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TON SUTHERLAND '
How no got ou .a Hobby and
never got down again.
In,
presenting:the following story to
the public I wish distinctly to state
thet,' thopgh broadly founded on fact,
•,it is a story, not a history, so any one
attempting to identify characters or
Incidents Will f';nd himself entirely at
l8ea. It has been written in the hope
thatia someway or other it may prove
Of Use to Temperance Workers and
their efletse. It is respectfully offered
ne a enggestion especially to the var-
bt)us 'Temperance Orders. I cannot
help thinking that these Orders could
exercise a mighty influence for good if
each lodge would recognize as its mis-
sive not merely the keeping of its own
members straight, but the winning to
the Temperance side of the mass of
young people in all the surrounding
country, not by any means necessarily
to he members of their Order, but each
one to become a pledged, trained, ac-
tive Temperance worker. With such
a band of trained workers as every
lodge represents, this could be done
with, more rapidity than most people
imagine; if some such plan as Tom
Sutheriand's was adopted; and other
s efficient methods would readily suggest
themselves if .the work wee once heart-
ily undertaken. If anyffriend of the
cause anywhere finds in this story a
tauggestion he thinks he can make use
of, he is more than welcome to do so.
ANNA Ross,
Br ucefield, Dec. 28th, 1892.
CHAPTER I.
AWAKE AND AWAY
Nellie Scott, was a soldier, though
you would not have thought so to look
at her, and this story tells something
of her first campaign. Perhaps 1
should rather call her an officer, and a
cavalry officer at that, for her special
• aim was to get all het followers pro-
perly mounted.
Nellie was a young school-teacher—at
mere girl—teaching in a white ft•aume
school -house, which peered through a
narrow strip of bush at the changing
waters of one of our great lakes: On
theist of Sept., three weeks ago, her
term had begun and she had not yet
fired one shot. That was not because
she had "forgotten,"or was "too busy,'
or "didn't feel like it,"but simply be-
cause she was surveying her field and
laying her plans anti providing herself
with ammunition.
This was Friday morning: ammuni-
tion had arrived the eight before in
the shape of two pretty blue -covered
hooks that had come in by post from
the Willard Depository, Toronto. One
was a copy of John B. Gough's auto-
biography; the other a volume of his
puhlished lectures.
"Children,'•' she said that morning
after the opening exercises and before
dismissing to classes, "if you remind
ine, I shall read to you at four o'clock
out of one of these booksa story about
young tiger."
a she par theca up in her own
c+hind the desk, where the fresh
blue covers showed brighter from con-
trast with the well-worn school -books.
There was one buy at the foot of the
second class, whose eyes throughout
that dreamy September day, turned
often to the bright new books up on
the teacher's .shelf. Toni ,Sutherland
was by far the biggest•ehild in his class
—a well -grown fellow of eleven—who
. almost invariably graced its foot. One
look into his frank, happy face was
enough to convince a physiognomist
that he was no dunce. His stupidity
• arose' primarily from the fact that his
mind had always beer' so happily busy
with its own thinkings that A B C and
combinations thereof had scarcely been
able to make good an entrance. While
the lesson was going on, Tom's mind
was as like as not' absorbed with the
hovetnents of a spider in the corner,
or a fly on the window. or something
comical going on among the "little
chaps." or the memory of the calm
waters, in which he had been fishing
before scholl. He • was stnpid, not
from lack of ideas, but from their sup
erabundance. - Besides, till Nellie
Scott's coming, he had suffered front
dull teaching. ,
This new teacher was puzzled with.
him. He was evidently' interested;
but the had not vet succeeded in get-
ting his interest down upon his lesson -
book. Often she,.was conscious that
his attention was taken up with her-
self, and not tvitli the lesson at all.
Nellie's self and Nellie's ways were an
ever -fresh subject for cogitation with
Master Tont, who was taking in with
hila. sun -lit blue eyes
wavy a precious
bit of wisdom that a mere book -worm
would have missed. But he' utade
small progress with his lessons. In-
deed, it. was his ,inborn conviction that
he "couldn't learn." Father and mo-
ther, brother and sisters, teacher and
school -mates -•--all had entertained the
same opinion, and the fir st thought of
its being all a mistake never once en-
tered into his mind. it remained for
the blue -covered •books up un Nellie
Scott's shelf to lead the supposed
dunce to a marvellous discovery—yes,
to inore than one of them.
Nellie was not allowed t.o forget her
promise of the morning, and she read
them one of Gough's. thrilling) told
stories about a young tiger suddenly
roused by the taste of blood to act the
part of a tiger and d,t•op that of a pet.
Danger, presence of mind and pistols
all figured prominently in the story
and kept the interest well.
Nothing was said to point any mor-
al. When it was done she put, the
book back :again saying:
"Now that will do. If you wish it I
shall read you another story out of
my_ hook next Friday evening."
When a week had passed away,
Nellie wasromptl' reminded of her
promise. In Tom's mind especially,
the tiger, Nellie Scott and tits blue
hooks had got into a curious mixture ---
something quite delightful and out of
the ordinary. Ile was wide awake for
more.
This time it was a simple Temper-
ance story, graphic and touching, too
plain to need explanation. Al the enol
Nellie shut the bduk and said earnestly:
"Now, children, 1 rams here air
teack you more than mere school les-
sons. One thing I want most to teach
yon is thissekeep away from drink.
keep away from. treating, keep away
ft'oln the. bar -zooms. Don't take
1iger•f'or your pet, nor a whiskey -jug
feit4oue friend. You will find scor•ch-
iilrt fire in the one ,just as surely' as you
miff find teeth and plows in the Other,"
ItWag a short ',t'ertaperanee speed!,
'tit wi t �bc' two atoril preceding, it
• 'Wa'ti t tiderstCfna:.
ltltlii'ritlditilfl'tt'as 1;cA .jt"(lfrl)11'+'
ince speed; At all., hut, a little speech
of another sort.
"Before you go to -night," she said,
"I want to. tell v ou that the last dray of
school before (Christmas we ore going
to bold apublic examination. ,Vat
afternoon these two books will be giv-
en as prizes one to the scholar most
regular and punctum in attendanc,
the other to the one who stands longest
at a general spelling match."
There was a murmur of interest.
Where will you find school children
whose eyes do not shine at mention of
arize or a spelling match?
Then another of Gough's beautiful
stories followed, but it failed to catch
Tom's attention this time. Another
set of ideas were chasing each other
through that busy brain.
"Can I win one of these books? I
must win one of these books, I just
will, but 1 can't. But I will if I can; I
can try. I can't spell; that's sure! 0
dear, that othev one! I know I never
can come to school every day now I'm
so big. There are the potatoes to take
up, and chores and chores as the fall
comes on. I know 1 never can get
here every day. Then it will have to
be the spelling! I wonder if 1 could
spell. if I tried to!"
Here Tom. though the story,}smves go-
ing on, softly opened his lesson -Took to
try the experiment; could he spell if he
tried?
It never sti uck Tom as odd that he
had nevets t vied that experiment be-
fore, but his mind was on it now—yes,
fairly down on his book now, for the
first time in his life.
Roam, roam—he could- remember
that—that was not hard. Gnaws,
g n a w s—he wondered what that g
was doing there, but it was nothard'to
remember that it was there. He closed
the book over his hand, and under his
breath, spelled the two words he had
just learned. ,They were no trouble in
the world. Why, the page he had
been looking at lay as distinct in his •
mind's eye as if it was really there and
he could read .the spelling off that
memory page. Picture followed and
then covered, with as much ease as
the first two—then enough and though.
Toni was amazed at himself. The
spelling, in which he had failed that
very afternoon, was now as distinctly€
engraver' on his memory as the path
of the great crack fir the plastered
ceiling above his head.
When school was dismissed he (lid
not linger with the rest of the scholars,
he was tun busy for that . Ile had
made a discovery as aunazirtg to him
as if he hail found at sap -trough full of
dl miter -dollars in the sugar -bush. Ile
ashed off ahead of the rest into a
heavy bit of hush jutting down upon
the road side, away into its quiet dint-
ness, and sat clown upon at fallen tree
to his nets --found Lowers again. Ile
turned to to -Morrow's lesson, little,
birdie. finger, quickly, gladly. where -
ever, !t was marvellous, but it rias
true, t hat the whole lesson was mast-
ered iu the course id twenty minutes,
and Tom muse with a strange exultant
feeling in his sou:. "Then. I'm not 0
dunce! It's all a mistake, 1 can learn
and I will 1"
Tom 'had never fretted Over his
stupidity. But now. when he felt the
Power within }tion. there was a serious-
ness in his face mingled with the joy
and hope and dignity of conscious
power --a seriousness that brought that.
boyish • countenance into kinship with
some angel face in an old painting—in
keeping too with the lifted hat and the
upward gaze through the over -arching
tree -tops to the cloud -flecked sky
above. 'l'our's joy was too big to ling-
er merely on earth. It took heart -
wings if not word -wings with that up-
ward glance. "I'm so glad. I'm not a
dunce, and I will work for that book."
Next day the whole school was elec-
trified by Tow's rapidly mounting to
the head of his class, where head
never, according to the memory of the
oldest inhabitant, once planted his
feet before. Nellie eyed hire curiously
all day. There was a complete change
in the manner of the hitherto idle boy.
His spelling Was evidently his chief
concern, but awakening interest was
perceptible iu his other classes too.
That day in school neither Toru nor
his teacher ever forgot. and that even-
ing out of school was to be engraveu
if possible deeper still on the boy's
menror•y.
Bm•irnrniug over with his new hopes
and ambitions,
he carne home th;t
afternoon. Ashe entered the door his
ruotheu.looked up and said, pointing to
a stoner77ug standing • on the window-
sill. "Tom, your father wants you to
go to the, village and get that. filled.
If you run right away you can get
back before tea."
How the light went out of Tom's
face! Prompt, unquestioning obedi-
ence was the law of that house. There
W0'4 nothing to he done but to take tip
the jug and do as he was bid. He.
needs must go. But something whis-
pered that he was now false to Nellie
Scott. and her whole teaching, untrue
to the new hopes and powers that b ,
found their way into his heart thr
her, utterly unworthy to become pos-
sessor of one ..f these magical blue
books.
He knew the way, and he knew the
house, and the door, and the bar and
the bar -keeper, for it was not the first•
time he had been sent on this errand.
but it was "worse than pulling teeth"
to go there and ask to have that jug
filled. It was only dire necessity push-
ed him on to do it, and when he came
nut it was with the conviction that he
had done something wrong, something
mean. He had sighed no pledge, had
uttered no promise, but iu his heart of
hearts he had ranged himself on Nellie
Scott's side, on .1. B. Gough's side: and
he came out of that bar room a con-
victed recreant, to his newly adopted
Temperance principles, and they at
the white heat of enthusiasm.
The sweat came out, in beads over
his prow with the conflict going
011 inside. The jap, jap of the liquor
in the jag, as he trugded sullenly
homeward, was hateful to hint. After
his ear once caught it he could not
stop hearing it.
All the drunken scenes he had ever
witnessed—and he had seen several—
acted themselves out, again before him,
and sebrned to glory in their conuec-
tion with that jap, jap inside his jug.
A sudden resolve brought Tom to a
halt. "I won't, take you home, f will
not! so there!"
The cork was out of the jug in a
moment, the vessel to rned deliberate-
ly slant -wise mouth downwards; and
our hero with grim satisfaction watch-
ed the liquor as it, came by bolts through
-tho neck. He' drained it., shook it, so
that the last drop was gone. KO. fey-,
of thtiy ctlirk�•Wlatlt Moya gone.
sia
T ; CIL 1°TO.& STEW. ERA
1. Mr I I L 1
INA.0 i(1 PraL BABY.
We searched the list from firs' to last.
TU find a name appropriate ;
Tu crown our curly -headed boy,
We wanted•sonrething strong and great,
First Leonard struck us lion -like --
A goodly name --alas 1 and when
The owner readies man's estate.
He'll thunder down old time as Len.
battle.
Tea was over, and only his mother
was in the room.
Ile went straight up to the table,
planted the empty jug there with
'decision considerably more than neeeal-
sae , and said.
"Mother, I got the jug filled, but I
poured all'the whiskey on the road."
The mother's bright fair sheik actu-
ally paled.
"Tom, what do you say?" she almost
gasped,
"Mother, I won't bring a drop of
whiskey into this house again. No, I
never will."
Now had a volcano burst up in her
flower -garden before her eyes Mrs
Sutker lapd could not have been more
amazed. Tom turned quickly away
and left the house, mother and son
both eutiroly forgetting that he had
no tea.
Mrs Sutherland was unspeakably
perpplexed. and unfeignedly afraid.
"Whits had come over Torn? What
would father say?"
No mention was made of the matter
during the short evening which pre-
ceded nine o'clock. Tour tried to study.
but could not think about it; there
was a burden at his heart.
At viae family worship was conduct-
ed in reverent Scotch fashion, and the
room was soon cleared, but just as the
last foot was disappearing at the top
of the ladder leading up into the loft
Mr Sutherland's voice called:. •Town, 1
want you." -
It had been hard on Tom, that even-
ing spent under an over -hanging sen-
tence, all the more certainly -serious
from the dignity of its with -holding,
and now his heart beat and his breath
came and went quick as he backed
down the ladder and faced about to
confront his father.
h' en0eth Sutherland's eyes said:
"Coarse„right here, Tour," and the culp-
rit came.
His eye was steady, but his cheek
had lost its color. If he had been sure
he had done right after all he would
have felt better, but all evening his
Mind had been in a whirl. It seemed
ars if there were two results, and they
were pulling against each other.
Toro's eyes fell as he neared his
father.
Kenneth looked at him curiously,sad-
ly, not angrily, a second or t wo, and
then he saidl: "What did you do with
whisks Tour 1"
nth
"1 pourer lit. on the road, sir."
Kenneth's long arms • reached out.
lie took fold of Tont just above the
elbows, drew hint slightly to him, and
then said: "l1 was not the right thing
to do, when i had sent you fur it, but
I would rather you'd pour it there
than that you took to pouting it down
your throat. I'll never ask you to
bring nae whiskey again, or if I ever
do, 1 give you leave now to say no.'
Poor foot. If he had been ordered
to bring the raw -hide, he would have
dune it, with a first step and steady
nerves. This was too quick a transi-
tion fur the over -str'ai'ned young heart.
I am afraid he will from this time for-
feit the respect of eleven tenths of sty,
buy readers, but I cannot help that.
For the first time in his life, ion' per-
haps for the last time, he put his two
amts round his father's neck. laid his
face up close to the rough beard and
cried like a little child.
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Philander troubled us awhile--
For man should love his fellow-man—
But 'tie so easy to behead'
To common Phil we never can.
Now Roderic is rich and in fame.
We will, we won't. "Twill never do
To place our boy beneath the ban
Of common Rod his life all through.
4 charming name was Lancelot,
Or Valentine, Augustus, all --
But Lance and Val and Gus were not
The name we want folks to bawl,
Then Constantine and Bertram shone—
But Con and Bert we didn't like,
And Sol is easy oat from Saul ;
It seems a name we never strike.
My wife persued the novel strong,
While aunts and cousins entered in
The list with names that should belong—
Of course each claim could never win,
The baby grew and found his tongue,
And set our fancies to his will,
And yelled one night with boyish din,
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Notice Is hereby given. pursuant to It. S. O.
1887, Chapter 110, Section 39. that all creditors
and othcis basins; ,•in Inas against the csUtte of
James PutWu, foto of the Township of Cioder•Ich
iu the County of H urun, yeoman deceased, who
died ou or about the 31st day of f uly, A. U. 1892
' at Goderteh Township aforesaid, are hereby re• 1
quired to deliver or send by post. prepaid, to
Thomas C, Cox, at Uoderich 1'. O., or William
John Paisley, at (Tintern?. 0.. the Executors of
the last will and testament of the said Jaynes
Patton, deceased er, or before the 13th day of
February, 1893. their Christian and surnames,
addresses and descriptions, and full particulars
and proof of their claitns, statements of account,
and the nature of the securities, if anyheld by
them. And notice is further given, that atter
the last named date, the said Executors will
proceed to distribute the assets of the Estate
an'rong the parties entitled thereto, having re-
gard only to the sialine of which theyshallhave
had notice, and that the *rid` Executors will not
be liable for the said assets, or any part thereof,
to any person of whose claim the shall not
have had notice at the time of such they
• • (JARROW & PROUD/000T,
Solicitors for the said. Executors.
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IN THE 51'ItHOOATECOUR9'THE('1)1•N'l'Y
OF HU1tON,
IN THE MAT•1'e:fi 01' THE ESTATE ('1 .I011N Mc
ISAAC. DECRAg5D.
Notice Is hereby given pursuant to the pro
visions of the Revised Statutes of Ontario, 1887
Chapter 110 Section 30, that all persons having
claim against the estate of John Mclsaa*,
{ late of the township of Ooder'icl,, yeoman, de-
ceased, who died on or about the 20th day of
December; 1892, are required on or before the
1st da of February. 1893, to send or deliver to
Geo. D. McTaggail, of Clinton. one of= the 91x.
eeutors of the gest will of the satid John M.
Isaac deceased, full particulars of their claims
and the securities 111f a nyt held by them, duly
verified byatlidavlt. And after the said 1st
day of February, 1893, the said Executors will
proceed to distribute the assets of the said
estate among the parties entitled there-
to, having reference only to the claims of
which they shall have recelved notice. and
i after such distribution the said Executors will
sot be responsible for the assets of the said es/
late to any person of whose claim notice slid
sot havebeen received et the 11100 of anel' dis-
tribution.
MANNING & SCOTT, Solicitors for
A. Mehl URCHIN, t xeertors.
G. D. McTAGOAttT, I
Dated at ('lintait, this 27th day of Dec. 1892.
Notice to Creditors and next of
k irk of the late James Staveley.
Notice 11 hereby given nureuant to the Revised
Statutes of Ontario, 1587, Chapter 110. err. 39.,
that all Creditors uf, and other persons having
claims against, that:slate of Jame, Ftaveley, late
of thoTown of Clinton, in the County of Huron,
Gentian) to, deceased, are required to send to
Messrs Darrow a4 Proudfoot, of the Town of Dodo -
deb, in (bo County of Huron and Province of
Ontario, the Solicitors for William Brunedon,
Esq., the Exec ftor of tile last will of the said de-
ceased on or before the let day ofd' ebruary
their ehrlstian names and surnames, addresses
and descriptions, with full particulars of their
claims; duly attested. with the vouchers upon
wileb they are based, and that after the day last
itionilbued bbs sod Emulator wilt proceed to die.
Together with the largest stock and variety of CHINA and GLASSWARE`'.
GOODS—all suitable for Gifts for the Holiday Season, at prices 'that astoris1Ti`
'everybody. Come one come all and see. No offence whether yon buy or not.
J. W. Irwin, Groce
MACKAY BLOCK, _ -
- - CLINTON.
SYRIN
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Will be here in a short time and we are ready for it with a stock ofNew
such as RAISINS, CURRANTS, NUTS, FIGS, DATES, ORANGES
also the best PEELS in the market. Should you need anything i.
CROCKERY—such as DINNER, TEA or TOILET SETS come
stock. The goods and prices are right. FANCY CUPS and SAUCER
Seto, . c., for Holiday Presents. The Best 50 cent TEA in town. 26
for ill. Full stock of GENERAL GROCERIES. Prices as low
MCMTJRRAY & WILT
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We have just opened out the most complete stook..
Fancy Goods in the shape of
BOOKS, BIBLES, TOYS, BERLIN WOOLS, DO'
And hundreds of other articles suitable for Xmas gifts
have ever offered to the public.
Subscriptions taken for all Newspapers and 1
W. H. Simpson, Cilia
Bookseller and Stationer -
LIVE BARGAIN
We bog to call your attention to a few real live Bargains that we have been
fortunate enough in securing for the benefit of our customers. We guaraire
too everything in this list: let the figures speak for themselves.
Men's Laced Shoos ..$ 50 Ladies' felt Overshoes
Man's Long Boots.... 1 26 Ladies' Laced Boots..
Men's Felt Boots .... 1 25 Ladies' Rubbers
Men's Laced Boots.... 85 Ladies' Kid But. Boots 1
Men's Gaiters 1 00 Ladies'Dongole Button
Men's Overshoes 1 10 Boys' Long Boots .... t
Men's Lined Overshoes 1 26 MiseesLacedBootst lto'2
worth 1 76 Children's Boots
Men's Robbers - . - . 130 Children's Slippers
Where ask 65 Women's Slippers
Ladies'CarnivalO'shoes 1 2fk4llba good Japan Tea1
uet)ally 2 O at Barley per ...
1 00 Bird Seed per lb
Gb Canned Peaches ,,12
30 3 Cane Mackerel
GO 4 cans Corn, Peas, Ah-
tIS pies, Tomatoes or Puns-
0500
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00 kine
60 3 Oane Sardines ,26
25 8 Bare Soap 111
`26 8 bars Electric Soap
20 4 Packages of Corn
00 Lanrrrlry Staroh ..,
a we Black Toa at ;
tribute the aseeta of the mild docosesti among the ;
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