HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Times, 1904-02-25, Page 7VIWEVIWK
ALOSTWJFE
A NOVEL.
NO GO 8
BY MRS. H: LOVETT CAMERON,
TIE IMMOL2U TIES, FEBRUARY 25 1904
What shrunk your woolens ?
Why did holes wear so soon?
You used common. soap.
SUNUc11.T
• REDUCES
, Calp•
EXPENSE
Author of Worth Winning," Etc. �
;tt Ask for the Octagon Bar. els;
E.31f.?k0#.. Wl..;1W.1; ;#0 WOil 0 ;•; +?Yah i;4 ) d for the first 'bit little euiled-up
Miss Parham turned suddenly refund
• shortly a widow, too, and being left fronds of hares(oot and le. dyfern
•to me. and stretching Out herhands
)M•iteously, burst into tears."Oh! Violin,!"frig. it is that man
T feel Fare," site exc•1t:%mod, dcspair-
ingly.
"My dear hiss Barbara, this is
foolishness," 1 remonstrated. "'low
could he be in the homier'
'
! And then I suddenly remembered
"the slfte•v(-link, and teas silent•
(;cold It be possible that this roan
•.had lawn actually in the house all
this time without our knowledge?
The. idea Was ton horrible!.
"There is only one thing that
has comforter. 1111' about it, Freda,"
'4,001inued MksBerbera, after she
badrecovered fromheragitation.
"l reassured myself before with the
thought of it, and it scents to re-
store my confidence now, and my be-
lief du the utter impossibility of his
-having founts us out. I will tell you
what it is, but it is a grettt secret.
You w1I1, of course, ]carp this strict-
ly between ourselves. I have change
,eel my nano. since that :ad time; our
real nano. .is Fairfax. I wish now
that. I. had changed it more thor-
Itoughly."
"And Ellinor, docs she know of
1 tins?" 1 asked.
"No; wonderful to say, she is ac-
' tually uuconsc'iotl' of it. I told you
that. 511(4 was out of her )hind for
three months. During that period I
tool: her away to an entirely new
seem.. I changed every servant we
had had. 1 went t hrough our ward -
ropes. and our books, and our house -
linen. 1 altered everymark on everyobject I couldfind fromFairfax to
)?aii'Ij ilk. turd 1. gave the latter out
as )sty mune. When, by slow de-
grees, ]alinor recovered her reason,
she forgot. ninny little details of her
former life; she rclnenibered only her
grout sorrow, 1 stn generally ('011(11
Miss Barbara. She never revelry::
any lettu1•s. Stance it to say that
She never noticed the change: and it
is now so luluny yeti's sago Out I
don't titin.: she will ever de s4)."
"'1'I•i•. indeed, ought to reassume
you." [ said; "if t his cyan Thorne
cto7•s not know the name 1,y 5vhieh
511e 111 1.0W called, he c•an baldly •havo
'traced her."
• "Trico." nanere(, (hada idly;
"but. still he alight have soon he'r
by chance out walking.,,
We spoke no furtherupon the snb-
jt'rt.
In the c'oul'd of the day the key of
the lumber-roomWas placedupon
:!Miss 1ia*'bar(1
It'i 101110. 11(1. 01110110to s;ai('m from that hour the mys-
tery in the house seemed to have
vanished. The doorwee as often as
not (vide open. Eli/albeit) \trot aboutthe house cheerfully. and 110 lon•aer
seemed to have anything to concent.
and nothingmore w05 Sean or heard
of the ghost.
CHAFFER.N.l'l'i•
"Lett ers—let1ers!" cried Miss 'Bar-
bara.. cheerily as T carne into the
breakfast -room one tine spring morn-
' ing about. 0 month after the events
t•eeordetl 111 the past chapter. "Ilene
is on,• for you, Fredal..
"`Chat is a rare event!" I said,
tal.ieg 11 thickk envelope from her'
hand; ''nobody writes to uta now.
:I suppose it is from 111, aunt."
'•I wonder if I ever shall hove 0
lettci• in illy life again?" sighed I?lli-
nor, looking enviously at Inv as I
'brae the seal.
It wits, :IS T snppOSec1, a Short
]note 0'01/1 my stunt. 1111d enclosed a
thick letter a'ddrOSSe(t and re-ttd-
'dlressr(1 to six or seven (liferent plac-
es in •1 handwriting which made my
heart •leap and hound with delight as
any (yes fell upon it ---a handwriting
*which i had sadly hissed during the
..lu
) last fa%v ;ut>nl
t hs--T3ella sth•hy.
t' Ary aunt's dote wase short, but not
i correspondingly sweet:
.+'hl,• clear hiedO,
• '•I hope you will give your trientls
your address, andnot gill' ale the
imolai,. offorwarding your letters
.again: this one seems to have gone
hall toot.' 1?ngland after you. 1 hopeyou are getting on well, turd giving
•satisfan'tiom to your employ(')'s. 11 i9
u dreadful 1hing to thick you tae a
paid compm)ion 110n . 'Vhyn yon
Might he 'Mrs.Curtis of Iadcliegion,
and with "very nrusuoe:t of, 1•eronoint
!Severe
independent, for I had a letter the ".long the rocky skies of the becks. It
other day froth a lady who is stay- was delicious spring weather. Never
ing in the neighborhood, and she since 1 had come to live with the
mentions having poet Mr. Curtis, and two sisters, over whose lives thero
t hat Ile looks very shaky indeed, and hung so dark a shadow, had 1 felt so
is evidently, she says, not long for happy and so light of heart. Time
this world. i')vel;ytlting, you 1suow, ens slowly healing up that old pain,
goes right away to a distant cousin. which at first had seemed so un•,n-
and my friend adds( 'What a fool durable. 'Mark 'rhistlohy, 1* free
y'Our niece was!' which you may agent and an ardent lover, had been
suppose is not it pleasant thing for to me the very essence of my life's
"My husband! my husband:" She
cried, in rt (1101(ed 101101hert'tl 'solve.
"I have seem llinl-'--ht' is hero!"
And she fell prune at xny feet. a
s(nselcss, huddled -up grass of satin
nand faded finely.
CIIAI;'•I'1:1t, XXVII.
It was midnight. The house was
perfectly silent. The r001(1 was dark-
ened; the heti.-eurtuins were partly
drawn; and I':ilinor lay in her hod,
not asleep, Mut quite still. in 0 sort
(1f death -like trance, 11101'0 terrible
In nn• to witness even than the fear-
ful cunt ulsions which had so lately
racked her slender filmes
I sat at rho foot of the bed. The
maid )coved softly about the room,
replenishing the low lire, and Inking
what preparations she thought ne-
cessary for my long solitary night -
watch. We had dune till we c001d
het wren as: we had given her a hot
hath, and had /out 0n a blister, and
itacl )Wade her swallow some medi-
cine, which 'Miss Barbara always
kept ready in case of similar at-
tacks.
1 had done tWO other things upon
my own reeponsil>ilit,--•I had •=ent
me to hear. However, you have desires: but Mark Thistleby, divided Thompson into 3(uueten to tele -
made your bed, and (must now Ito in from me irrevocably, had become by graph to :Hiss Barbera to come hack
it. Your uncle is not very well; he degrees to me but a• sad, closed -up instantly, and I had ]rid the garden
over -ate l'itnself over some pate do ilage of my past existence, which I and conservatory thoroughly search-
foie gras that was sent hint, and tacithor wished nor .expected ever to eat to see if a man had indeed been
has been suffering severely from in- lurking about the house. As I had
digestintt.expected, nothing whatever had
"Your affectionate taunt, been sewn re:seinbling a human being.
"Selina Oart•." The rook, who li'(J) t her former c+o-
I turned eagerly fromthis cold and perieneos with reference to the ghost,
unfeoling letter to 1Ie11a's. It was ulic:ht bo supposed 10 lift 0 nervous
dated two months hack, and had ev- and easily deluded person. happened
idcml1y' been for nearly three weeks to have been fu the bard which abut..
at toy aunt's Ionise before she had ted on the back of the conservatory
thought of sending it to 111e. It was at the very time when F,idinor's
written fr0rn Italy, and any one who uereanls had Tung through the
has been for many weeks cut off en- ltouso.
tirely from every creature in the "She had run out to sec." she said,
world they have ever loved and ear- 1 "if there was any sign of the house
ed for, may guess with what. avidity being on fire." It was getting dusk,
T pounced upon it, and bow delight -
but was quite light enough to have
edly .1 devoured every word in the seen a manstanding by the censer. --
dear familiar handwriting, 13ut it al0)'?, had therc4 been such a person
made Ina very sad, too. 1t was but there. And she• solemnly uvorred
one long reproach to memefor niy un- . that no one Wilt+ to he seen in any
kindness, any "cruelty" she called it,
in not answering her letters, and in
not telling her where 1 was.
"1 have heard nothing about you,"
she wrote: "no part#culars: nothing
but the bare fact the: you have
broken oaf your engagement and
have left you home. I do not even
know whether this letter 5•il1 ever
reach you. Of course 1 was delight -
((1 to hear of that hateful nuu•riage
loping broken o11', but oh! Freda,
why, oh! why have you not'. written
to me? 1 cannot understand your
conduct. It is sr) unnatural—So un-
like you. You are my clearest
friend. 1 should have thought your
first instinct would have been to
have flown to me. You cannothe
well off; you may even now bo in tic-
htal Want, The idea is too horrible
to mr• u', 'You would nevein the old
cloys have allowed a little trumperypride to standin the way of coming0 me. Somc•l1)114 s 7 fancy you may
he i11 or dead. 1 cannot hoar the
uncertainty any longer. I tun coin-
ing home next month to seek you
out wherever you May he hiding. 1
have wriltl'It to Illy S0ll('llOr 10 tryand discover you: indeed I am send -
big this IdlerIdlerthrough him. 110 may
he able to find out who aro your fa-
ther's executors, and they may know
your address. Mark writes t0 111e
that he has hunted for you every-
where, and can hear nothing of you.
And WO ndither of us can renu'nilet•
the surname of that old aunt of
• ,roar's whom 1 has. heard you speak
of as 'Aunt Selina.' Never mind, I
cum coming home. nod if you are
alive, 1 Will find you."
Thus far 1 had got in the perusal
' of my dear little f(iond'S leiter, when
can exclamation from hiss Idarlau•a
int( erupted 111e,
"Dear, char!" She said. looking up
from lee' lett* 1.c across the tuble al
•.
e.t
Ile with at face full of convert). "Isere
is bad news from my poor brother
Charlie. Ilis wile, poor thing!
is very ill: her L•uby %S dead. It
died directly i1 5yats born. poor little
amnio.! for of course it has gone
straight up to heaven," added Miss
Barbera, piously,
• •'"Andomit. 91,,110.-in-law0• 91„1'-in-lais very 111
you any, Mos; Barham?” 1 inquired.
—Yes.Yes. poor woman; and there Is cried, elatspine herhands excitedly.
my' brother hurl-•d1strac•led, sitting •'11 } Put %1 on, perbans it will
i wringing his hand., I have no doubt. brim?: rue luck. You never saw such
sand being generallyuseless arca in a .curly cess'"
•bed nt) to her 1'0001 to
re -open. The pain at one time hied
been vivid anti acute, it ryas Still
there; but it had Leconte dulled, and
it was bearable. 1 could look upon
my life as it was, calmly and dis-
passionately,. and be thankful for the
now interests and the new aaf eetrons
which had sprung up lately around
rue. Deila's letter, it is true. whilst
affording 1110 a keen delight, had
solnewhft unsettled my calmness of
mind—it brought hack to ale s0• viv-
idly the *,vents of my former 111(.4 ;
and although at the bottom of my
heart I would not have had It oth-
erwise, still the thought that she
was coaling hone to try and find me
out. and that her brother-in-law was
even note seeking mc, filled me with
terror and apprehension.
1 had written instantly to my
aunt, and adjured her to keep my
ndtlteas a secret—through her only 1
believed it could transpire --fold at
all hazards I must hide myself front
Hark, I was sorry t0 think that he
look for ma. To Rolla •1
e
of Asthrna
Mrs. A. A. Vanbuskirk, Robinson
street, Moncton, N.I3., states :
"F o r years I have used Dr.
Chase's Syrup of Linseed and 'Tur-
pentine for my children whenever
they take cold. I used it first with
a severe form of Asthma. We have
never tried anything in the way of
n cough medicine that worked so
satisfactorily. It seemed to go right
to the diseased parts and brought
speedy relief." '��'
OR. 'CHASE'S r''
LINSEED
+�++ � Qi �+ {� +�'� p pip
0 I PE�i i! I Flit E•
'?Si tents a bottle, family sire (three Morse..
much) loo elrts, at all dealers, cr lien0,tnson
is h Co.,•Toronto,
�e.�tt
To protect you against imitations the per.
halt and signature of Dr. A,NV, Chase, the
*Moto receopt book author, ate en every' bottle.
•
5 aS f,, nt0
was in ignorance of his fatal secret,
11 was natural enough to bo sur- ' so11tr, association with it which had,
prised and perplexed at my disap-! revived in her mind 0121 memories
pearance. But surely he must know ' and old thoughts of the past. a•Int11
For the Apprentice.
The Toronto Employers' 'Associate
tion has resolved that lier'eafter• ap.
prentioes in their employ shell be ar-
ticled and bound to serve a regular
term of three to five years. The
ag1Ye1nent is to be made wilh the par-
ents or legal guardian. Violation
of the contract will entail a forfeit
of fit'"v to $125, and the, apprentice
is to be held as in the English trade
to faiillfulndss, SeareV and OlAldicllee.
Thi employer agrees to reward faith-
ful service by a bonus, it is hoped.
in this way to get a bottert Class of
tradesmen and topromote sobriety
and unity of ;interest,
Debates.
T1'. ,Wain end of oratory is to con.
vino:: by any and every art known
oto rhetoric. A skilful debater :.lows
kis, tri' potter muoh more in rebut-
ting the arguments of the moment
there in speaking what has been de-
Iibarately put together beforehand.
In any debate, even ln, ono of the
most impromptu oharaeter, one at
this speakers has, inCnau,tical lan-
guage, to sat 'they course, and nat-
urally Ito. who speaks first.. Saa-
cesso•r and opponent has to follow
Itis example in glome measure, Ilut
the highest debating power, which
beotriue:+ Inoro visible (151 ,a debate
proceeds, is that of quickly discern-
ing the weaknesses of an opponent,
and meeting slim o•11 the spur of the
moment with a deftly constructed ed-
ifice of facts and opinions that make
the audience believe his arguments
worthless. Mr. Puff's boast touches
a c::rtain quality in debate, 'Which
methods in vogue in this country
tend to ohmic rather than accentu-
ate:
ccentu-
ato: "Egad, the pro and eon goes as
smart as hits in! a fencing match."
—Dr. C. if. illoysa. in :McGill Univers-
ity Magazine.
Why :ie Was Not Promoted. a
Ile watched the clock.
He 'Wee always grumbling.
He was always behindhand.
ile had no iron in his blood.
He was willing but unfitted.
Ho did not believe in himself.
Iie asked too many questions.
lie was stung byt 0 bad book.
Ills stook excuse was "I forgot."
11: ;wasn't ready for the next step.
lie did not put his heart in his work,
llei learned nothing from his blund-
ers.
Ila felt that he was above his posi-
tion.
Be chose his eriends among 'his in-
feriors.
Ile was content to be a second-rate
I man.
i Ile ruined his ability by half -doing
things.
Il, never dared to act on his own
judgment.
BO did not think it worth while to
lea (n how.
Ho tried to make "bluff" take tho
place of ability.
Ile thought he must take amuse-
ment every evening.
Familiarity with slip -shoal methods
paralyzed his ideal.
113 was ashamed of his parents be-
cau-sA. they more old-fashioned. •
(Ile imitated the habits of mon who
could stand more than he could.
ile did not 1e.•trnt That the best part.
of itis .salary 15.1(5 not in his pan-envt1-
l000—"Sueacss."
' direction. '1'hompssn,. too, Was not
far off in t ho shrubbery. and .must ;
have noticed had any clue been any-
where within sight of the window.
No, it was 'Irlirly a delusion of
poor 1•,1linor's bewildered brain. I
blamed myself bitterly for having 1
permitted her to dec•I. herself ()tit i1* 1
that old dress. No doubt it. was 1
why 1 had 1104 from hdt11, It would her diseased blah. had 04uitired up
have poen more generous of him, I
1houghi, to have respected my ef-
forts to become lost to him.. Still I .
telt tolprahly secure from discovery,
for in this remote and desolate cor-
ner of Iho world. how was it pos-
sihl•' that any nue Who had ever
known me in my former life should
come across ale by chance? So 1
suffered 1bo bright spring sunshine
to make me forgot my troubles, at1(1,
rejoicing in }Minor's wonderful im-
provement of hind and health, I be-
eatne quite gay and light-hearted,,
like the Freda of- old days, as 5•(•
wlutdc•rod, side by side. over (he
bi eery moots,
One evening, after one of these
111111I1('4. we both ('luno in rosy with
1S('l else and desperately hungry.
Finny was ioug.'•hing and jolting like a.
child—She teas in the best of Spirits
—1 thought I had neer soon 114•)•
10014 so well. or realized so clearly
what a lovely- (Teat tire she must
have been utter in .ter lost days.
•'\V1' will have nut• (11)10' hero,
Freda," she cried, 11110)5 1 ng her hat
(town upon the sofa in our little
morning -1.0(1111. "11 5'i11 ho much
cosier than in the dining-rootu, 1Tavo
we not had 11 happy (111,'!--lc't us end
it by a really happy evening. I
know what 1 will d0. ' will go ane,
Put on 411y 111)11 -dross;'•
,c•
"Your bn]!-chi .. , 's"liluur, what 10
,Ohl mean?"
'Oh! 1 have got it upstairs—it i4
lovely, 1 h11ye 11051'1' 5'0)11 it-- 1t is
g[tt' n,•yr. 1 was 10 have gale to
a 1.41111 onc'r—given b, sola' olli('erS
1t never cam- ort. 1 was ill. 1 think
---1 nl vow %tont to it. But there is
the dress, just as it was. I3arbara
made it out of 50na' old brocade of
our .nlot hers. (11'.! it %S 1(11'ly!" she
tic, 5••ly as men •ilea,•; are when `,ho 5an1•
C here is sickness in rho house: and ado) n h(rsoIf. She was a1wa,
the schoolboys coining home for their of quaint Mocks. It was as well to
Easter holidays. and the household let her have l.1' (011 w0, in things
• l' at sixes and '•evcitc Ohl nn, that ('(old not Inert her. After about
5•S full
a.
roc u• gl7s n
1 uta c, 1'v ru•h afraid I twenty niin;ter the door dew wide
t ' .
sha(11 hat•(. to bolo,. you foe a 5'vel: open and T'.11inor, sutil ing: and 11' *4) 11
01' so and go to them!" 11imit, stood before. n,'.
th_ Whit(' 111•04.•14d1•11 satin, it was cut in
'•(th! w1 rat, get on vert (tell She was *u0'aved in •t lots dress of
2t10nc." sa%d 14:'.111141)', Wi 1 u I+t I ran old-fr•sh%oucd mtthnyr, such its
1 I ' It t r ft
y nteatlt, c•
'11 4. wvitl try n4441 herr dare of 00011 Sas won) matey years ago. It hunt:
Other." 1 said. loosely about her 1145'. tatviolet raj
\ti5S ilarbert; looked from too to nock un(1 1'louide1s, which doubtless
the other u•t little toodousl. It once bud a•llt(1 ant Its 1"1"' %tut,
4
404 00(10111 to4i tcid 10ngi:g to . ot,•I?,•sS,
41e had
0),
%n ill absl•nce, in order t0 ntl1))44! 1,4>r Load 5111) :, 1111;1 cal 1.
•
,ye r la u•cl c7 :1'.I%91'%a} linwc)s, ota(•e 51u;o, Iia:
• al re•1 1 het Int le t hu) 11 i
Searel.
(4.
•e•ross Elliner's brain ata Loon o•• l.er tvt.i.1 had 1•ow 1 teens' el 111115 1111!)
sist(r had ,41u,i 1'n of h eying n1' age. tool si••• had ellisp. o soma• rows
A04r•r5:a1•ds Mlias 11a1'bn* a nuci I ; ' 1' pearls nl,out h(1' thio Wert,.
a x14.•1 u;,, e•Pird, tntaalph011ti?.
told n lent cut' •e teflon over it. ! �
1 shall d1) i1',
r• <5 1�
1 "\ ;1 1 h t
a . •: (•I1 and 1
•,t e o 5 1
"ti �'e 1 r loud .
. he• lover r Iwo • >
h G.'
so free trop) till get• old d4.htsions us � this to d0 y0 051 hot:or, 1 t t .
s114' has (10110 (:f 1(114', 'I'1101•, 15 too 1 stalled a1 b('t•: 0'1 11 55115- 1, 1,111)1,1
dt1111)t, I'r•eiti, that ,11111. 1•nrtlpahitll- "iglot . t`:y.1 llo'ou : 11(1' iy 14 ((*s0
a• ' ,htg ac 110014 t` 11111111(0 1,enetit to 110k'-'t11•e bl•ighl i1h 115.01110(11)\- . (1 ' 11 0)she lon1:,• l an 5orit nun
Mer loo you feel .1100 to teeing the
1.1)11' ('11(trce or hero' I Awl?. such a O reels of
5111at she must
"Yea. bliss Parb(u•t, 1 think 1 do. init. teen 010011, a4i at 11.01.1, ynutt4•
I have 10111')0(1 I1054 to 4)lnnnge lath- Or!. she Mad 11101151 111rw0'd
tom porf••ctiy tone; and should she to wonting tint 5,•ry (!r(ss--het• 1i11st
3 -)rove in the 1,ast lunette nide 1 thine. lu)1-totes'• 11 salil)Ieetei tee to set•
1 hte%e sull!c•i,'t,t it'tlueu(•, oyer Ler , it r Sn 111;;V.
to
Lr 14144. to 1101•S1111114.' her tebe i bin1otr h1•'rG( :
•" said. 0"110111••• m
<'hi(•Y,01(1 sset • 'a r urn'
"Men. it 15111 u).!\ be f41)' tun t1(,ys ; 11.111,(1 n,,: nock. ••'504) leek so (bill
at 111" leng'11, al•ti if a,,yth%mg goeg 1lid gad in your 1(1acl: 11)41.s. 1 meet
wrong you levee eteDe .al' tat Ito bol I hal mow t biter to $11 t*'tw. y ou tui.
to teberttq,li we. Taut 1 do not fear (1.; 1 1"'"v'' 15 0 'al"( 11141 just
tine. metssite• fur your delete so: Sou tett . the („ua1.
,•t1.o.; . 1 '5t,l f'tie.
will. I k*:ow•, 1.0 more then usut,lly i; lei your 1',.ic.
wetel0•ul o5f•r her, 11)1(1 all leu 111)1(' I `ih. rel, too of 1h" )4,utno lea%Ing
loos I t'v e t• fait So secure• alai cons.: i 1.1' 41,01' (1j')') . 1'01. s•1' (Cnida 11th• a
* •1 i 51)1(1. Fe•r(too )01110,1 Iv(1tdiy thtoug.n
lett 1't, in h av bag lora, 1 t+, a,o5t
4o V%sS 110I'1111r11 de111.11te(1 1M #due, 11.e m111.1 1'..;;s.•. 1 1'o'1,1 10 11,e
;•u,e)ow, raid 1:11atioe and 1 W4'l'(• loft 1 door. Aiot4g the loirtdot nod out
in sole poS8(ssiun of 11,1111.1(11) St•tuE, s.1t•,•tt'bac, 4,1.0).4.'% it it faro 11.. white Ste
Our quit 1 .lets Wear 00 1nnell es. I (14.4111,. tool 4? IN '111(1 511114 uuspen1.-
us,nll yri'ter the elder hide's (tepee. elite 1(1')4), 1'000' laliut1) a!y ing 10-
101•e. W4 'tvalke(I 1og)•thcr on the 5•arcir. 100. it/r w•ltdtle settle dratpt•ries
58104)8, limiting for daffo(iilss and' ie- • elealuing atl•aml;1ly 11gaittstthe sum
bre (lttrknta5 . • , i _ the passage.,
lets the hollows of the hills, and u
before her eyes some vision of the
taco which .vas doubtless indelibly
impressed upon her recollection. 011!
how heiu•tily I wished 1 had not al-
lowed Iter to array herself in that
fatal garment! Even if the olegfato
were despatched to -night, some timer
probu1(1y the whole of tomorrow,
must elapse before 'Miss Barbara
could be here. And meanwhile, if E1 -
nem. were to Leve u relapse, what
was 1 to do? 'There was no doctor
that 1 knew of to summon from
town. turd Hiss Barbara had sie•cial-
le \reviled me tle'or c0 sand for the
country practitioner at Ear..•toll, a8
elle had 11111' faith' in 11111,, and lo'-
I%ovtcl that his iuteree•••m•e in Elli-
11n1•'5 eine would he worse than use:
less. 1 did not know .0 Litt 15'115 10
Ho if sh,' sho11141 111150 it frox.. attach.
The r.•sponsibilit,5 of toy position
was appalling.
A s -light stirring of the bed-
clothes ar)USe(I 1114• front these haras-
sing relied lot,'. I':11ln'r lifted her
hand and beckoned to 10''. 1 tont
(14)0711 1,5 '1• her.
•'2+411)1 her 1)5eay.° she whispered,
looking towards. Vick''rs. the 111111(1.
I sent the 5111111))) .eft of the 1'00111.
"1 an, •_wing to get lip,- said
nor. ill in h4•1' 1450111 Naive, as soon( its
the dour had closed upon 110x.
"'la .l. area: Ial%ner. it is Intp0s-
silde!" 1 crier., larriiiecl. "You are
tet ;v iill, you conn)) possibly get ant.
01 1101. Besides it i•. int.., 3011 must
g11 to sleep lion. '1'u-ua,t•ru%v, per-
haps, if yon a,••• Leiter —"
"I 1•.11 y4)u• Foote. I ,rust got
up," she reiterated 1L'teenllnldly,
oinking art effiirt 10 raise herself in
the 1.+0.1. 4h.• Sas 08 0.011, US water,
111(1 1asuu4t1,' felt hack 'iron th,' pil-
105
"•s.'0.
1 1 are ',•1•y- *11114)tnl t(1 ell''," slot
said 74ileouslo "Why '.11)1)'t y ou let
In/. ra'••t np? 110 ,is d4)5.1est1)i)s 5'ttiting
101' )l('•: 114• has 1.011)• to take the
away mon ilurhara Las gone. 1 tela
%oil 1 n(tlst 0,: n' him. 110 is 111y
hush:Awl, le. is in the hall waiting:
what will hr think "f tn,: for 1.1',. ir,g;
1)1111 so long".'''
(To be contlaned)
.•--ter---- i
PUTTING BABY ASLEEP.
I
If baby is restless or sleepless donot 1
give it "soothing" medicines to make it 1
1 strep. Those medicines always cetl'ain
t opiates. stud you are tut'rely drugging
tee little, one into 0 milornry ieso,eabili
ty—in feet you me placing its Ifo in ;
peril. l; 'sal' $sues 111)41 sieeple<snt•s 18
nsttaily the result 0f tr(n!'1:4 of the teeter
itch or b0.te18, and it the; is renn1vo41 the
nhild will sleep matt -rally. and awake
b:i,tht I)4441 It4'.11'hy lathy'a O'm 'l'ab
flets
ore all saotnt(
rfI
1111AVellarn
t1
1,1'!7 '
and t •tN f leis 1„1Nlt al•(Il6le.I
that. (11 ' 10•'11h'tt10 e011hlinv tel 0)411*(" of
herneui dru;;. 'Airs L roil Reville, I
(4 1.4v115, d)nt , says: --''My baby set tleeed
110tH ce ole. ('11.41 n !;teal deal Milt ryas
very sleepless. After (:icing him Booby's
1 0 en Tahoe the tt'opl le disappeared
tied rhrMr_h eivuul him nn (lecaai•n1111
Tablet eine., he has 141 ways leen healthy, 1
Anil is 110w n teen gr rugged eltild. No 1
i mother should raver be without the '1'nh•
, lets til the house." You out get Dilly's •
1)5'n'1'alob'ls arum nue fleeter in mean
eine. or if you me in. 1.• eine De \\rename'
eleelee."' ('o , I3ro,kville• 0:'t4 the Tall. 1
hits will b • s,sit by moil at 250 ti box.
Pointed Paragraphs,
From theChicago News.
Some men are too busy to grow old.
A loan is apt to feel put out when he
is taken in•
If a liar owns a dog there is no earthly
hope for him.
A minister's voice may fill the church
without filling the pews.
.A. girl likes to listen to soft nothings
when they mean something.
Every cloud may have a silver Ruing,
but every overcoat hasn't a silk lining.
The season is now herd when the
piano cover has to do a stunt as a
Tuiit.
If a man ever wishes he had,been born
a women it is when he observes the fool
actions of other !len.
Sometimes it so .lard for a father to
marriage
give altar
% his daughter u at the 1 e 1 ,
p
that he almost gives up trying.
The penniless man mien automatic
scale is forcibly reminded that a man
w•itllolit money has no weight in this
glorious land of the free.
At the age of 1d a girl stops crying and
b gins to weep.
To the pure all things are not deliv-
ered in .milk wagons.
If yon haven't any enemies to forgive
pardon a few of your friends.
ror each big man at the top there are
a million little ones at the bottom.
Yon may not get all that is chitin 0
you in this world—Nu look oat for tie {
next.
i Nevi r tisk n man bow he likes harried
life in Ins wife's prostitute if you want to
learn the truth,
There is a elan in Chicago flannel
Ibannielt--batt his financial rating isn't
%\'hat his name would indicate.
The Kind Ton Have Always Dout;ht, cud which lips beef
in use for over 00 year's, inti borne the signature of
and bas been made Under his per.
sonal supervision. ('ince its infancy.
Allow no one to deceive you in this.
All Counterfeits, Imitations and ",Inst-es•good." are but
Experiments that trifle with and endanger the health of'
Infants and Children—'Experience against Experiment.
hat is OASTOR1A
C storia is a harmless substitute for Castor Oil, Pare-
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contains neither Opium, Morphine nor other Narcotic
substance. Its age, is its glraratrteo, It destroys Worms
and allays Feverishness. It cures Diarrhoea and Wind
Colic. It relieves Teething Troubles, cures Constipation
and Flatulency. It assimilates the Food, regulates the
Stomach and Bowels, giving healthy and natural sleep.
The e✓llildren's Panaeca,—TPte Mother's Friend.
CEIMUMCA TOR1A ALWAYS
Bears the Signature of
The Killd You Hae Always Bougilt
In Use For Over 30 Years.
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NEW YORK CITY
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e
Cured
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Strictures, no matter where located, are apt to involve the
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treating this escase• The strictly modern and original lueth-
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290 W000WF :D Ave., DETROIT, M1eett,
TO REACH DYING MOTHER.
, BOY'S LONG TRAMP THROUGH
i ( THE COLD AND SNO\V.
(Toronto Star.)
The city this morning, provi:l^1'l
transportation to Guelph for :( lad of
about 17 years of age, who had tramp-
led from Iiuntsville to Toronto, a dis-
13*10.:. of about 140 miles.
His name is Edward Marlow, and he
worked in a lumber ('amp near Gore'
. Bay. Ile txccived 'Word from Bello
River, the other side of Chatham, that
his mother was dying, and the plucky
little chap immediately set out for
home. Be took the stage to Spsnish
River, and from. there he bou•t1tt a tic-
ket over i11e Canadian 'Pacific line to
North nay. When he arrived at this
1441111 h^ had i3 cents in his po'ke'r,
and decided to tramp the rest of the
da't,Inea. Iiy Thursday eveminsd, :d -
or w',llkiti(' all day, and eating thrr.•
n"115,avet5- cent was gone. . and
he
-
v • • night. Iia
6 l 1 11
..! t in
rt arm Immo.,
p
v' 1 u break-
;
�• he left
%1tlo t t
flit, i110r11111.,
• f,:s•t, and t r:tlured t lural 1t 1 his 51105
ill the cold minter winds till two
(Mork on Naturd:ty morning. '1 het
is, he had walked all {lay and ell night
00d factedf cr :about 1hirty-sig hours,
M 8 lie,lols•lc en Saturday, half f,1nt-
ished and ;,tiff with the cold, he sta;-
gered into the station house at
liaw•kstotae. The operator moored his
condition and divided up }ids morning
luncheon.
During Saturrin5 lite boy asked for I
meals at the farm houses, and was
well entertained by their hospitality,
sleeping in the farmers' houses until
he reached Toronto' last. night. This
morning; he was Met by at railway
than, who at once advised him io ask
for a ticket to his destination from
the City belief Officer. Ile wished to
go, to Bile River, but was given .t
tikes to Uuelph only. 11 is his in-
ttnt?0t1 t.o wa111 the rest. of Mit way.
Japan Teas on the Rise.
ll0lders of Jaren lea 111 Tort,lto and
elt:•01101'e are reported. to 1>a' aavkino
from lo to ?.e 17'r 11). mare for the pro -
dual on account of th:• outl>realt, of
l,nstBit lea 114'iWt':'11 Japan ant
'i'la: outlines cf t 111, c0mln)Oclil•o in ill:a
4'(a(Illtry a(11(1 in the 1'nites'$tat. 1S have
l:'on lunar deano for years. anal 1140.
marks.. Iota In en $1r(Mg fur .1*111- 1111x1',;.
t 01111.1(1);s for 111: c•trly' bekit 4 of foe
tow (-rep L•,ev: atlIealy lm.•n 1.1,1('c•..
.:11++ tb. fear is that the war 10:4 Iorc-
vent deliverit'si. Should at .fit 11011,1
1111.•1.•111' (If the .1at3Yanes:• 1:.Ir,., tree.:;
1 1 alrinkors Gni 111;5 0Utltinem will
.tiny•• Irnubly in obtaining kuffloiens
for their w.(nls. '1'L:' tlect'ssity ttAr
(n Marra-a•aine: Iter forces 0 ill 1ikro
ly tak t ((04ly many 1 tbt)rers from rho
teat 1'l:u111)1 loos, inti diffic*U1,a 1Th
hart•4 5t ln;; it:
114• *rut: 1.'.- 11111 i('il:at.t•t9.
The reoult �0f the 111ra.ttcneel e.trcity
w•il! M1• 'the increased. demand for otL•
4 r grit\ i its t>f ten, and hence a 1:4'Itel•.:1(
sat if felling et vadttes :all :OVUM" 11114.
t.ai." Blue..
9)
1
. 4 fleet high $4.40 For poultry and garden. Better titan old style. Of local dealer or na. Frelglnt 3)aat1.1-`
io0•foot roll, iti 011
I'a;r(l"iootrall, 51"att high SAO 'THE Pi►C�o'W�RE PENCE CO.g '_
..1111,111a.,., 6.00 Welkeevltltt
•C t 'roll, 0 feet
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