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hilen sprang' to open the door, and
revealed a little graceful bi:i'iide stand-
ing waiting outside. in one moment the i
two girls were locked in a close embrace,
While broken words of pleasure, and
loving repetitions of "Helen dear! " li
" Susie,, darling!" filled the room.
Why, you seem old friends! " cried
4tr. Seymour. '°• You did not tell me of
this, Susie."
•' How could I guess your niece, Helen
Seymour, was my old friend Helen Con-
nel, whom 1 have not seen for two lone
)•ears. And now do not understand•'-
" Well, I will leave you together for a
long talk. You can show Helen where
everything is in the foom, Susie, and you
will stay to tea."
" If you can keep Fred, but you knew
I am his housekeeper."
" i will keep him," and the old gentle-
man went slovely down stairs to the room
where he received his customers, ponder-
inggravely upon this astonishing friend-
ship, and wondering whore Mrs. Connel's
adopted daughter could have met his
assistant's gentle little sister. Be found
Frederick Hastings busily engaged in
fanish:ng off some photographs promided
for that efterrieon, and rather, discourag-
ed a4 the prospect of completing them,
so h4 was sobn busily employed, and
quite forgot the mysteridus friendship.
The evening passed rapidly away in
pleasant conversati'ori, but after Helen
Retired to her own' room, it was not to
sleep, but to write a long latter, which,
when ready for the post, bore the address
of her adopted brother, Herbert Connel,
in'Paris
It Was not Helen Seytttoufs nature to
sit ddwil quietly, a burden upon her uncle.
gho hod been but two days in her new
home, when she came info the little
room where Robert Seymonr worked,
and put a small package of photograph
cards into his hands.
" Are they well colored) ucnle? " she
asked.
"Exquisitely! Whose are they? '
"They ate pictures of my personal
friends, colored by myself"
"They are beautiful. You have given
ezpreesion and life to some that are very
poor picture).)'
" Do you hsie& tine a Aired here,
uncle?
" Sometimes, when l `tederic'k finds
time. But we have not made a custom
of lir t •
" Will you trust me to do some speer•
sign's for the show -roam, and let me help
you by taking orders+ You know the
ivorytypesbring quite a good price "
" But where did' you learn to calor
ivOry typpes?"
"'Herbert learned photographing for
atnudemefrt, and I went from step to step
finishing for him, till I attempted the
ivorytype, and my friends assured me
some success. I am' very fond of paint-
ing, and if you will give me some instruc-
tions, for I am but an amateur, I think
oan soon help you."
1t required some coaxieig, however, to
*in consent to the plan, but abs did
win it at last, anti it was tk t long before
the resultslbegan• to be felt. A higher
class of sitters came to the little show-
reoni, and where Frederick's fine finish
andtHelen'e coloring were secured iYt a
picture,there were but few who hesitated
to pay a'good price for the likeness thus
secured. Days and weeks glided away.
Mr. Putnam came to see Helen several
times, bringing the news that his letters
to Herbert were lying in Paris, waiting
-t yuong man's return from an Eastern
ae had started before the inteili-
`tis mother's death had reached
there was nothing to do but
turn in p"" Helen, how-
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ion the old lawyer tole his leave, whileJ.I
Helen went with light; quick steps to
find her unae and Frederick.
But over this sunshine rose a cloud,
tiny at first, but growing larger and
deeper till het. whole pleasure was over-
cast. Frederick was changed: He came
no more to seek her in the evening; he
seemed to take no interest in' the prep-
arations for a return to Wean--; he
avoided her everywhere. And while
her loving heart wots groAVine sick and
sad at the change, Frederick setae sinking
rapidly into his old despondency. This fir,t number of the REPORTER. In doing
heiress, this wealthy young t dy of fash- so we do not claim that Goderich has not
ion was not his Helen; at who feet he
could polar his hard earned Wee'th and a sufficient number of newspapers, we
honor in the futufe: What would she simply assert that it has an insufficient
care for the paltry rum he could offer, quality, in view of which we propose' to
wheri Gee had th6tz'sands at her own' corn offer a new rival for public favor- Our
mend/ So the two' loving hearts suffered sheet is not nue of the largest, but. we
apart ]ri silence, until she fe`t as if her
own would break when her uncle inform- presume t.ht t it contains an epitome of
ed her that Frederick had decided to go mere local and general news conducive
to New fork, and try to securea position to the taste of the reading public of
in aPlio'tographing establishment there. this immediate vicinity than those of
" Vitale Robert make him stay fb the our neighbours of larger propnrtions.
party malts nitrl stay for that ," she plea- But while appearing in infancy we
ded. "Telt iiiifl he must see the old hope none will he Po ungenerous as to
With tis, and help us x'elcome prophecy our early demise, or to harbor
year out w
Herbert. 1 thirst have Susie, too, for that a thought that we, shall not increase in
evening; she promised, and she cannot stature. Like the, little" acorn from
without hdr brother.'' which springs the gap -Ada, we look for.
It was the last day of the old neat, the ward to the time when we shall prove
evening had already closed in. The
pews' sowing the seeds of progress,
handsome house in W Street was civilization and christ.ianity, causing serf -
open and brilliantly lighted, for a'11 Het- doers and tyrants to aeek'gnarte►ro ,re•
en's old friends had accepted her invit- mote from observation. and pushing into
ation to her New Year's party, It was energy the slothfulness which is obGerv-
almost too early yet for the guest , but able in our mulct.
Helen was in the drawing -room dfess•
p" W. offer at first a small sheet, pre-
edand impatient. 7 hey had been but arntory to issuing one of the beet papers
a moment in the drawing room when
'it' the county. Our arrangefnents . stye
\ir. Seymour, in a handsome evening not yet completes, and we had not in
dress, come in hastily. Helen sprang tended to have brouebt nut a paper at
Oslo. eArly date. but the late tene of s
hn1f mod, "n sheet in town called the
Siena/ (!?) induced us to arm ourselves
iJGODERICH REPORTER.
Sdt'tcrday, Juty Z7tli; "28f0.
SALUTATORY.
tie to -day present to the public the
at once to meet him.
" Will be come?"
" He is in the library now. H e says he
cannot join in the festivity of the evening, with a l;ril, aline and challenge this
but wishes to bid you farewell before modern Goliath to eembaif.
your guests lisgerr1ble. Mr. Connel has We cannot new offer the prospectus
arrived; also and is in his old room.'' of the journal which the are prenarine to
" He will bird it all ready for him. 0 issue; was can only announce that it is
tftieleRobert, give him a Odd -speed on in pioerePa, and that in a very ahllrt•
trip errand." time it will he issued, arenmpanied by
He saw that she was sinking with agitat- l a newapaner, not ha'.f made up, and not
ation, so thought if batter' t+o.tenets/et'her', sO blurred, blotted and defaced as to be
with a jest. " Eeuieait er Leap Year' u>treadabla-
only has a few more hdtirs to live." fn tfte meantime we shall offer" our
"Leap Year! 1 never thought of that. little sheet as ri' *inn reguires.and hope
1t is Leap Year.{' I it may be appreciated by the public.
" Yea, for a few hours!' 1l -.
Helen's face was full ofedrnest ptirpdse 1 That Hole and Corner Meeting.
as she left her brilliant drawiiig-rooth, • ._
but once or twice a merry look df mischief The'aSirnal 'has been harping over (as
such as had been a .stragger there since it. stvles it) "a hole and oorner meeting"
she inherited her mdney, Crossed her lips. l'vvliich took lace some time ago, for the
At the library door she paused a momeut p g s
and looked at Frederick Hastings. He purpose of inaugurating' sports ' and
was seated before a small table his head amusements for Dominion Dia,. '`'ow t
the heart to see hove pee and worn was
the face she loved so fondly. Crossing "play , with edged tools, we will give the
the room she put her hand upon his facts of the case, and perhaps then the
shoulder. • Signalman will acknowledge that he has
" Frederick! " acted the part of a jackass.
he had not heard her, but he looked up Some two or three weeks previous to
" l'3ederick," and now her voice was the 1st of July, a numerously; signed
very earnest, " my uncle says ydfi wishpetition was presented to Mayor Doyle
to bid me farewell. If it must be so, I asking hint to call a public meeting for
will say the word, but before it is spdkene the purpose of arranging a programme
tell me, by the memory of all the happy of sports for Dominion Pay. The Mayor
hours we have passed together, what is acquiesced, and ordered posters to be
this cloul that has arisen between yon" Printed calling a meeting upon a certain
and me." evening, lJJpoh that occasion one hun-
In sight of her earnest face all his pride died ore quarter sheet bills were printed
broke down and he told hie love, his pride and•careful/distributed throughout the
his despair in words broken and often town, from the Gennice 1 RINTING 11 ousE,
confused, but eloquent from the very by Messrs. Cathcart, St Aldrich. But here
force of feeling. She heard him with a .lies the fault—the bt'g''ear—the greet
happy smile till he finished his confess- bone of contentior: Mess/ it. Cathcart &
ion and let his head fall upon his breast Aldrich received the order for that little
with* deep sighit'Ygr" And now it is all two or three dollars'worth of printing,
over." and the Signal man was so thin skinned
" Yes, all over," she repeated. " All that he squealed worse than fourteen
the deubt and suffering.- Frederick, my hungry pigs looking for a potato patch.
love, will you force me to exercise the He danced around town, butted his head
Leap Year privilege, anti ask you to take against the lamp posts, tried to chew
pity upon my heart?" the chains around the Court House
She might have said more but she was Square, until finally he was prevailed
caught in such a close embwace she could upon to take a dose of Mrs. Winslow's
speak no more, only hide her face, while soothing syrup, which quieted his agi-
tears ofquiet happiness- filled her eyes, tated nerves. But he could not be pre -
But a moment was allowed them, for the sailed upon to attend the meeting, nor
hasty step sounded in the hall, and then to approach one of the committee meet -
a tall. fine looking young gentleman en- ings afterwards, The Mayor had cow
tered the library. Helen gave a cordial witted an unpardonable sin, and the
greeting to her adopted brother, and great Signal Mikado determined upon
then begging him to remain where he his punishrhent. r• essrs. Cathcart &
was for a moment, she sped with fleet P ldrichh sign sere- to be banished from
steps to the drawing -room again. They the face of the eaf'th ; they had no right
had scarcely time to miss her when she to obtain the means of eltistefrce, even
was back again with Susie beside her. though it might be throtl`gli their legiti-
" Herbert," she said, while her face mate calling ; arid that oenimittee who
beamed with pleasure, " I found your dared to pass the great "Signal" dear
blue eyed treasure for you! Will you force and order printing elsewhere, were' an=
her to exercise the Leap Year privilege, athematized seventy times seven.
too?" But she was answered while she But why this great hue' and ery Meths
spoke for Herbert's greeting showed no part of the "Signal" mart'? cirri lily be
hesitation in accepting the bride his cause he saw in the estabiishmei'it of the'
adopted sister had found for him GODERICH PRINTING HOUSE, that the pro=
Need i say more? Frederick joined the prietors would not enter inta a combiria
party with smilinggrace, and it was not tion to rob their fellow townsmen. Be
longbefore the house was open again for knew that they were practical and
guests invited to a double wedding. thorough workmen in the "art preserva-
tive of all arts," and that when work
was required they would offer for it at
a reasonable "live and let live" price.
He saw in them enemies to monopoly,
and in them the overthrow of his pet
cemlaination ring which for some years
has been a bugbear in Gcderich. We
shall give an instance or two.
resting on one hand, and it cut Helen to ,show how dangerous it is for children to
now with a wintry smile.
-,dont its- Forepaugh's great show always eeleet
1113 best hotels to patronise, thus we presum
ties re son of their engaging with Messrs
McWilliame Is Peatman, of the Albion, o
penetrat- ,their vita to Coderieh on Monday next.
In 1879 the "Signal" man printed the
papers for the examination of the
scholars, charging therefor $15. The
present year (1880) he offered a tender,
for exactly the same amount of work,
four dollars and ninety cents; being
met by Messrs. Cathcart & Aldrich with
a tender of ;;'4.50, which was accepted
and satisfactorily performed. Now if
the "Signal" was honest iti its tender
this year it certainly committed a robbery
up -ti our School Fund of upwards of ten
dollars last year.
In 1877 the "Signal" printed the
Voters' List for the town -of Goderich
and charged therefor eighty-five dollars;
In 1878 the "Star" printed said list and
charged eighty-fi ee dollars. In 1 a79
te.Iders were asked by the Council, but
neither of those papers would tender,
contending that $85,.waa not enough,
and that the Council ghoul(' give the
work to one or the other df them and let
them charge what they sate fit The
Council could not apprdve of stick an
arrangement, and sent td Tcrontd where
they got the work done, at A cost of
twenty-two dollars. A',; the regular meet -
in lune, tenders were again asked, for
1880. 'I he "Signal" offered a tender of
twenty dollars, for the same work which"
they had announced did not pay at $85.
Messrs. Cathcart Js Aldrich offered a
tender of eighteen dollars and forty-five
cents, which was accepted, and the work
bas been executed, in better style then
ever before performed by any printing
establishment in the Town of Goderich.
Now if the "Signal" was satisfied to
print the Voters' List this oaf fof $20,
why did they charge eighty-five
dollars in former years ? Evidently.they
have been practicing a system of muni-
cipal robbery, the brunt of which had to
he borne by the ratepayers of the town.
It is no )eon°der then that we see some of
our oldest and best merchants failing'
no wonder that business men are crippled
and forted to sell out or make assign-
ments ; Ito wonder that vacant houses
can be counted by the sedreiin every
quarter of our town. SifClr leeches would
drain the Jife blood otft of any town even
though the exchequer of Clreat Britain
was at its command.
The fact of the niatte'r is, the "Signal"
has been the chief of a dombination in
Godericlr,' to bleed the Coven treasury,
and while so doing expefirttents hays
been practiced acrid, successfully carried
out upon' honest farmers and Others in-
this immediate vicinity requiring print--
inga Our surrounding township eouncile'
have had to suffer as well, in all cases
having had to pay at least five times as
much its teoi'k was worth. But now there, •,. •:,
is a remedy: Printing can now :be obtaijr
ed at plates Corresponding with viae leard •
times. Messrs. Cathcart k Aldrich;• of ..
the Gotlerlch Printing (louse,, own rind,
conduct the best appointed printing ,ei;
tablishment in town, and they are de
termined to break up irfohopolies nud
bring prices to an honest bakiel
Sacrificing Goderlich for $41
_z.
Shortly before Do -labial Day the printing'
of 100 quarter sheet postern, calling a pub-
lic meeting to arrange for the celebration of
the day, was given out by tile Mayor to
Messrs. Cathcart & Aldrich, proprietors of '
the cheapest priuting establishment in town•
Fort bwith the •' Signal " flies into a passion',
and abuses the Mayor and the whole Couucil,
and charges them with a cheese -paring and
narrow minded policy in the matter of the
Town printing. The Ma: or is warned that
there is a printing committee, who should be
consulted about the printing of those bills'.
The "Signal " does not however explain to '
the public why it said nothing for the last
twenty years about the existence or the
rights of this committee. The explanation
is si•m'ply Oise' While the " Signal " was
getting' fli }Sfiafirig at four times more than • •
it was *ett?iefl avast right, no printing com-,
mittee need be indoked. But the moment
the Mayor. looking tb the interests of the
Town, got the printing done elsewhere at
one-fourth the" " chargethen the_
"Signal's" lash had to be vigorously ap-
plied. The Mayor bad dared to net indepen-
dently in the public interest, and without
regard to the private io terests of the 'f Sig•
nal ;" tide was his great sin ; henceforward
his every word and act was misreported and
distorted by the " Signal." Even the gen-
t'emenly Clerk and Treasurer, hitherto
staunch friends of the "signal," and whose
public position prevents them from defend-
ing themselves, bad to be attacked, the p o-
priety of their salaries questioned, rend their
incomes jeopardized ill because the "8ignal"
did not get its usual grab at the public
chat.
What selfishness 1 What injustice ! 1 What
tyrae.iy l!!.
But the "Signal' does not stop here, others
have driei to remonstrate against the
tyranny end insulting epithets applied to'
themse1'vese and they must be lashed into
meek stfothission. The Secretary of the
dcmmittee appointed by the people of the
Wan to manage the celebration of Dominion
Day, actifig ander the instructions of the
committee. passed' by the "Menai " in the
little matter of printi g a d gave it •to
otheis w' , sffowed a diepnsit on to forward
the interests of he town" Thereupon • a
nines groes, wanton. and unjesi attack ie-
madeoe him, though the "8ignal" waft