mayiug that I am disap- pointed; for you are the only woman that I ever wanted to marry. But I don't want tei marry any woman Who doesn't love me; least of all any womaim who loves another IMO. 1 am grateful to you for }ming true yourself end me." "I ought to have been truer," she cried, 31)0mefacedly. "I ought not to have let you .;are for me." "It will not do me any harm," he return- , ad with a real magnaniepity that she could not help admiring. "It's a liberal educa- tion, youknow, to have loved a good woman. I should like to feel that you will let me care for you still, in a certain way Not any way, of couree, that could be oh, jectionable; but if ever you could make me useful as a friend" He stopped, with a wistful look at her, and Bertha's eyes filled with bright tears as she held out her heals impulsively - "If I didn't caro so much for somebody else -so much, that nothing else in the world"— "I understand;" holding her hands firmly or a moment andi then dropping them quietly. "You are very kind to say so much, Miss French. It is worth a groat deal to me. I hope you'll prove that you mean it." "If I were to prove it now, by asking a favor of youl" she exclaimed with a sudden impulse. "You couldn't make me happier!" he re» turned, eagerly. And Berth/ea heart smote her as she looked into his honest, kind face. Here was a man who deserved to be lAred for himeelf; Why couldn't he heve fixed his &Rey 011 some one with a heart to eparet tit if he would be im 'foolish tut Ms care for er, ueworthy, there Was po reason -Om etight measly enough--tieliy OM should her heaping. Mill Uees • -t m God'i sight you are not fit to tie her shoetttrings!" At florae time or other in our lives, most of us, whether we would or no, have had to bear the beratinga of conscience. Woe to us when we oease to feel the smart and sting of them! Miss Morrison slept under her faded meths that night more serenely than Miss Freneh under either -down blanket - and silken eoverlid. But the wakeful hours held wisdom bit their silent recolleetion, and there wets a ligbt of sweet peace in the wan face that met her cousin's glance at the breakfast table. "You look like a ghiett," said Cassie, spitefully. "And you deserve to. I hope youeve had a bad night." WHY COUGH, WHEN a few doses of Ayer's Cherry Pectoral will relieve you? Try it. Keep it in the house. You are liable to have a cough at any time, and no' other remedy is so effective as this world- renowned prepara- tion. No household, with young children, should be without it. Scores of lives aro saved every year by Its timely use. Amanda B. Jenner, Northampton, Mass., writes: "Common gratitude im- pels me to acknowledge the great bene- fits I have derived for my children from the use of Ayer's meet excellent Cherry Pectoral. I had lost two dear children from croup and consumption, and had the greatest fear of losing my only re- maining daughter and son, as they were delicate. Happily, I find that by giving them Ayer's Cherry Pectoral, on the first symptoms of throat or lung trouble, they are relieved from danger, and are be. coming robust, healthy children." "In the winter of 1885 I took a bad cold which, in spite of every known remedy, grew worse, so that the family physician considered me incurable, sup- posing me to be in consumption. As a last resert I tried Ayer's Cherry Pecto. rae, and, in a abort time, the mire was complete. Since then I have never been without this medicine. I am fifty years of age, weigh over 180 pound, and at- tribute my good health to the use oi sAayieerm's,Cshearr.y Pectoral."-G.W.Youker, "Last winter X contracted is severe cold, which by repeated exposure, be» came quite obstinate. I was much troubled with hoarseness and bronchial irritation. After trying various mede eines, without relief, I at last purchased a bottle of Ayer's Cherry Pectoral. On taking this medicine, my cough ceased almost immediately, and 1 have been well ever since." -Res. Thos. B. Russell, Secretary Holton Conference and P. E of the Greenville District, M. E. C. Jonesboro, Tenn. Ayer's Cherry Pectoral, PRZPA.RirD BY Dr. J. C. Ayer & Cog Lowell, Masa sold by an Druggists. Price $1 1x bottler,$5 Children ry for Pitcher't COO Mt. Mr, Cook, eged of Ot, Tbetnea, took 1, dose of pure nminonnt by toistehe, 44,4 :et a:it If fliriel 1:41°:40 Pt: 4:16. rsOgifz' h: ;re to the steithet fWatettovinV etc Oitbe Yin oent, one man being hilted to death. ONE U•ATTCM5 Both the method and results when. Syrupof Figs is taken.'it is pleasant and refreshing to the taste, and acts qe.ntly yet promptly on the Kidneys, laver and Bowels, cleanses the sys- tem effectually, dispels colds, head- aches and fevers and cures habitual constipation. Syrup of Figa is the only remedy of its kind ever pro- duced, pleasing to the taste and ac- ceptable to the stomach, prompt in its action and truly beneficial in its effects, prepared only from the most healthy and agreeable substances, its manyexcellent qualities commend it to all and have made it the most popular remedy known. Syrup of Figs is for sale in 75c bottles .by all leading druggists. Any reliable druggist who may not have it on band will procure it promptly for any one who wishes to try it. Manufactured only by tho CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO., SAN PBANOISCD, OAL, LOUISVILLE, EY. NBW YORE. N. la Wrottootottal and other eartio MANNING et SCOTT, Barristers, Solicitors, C0NVEYA3I3ERS, &o, Commissionere for Ontario and Manitoba Omen NEXT DOOR TO NEW ERA, CLINTON. ONEY TO LOAN. MORTGAGES -al-Bought. Private Funds. C RIDOUT, Office over .1 Jackson'eStore, Clinton. l'UONEY TO LEND IN LARGE OR .1111- Small SUMO on good mortgage security, moderate rate of interest. H RALE, Clinton. A BEL S. 1,VEEKES, CIVIL ENGINEER, .13.. Provincial Land Surveyor, Draughtsman, etc. Office, up stairs. in Perrin Block, Clinton, Ont. nIt. APPLETON - OFFICE - AT REST- DENCE on Ontario street, Clinton, op- posItla. English Church. Entrance by Bide gate, Tilt. 11. it. E'LLIOT, PCD., L. R. C. LIEdinburgh, L, R. C. S.. Edinburgh, Ed tiate of the Midwifery, Edinburgh. Dina Brucefield. DRS.GUNN & GIBSON, C '0FICESIONTLIO Street, a few doors EitSt o Albert Street. W. GUINN, R. J. GIBSON. DR. J. W. SHAW, PFIYSICIAN, SURGEON, Accoucheur, etc., office in the Palace Block* Rattenbury St. :formerly occupied by Dr. Reeve, Clinton Ont. DR STANBURY, [GRADUATE OF THE Medical Department of Victoria Univer- sity, Toronto, formerly of the Hospitals and Diepensaries, New York, Coroner for he County of Hurou, Bayfield, Ont. - A. IT. W. The Clinton Lodge, No. 144, meet in Biddle - combo Hall on the let and 3rd Fridays in each month. Visitors cordially invited. R. STONEHAM, M. W. J, BEAN, Recorder MONEY! MONEY! MONEY! We can make a f ow good 1Gallei from private funds at ow rates and modate expenseer. Terms made to suit borrowers. MANNING & SCOTT, - Clinton [ E. BLACRALL VETERINARY SURGEON 4-1 • EronoraryGraduate of the On ts,rioVeterinary College. Treats all diseases of domesticated ani- mals 012 the most modern and scientific princi- ples. Office - immediately west of the Royal Hotel. Residence - Albert St., Clinton. Calla night or day attended topromptly. MRS. WHITT, M. 0. M. S TEACHER OF Piano, Orgau ind Tochnioon,or Mosel developer, for use of pupils. ROCAIIF at Mr. A. Cook'a, Albert Street, Clinton. R. AG NEW, Licentiate of Dental Surgery, Honor Graduate of the Toronto School of Dentistry. Nitrous Oxide Gas administered for the painless extraction cf teeth Office in Smith's Block over Emerton's Barber Shop, Clinton RV -Night h. 11 answered. ly DR. TURNBLTLL. J.L. Turnbull, M. B., Toronto University, M D. C.M., Victoria, University, M. C. P & S., Ontario Fellow of the Obstetrical Society of Edinburgh late of London, Eng„ and Edinburgh Hospitals. Office; -Dr. Dowsely's old office itaitoubury St. Clinton Night lie answered at the same place DDICKINSON, THE OLD & RF,LIABLE Auctioneer still in the field, able and will- ing to conduct any sales entrusted to him, and takes this opportunity of thanking his patrons for past favors. Also Chattel Mortgagee closed and rents coilcoted. Charges moderate. Ti DICRINSON, LiC01188d Auctioneer tor the County of Huron. Reaidenee Albert Street, Clinton. rp C, BRUCE, L. D. S., DENTIST, GRADU- -IL • ate Royal College of Dental Surgeons of Ontario. All operations of modern dentist. carefully performed. Antesthetios administered for the painless extraction of teeth. Office Keefer's old stand, CoatsBlock, Clinton. Will visit Blyth professionally every Monday, at Mason's Hotel, riR WORTHING TON ,-PHYS IC IAN SUR 0503 Aceoucher, Licentiate of the College of Physicians, and Surgeons of Lewer Canada, and Provinela Licentiate and Coroner for the County of Huron. Office and residence. -The building formerly occputcd by Mr Thwaites Huron Street. Conton. Jan 11. 1870. J. T. WILKIE, SURGEON, DENTIST llolds the exclusive right for the county tor the Hurd process of administering chemically pure Nitrogen Monoxide, which is the safest and best system yet discovere,i for the pain- less ettraotion of teeth. chargee moderate satistaetion guatanteed. Whim, ELLIOTT'S BLOCK, over ,Tbekbons Tailor Shop, HttrOo Street.olinto.