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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance, 1902-03-06, Page 871' r, �' � yr if 14 V /7 . a 73••i•ip•'.'o',t 414.244,444+41 4.++++++.1.4.+++++++++++++++++++++ +++++++++4 1 The Coming of Gilhian: A Pretty.Irish Romance. 1++ealt' ' ,x'+r444+4•1•d".4.144.4•+444.44.1. +ra•4.a.44414-tu t.14 s•< ...1•�1•'i•'r4's And then the door ill closed, and Gil- I "Toll me the plain truth, then, liar hears him bet it inside ; and she and the whole trntli 1" Gillian says, moven away, slowly and mechanic- curtly. "I will find it out if yon r ? ,in 't Who is Geer Archer u � 0 0 her ]a do ti '1 1 6 z.senses whirling, 1 lagging Ili hers n h h s r like leaden wei •alts, as "Sir Harry Damor's son," Aetna feet feeling ik 1 fa Rhe uneonstriously goes to her own old says, gravely, "but of his parentage r t circumstances o his birth I ' stones 'ircumstan f , elle s or the ( le t and,z -there, h roam, entering' t in the mddle of the flour, staring know little beyond the feet that he about her with, uneeeing eyes, like a is Sir Harry's only sora only child sleep -walker. -and that his mother was a lovely "it can't b,' true : It ean't be true :•" }oung girl, a nursery goveruees in sale mutters, dazedly. a house where Sir Harry ueod to Her rooms -the bedchamber anti visit, Her name was Rose seamy. pretty little dressing -room adjoining thy, and she went to America, where --are quite ready, fresh and adorned her child was born, and died there for her reception, welcoming her back, more than twenty years ago. A it even seems to her -they are so sad story -sadly too common, Gil - daintily bedecked with. bouquets of Ilan, dear." flowers, pure pale aprialg flowers tend She speaks sadly and soothingly, delicate ivy wreathe and fern -fronds. hoping to inove Gillian to tears; for There are her favorite little green ' the expression in the girl's soft, glass baskets of remt;'n.hued velvety ; young face almost frightens her. primrorres ; there are the slender lily ° And yet there is the dawning of a vases filled with fragrant gardenias, passionate rapture of hope ares gen- and the specimen glass on the toilet Brous love in the big, dark -fringed table is filled with sprays of heath eyes through which the loyal, lov- clustered with tiny, unblo'wn buds. ing soul is looking. There are her favorite books on the "Is that why Lady Darner never tables, and exquisitely worked anti- liked itim ?" she asks, in a low tone. macasears of crewel embrolderies on "Yes, dear, I think it was. There the chairs and couch; the embroider- is an old grudge of a bitter jealousy les she has so often admired, wrought always in her .heart," Anne says, by the came arti.atie fingers that pityingly. have aehi,bved, she can well percieve, "And was that the reason" --the every artistic touch in ornamenting • voice is so low that Anne has to her roome. stoop to ]Lear the half audible n steeds there,stun- words -"was that And as Gillies anw rat the reason he ned and shocked, and miserable, she tipped to go away ? One of the rea- begins to vaguely feel the sweet soots, I Inean? Did he know'?" voiceless presence of a gentle gym- "No, Gillian, he never knew pathy and the influence of a thought- until that miserable trr•en- ell, graceful spirit, the silent, loving ing he went away',"Anne whispers, heart which has studied so to please pressing her closer. "Lady Darner her eye, and to gratify her taste, told trim that very evening, and he and it falls like cooling balm on her fed out of the place, half madden- • fever of distress. ed with pain an/ shame, poor, dear "I believe Anne did all this fellow,, for no fault of Irl." own." for me to please me," she Anne is weeping at the bare re - whispers, with a swelling heart. collectlonl, but there is no tear in "I know it was she who Gilllttn's eyes, glowing darkly with arrange:, thoae chairs and tables, and liquid fire. ea w:t'rt . !e'en. ntnil1ee i•"l'im'e, "It .i•4fa++t+f+♦+ita4iP1t•1+4 t+t+ has: tt. f,•tv IL:ttvb11•10, dear -trifler( in the Amp' of mildew, t merroaohee, a ROTH 1X P11,P the biggest and floret -et rata' in the ealulbry. and ll, chola. and varied wi- Forttue•11L of Beau„ iits of wind, from 1 ever, Willa of tlto eolnpams !"" DISSATISFIED, ; „411x, never mind," Gillian pro- "4+"+++•t+++tt4++A♦N+N4t They bean more eagerly-, her whole fres J,hey wore setuted on isle sofa- glowin(; with girlish delight. 'Plenty that le, he weee sitting an the sofa Or large fir", and two or three nice and size had a hcnooay position Puebla big press °tutee will soon make away itup• They weren:t twitting, for he. with those- .drawbaclte, Anti, Anno, had eeezuecl sad during the three ,,light I come over Ewa see you some- 1LUUre and fifty minutes they data times $„ been sitting there. A. Pig, seundiag `•1 s1n111 be delighted it it will not co 'ir-sol•ear beadS if it lead beerlbraltel off with; a drawn out wis a displease Lady Damei," Anne says, sledge -hear, p er, broke the awful gravely. Yon will be a must wol- sttllttess. kiln) olaspod lice sixteen, -but- ton wis,itor, ,tiles Doane " ton kid glare aY"nle around. 1116 fif- "Tilanlc you, Mrs. Lacy," Gillian teen and a half nook, and planted says, with a curling lip. "I have a orae of ik'isscs on hie downy lips• been treb'pnssang on your rnarrlet, "Wife! does my darling s1g11 ?" she dignity, I Seo." awaked, "'Nonsense 1" Anno s€zye, laughing ''IN has do you Hay ? EvangeUne, and binslring, "Weil, then, Gillian,A. I not ahvays treated you. as a dear, you will bo always woloonie to 'P;ent'leu2cln sIlbUld a lady ?" Dierragh Castle, Cead mills fealtha, in Sire nodded aSflrma'thvely. fiat I 1xaven't I altvaye lane )lt'y best (xixlian starts as if she had beento not the true lover ?" ; suddenly hurt, and stands silent a 14O111 nutnber�tI7O.. • minute- looking at the floor, And haven't I htrlgged and kissed y "Must you and your �� husband t;o Yt°, rt a liters; ie I t s at wistretch, i 1 g -b until! 1 and :may to -night, Anne? elle asses, my Beck was bent like an ox yoke?" presently with a quick, sad sigh. It The third. time elle nodded. will be very lonely." "Well, .knowing this to be the ease, And she strivers a little• why do you mistreat rile as you nava "Dear Gillian,an, you know wecannot tttr-lrigixt, as you did ,sett night, and 1 arose unin- ad unit. s u St in I, : i amaths ? y y r other er r tl So • s �; every cur eight x i i•y sited, she satyr:, carnettiv "Neither way am i tuns toitm.et, by you? pride temper have anythingi n g to Would rils you novo m° thin- you false ? ldo with it. I zwUt give Lady Denier Onoe more she eraeiaed Itlin with the option of ollr [;Ding or staying; a convulsive motion, and exclaimeti sake he L ' t1 's alt e m forie • ]rut�b(r d 1 y i t -. 1 arc.:, h ttruJtngmilir s tolerate me a few days longer, "Oh, Charles Augustus Suprema But when Anne 'sennas a note to Lex ]rete, what helve a dorm to make Lady Dahner's rooms, containing a yort think me false? Flaw, in the =ample statement of the facts of Sir name of tate Seven Wonders and the Barry's illness, with a gracefully- Mamrnotlz Cave, have I mistreated worded appeal to Lady Damor's bet- you,. my love, my own ?" ter feelings, assuring her of lier " Weil, if you are no Striae, prove willingness to continue at Mount it,,, he, sapid,• Orsory as long as her presence rn,ty " Give me the test," she replied, be a convenience to Lady Darner, the whit animation, gentle, gracious, womanly letter re- " Please it on the soft, toren, or caves a cruel rewsted. change knees. I have been nearly " Lady Darner begs to assure Mrs. dead for the past two hours," Lacy alio has no further need of her An hour afterwards lie left. services or her presence. To what- " 'Deed, indeed 1" she said to her - ever amount Lally Darner is peonuiar- self. ' I only weigh one hundred and Sly indebte3 to Mrs, Lney. she is ready forty pounds, 24,11 Mary Tenklns to discharge her obligation." weighs one hundred and eighty, yet " Lady Lamer will be sorry Site Frank Fisher can hold her on his wrote that letter," Anne Pays, (inlet- knee for ]heirs at -a time and not ly, drawing it away from her fns- get tire°, !"-London Tit -Bits. band's hand are he is frowning and raging over it. '" She will be very Minard's Liniment Cures Dandruff. sorry, Patrick, I feel quite sure. Tltink no r,xoro of it," and she throws it into1 dr ea3- S1 the blaran g fire. "She as fatly vexed and disappointed to- night, dearest, and she is longing to vex and disappoint somebody else, poor woman, and she can't lmrt me one bit. I am too proud and happy" ` "I'm glad to near it, Anne, ley girl," Leer gays, grimly, " for it obituary notice. strikes me that if Sir Harrydies, ' and you and I are thrown on the , Doubtful Compliment. • I'ogg-I heard a pretty compliment for you the other day. , Mrs, Passay-Indeee I May I ask what it was? • Fogg -I heard some one say how pretty yon used to be. Mrs. Passay-Used to bo 1 do you cull that a compliment ? I call It an t"o"ld, it will b :G Io'1 pull arta a Minard s Linin ant cures Burns, etc. strong pull to keep froul shipwreck." "You forgot to w).y it would be aA King's Beek Answer. 'pull together,"' she tvhicpers, with Leopold, Icing of the. Belgians, was put those lovely fresh flowers in. the "Ile never knew, then ?" she per- love ineffable in her shining eves. • recently holding a conversation of ter vegeta! She did it to please me and to gists, •91e never knew the trutlr "There never can be utter shipwreck l a public reception, with ono sof his while that "elinins; and, ley darling familiars known to be on easy terms husband, I can work for you." with tlfe extreme sections of Sociai- Lacy's pale, impaxeivcly handsome lets, "What impression," asked the free burns in a s11an1ed !lush. King, laughingly, "do I make on the "Never, while I have hands to work • Socialists ?'' for you," hs says sharply. "I have "One of the leaders observed to b'ren a selfish brute to you as a • me," was the reply, "that If you had lover ; I'll vary the monotony of self- s not been Icing of the Belgians you telt brutes by being something better ; might have been President of the as a husband." Belgian Republic." So later on, as the night -wet, cold. • "Thanks, very much," said the and stormy -closes in blackly about i King, with. a laugh, but tmec, the lonely ltoase, Captain Lacy and , Yen, who ries a medical doctorell , blow his wife take their leave of Gillian, ,k would you like to be made a 'veter- stauding at the hall -door to bid them rr,ary eau goon ? " -London An - good -bye. i overs. With tears standing in her eves, ' and the wind and rain roughening i When washing greasy dishes or pots and all her soft, brown, curly locks, Gil- pans, Lever's Dry Soap (a powder), will satin even goes down the steps, and remove the grease with the greatest ease. walks along the short straight ave- nue to the entrance gates to bid Anno good-bye again, as 'sire mounts into the doe -cart beside her hus- band, and to cling to her with a sort orf lonely dread. "Oil, Anne! I wish you and Bing- ham could stay!" she mutters, fair- ly bursting into tears. "It's cruel and shameful for Lady Damor to treat you so, and her poor husband lying there so dreadfully ill ! I heard hien as I came down -stairs just now, moaning in that awful, hopeless voice, and imploring Mrs. Hagerty to ask `his son' to comp i11 and speak one word to him ! 011, Anne 1 couldn't you land Bingham do s:)metiting ?" make friends witil me." when he saw me last ?" And then comes back the burnin•r "No, Gillian. He wrote you a fare - thought that has been momentar;l' well letter, you know," Anne says, tl gravely. ssoo led. , "It can't be true: It can't be true: , 011, poor George ! Oh, dear George !" Yes; I know,; I burned it unread. And then comes Anne's gentle knock Old he tell sub the truth In that tet- i ter ? Did he tell you that er•en• - at the door, and Gillian opens- it in- t „ srtantly, and Anne sees to her dialyze' 'n, ?',, the pale, grief-stricken face, tli' frightened eyea imploringly loeel te. through. tears. "011. Anne, Anne !" she says, clasp- ture of despair.; "I have heard soawe- ing her Imelda. together with a ges- thing Just now -is it true :' (ah. Anne : "Ye:,, he partly told me, and I partly guessed the truth I had sus- pected for some time," Anne says, rather coldly, "I cannot tell what was in your letter, of course:' "Did you tell hien' I burned his let- ter ?" Gillian persists, in an odd, Telt me 1 lie it true ?" Illlpr'x'laus wry. "You are to tell me "L;) what true?" Anne asks, flut•h• (til the truth, AMIE!. please." frig alightly, and looking bewildered. "-No. I did not needlessly wound "About my marriage .,,, him. ])fisc Deane," Anne replies, more Poor Anne can think of no subject coldly, and drawing away frons Gil - of quite equal importance to this one. lien. "I told him), when I met slim "Na, nonsense !" GlI.ian eeeiaizii::, again some nine or ten weeks ago dltarply, - with impatient, flasii.)g in L ondo'n, that I gave that let - eyes. ••What is, there to distress tee 'ter', as he desired nee to do, into in your marriage :' I am delighted at your own hands. That satisfleal it, and think you aid quit() right, and )hint." waste you both; every happiness !" I "Oh ! did it ?" Gillian says as be- '"ehank you." Anne says gently and fore. "Did be tell you he met inc quite gratefully. "You are very kind in London ?" not to be displeased at my husband "Yes, he saw you and Captain and 1 ,living kepe, it a secret from Lacy one evening at a railway sta- you, who had a right, certainty, to titre, he said," Anne replies, all the know Patrick's intentions." bareness coming tack to her nolcd, „Who on earth is 'Patrick?'" de- modulated tones. "You have not mends trillion, rather spitefully brought your maid. I slev. Shall I help smiling at Anne's hot blushes and you to change your heavy dress timid accents. "Is that a pet name for something lighter, and -in ease for Captain Lacy ?" Lady Darner does not come down "It is his first name," Anne says., en again -Wadi I have dinner sent up trying hard to (speak coldly and indif- I in y?" ferently. "I always calf him so, I 1 "I don't want any dinner !" Gil - like it be.st. -You like everything abont him 'best' I believe ~lana" Gilliam says Ilan says, impatiently. "I have 0 great many more questions to ask you, Anne : I heard Sir Harry Da, Odd '!'rifles. The Chinese have 'twice sacked Aioscoev, once in 1237 and again in 1233. The starfish leas no rose, but can smell with the whole of its under side. . All European Russia has only 780 newspapers and periodicals -about s"i"ne-ihircl the number in the State of New York. . . ` Barak Bernhardt rehearsed "C1eo- !patra" five hundred times before playing it .before an audience, so she ' rays. 1 Ireland stag 'the highest average But Anne only sauys, sorrowfully, as number of chileren per family, 5.20, she kisses her in farewell: - while France has the lowest, 3.03. "Gillian, dear, we have done all we could, I assure you. Run in now, out 1 Less of Flesh. conn k', and pain on the of the cold night 1 Chest may not mean consumption, wistfully, %vite a c,uick. deep sigh. I mar begging and beseeching to see "For there is no use in telling her ' hat are 'had signs. Alien's Lung Bal. "I cannot teem; Lew you eau bear --hie, F•on ! Why can't he sage him ? or any Otte of that letter we sent off slam loosens the cough and heals in- to look at me wee 1 kar,:v 3'071 loveWhy can't len he sent for?" a fortnight cup on 1 hopeless quest flamed air pasoages• Not a grain of him Foe' • 1 04011'1.tltithk 111' wouhl corn" b ic'c," ! 11110 rho tv1114 OielltultOi).a," Anne .opium in it. -Some time ah,;" Ann.- says. falter- inne fatten sc,:-Iowfully. "Ile swore t ands, more h',1•rowf ul,y, 1.0 her nus - lug, with a tr*rmaul:,ns smd', ani that lir never wouid. that luigh t " I Land as they drive away. Ile' will rich red blush test Is se strange anal ' I shall not be here, you know,," 1 not come hack at all, I fear, or will beautiful : "not new -I think now his . onion Faye., sharply, with burrow!: not cine back in time ; and even if heart is Irina far life: I )IS:,l tet'tr:•24.1 (-yea and a white, proud face "•I Ito diel, it will not mike matters any better for him or for others. you and hate t*, r a rpt : not going lack Hues ! ever nee; 11 "No," reepencas Lacy, In a ma- tte d i used tdread yea and hath 111" think that he will ever meet ter -of -fact tante "hie °,11111°0 with tri look at you." Gillianirnpn *�a;s, with nl" again:' RlMinn ,tow lv:,alld b llemply nil --poor bitter, passionate imlr :ere • I do not believe lie has the sight- • „, ,,, „ •dear." ",: .r n • lea€,gar . keg, I know. Anne r'nyc, t lir,pe of ever meeting you n:;:nitr, 1• ,,,, very softly, and lu,r arms in a sett• • .1.1111t. retorts. "As for ,cavils" herr' i "0111 you think so, dear . Anne : compositions to make a pilo so ,sigh," der, '�IsteriV clasp es.tl°11 0 (=Mien, .1 t_ (:1,c,', tatat 11111:,1 bi! ns 11 1 1 t7 'f%., kly raising his band three feet from the and she draws the pet -try head, with . 1')e:lt,e. Cxptairl i.:u c aril 1 Je (11 {:ani rc odic sore?' 1 icy t alrPplie-iii : ground ; "butt I Itnf burned them !„ its curling dncees of silken brown, e1•,s•- this evening, an'.1 s•1 I,:Irly 1)u,i ! 1 --- to her brcrae 1 "hut yore kftow goat oil! i.e ir.ft quite alone." o,i,•t'i'Ively, 10 the I11ere'tle,<s, bueiner;s- When In India several years ago, s Jett wily in wllaell 0 span alludes tog , were quite wrong, Gillian -"n Ancl ar voice tram -bits; 1,1„ „birth, i`, ; :li..:ol.t+ ttf°ni'•:1 r f another man. "But Winston Spencer Churchill, Lord Ran- dolph 1ltnow Z was wrong, x:l•, r.tlr, speaks of 111.1 ttr'Rr,3atenr r,; re t.,.� 1 (,Itnuht r t;cr.r;n c":nte'4 drttrk or not, dollrh Churehtll's 8011, presented a foolis.l, and unwomanly. certainly: proud, hard 'women ilii, lvh p tut 111-1 II 1 f.. .,nil hr'ti lie h00(117 likely .to take up copy of his first book to Gen. Tuck- Gillian answers, coldly. "I have i : rice n bitter thing to lea. tend Short and I'olatod. Flans Richter was present on one oceneion at a concert given by a ' brother composer, who performed a i long and not particularly interest- ing work of his own. When the com- position carne to an end Richter ex- pressed his criticism in a few words. "Well," he said, "I, to, hof written atUesory 111 any known that 81000 the 27th of last! I. eoe•sn't matter," Gillen F11yA, ieatye," DI es goc.,l ran, "there is one August. Is what I heard just now , huskily. " You chi nut ;I1-Ilyin' t-11-4 !thing r•c:rixin, that while, Cnele true . I heard Mr. Darner - Sir ` enre:4 fr,r me ? IIc•r ala in' w are at an' ,. Harry T)amrtr-say it himself." i e,;"1 In tvhi 1h I veal 1 he male i + t,::r fel. land i a 1 1 ride] 11* t' •;mow, my stunt, t tries (1.1..lx axe! all of the -m ought "''here have you been to bear . anti Pilo (•area 1.011011, P.q nu' iter- er, who, previous to his South Afri- can command, was in Command at Secuuderbad. "Do you like It ?" young Churchill inquired off 1110 General: "Haven't read, it. IH It meant ? Anneas„ , am isle taus ons, til till, shape of�an to read?" "W11y, yew." "Wish you'd Siarinedry `DearGd Ilan, amazed d ariil 1 at' 1(1. Indere. 1 el lit think nee- aatci1vr', "jilt,»g Mall in jl1t lone- told me se before. I keep it hanging in the wore] epee"'>, a in my dressan room and tear off not been in to See hints have 'vein?' Anna k ellen., a little pliers•-,, air•! ].+?ate . Deziny, tile, butler' is zee much tip r t0 wipe my. 1 -le le too ill to SOO 0 11 y one!" pepsine,,. looking; at the whit-. r•te•c•tl:o„ :til o'1 e1.1 1)11) as til craat. razor -on." 'y mere»in(, p ,•les. I know he It; 'lery ;al. he 4 routes free tine the height. tea i•l...4 ° CH LLIL. , looks clyinfn, the gni 211YNcwere. in , eyes Ilut the cast to I,) 0:1, Exul :tIt than p g a hard, Gallons way; '.bast I want t0 1 ('• 124X111 rather in the way," t.'1;I:10 •r; lnaiyl a: tltr:y `1 1 re, except t11xt 7. Ulsriei top0+risnn l' i iznot owiltin t: know 18 what !1 sale was true „ , (01, (10,yere ":1. 11',r ie t 1' inmate In -lam S' , II•rta•v nib' r r rho furlo••n 1 'rn and said that tate real res nn supp.. --soul Id" t•0Il ; 1.. 'II" ' . -.11th].., I' m''1' 1'•• " we1,1" t°, T.31-, ' . , ,se ,: able t. true?" There IC x1111",:it f(t'recer a 111111••1• rel 0:• 1•i! r„r 111''. It'it whir l'''1Iti!,hig r, crept, ]'spit•"\:, 4.tl r1.: awl sit In itlrwne was. inveigh replied . Alt in her gentle e70% anal in '!t+• 1•e.. 'lai:r' •al•:, „' 11:at r,, (re rx:'tt. f; r ,r 1 „ t.u'•1:`.0:1r 1, thele rl ,W3, to the it ,unci rirn)1)lo ell}nt(*,lt tr) find it. Alt pressed pain of her pelt., rli'y hp 4. IT .rev. 11, ;tea le. r'- ",rens' 9" Sirr to tee ,planar , u'111trh, cubes 1 Frar2 had to elm wit -J1 to Nail out of San "Tell lire tiro truth, i.1' :e -e . 1 life* ' Ire,. cots '1 tet :r1 1 ..tr-vr•r•b vi • c. r• lely r o ltr-S, eve tees line tire: pawl'. ' P erin!; os!,'O the: a Play, end take the first '0; l;it13 -n *=hi vats f.r3Lt t•tlit•1 r,1•I tries" to lisp"" It'ft, his ecuseicllce Is torturing holo. 1 :., 1 r,1n r' triter,• Ile rr• i.: ,al.•lcne'.•t' , ` tl , teas on tt',•i 1. (.4 (,r. of 1 1 ir' • ter 118 i c 'tlt'4' once tva3 than he did 11'11 know Where that beet, always, f h:.to ie.3n a ani (eery 'hay. reel .tie•••. Ifa,glr'v r,,.•ti•al•1.,.4 °^° )r'' (;a•'•t tI •r'1 40 'Ow treated fie a. Hal iglio e ,'. ! €ire (S.„,i1%V elal::l.r..."..ell IA $"•e• iota r•.•' -'4 ,.' „'r ,i see' ' '.. , 1r. ::rt sari ,r.l• r f'13 sit of Pertain tillers to e neifielr. petted (•111141 --by e' ::ll. la . , 11" soy i11 he:' 1 t1Aln'•.s -,t„' way'. r., lists P CSM lel 111 Ftt , u. r” r.3 .441"1 e' '1,1 44 13'.•,71. 1:1131, Ditritene or We etminsttPr that the your cruel killrlfle,H in tele ! '3'14I0,1 W ' 1io,,t•'oq, 7 0812 1,,!1” ` "1,v rift,^ it e c r :have been hidden free; sue. 14" 1 • T,,:•i • T111141 •=' :,'•a•: 4.1"•. 8 see, ]l• ('.1'; i•1 - i1 • , c to to 'Irr0 } (!t • t3,;, i", f.t of fiiftts rpt l le.' 11 0121 1 1124'2 r I6tne l one , , R y c,,ry liar rpt° the t pallial t,l Yar•r .'•,Pa•, llrrPill. "ale." Mai N11A `ft) PlrrtneS C)nM pretenses have iiot'it ereie !3r la • :1).-rng.,. ..f•.• 14':.'-,il,-1 .r 1.1111;": 11 (tui >It:'1.J:• atiw143 feet']'/,lire 421x' q " West - nisi 7 haw been ]]Saul,' :t lsii;t•I Ia,l 1 . 1,123.;41 r'te's..' o "Y' ' i , 1. 1 111111 i1rif, l h;7, 1rPs tPtkerr inc tor tkrcNt- x puppet by you otic, Tell m • tie( • ere a dell. • I sr., h::: t t3", ir, i ,111,13" duty -i ,It, illrncrtCPx lilr}Itry,3r area eve . •lr i'a�h•sn 1 ti°1•tr., . , •, y , truth rlaty. g *t the• .•3r. t'atvil,' r, al, v1''0 '+•r' jrtv'( 't t.rL rf [hely vial. g i ro (*'.11�'. ,ln te, tris reinn fN 1'•:til+1• 11• ` and evening, thought „EAliyp1 v1'tIP ' tt:rt:r, ; ''lir• beta Liw 1.1adic*11 attendants( :leery. !,,Isle h:(y:4 are 'er'c•:2 .,Pei %.. i- 'o.t :,t, I " • t r V. s ?•a, ", r a ' 4,11". ' •.ries Lee f ,,.,,, a" Bali l,rs t.floe e•. , .. retro,, t 3, "Dear Gillian, I win trig pet :ot:f,•-. , 1 e tr '141!tslef , !' no:u f.r hisnt that „ dons," fbhp. ' thing which 1 con *4.11 ;'nes. fror4, ."• i "Ya ; 11 41' :a •1,:e� •,tl f4'b"4'•!' ;la^tlr aa01(a, aril,". -rite:ell•. er ttr3t3I1,Y, 00 tear- -11.1 flrhy 1l'll' ,'r, 11.1 (11082,1 ,8 1404,433 11110 k: xsoi«sas- ... sip -stir to h+ r ,rip . I or tate teat, elle Aorta boreelf y� �` f;• i.D <• I lwu" al a" home rnttlr,n 1401111141. tri 'I i �L' j i;� arerel over tit,- efe Overall of Celt her *�`•� i ;wall -sal !, Ptrearei ,l,v c."Lrrier1-fnrwOrd I whom °' a:el plane, until bitter One 11'a`ihinf; with CJtinlii'jli B`1ts In i�'"r<!r.°'.E! 1 0 'i I .s i •i tVr 1.11 R.t(tl itnilt,ttAilt vent'eani t, purer linen than two ev.l: Nino`;'Vital lfllll6•fe" °s�,t?• � i teai ' r; a seem to C'lrro4lu her very nature. $50000 wlit he, )did by LEV711%Ri20 I . Z Z* 3 F,1p, Toren*" i to any person who can Provo that this r cap contaisa �iewaru any form of aduitetxtion, or any Meal:as cdo5dee 1, rex TOR •1 Hz OG2•AL011 01.11 1 ("r:, Ira+ Ceethnal:'d.) t l.e- lint, 157 Ik'tr, iiia a lirTr(cat tart.:t4t1 of It dtptl111 t. • lt1--..'1•irnt may l::', but 11'•f atlra, t1 regular Iliglltmnre of a oreties Babies and children need proper food, rarely ever media cine. If they do not thrive en their Food something is wrong. ,,..,.They need a little help to get their digestive machinery working properly. OF COD LIVE"'" OEL (i MIlYPOP//05P?//Tr S oFLINEy S©©A• 1 willg enerally correct this difficulty. Y if icult . If you will put i! one- fourth to half a teaspoonful = e or four 1 �inb ab sb Dille three Y tltl 1 times a dayyou will soon see I a marked improvement. For r _ larger children, from half to i• Sas oonful according to sit p g age, dissolved in their milk, I if you so desire, will very 1 soon show its Teat nourish- ing power. If the ;mother's = I mine does not nourish the I baby. she needsthe mud- I sion. It will show an effect 1 'at once both upon mother Y and child; - I all druggist.. SCOTT be BOWNE, Toronto, Canada, e ISN �N 11 24.1! �,oH+�H �a•N f 1 YOU 11AA'I.. OBSL.KV1'J) leiere'H no .fool ,like a sold fool. Whthont its sae/ails-1.4 soelety Wuulel 'lin ns hast Iles ,will(' :1n lull: tent court have been without its buffoon. Tee way of Lite aggressor is hard. Obligation 1rlem01'O(1 frlc'ntlallup and destroys 101-P, 1781111 113." threw who mast loudly et- enliru their detestation of life turn ashy pale at the first a(tvltnce not - tee of ilex Lit, 'lite greater soolal peril of our time Is slat frivolo,, bat ennui,. Betwoeu 111hrt11 and st.'reaIutug thee° le (t wide hiatus, God gives talent, belt the people, Rime, Not all 010(lttellt sermons 51'0 prettollod in emlptt•s. Nature tolerates assistance, but punishes resistance with death. Snspiolon, treason and Hcundal etre the devil's trio. To boast of the wealth or 8001a11 glorify Ot 1 rd position or friends s Dann yell; therefore, never boast of them. • A mean Of the world may treat his equals cavalierly, but never those dependent np011 111111. The love of a son for his mother should"bo composed both of chivalry and reverence. Tate one who deliberately uses ,tie friends is a knave, but he who per- mits them to age lllm is a fool. - i llhlsdelphia Record, ik 1ttard's Liniment for sale every- where, . steel, r • � Not the Petal Clift, Some months ergo the father of n, Young man who had recently entered the married State had occasion to die - /rata his faithful but soulewliat out- spoken old servant to his son's resi- dence. -When he re'turn'ed, eager to learn the old nt*411's opinion of the lady, he asked: - "Well, yo11 saw the bride, Thomas?" "Yiglt; Aw seed her. "She's n. very rich Lady, Thomas." "Ylgh; so sale 1s, A1w'ee yard." • "Well, then; what's your own pri- vate opinion, Thomas, eh ?" "Aw think she's a reyt bonny wench to tank tot as weel as bean' rich! and (elver, but, maisther, iv beauty's n+ sin, she w':tin't ha' that to onstver fur !"-London Spare Moments. ? n-nrd's Liniment relieves Nett - a ei;gi)t, Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup should - always be used. for Children Teething. It soothes the child, softens thogume, cures wind colic and is the bolt remedy for Diarrhoea. mismanagement, Wife -Oh, dear I The cook'. says ` In every village and town in Canada to Boll Snits and Overcoats. The finest goods In 1 Canada. Mario to measure. Good commis- sion, For particulars - CROWN TAILORING 00., TORONTO, Agents Wanted she is going to leave, and she has been here only two days. Ifusband-It's all your own fault, Marla. You never will learn how to manage servants. Why, my moth- er ones kept a cook nearly a month. -San Francisco .Chronicle. , Dear Sirs, -I have been a great sufferer from rheumatism, and lately y have been, oonfined to my bed. Seeing your MINARD'S LINIMENT adver- tisiea I tried it and ,got immediate relief. I ascribe my rostaration,to thet power health to wondelfn p tver of your, mcdioilre. LEWIS S. BUTLER, Ilttria, Nfld. Proof Positive. Then the defiant, militant spirit took possession of the devoted mis- sionary. , "You think I'm a pudding I" ho cried. "I'11 show your I am not." "The proof of the pudding is in the eating," rejoined the savages dark- ly, -Detroit Free Press, ' Someti!nes a cold settles in the bowels. The pain pierces like a lance. Get rid of it promptly by taking Perry Davis' Painkiller in sweetened wet-- There it-Thhere le but one Painkiller, Perry Davis'. Refuse substitutes. Aggressiveness and Success. It is the aggressive soul that wins. A man who strikes oust boldly and fairly will hit the ,nark. He who does not wait for mean or tide, or for an opportunity ho cannot find, will not be behind. He who opens closed doors, who goes through, not over or around obstacles,'camnot be daunted. A fearless leader and independent thinker does not lack followers. A mans who docs not wait to (roe what others say, think or do, -wine respect for ills ourn opinions. A self-reliant, self-oen.tred man .needs no backing. -Platemaker's Criterion. STATE of Onto, Carr Ow Tor..ano,I gs• LUCAS COUNTY. FRANK J. Chester makes oath thathciasen- ior partner of the firm of F. J. COIOSEY & Co., doing business in the City of Toledo, County and State aforesaid and that said firm will pay the sum of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for each and every ease of CATARRH that can- not bo cured by theme of HAi,n's CATAn1111 Calfs. i+BANK J, CHENEY. Sworn to before mo and subsorthcd in my presonco,this 8111 clay of December, A.D„ 1330. fr-`-� A. W. GLEASON, • lSEAL } Notary Pu bile. Trail's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, and acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. Send for testimonials, free, P. J. C'HENEY & CO., Toledo, 0. Sold by are/nista, Me. Heirs ];'amity fills are the bust. Salzer's Ra giros moil, anon ffo sat ton, 84.. 0 FARM SPELTZ-r, What'sttI • , Catalog ' , tolls. ; S EDS 1,0009609 Custo ars `c Yracio,t recn) 01 any toednntan on earth ant qct wo are rea0hinq,o11t for :Soto. We doslro, by July 1st 80,000 more patrons and • Mance this hmprecoaaented (Lt. r. IO WORTH FOR 15c Wo 5111 mail ripen receipt of 100 in stamps oar great cataloa'ltev worth 5100.00 1,0 env Moo awake (armor ar Rammer, together with many Farm Soed sampioh posltrve2ywolth tio.00to [sot A stall wltlleeponr00olstefbll • 15 cis, til Gneadlen stamps. 9!,p10ts. crispest *clefs. blasetds,ei.00. t'16aro 'tiny" rruwitih 16e for abo Yo,.. c: 'J Catalog diene, 7c. Benda once. THE MST STEEL 11 L GSA l I1:eleba(gtr Goma see tgh084) handle a lame number or thrift yearly. tf we are het represented in your district, write es about the agency. One agent in each :rdality, ,, . Writ* tot tatalog. Tilt 'FROT mint FINCE' 00. L.TD,, WSI.LAN0, ON't. •0 ISSUE NO. 10, , •� BUSINESS CHANC)" _ _ CtA1471 FOR RIIAL I STA'1'J• On 111'HI• ha' • s ring', ao matter whore it ls. Nerd d, tip 1-10(1 ((P11024811 prtco 2411(1 et slur plats for 11ud- A1g Dash buyers, Patent ItechanU4' anit 101 oat• rent Company, Toronto, Canada. PARENTS. PATENTS, CAVEATS, TRAD1', MARKS, eke. Ilomo or foreign procured and 05. plotted, Booklet en pv,tente tree, The i'atcnt lee:bange and Investment Company, Pytltlltn Building, Toronto, Ont. DR. WI-IiTE'S ELECTRIC COMB .Sura Cure a imei tn,pro entsan(Ieta:s llsldness, The 'steal comb for toilet use, on,,, Used always used. Comforting, economical. Lasts a lifetime. Ladies ase, Gents 40e. Sent prepaid 08 41e001( 42(48 price from Dr. White's Agency, 13 St, John St., Montreal. lee OR SALE,VALUABLE FAI1M, he ACRES, A'lastdi townof Leamington, good od build- ings fences flowing wells, apple and poach orellards will a• ell part or all, Address Onwald Mussell, Leautington, Ont, UANTDoryATs a001C; ;lei! ieggPpiu- - try, beans. potatoes. honey, onions aria dried apples and Will pay highest price, P, o, b, your station; answer quick if you have anything to 'Arnie these lines. Geo, 4, Booth, 441 .Nioh- olas street, Ottawa, TeRU1T FARM FOR SALE -ONE OF THE JL .nest in the Niagara Peninsula at f 1t 1 two Peninsula, 0 Winona,10 mhos from Hamilton01 0 ways, 1,9acres in all, 35 of which is i n trait, mostly peauhea. Will bo sold in one parcel or din sed into lots 0 16 to 20 sorsa to .nit ut•- chasers. This is a This bargain address JOntaonathrioan Carpenter, Y. 0. box 460, Witten HAV,. YOU SEEN IT 3 WHAT 1 I LEE'S Priceless 11coipes--3,000 secrete for the home, farm, laboratory, workshop and oi'ory department of human endeavor, with full irides; 10 contents ; 368 pegos • beset' n cloth ; send '20 cents for copy, turd if you think the book is not worth the money, send 11 back and your money will be returnee.; this Is a good bide luno for canvassers. *illiatth Briggs, luothodist Book Room. Toronto, Ont. VMING WOMAN -AGED 21 -JUST CAME p3 into possealon of $14,000• -Wishes to eor- respond with honest, in'olligont man, who would appreciate a good wife. Box 2,630, Toronto, Ont. - NEW LAID EGGS WANTED Dried Apples Poultry, Dairy and Creamery Butter, Honey, etc. Will buy outright or sell on commission. (Iorrospondence invited, JOHN .L Fi0N, 62 Front street east, Toronto, Ont. Lady Agen tsWanted In every village and town in Canada to sell Ladies Jackets, Snits and Skirts, Ithall tail. ored and made to measure. Good commis- sion. For particulars --- CROWN TAILORING 00., TORONTO. •) TWENTY-FIRST ANNUALSTATEMENT OF THE NorthAmerican Life Assurance Co. Head Office: 112-118 King St. West, Toronto For the Year Ended December 31st, 1901. Dec. 80, 1900. Tlo net Ledger Assets .,.... RECEI PTS. Dec. 31, 1901. Tp Cash for Premiums ... Tp Cash Income on Investments ...... ... OPC ,.t • 922,985 02 176,461, 56 DISBURSEMENTS. Dee. 81, 1901, By P0ymen1 for Death Ciaime, Profits, etc' $ 086,6Sea •ed By el: cr.112'r Perin „its 29.1,906 70 ASSETS. $3,773,503 O8 jf 1,099„1196 58 141,872,1'01 66 $ 678,59'3'05 $4,194,809 01 Dec. 31, 1901. By Mortgages, etc $1,200,489'85 By Debentures (market value $747,24Y5.99) 737,818 54 By Stocks and Bonds (market value, $1,8.71,815.7'0) .,........., 1,322,1689'2 By Real Estate, including Company's building; , .., 416,936 41 By Loans on Policies, etc. 278,82744 By Loans on Snooks (dearly all oncall) ... 215,170 00 By Cash in Bank and on Band .. 22,868 65 1•. $4,194,308 01 By Premhrnla Outstanding, etc: (less cost of collection) 178,58185 By Interest and Idents Due and Accrued 47,8819E $4,,420373 38 LIABILITIES. Dell, 3.1, 1901. To Guarantee Fund $ 60,000 00 • hap eassut-amC° and Annuity Reserve 1"und 8,e0d,22900 Up Death Losses awaiting proofs, etc. ... 35,10:3 01 0;918;33201 Not Surplus ,,,bov $ 5071,441 i8Z Audited and Sound correct, le N. LAICE, Auditor. The financial position of the Company is unexcelled --its percentage of net surpi usto liabilities exceeds that of any other l-,ome company. New insurantle issued (luring 1901 ......,$5,5`0,067 00 Exceeding the beet previous year in the history of the Company] by, over bell t1 million. r Insurance in force at the end of 1001. (net) $'?7,977,79 00 President : JOHN L. BLAIKIE. Vice -Presidents: JAS T11ORBtJRN, M. D. 110N, SII. WILLIAM R. ME111sDITII, K. Mt Directors: IkION. SENATOR (IOWAN, IC,C„ LL D., C12.'G. E. GURNEY, ESq. L: W. SA1XTId, ESQ., I{A, D.0 L. • J: K. OSBORNE, ESQe D, WCItkE, m , Guelph. -jt Managing Director: WM. MOOADE, LL.L, F.I.A., F.S.S. Secretary: Medical Director: L. COLDItIAN, A. I. A. J'. TIIORBURN, nf.D. (Edle.) The. report containing the proceedings of the Animal Meeting, held os Tannery 23t1t iast, showing "narked proofs of tI1e continued progress and mild potiltion of the Company, will be sent to policy -holders. Pamphlet~ explanatory of the attractive investment plane of the Company, and a copy of the Annual Report, rhowiltg its unexcelled finznclal poMtlon, will be "furnished on application to the Head Office or any of the Colnp0i17 !I agencies. PAILS AND TUBS Mt%DB OP NO HOOPS, EDDY'S NO LEAKS. INDURATED FNIMUY'fi1KE 100 'rttstly snporier to the ordinal -y Weodesware artlolwa for donteette use. TRY THRM9 rote lase by all first &as. .dealers. •