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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron News-Record, 1895-06-26, Page 6*'toms d, John*. CURED BY, TAKING SACSB� AYI3RS= "I was afflicted for eight years with Salt Rheum, During that time, I tried a great many medicines which were highly rec- omweuded, but none gave Inc 'elle!. 1 was at last advised to try Ayer's Sarsa- arilla, and before I had ti" ashed tial Sarsa- parilla bottle, my hands were as Free from Eruptions as ever they were. My business, which is that of a cal' -driver, regnires 100 to be out fu cold and wet weather, once without gloves but the trouble has never returned.!'—TSOMts A. Jouxs, `Stratford, Ont. Ayer's Sarsaparilla Admitted at the World's Fair. Aver'as Pills Cleanse the Bowels. The Huron News-Recora 1.25 a 'tsar -41.00 is Advance, WEDNESDAY. JUNE 26th, 1895. CURRENT TOPICS. Calgary Herald :—"Mr. C. Gallag- her, pork packer and butcher, has cured over 100,000 pounds of hams and bacon during the winter, and has just closed a contract for tlielndian supply for this district. The amount required for this contract will he abdut 30,000 pounds, and Mr. Gallagher expects to sell the balance of his make to the local trade. He thinks that this year '. there will be enough home -cured bacon to supply the market here. If he is correct, it will be the first year this has been done, as every year here- to -fore large quantities have had to he ' imported to supply The local require- ments." The New York Commercial Adver- tiser got off, in a recent issue, the following truths about Canada :— There is not a community in the world of 5,000,000 in numbers more free from objectionable elements than Can- ada. Canadians are well versed in the art of self-government. They clearly understand that true liberty is not license, therefore they h ve profound respect for law and constitutional means add methods. They demand honest money. They have adopted gold as a single 'standard of exchange or measure of values. There is not any demand in Canada for rag money or a debased silver currency. Although an ultra -loyal people they believe in pro- tection to Canadian industries in pre- ference to those of Mother England. They have as many miles of railway per capita as we have, and they have common sense enough not to embar- rass their railway systems with adverse legislation. The history of their hank- ing system is most creditable to their skill in finance. , If Hiram Walker's whiskey has de- stroyed the equilibrium of other peo- ple's heads, he has given strong evi- dence that his own head is quite level. Hiram is getting old. He has: retired from business, and has made over his property, absolutely, to his three sons and daughter, reserving only a life in- terest for himself. The property is es- timated at fifteen millions. Thus long headed Mr. Walker prevents any squabbling over the estate when he dies, makes it impossible for the lawy• ers to seize a big slice of it, and,ciefeats Sir Oliver Mowat's scheme to take a share of dead men's estates. If Walk- er's estate be not exempt from the operation of the Ontario succession duties act, by reason of the fact that he is and has been, for more than five years, a resident in the state of Michigan, the sum he has been enabled to save from the clutches of the Mowat government - if the estate is worth fifteen million dollars—is $750,010. That sum would make quite a "colonization road fund" for election purposes. Rar,rer 15 SO( Hoots,—Diatressln5 Kidney and Bladder diseases relieved in six hours by the" NEW 'GREAT BOOTH AMERIOAN KIDNEY Cues." This new remedy is ngreat surprise and delight to physicians on account of its exceeding promptness in relieving pain in the bleeder, kidnap', back and every part of the urinary passages In male or female. It relieves retention of water and pain In passing it almost 3m• mediately. If yon want quick relief and care this 11 our remedy. 8o11 by Watts &Co, Druggists. Here's an idea for farmers of this country to work on. A number of far- riers living ten miles west of Yankton, South Dakota, have established a tele- phone system covering eight miles of wire. The fauns in that vicinity are sat -rounded with barb -wire fences. Each farmer is supplied with a trans- mitter at his house connected with the wire of the fence. 7 he staples have been removed from this wire and inso- fated fasteners suhstititted. A cell battery has been constructed, and the farmers are now able to converse with each other. The expense for the entire system did not exceed $25. 25 CENTS VS. KIDNEY TROUBLE. For2 years I was dosed, pilled, and plastered for weak -back, scalding urine and constipation, without bene- fit. One box of Chase's Kidney -Liver Pills relieved, 3 boxes cured. R. J. Smith, Toronto. The Hire is Worthy of the Laborer Montreal Gazette. Though Rev. Dr. McLeod got for his services on the liquor traffic com- mission $6,918, which was twice as much as the chairman received, and $3,000 more than any other member asked for, he still demanded $180 extras for forty-eight Sundays he spent. away from home., It is a good thing for the treasury the commission was not made up entirely of prohibitionists. THE WAPSEYRINNiGON TiGirR, Ciidi,I T IR I. It was Saturday night in. Rock River, Teams covered with the dust of the August roads stood in rows along the sidewalks. Harvesting was in full drive, and the town was tilled with nomads from the South, men who had worked their way north following the isthet'mal line of ripening wheat. Farmers had driven in for provisions, and their hands had come with th rn for an evening's outing, The streets swarmed with rough, lawless charac- ters. Few women ventured abroad, but bands of yelling boys, feeling the un- stable equilibrium of the atmospltare, fought or played up and down before the saloons which were crowded to the door. The better'. class of farmers h'teh.d up and drove away before 9 o'cl.mck, gathering together as many of their hands as possible, but others remained to see the fun, which everyope test to be coming. It was reported that the " Wapsey gang" was In town. The Swedes from Rock Run were alto well reprc s nted down at Ole's "Hole in the Wall," The Vesey boys and Steve Nagle had b'en seen, and last and inost important, Bill O'Shea, "the Wapsey Tiger," was down at the red saloon, 13111 was brother to the deputy sheriff, who had been in his day the most fear- ed of all the Wapsey gang. He'it was who used to terrorize the constable and make men like Steve Nagle quail, when, on his Infrequent sprees, he took offense at the Sound of their voices. He domi- nated the gang, and ruled as if with naked sword • in hand. By the advice of Dr, Carver Jim O'Shea had been made constable of the town. The Qoctor had quote 1 with great effect the experience or Poston in making the famous crook, Tukey, marshal, in the days when thugs ran the city In their own way. From being constable, Jim came naturally„ to be the deputy s!:eeete of the c:un'y. Hs had given up drink entire:y. Bill, also from the Wapsey prairie, was quiet enough ordinarily, but when in liquor was as ferocious as a panther. At such times no one dared to oppcsa him nor lay hands upon • him, that Is, no one but his brother, the deputy, Every law-abiding citizen regretted the infrequent visits of the Waps y Tiger. Constable Ranney, a tall, mild-man- nered man, grew more and more ner- vous as the night drew on and reports came in about Bill. He kept sedulously out of sight after 8 o'clock ; in fact, he went to the Mayor's office ter com- fort and reinforcement. He made a feeble effort to cover his flight b✓ say- ing to several of the uneasy e'tiz'ras on the street : " If I'm wanted, I'll be at tie Mayor's office, I'm going up to consult him." This deceived no one, Every min and boy In Rock River knew Ranney was afraid of Steve Nagle, to say neat- ing of O'Shea. They ehouted cat calls at him as he went along the st:e. t, but they could not blame him very much. There was a sort of horse sense in keeping out of the Tiger's way. The matter was being discussed In the Mayor's office. Ridings was there, and Judge Brown, and two ar three others. Foster of the Saturd ty Moe -n- ine. Call took a humorous view o the matter, the others did not. Foster quoted a line or two while sharpening a penc'1, " Now, 'whether Rodrigo killed Cns- slo, or Casslo Roderigo, all realms nay gain,' I'm getting news." " We may pull through all right yet," said the lvlayor, a small man of a schol- arly turn of maid, not fitted to cope with sums crisis, Depends on how rpon Bill gets whisky enough to put 'im to clef p," said Ridings, one o' the Councilmen. A wild voll'y of whoops arose on the street. Ranney turned pale, the Mayor started up in his chair, Ridnga set his Iips grimly. ' The fun begins," said Foster. Ran- ney, why ain't you out th rr' on the street ? You'll miss something." Ranney gave up all pretence, " I can hear just as well a little further off." Judge Brown cleared his mouth of tobacco, "Mr. Constable, we who are peaceable and not of powerful physical organiza- tion hire you to fight our battle for us. Mr. Mayor, order the constable to the scene of the carnage," The Mayor smiled faintly, " Mr, Con- stable, you know your duty." "All too well," said Foster. They all went to the window and looked out. Hp the street, clearly out- lined in the briliant light of th' moon, came the Tiger. He walked with a curious action as if his legs were made of steel springs. His bare fc et glisten- ed, his head was flung back in a wild gesture. He was Red Brian defying the English battle line on Batley Moir, " Come out, ye sons o' dogs, ye all, ye white -livered whelps. Come to m- arrums, come smell o' ma fist," He leaped in the air. "Come down out o' that," he snarled, as he caught sight of the men In the Mayor's ofce, The heads disappeared, and the crowd on the street laugh 'd, and the 'Tiger kept on waving his fist. " I can whip the worruld," " Constable, arrest that mended the Mayor, " 1 can't do It, y'r honor," said Ran- ney, in deep distress, Ridings broke out : " Th:ngs have come to a narrow lane, if we can't con- trol the streets of our own town. If our constable can't or won't do his duty—" Ranney, nearly sobbing in his shame and fear, dragged the star off his coat and extended it to the Mayor, " Take back the office. I don't want it. I didn't go into this thing to arrest grizzly bear nor crazy maniacs for $3 a day. It's all very well for you fellows to sit here and order me to go and arrest that infernal devil ; go and do it yourself." He flung the star on th' flo r and walked toward the back stairway. "I'm going home." Foster drily remarked : "There's a certain degree of justice in what Mr. Ranney says. There are to) many commanding officers here and too few active warriors. There's just ong man In this country who can arrest B111 O'Shea." " You mean Jim ?" " Yes, of course," " Jim's In Cedarville," " Then telegraph him," " I telegraphed him an hour aro," said the Judge, " I knew we were in for trouble, Ile ought to be here soon If he rtartcd at once," The Mayor sighed with relief. "Welt, there's nothing to do but wait," man," cone • every VOA, Willa of w the nevi s1.t11 paraded up' and down, into the a;t' ocoualonally w til' a " Wher'ro0 1" ele had the Weigh Hop tend the activity o: a leo. ar Was transfolened from a slouchy,. ly huroo:ous farmer tato a d Everyb,dy gave way befo a him. ,Se - hind him followed a howling mob of adm:r.ng trienee. Sllen e oral; o nei when he led the way into some saloon. The better cttlz ns k pt dropping itt at the 1t•Ia3 ores office to ask why that man was not arrested. The Mayor cooled each one off by saying : "I'll dep- utize you to arrest him, if you wish," While they were waiting they hear_1 the sound of hurry out in the street. then a word of command that fraught them to a halt. "Here comes . im !" Quick, powerful stens were heard on the stairway and Jim carne in. He was of moderate height, but the girth of his chest was enormous. Bis face was dark and handsome. His eyes had 'something plac d t n1 snr:w'ul in them. His droaping mustache conceal• ed his mouth. Altogether he was a fine Irish type. Where is he ?" he asked. " In the red saloon jus'. now." " Is he wad, boys ?' Jim csee 1 in a hesitating way. They felt no incliratloa to laugh, "He is plumb crazy," Jim gave a groan of roe ow ar.d cis - may. ' Murtherin' devils ! What a task I have. He took out h:s b'g c'aip knifr and laid It down. " There's a gang with hint, too," said Ridings. " I don't molnd that, it's Billy, poor divit." He tail aside tis r velver and took off his coat. "It'll be despr t, t oys," he Bald, w 1 h a sad quiver in his voice. " I can't shoot hint, yer amu r. It's me duly to arrest him, an' I will, but it's lolke ern- bracin' a lion to take Billy when he's dhrunk. He'll kill me if he c n, but I can't strollce him w Ith a weal ons, ye:' anner." dow at Mid' Ilia tintt wa,s l Aripping With' blood Tiger alto, He walked into the middle of wine the *'ete.ti with the ett,;1 sed man held to li#iri?i frit lianas. The erawd made Ivey for t of a hitt ae 1t 'he were a Itintr, He put Hili He down arm knelt watchfully beside him. quiet- " mica, CHARTER II. He looked sal and weak al he went out the door, but they knew the stuff of which his heart was made. "If he Isn't 10) dh unk, he'll come along when I lays me hind on his shout- dher ;n if he's Pghtin' dhr unk, it's hlrn or me," he said to himself, aet ha went down the street accompanied by Foster, " Wan comfort," 'h' aad d, same mt;sang way, " ] illy nivir sh It's fists wid him," They heard a wild : housing up street, when th, o •en Co �r of a sa emptied its l ght Into the sir. et. A crowd of me n r it rn Uely sung d in and out of the door, as 1, they moved away from a c ha n d w.idcat making plunges to the lergth of his chain. As they drew near, the howl of the drunken man could be heard as he raged against the barkeeper, who stood in deadly ter- ror behind his bar pica -ling with him. He tried to assume a cate.ess vci e, " Here, take all ye want. That's all right. I gave you y'r change. Take a drink—it's on Me. That's all r ght—" Bill stopped suddenly 1 ke a hon 1 scenting game. Hers's J m :" was the cry. "Ge out of the way, he els Jim." Jim came through the crowd, his big brown eyes fixe d on I3111's wed fa -e. The sadness in his face and its resona- tion awed the crowd, " Billy, my boy, c ore home," he sail'. gently, " Come home, Billy," and he laid his hind on his b other's stealthier. There was no si n of rel nttng In Billy's eyes. He looked astonished, then his eyes contracts] to red slits, his mouth squared at the corners, and his teeth showed in a bort ihle gr n. Ills hand spread on the c ounter like a paw, "'To — Wid ye !" he answered. "Get out of the way," said Jim, with- out looking around. The crowd fell back, leaving a clear spec s. " Come, Billy," he said again, but In a different ton-. He saw a ma bran before him. W.th a quic'c, cut •ping-, downward jerk, he tolled the Tiger t the floor and le 1 up.,n him. But th' insane man rose under him with a roll- ing, bearlike action, and forced him on the floor with equal terms. It was a terrible s ght. The two brothers, so nearly equal in strength, Jim fighting because it was his duty and hindered by his great love and admiration for his trother, the other man irrational, cruel, deadly. Jim broke loose and rose, "God forgive me !" Jim said, " I neer struck me brother before," .He waited for the fallen man to rise. Bill seemed to bound from the ground. Again Jim knocked him r. 11 ng, and again he rose. This time he rose with a knife In his hand, Ah !" breathe 1 the crow. I. " Shoot him !" said .the barkeeper. "Keep off !" said Jim. A new conic came Into his eyes. He was fighting for his life now. Again he met the infu- riate with his fist, but the man fell at his feet, throwing him sprawling. Jen whirled upon his back, catching Bill s hand in a terrible grip. The blood was running from a gash in his cheek. Over and over the two men rolled to the blood and sawdust. Notwithstand- ing their great bulk, they writhe;1 with the bewildering convolutions of eats. Now Jim came to the top, now I3 I', but always that right hand of the Sher- iff gripped the murderous wrist that held the kntfi Jim fought s I'ntly, grimly. The brother uttered short, snarling imprecations, like a carniver- nus animal at meat. He snapped at his brother with open jaws. Again and again some voluntee raised a chair to strike Bill, but Ji said "no." His pride was touched, 11 would conquer him alone. He woul not let another man strike his brothe For ten minutes the struggle contin ued, and then Jim arose and sat astrid the Tiger, who lay breathing heavily, cursing, raving, under his breath, " Handcuff hlfn," cried the crowd. Jim shook his head. " There 1s ns need," he said. At the word "handcuff," the struggl began again. 13111 wrenched loose sud denly and struck Jim again with th knife. The blow fell upon his colla bone and the blood poured forth again Jim caught the deadly arm again to his left and lifting His terrible rlgh hand struck a blow Upon the side of his brother's head, which laid him out limp and still. " Out of me way now," he said, as he rose, holding the limp body In his hands. They made way for him and he passed out into the street. A shudder seized the crowd. Jim was covered with sawdust and fllth from the floor, His face was unrcconlzab'e by reason of the terrible blows al h fist and knife which hid fallen there, al 1 the Mayor,"' he said. "I'll have a word with him." A moment later and the Mayor came hurrying down, ' What is it, Jim ?" He lifted a wild, aad face to the Mayor, "Y'r anner, .I ask permisaton to tape Billy home, God knows it would kill him to wake in the jail, y'r anner. The b'y dawn't know what he's doin' at all. He'll be near dead `wit shame, whin he sees the mark he's put on me. If he wakes in jail, 'twill break the hart of 'im. Y'r anner, you know Billy, when the whisky's not in him, he's es fine a man as Iver breathed the breath of life. May I take him home, y'r anner ?" The Mayor, deeply'moved, nodded his head. " Do what you think best, Jim." "God bless ye, y'r anner. Will some- body find Billy's team ?" The team was brought, and the ma- niac was lifted into the wagon 1'.ke it log. Jim climbed in, "Give me the lines," he said to the man in the sea. "Shan't I go with ye, Jim 7" "Give me, I say." The man surrendered the hats anal leaped out of the wagon. '}Good night, y'r anner, "Goo' night, boys," The wagon moved off in the glorious moonlight, with Jim sitt'ng bes'da the drinlc-crazed man who lay cn the bed of the wagon unbound, save by the grip of his brother's re'entl=ss right hand, 'lie never set foot in RocketRlver again, and the next year Jim was the only candidate for Sheriff In the county, A NIGHT WATCHMAN'S STORY. " What gave me a start in business?" said Jerry Jarman, " Well, I'll tel you, "In 1883, I was a night wat-•hman. About 2 o'clock one cold morning in March the street had become deserte', and I was able to sit down beneath the tarpauten shelter and enjoy a pipe and 1 the warmth from the coke fire that glowed In the iron basket which stood against the open side of the hut. "My occupation called me into va- rious parts of London and the suburbs the where sewerage or other rca3-works 0 -its. were in I rogress. I was than in Brto'.c Lane, Spitalfields—a tonality none of the sweetest or quietest—and my job was no easy one, for the inhabitan's were prone to remove, with an eye to firewood, any loose timber lying about, and the 'rougher porti)n of the com- munity om munity were rather too partial to play- ing with bricks, which they mirthfully threw at one another's herds, much to my wrath and fear. "I had just settled down for a quiet 1 hour or two, when a man made his ap•• s pearance in front of the shelter, He was, perhaps, thirty years old, v ry thin and pale, with unkempt hair and f beard, and shivering In insufficient clothing—what little he had being rag- n ged and old. His teeth were laterally chattering with the cold, and he had e a frightful hollow, hacking cough, aq r he asked me, In a lost, forsaken sort of way : a " Will you let me have a warm ?" " It was against the contractor's rules to permit anyone in the hut, and if the t police found such an outcast there they would most likely run him in, but I the Icon r m e r. e bad to worse, till he had become an out- cast of the streets ; but, as he woefully put it, he had not long to live, so it didn't matter, 'I'm in about the tact stage of consumption now,' he said, 'arid shall soon be out 0f my misery,' e "I was a bachelor then, living alone, and I quickly determined to offer the e poor chap a shelter for a day or two at ✓ all events, and as soon as the workmen arrived and I was off duty, my strange companion started off with me to my only 14 years old, and he had never ween his father since, "I got a neighboring dispensary doc- tor to see my friend, He gave him some pltyele to relieve his cough, but de - o eyed e-olared that ft was quite hopeless to at- tempt to save him, and in the seventh week poor George Rankin died. " The day previous to his death he gave mea paper which he took from the lining of his coat, where it had been sewn up, ' 'You have been a good friend to me,' he said. 'About the only friend I ever had, and I can't repay you for your kindness except by giving you this' I don't know whether it will be any good to you or not. I ha' amind ti destroy It, but I thought I had b: tter not. It Is a letter from ma father which he wrote shortly before he died. Although he ne'.er did hie duty by me, he evidently kept an eye on me, and knew my whereabouts to some extent. " 'Read it out loud to me,' G: orge added, ' so that I know you can make it out.' I took the letter and read : "'George—I am not likely to iive many days, and I am thinking about ray, money, I can't take it with me, I would If I could. I daresay you have no love for me, and I would not let you have 1t, but it is a pity that anybody else should get it. You think I have not done my duty by you. I tell you I have done more for you than my father did for me. I gave you an education— that is more than I got. I do not wish to see you, but after I am deal you will receive this letter. I have ar- ranged to have it post_d to 3o•'. Yos will find my money hid°in the toe gar- ret at 27 Yorkham street, Old Kut road, where I shall die. I will not tell you where it is hid. It will be a little exercise of your patience to find it. You were always an imratient yo ng wretch, and I would not' let you know where it Is at all, but I would rather you had it than anytody else, YOUR FATHER. " The letter was written in very faint Ink, in a crabbed, illiterate handwrit- ing, but I made it out fairly well, "I got that letter,' seed George, In October last, and went to the a'd ess he gave me. I managed to get into the garret where he had lived, and having rented it for a fortnight, search -d everywhere I could think of. I had the floor boards up, and looked and felt up the chimney and tried every conceiv- able place, but I could find no trace cP any money or anything else, and as I had no means to Fay the rent, I had to give it up. I have not told a soul about it, as I meant to try again some day, but I shall never have another chance now, so if you care to start on a wild goose chase, you can, and anything you may find you are welcome to.' "After I had buried George Ranetn I turned my attenti-n to th' h'dden money. I am not, I hope and telieve, a covetous fellow, but I thought that P I could find it, I might as well have t, and as I had been in a earaienter's hop for a year or two when a boy, I knew a little of building, and could handle the tools fairly well. I thes- e re started off to the Old Kent Road. "Yorkham street is in a very poor etghborhood, the houses being let out n tenements of. one and two rooms ach. I found No. 27, and arranged to ent the attic at half a crown a week. On the Monday I moved a bed, a table nd a few chairs to my new abode, caving the rest of my belongings at my old lodgings, and I set to work to ry and find the miser's hoard. "Day afteraday I persevered, trying very bit of the room's sur.'a•e, bu Ike poor George Rankin, I could fi othing. I had the hoards up one a time, sounded all the wails, and we half way up the chimney, but all to purpose, and I had quit r made up mind that the old miser ha 1 played hoax on his son, when I determined, a last resource, to consult a detective sergeant at the East End who w a friend of mine, "1 knew the sergeant could b' trust- ed, and I saw him and told him all. " Sergeant Green listened patient to my tale and carefully read the le ter which George had received from his father. " 'You have tried the place all over and found nothing ?' he asked. " 'Yes,' I replied, 'I have, and if y can help me, and we find the mons you can have what ever share you like to name.' " 'Well,' said Green, 'there may t something in it or there may be noth- ing—but I am inclined to think there something, 1f. we find the m* my may be much or little, Suppose we sa that you shall give me a third, but th It shall not be more than f20.' "I did not, at the moment, catch his meaning, and 1 told him so. " Why, what I mean Is,' said he, 'sup- pose we find f30, I am to have f10. I we find E60 I am to have E20, but that' the limit. If we find (600 I am only t have f20.' "'Right you are,' 1 cried, 'You ar very fair, and I agree,' 'We then went to my attic and re have a heart, and I could not but take 1 pity on the poor :hivering fellow be- n fore me. " Well, it's against the rules, but you do seem cold, old chap, so I sup;. os : I must let you come In." " Thank you," said the man•, coming inside, " Thank you, I am, indeed, very cold." "He sat down on the rough plank by my side, holding out his emaciated hands toward the fire, and after a little while he evidently felt the benefit of the warmth and shelter, "Seeing this with satisfaction, I set about heating my can of tea over the fire. I then took some cheese and bread and butter from my basket, and was about to start on my meal, when I caught sight of the poor fellow's eyes looking longingly at the food, " 'Are you hungry? I asked. " 'I've had nothing for near upin four -and -twenty hours,' was the reply: "So I divided my meal with the stranger. "After the repast, !h^ man began nodding and fell asleep. I went out, looked around the works and saw th tt the lamps were all right, and returned and settled down again, and my guest did not wake up till the rattle ani rumble of the trifle: f rr Spitalfields Market got very noisy at out 5 o'clo:k- " The poor chp shook himself to- gether and thanked me for my kind- ness, and was evidently making off, but I had been watching him while he was asleep, and had somehow begun to take an interest in him, There was a 1 co remnant of better days about the wan, diseased -looking face, which showed that he was not of the ordinary tramp cuss. So I restrained him from going. •"Where are you off to ?' I asked hirn.. The man looked at me as 11 in won- derment at my question, ' "'To the streots,' he repl'ed, s'mply• " I put a few more questions to him, showing him I wished to Le 1, (entity and got him to tell me his story. " Shortly It was that he had been a sttl clerk in a merchant's office. His young tri wife died to childbirth, and his own effe health had given way so that he hid lost his situation, and had been unable It to obtain other employment. He had no roo relatives or friends, and had gone fr•oni pia like cot ]cep the had win feet hop obs and oft t lodgings, aga "For over six weeks I housed and " fed George Rankin, for that was my ` "I guest's name. I as I "Bit by bit he told me his history sable and struggles, but it la not necessary In t for me to mention them, except that his rah father had been a miser ; a raiser in a waF srjtall way, no doubt, but a miser the nevertheless. He had turned• George " out of doors soon after her mother's bort t nd at went no my a as as patiently let- ter you y. e h- is It y at s p - f 9 n mmenced operations. Green questioned me closely as to where I had searched. ''Well, 1 think it must be eiih-r fn the window, the door or the celln:;,' he said at last. 'You have not had the window out ?' "'No,' I replied, 'I haven't.' "We got the "ashes out and opened the box of the casement frame, but It was quite empty, and It took us some hours to relnstate the window, Green then carefully fapped the es and framework of the door and ed them with a gimlet, but without et. The ceiling was now the only chance, was plastered all over except the f joists, which prnj.-cte-t b low th e star ; and the whole of the ceiling, the walls, was covered with a thick ting of whitewash. Green took the gimlet again, and t boring holes every few inches in side of the joists one by one. He arrived at the last joint next the dow, all the rest having proved per- ly sound, and 1 was getting quite elens, when his gimlet met some truction. He quickly removed it tried again, an Inch or two farther The gimlet struck again, and in ; and again. It's here, I believe i' cried Green, had been looking on as patiently 'could, for I thought it was lmpos- for any money to he cone aled he joists', but I gave a little 'Slur- !' and startecj scraping the white - h off the bottom of the joist. Only solid wood presented itself. Meanwhile Green had continued his ngs and had marked (AT ri pl 4,. death—she was practically starved ti joist about four feet long as contain- death, George said. The Int wag then ing something that prevented the gim- r let from entering more than half an incl' into the wood, With a (Warier - inch gouge he then cautiously^ rnade a small hole, and lighting a match, he said : 'I can see some paper.' "We then scraped the elder of the joist, and found that on the side op- posite to that which Green had been boring, a piece of wood had te:n let In and screwed up like .a cover or lid. We quickly had the aciews out, end, prying put the movable ple'e of woad. We disclosed a hollow channel, evident- ly cut with great labor, with a pen- knife In the joist. It was four feat, six Inches long, and just large enough. to hold a sovereign standing on edge. "This channel was filled with a .row of rouleaux, containing (20 each. Tfere were thirty-six rolls, making E270, and the papers they were wrapped in proved to be bank notes. Ten pound notes were around twenty of the rolls and five -pound notes around the re- maining sixtenn, making E280 more. In all there was exactly f1,000, 'Poor George !' I cried, 'what a pity he did not find it. It might have saved his life,' "We replaced the side of the joist and, with the money in my pocket, we adjourned to Green's home and I had a jolly evening with him and his wife. "The sergeant wanted only to take the £20, as he had agreed, but I Insisted on his having 2100, and he and his wife saw I was so upset when they refu llipthat they ultimately gave way, an went home with a 1'ght heart and a heavy rocket•contalning 2900. "Sergeant Green always decla:es it was the best day's work he ever had or is likely to have. He anti I. are great friends now, and al] the young- sters call me Uncle Jarman when I go to spend an evening there, "It gave me my start in bus:n ss. I threw up my job of night watchman and set up as a green grocer and fruit- erer, and I have now, as you know, several of the best ready -money busi- nesses in that line in London," Nervous Woman Their Lot is not a happy one. At Home and Abroad They are Miserable. PAINE'S CELERY COMPOUND CIYES THEM A NEW LIFE. Makes Them Happy and Strong ! Bright and Vivacious ! 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A moderate sized gerani- um of this variety is said to be so dis- agreeable to flies that they avoid its neighborhood and two or th ree of these plants in a moll) will drive them out, altogether. 'VHS' NOT YOU ? When thousands of people are tak- ing Hood's Sarsaparilla to overcome the weakness and languor which are so common at this season, why are you not doing the same ? When you know that Hood's Sarsaparilla has power to cure rheumatism, dyspepsia and alt diseases caused by impure blood, w v do you continue to suffer ? HooTs cures others, why not you ? HOOD'S PILLS are promrt and effici- ent. 25c, In order to belittle Premier Howell. Grit journals throughout the country are now engaged in the pleasant oc- eupetion of eulogizing his three pre- decessors, and contrasting. their in- tellectual and moral grandeur with his alleged littleness. 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