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CRAPTERI.
1119,10017E—THE valuelennp.- •
•.,..ears, idle t,suese,I know not what they mean,
Teets from the depth of some divine °solar
Ills° in the b,eirt and gat,her to tbe eyes
An he nY re:
In• Idc'ZkilliTi7g the b 131PYlekthat An° nie
-- a utum
Pant/EV/3 -Pirkisses-
4 Not ranch' of i'plottre, OerteinlYi. •
' Only a :Orate:hog wide sunny road! With
a tamarisk hedge, 44a a dump of shadowy
lelme net.rnY ebeePuibbling inagralladitoh.;•
and a brown baby asleep on a bench;
berm*, IOW hroad.lields of grain
.:„.•_40,,hartelitt and- aletiuit '11:1#1",144; hace7-
blue cloudinese,,and the deep *Orietbnons
sound of the great sea. • • , '
Yellow sunshine, green tart the bueyanos
,cf,eidt spray in the air; some one, trailing
'a white gown unheeded in the gandy. desk
• Tonna& Moment under the4irmg ekus
to admire the !cone. . ; . •
She is a tall, grave woman, with serious
. eyes 'Mid dead -brown • hair, the shade of
withered leaves in autumn, with 'et bad
beautiful face. '
• It is the face of one who has iniffered and
been patient 1 who has Iovedmuah and will
-"----loveon-to the end; - who, from the depths
Of a ;Ole, Selflees klatlgei 100kS out Up011
the world ' with mild "'eyed of oha.ritY ; 'a
Wemeniyet. a, girl' in Years, vvhoni one
temiedbie Pearl among•women:
Just now, standing under the elms, with
• her straight white folds and uncovered hair,
for her sun -bonnet lay ' *lithe turf beside
•'. her, her wistful ogee looking far away son -
ward, one obuld have compared her to a
Norman or a Druidical inmate:se under the
'shadow of the gacred,balti there is at Once
,
a
0
tht."6.3wrettleliPii ; then alOufii" halfe
your fl Way,* for you were er.vai an
0,0$4,Vm women, Catherine, WA/04 Oa
d1.64104 Of DOftY's Meet milkand a cruet
if the 91d brown -loaf, and Iwill thank you
and go ;.blit not before you • have told me
490 Margesiet"—all, that you 1010w, and
that you hone and fear, ,Catliatim.os ,
' Ileeven Igen you, Miss Crystal, it is
the same tender -hearts -as -ever. 1 nee...-,Y.es
1,700 sibenbeeinli I 1010* l• and that'a little
-
Itold ypn, noith�r Martinnor me know what
VO' UP • Sir Wilfred come to
,t9 Misi Mafgaret; and then she *mut
for Mr. Hugh, and toldhimtheymust part,
*Ole* would never 'marry him. That
was before the old master had that stroke
, that carried him off, but she held firm to it
after hie death; and nothing that Mr. Hugh
could say would move her."
li!a"rgIalmteotwbv:itea, itnee44onr coaul."d look.
" And-yek_if-ever woman loved man,
at
her and not see that the light had gone out
of her life, , and that her heart /wail it'd
breaking—bow white you have gone, Mini'
CrIIani
stali" .
So sorry for MartisieiOh 1
-
Catharine, Catharine,: if I had any tears
le1atrgIa-vtth.,ilib .0ould abed_ them all for
Marga -ret."
"Keep thein for yourself, My dearie,
maybe they will cool the fever in yourheart,
and make you see.olear; and bring you back
to as again." '
"Hush, Wish 1 I Will not hear you. I
will only talk of my poor' Margaret. She;
would not marry him you say." ,
"No, she woe like a rook, not all the poor
young Master could say, could change her
resolution. -tknow.--sne_told_liiMihat___Its
fatherwas right to forbid their marriage,
and though it was a cruel trouble to them
both, they,must bear it, fork_ urag_Giod'a
Will, not Sir Wilfred's, that separated them;
but ho wmild never listen to her, and at last
he just flung away in a rage and married
the ether." • „ _ '
"The other 1—whom • do you Mean,
Catharine ?"
• ' something so benignant and:Strong, ea hill
of pathos, in her fade, and'foriuoil
' . Low swaying of braiichea, then thcipetter:
ing of rod and rain round the rough.'
hewn bench, the 'brown' bahy, awakes -and
stretches out ite atiraty,itth ia lusty
S MiggeStive human sound that e eektially
Ji,reakis.4•,the :atilinesa.; for at the same
inatent an !urchin *tattling wood in the'
bedge
delting****IitepSt'fidnilthe':pereh-dfan
iipeoveredlOdge; teringiiigthe,'Igialionds
frinisher whitetvtinkledhands.
-'Teifies mar tranquility, .
pmentnibincestisrand,tbe
• cotitititleigottorstrartfUglgroan
ant- teara.fail to bo ,dried, by ; niPther
'ttmilea, and, as if in , answer :to the. shrill.
Cries, ' Anoka of. snow-white geese: Waddle
solemnly aerosethe grass ; the hey leaves. off
Whittling wood and:chases
•:throngh the leafy avenue comes the loaded,
'oorOfain;'thejpennd-Waggetier with scarlet
, P0Ppieli in his hat, bine coni410Were and
. • pink convelynk trailing ftetti the horses?
, vire; :oyer the, fields • sound the . distant
Peeling Ofbells.; ; •-:' • ; , ' , ,
• .".The girlwakes up ,"'from •her musing 'fit
• with a cep sigh, . and her face becomes
sudden' 'eery pale.; then she inoyee elettily
„sot* tIe road towardsa path 'winding.
'through the bete harvest fie de, where the,'
. gleaners are busily at „work. . 'Fromunder
the tamarisk hedge comes the shade* of a
' •Wonian an the .white gown 'disappears and
the lodge -keeper earries. off her wailing child,
i the Abjtdovi becomes substance and.,grows
erect into the figure °fa girl. • •
. .0f e•gitl in shabby black, •fed0ore and
-Weary,'who drags herself With hesitating:
• .stepe to the spot where theether woman's
: feet have been meted, and. therishe:stoope
;and hurriedly gathers a ifew‘bladee Of :glue
.; itnatisitesseetheOito'herlips.,. • '1. . '„
•• „Silence once finnelicieer- the landscape
Abe:glitter of sunshine : thei_empty
bench ;the Whirling : 'of 7 insects, in the
ambientair.under the, shadowy elms 'a
•:gir' Smiling bitterly., over a IOW poor gtaeses;
gathered as we pluck thorn. from a loved
' one's grave, :; • "
• CatharkneethaJodge-keePer; sat 'rock!.
'her baby the oldprititilie.a.itimIangohf
01* de6rali° could catch wood:::
'bright red -tied
'nettle, and.the tortotiershen't t asleep on
•the great Wickerchairibeyen , the sunny
littlo herbi,gardeii-witIvits-plotedlavendet;
4 • inarjetam;, and sweet-elliellingfthyine;•: the
• lastineithly roses blooming among • the
gooseberry bushes; a • child. cliqueting-Mi
• • the narrow brick path with a big sunbonnet
and burnished pail; in the corner a toy
.,fountaingutglingoverlfgoyeter-shellbOrder, •
/ and ifeW'hapenitininited fens. • . •••.
Catharine sat. contentedly in the otaidi
• perch, on her lap ley the torovirl baby ';• With
.Jiis face ell; puckered UP?. with:sniilcs; his
:tiny:hole of a Mouth.juet ed ready for
•.the knell moist thumb, in I his bate rosy
feet heating noiseless time to the Wile; he
•• Was listeinngbesidelitehieniethers. yew.
as She • sat •• reeking : "Min • and •talking
unconsciouslyi aloud.
• " Heaven bleseher 1" she muttered; With
a °lend on her 'pleasant fabe;' yes, , these'
'Were her very words, . as she stood: like e
'picture nnclet the old treed yonder." • '.
" ',Heaven bless liet and him too,'—but
, there was not a• speck of bold in face
as she said the Worde,. and 1 could see the
' ..• teen; in her beautiful eyes. . Oh, but you
ate a saint,-: Miss Margaret—every one
knows that ; but, as I tell Martin, : it is a
sin and a 'shame its ring the joy hells for a
Ifecklege chit that folk never set eyes on i
• while our darling, Miss Margaret, s' left
alone in the oldplace." •
•' Whitt about Margaret,: Catharine, for
• heaven's sake, What 'abed Margaret ?"land
the shadow that had come from behind tlie
tamarisk hedge now , fell' across the porch
: straight before the istartled woman.'
• Catherine put 'dosin her apron from • her
,eYee With something like a cry, and steed
, ,np trembling. . ' •
1, Goodgracious t is that • yon, ' Miss
,. • crystal.? ,why, you cOlte before one6like 'a
. flash of lightning ona, suborners daY, to
'make one palpitate all over for keit of a
siterni.w • • , ,
Arid • about 'AB Welemrie, 1 suppose,"
returned the young stranger, bitterly, "iny
• gelid Catherine, your eimile is wondorfIIy
tties. One." , • .
" "1 don'tknow 'nought about similies,'
•tidal; but I know you are tie Welcome'
• a' . Wets in May. Couie in.*-Odranin
anddon't stand eeerchin your
pont fabeiihtlie n, ; come in and , gbie
window, where you can emelt Ik9-11.ee_and
together, '6,01-11-tetieh you a gip'
' Of Daisy's new Milk, for you look (pito
. faint and inoithered,like a Jot an4 weary
bird, niir pretty. , Yes, just like a lest and ,
.'..weary bird."
• ;Yon, are ,rigbi,"t„ ninrilinted Abe_ girl
teA4
enOuglil.ril iniatillnd," And So eitYinfi,nhe
hut1ednphedreas over her liniow Petti.coat,
Auld, taking a tin dipper from the dresser,
was „PresentlY lioerd calling cheerfully to
her milky itimoki* in the paddock, on her
to the dairy.'
Loft to herselfthegirl threw !Woolf
down—not in the Iwiclier chair, where:the
cst lay like kfurrY balI simmering in the'
inin,but on the old brown settlebehind the
'door; where shooPtild rest herhead against
the Well; and* and not be, seen. •
She had taken off her broad -brimmed hat,
and it on the table beside her ; and the
sunlight ,, „streamed through the ' lattice
window fulionher face.. ' • -
Stick a young fae,e, and—heaven help
her—such a sad face; so beautiful too, in
'spite-of:the-lines that .sorrow had evidently
traced on it, and the hard, bitter curves
round the mouth. •
The darkdreamyeyes, -the- pale olive
oemplexion",,,theglogay, „hnix,r-in oplor .the
sen -steeped blackness, `of the south—the hill
curled lips and grand profile, might have
befitted a Vissliti; just so might the spotless'
queen have carried her uncrowned' heed
when she left the gates of Shushan, and
have trailed her garments in the dust with
a mien as proud and aeffespairing.
• ,There she sat motionless, looking over the
harvest -fields, while Catharine spreada
clean coarse cloth on the small oaken table
besidether and served up a, frugal meal of
brown bread„, 'honey • and milk, and then
etaod Wetelsing, her' while the Stranger • ate
sparingly and if . only neceseityciampelled;
,
"There."'she ,saidat 'met, looking up at
Catbarfna With' it` sat -pathetic Smite that
lent'ne*4 beauty to fate.: " I have done
fere 41,410i;drnw
lent 'chair *Ole*, fer Ts. ,Otarving for
nears' �f AMargaret, and like water •td a
thirsty -senile -tie -We from a ltir":"couiiiry4
HoW:ciften:I say thee° words to myself."'
"But nokbednewsi stirelY; Miss crystal ;
and it isBite' enough' youlf-thinkLrame-bad
iwhen4sold-. Zatk,tittenly-qiearttethe
lioutdeb:Skendllitinmainz#11,0
; ,•• < ' • —
"Min and wile! ofwhomcaTO you talking,
Catharine ?" • .
•0" Of whom Should' I be talking; dearin,
liiittof.. theyoung master ?" but the girl
interrupted her with istranke vehemence.
-it Catharine, yen will drive' me crazy
With that slow ad& tongue of yours: How
can :Hugh *dimwit be married, while
Margaret ' Stands Tinder the elm trees
alone 7" • •
it is Miss Crystal, for all that
—as mire de the bine sky is above ns, --Sir
Hugh Itedniond weds to -day with a bonnie
bit child from foreign pails that no one set
eye* on; and Whom bo is bringing home as
mistress to the old hall."' •
"I don't believe you!'" exclaimed the girl
stormily; butin spito of her wordsithe olive
cemplexion'grew pale. "'You ere jesting,
Catharine; you are imposing on me some
village fable7-sOneei credulous report. As1
love:Margaret 1 rdisete'helieVeyou."
, The : tithe was when a word from
Catharine would have contented' you, • Miss
Crystal,". replied the Women sorrowfully,
and her honest face grew overcast. "Do
you think Miss Margaret' B Own foster -sister,
wh e brought up with her, Would deceive
you w? But itis like enough that liortatW
and pride have turned your head,. and -the
inietake Of having Made the first Ake step
betide." - •
" For&ive Me," returnedthe girl hoarsely;
and !she took the work -hardened hand and
pressed it between both her own. " I will
try to believe you; though 1 cannot realise
it that . Margaret—my Margaret—hos been
tilted.' ' •
"No, nor that either, &vale. We must
not blame the poor young master' beyond
hie deserts. He • loved her trne,.11.fige
Cryetal; he loved her, that true that his
heart was like to break ; but for all that he
was forced to give her up," •
I cannetunderetand it," in a 'bewildered
"When I Wt the dear "old kinie
that summer's day a Year agOthey had been
engaged' nine Months ; yes, it was nine
menthe,. I ratio -Oilier,: for jt was on her,
birthday Maths). netted. her te he his • life;
and they had loved each „Other:lout *before
thet,•'' DO yen think I con ever foiget that
" Well; you :have: . heard of Col�nel
Merdaunt, who lived up at Wyngate Priory,
the bigplace! up yonder, scene of the land
adjoins the Hall lands, but the house no
better than a ruin." • ; " • •
Yee,: I know; Colonel 'MOrdeunt /died
in India." • •
"NOW maybe you did not know that the.
Colonel: had tc„detightet, hit bonnie lass,
who , wee brought up by an aunt in the
001intitV ." It, seethe :Sic :Wilfred and the
Colonel had alWayi:ltOped to bring about n
nietohlietWeentheYoung people, and after
Bir`Wiltred'i deathilley foend4lettervith
the willi''eharging Mr. Hugh by all that ives•
gaited not to : nierry'71thea-Mattitrit. 'at&
begging him to go :flown to Daintree, and
'see Colonel' 'Mordeunte, 'beautiful; young
; detighteri-, Margirist • told with
tears in hor•=eyefi Mist pa !loving Attlierli
Aatzterdlimasragnia jr.Thjytegalat.M,itg
• to ..forgilve lihnfot' criuming lila ;fp/41); lint,
told: him at theeaine time that no blessing
could °vet' follow his • marriage with
Margaret Ferrets." 2. • •
• "No blessing? Theta is some mystery
hem:Catherine. ' ' . •
"That. is what • I day, Mise Crystal, Crystal,. but
reason or not,(the poor young ' master ;Wee,
shelf4itazed with, the .disappointment ; he
Was for setting abide' everything, and, going
on reoldess-like, lnitMiss Margaret. elle was
, like* rock -,-,she could net and Weida not
marry him; and in his anger against ' her,
and because he not dere : What :be:seine
Of him, he WentdOwn, to Daintiee and settled
theniatterwith MfesMOrdistuit,'end.that is
All I; linbW, Ciystal!". ' • .
One—two—three—four,i1 counted the
girl With a bitter smile, " filer broken hearts, •
four mntilated,' lives,and . the' ' sun. shines,
and the birds :sing—Ona. hungers,, thirsts,
sleep, and wakes again; and; a benignant
Creator stiffera. it;•. but hush 1 there are
footsteps, Catharine,lide Me, quick."
"My,deane • dela' tea go soared like, it
is OnlyMr RiZby,-rhe peesed :hout, • ago
with the parson; but there is only Wee
Johnnie With. him now." • ' •
him"lsifhtethelratchg.OillheigrTte ; il;rnot 1 heard
your faith with me,, Cathatine, ?"
, "Yes—yes, have • I ever . failed you; bide,
clinics a bit; he cannot Bee yoti- gels only
Standing in •porsigi, for* . Of. 'milk..
I'll feta itfromthe dairy, and he'll drink
it and go." • , . • •' • . " .
• 2" If • only , 'Johnnie Were': not there,"
ninitintited the• girl, iinxionely! ,
• "No, no, be has sent him on moat likely
to the Vintrage." ' • .
"My good Catharine," Observed' a quiet
voice from the porch, long :eni I:. to
wait fer:iny glassi:of ?" . • . '
inii‘vriee'red sCoartrti'iri4nre' BR, cheery .taomnsisi,niciettie
" Don't be sorry," returned the 'same
voice; "waiting will do Me good." . And
then there was !silence. • • .
The stienget iitOlebut andpeePed thMiigh
.the:lialt evened, deer. • • .
•
-There:Wee. ii'tell_ihruaLutending' in :fibe.
POreli'; a :man Boleti that the olinitering, ivy•
;Mend the trellis -work liege:sr-about
him and totteheff his leteheal ; a Man broad.
ehinddered and strong, with 'a 'stooping
gait like a giant worn Out With lebOr. ; he
was in'clerical tiolig, but his soft felt 'hat
wan in hid hand,' and the grand powerful
heed with its heavy dead -brown hair and
pale face were distinctly visible Under the
shadow of, the ivy. ,He did not, indve at
the Squid of thestealthy-kietstep-or at the
light 'shadow that fell acrcisti though.
the girl crept so close • that he could have
touched her With his right hand; but on
datharine's itappearence she shrunk back
with a gesture et• mingled entreaty; ' and
comman
Ps • .
1
time , • : '
IffereseY Anyhow, things things went"
on Well for a time ..;,the Young master was
always at the -Grange, or Miss Margaret
and Mr. Baby at the Mali; and when he
was away, for he was, always el bit roving;
he Wrote her e heap • of letters ; and all was
as right as it could he till the old master
came home.": •
":Ah, true! I hidforgotten Sir Wilfred,"
"Ay, he had been away 'for incite than
tweyears in the,East,Working for that fine
boa of his that folks talk about so much;
but Was in bed health, and •ho had a -
strange hankering to die in the old Hall.
There is an awful Mystery in things, Miss
Crystnl; for if it had pleased Providence to
have.taken the poor old Master before he
resethed theItali, our deer Miss Margaret
might have been happy 7440Wr."
" Do you mean that Sir Wilfred objected
to the Match ?" . <
"Well, I don't rightly know what hap-
pened, but Martin and the think there is
some Mystery at the bottom. Folks sayi,
Who know the young master, that lie has e
Way of putting oft things in the morrow as
abotdd be done.te-dilf, and Ottlierlie7did"
not tell his father of his engagement to
Miss Margaret, or his letters wont astray,
in thee° foreign parts ; but when the 'old
inastet hema that Mr. Hugh had premised
to merry miss :margaret,be,rnade an awful
scene, and sworethat no. Ferrets sheeld bo
niistreis of Redmond Hell." .
44 Good heavens !what reason could Sir
Wilfred , hive' for refusing his eonsent 2„
Margaret witebeautifd, rich, and Well-born.
DO you ,mean to say Ahab Sir- 'Hugh,
was Bo poor a creature as to give her
up for a whim ?".' I
•
NO, nh; „Wiles Crystal,* dear, we data
tinierstod.tbe tights of it. %when Mr'.
Hugh left the old master he just rushed up
tewttreiiietolied"Xtiss'llargaret, and to
tell her of his fethers•opposition ;- but she
had a -right brave apirit of,hei.OWn; and she
heartened him up, and • bade him wait
patiently and .she would win Over the. old
Wan yet, Well, it isa sad story, and, as I
'
• wir,r,111
44 There is the milk, Mr. Rely, and it is
yellOw and Ha with ,cream to reward your
patience, sir"' ' • -
"Thank yon," he replied, stalling,' and
putting out A large White hand ; the stranger
took the glasil from Catharine and held it
to ; he drank it with seeming Uncon-
sciousness and with lowered eyes, ".A
most delicious draught I but your hand is
trembling, Catharine; are you tired or
enwelL2"--...•_. • . • .
. • 44 Neither, Fiji, thank . you," replied
Catharine, huskily, while the girl drew back.
in evident sierra.. Ah, . there is Johnnie
chine for ,you, heis waiting ',at the gate;
hero icrour stick, 2dt. Baby. Don't forget
Our lititt,tor the sun is very poWerfill."
. • • . •
"No, no," ,,, returned' the clergyman,
absently. "Good , Morning, Catharine,"
Then, as he walked ' down the little brick.
paved path, " lfow titian& Catharine's,
hand never felt like that; it always seemed
puckered and rough to me„but this felt soft
and cold as it touched me, and shook BQ
that it conidltirdlYhold.the'glees. Johnnie,
lad, is there any one standing in the tibia
withyour mother 2" • ' °
, "No, sir, only inothor.'J
Strange;" ho tuutteted, " strenget
-SU Plibiftrif was my fanc,T an tawayi
fancying thing's l" 'and then he sighed and
put hi a hand on the boy's shoulder, for
Baby Ferrero wag blind!
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' OHAPTERUI.
. TUB BLIND 'nein or eannregnPnt
• Over proud of conive,'
Even sol --but noise stupid,blind,that L
NiThoni thus the great Taskmuterd the world
His set to meditate, mistaken wc4r, '
My: dreary foe arimit a, dim blank.wen
Throughout Min a natural lifetime,—could pre-'
vent or wish.
" • limner:tiffs Aurora Lgtgls,
About:five mike from Singleton, where
Redmond Hall stands, is the little .village
of Sandycliffe„ a onion' Primitive place set
in corn-flelde, with long sloping fielde Of
grain, alternating with smooth green uplands
and winding lanes, with the tangled hedge-
rows, so well known in southern scenery.
,EtandyeliffeirinOt aottially onthe sea6.shore,
but a ehort walk from the village-tiP one of
those breezy; uplands would bring the foot-
paesenger within view of the blue sea line;
on one side is Singlet*, with its white cliffs.
and row of modest, unpretending houses,
and on the other, the bney pert of Pierrepoint,
With its bustle. and traffic, its long narrow
streete, and ceaseless activity. Sendyoliffe
lies 'snugly in its gteen hollow ; &tiny village
with one. winding street; tier white -Washed
cottages grouped round < a small Norman
chnrch, ,,with 'a rose-oovered viParge
inhttbited6Y-thecinate's-large
vicar lived a milo away, at the Grange,
large red briokhouse with infrione gables,
half covered -with- ivy,, standing on high
ground, with a grand view of the csea and
the hither of Pierrepoint.
• It might sent strange to any one not
conversant with thefacts of the case that
a
, • - ":"...
TriTiBOOK AT THE liAtgaT
What a Hamilton Nan Has to Sat*bent
James W..Beid, formerly of Ilitniiltnasa
writes to the:Toronto Novi frorn Sault:Ste.
Marie that he went to that place six -weeks
ago on the report in a Toronto, paper that
thipge were booming. He goys: "I found
on my arrival that there was no shop, to
rent and it 'would talte.a *all fortune to
shuy a lot to build on, as a ring of speculators
gobbled up all the property last winter for ,
four or live miles along the neer front and
away baok into the country ever so far, by
merely paying down a few dollars on
it—
in one case I know of only $25 on a 04,800
purchase—and then all agreed to put up •
the prices so fearfully high that a poem
man cannot touch a foot of it.. Thiir
killing thetown, and keeping it ba4k, aa.
nearly everybody who comes here lei'ves in
a few' dayisitoursing theplace instead of
stayinghere and helping tobuild it np.
Over 150lieople came in the week I : did. •
but there are only three of them left now.
There is plenty of talk about _lots, but no • • 4
sales are being made„ and except a few
cheap. buildings no work genie on. It is '
the 'deadest. -pleee I ever was M. One or
two men have the business all in their own
hande,andtheydonotlikatosee anybody • ,
else starting in opposition to. them. The
hoteleoharge $7.50 a week 'tdi board, •and
it coats atiok of money to stay here any
time. Everybody wants to make a fortune
in a itionth and not work for it." ;
the amall. epareelyliopiilated villae should
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0!" -PW: *4i .: aervicos of a : curate, and It is announced that the talked of oh
enpediallY.* ,Intrd..*Orking man like.. Mr. alto 791h Queen's Own Cameron Hi
Anderson ; but a sed affliction had befallen landere into a battalion' •of the . Scots .
the -young vicar, of Sandysiliffe ;the• risulteuards-krnot to take Place.
of some illnemi or- accident; two , or thee -: Bridge
The last set ofgirders of the Tay
years after his, ordioation, . lied, loft biro. -.
totally blind. • ' ' • : were raisedlo their permanent position On
( . ' the 19th ult. The work of construction
• People whohad heeril•hini hadpropheaied
• .
greet things a Mr. Ferrers—ho had . the . - . 4 • `
has .noonpiedabont live years. . - • . .. '
•raregift /of eloquence; he was The detailed prospectus of the Glasgow .
'-feesion ; it Was absurd that imen . powers
is they; said -,a rising light, in his 'Op:, International Exhibition time been, leaned, ..;•••
The guarantee 'funk it is stited;. already'.
should be Weide& on a: Iiiltagegongtegatein,'. _ea._ .,,Oeeda' '•• Atifisfigh:ankii.a.:_ :AK. being •
'made liii"..errantice; aeil *id. women; Iie'lgucka44:47' • ' ''. " • .'.: .
'Minn Preaolt trent somhoitY Pulpit4,:he,Waa ' ",' RSV; Dr, Huteheeciii,ef IiinchoriTeriaan.
Ainaklitted.to:nWay 'the maseaso#A eaet was . chosen MOderater . of .the:Generail,
end Of LOn4011;t0",be a. leeder 'arnono ,bts Aessinibly Ortlie7gstablislieff piiiiiiiii-07-7-7--
teuom ; it was OelpSnA that ono .eaw shek &Oland,. At Edinburgh, • hist month, and• '
penetration and: power Milted . with. suchthe . Plei*:--Prineipel Being, of the Free
rnF,21Pnie4r1;4rtiarnvWniieivelitg°,ttilee6!itt•ttHitisdin' 1-13q Ce-dokelitirtithaH. 4Tat;EtYtt% .d41[4.ii' 0111i3t'ACthl it:::
VhanttliSa0AissenheS,pithlisadiis4ato, HeZift;000.1eietaltefluoSeiittighZitiCtionitiker...
wasu Pei t8'110 *tied. little for thej_praises trait 'Gallery, Effinburg14. ban now , intl. -
of hie:generation ; :hikone aim in life wee mated his intention ,of being,it the cost • of
to devote his Went; to his Master's service finishing •• the budding. According to . the
to work in the • Corner' of the vineyard ,eriginal designs. ,•': • , . • • '
inallatteated;
td.bum that he had capabilities
to him.
•il'U,. th' , •
, '• ,Bus :inner r
. '.cePeciena4eeei ' The death is announced of the Dowager
. . .
Dubliese of Leinster, daughter of. the late '
Ifor a largerephere,wider rang
,a wider range work; Duke and : Duchess • of . filutheiland,. and " • .
•when the call -came ho would he ready. . to ',sister of the late Duchess Of, Westminster,. .
leave his feW.Aheep in the . wilderness Pid, LadyBlantyre,'*and. the late 'Dtieliesis el'.
go out into pastiitesi, now. He was like*: Aravn. • . . ' , • •
knight Watching.; beside. hie, ardor until' . Fr, /. •„, .. . :' .. • : :
A . ‘•
the:reveille sounded ;when th'e time came htindredyeats ago,en the
jiinti, Bobert BMW] &Bt. went' .to : Duni- ..
ho ready to go downtothabattle. •
. when :the, ..can- ea.:tar- Ake! it never fries, Mee, and :reeeiveil • the ' freedom of , the . • •
simile' in this world for : Baby • Ferrers., In burg, in .recognition, of his talents,, and the
the hill prime. of 'youth and iitrength ,the service, a 'writer of songs, that he had
done, and was doing, to hie, cOuntrYi
mysterious doom of blindness mune. ' upim
the young vicar and left him . groping in. a .---- The deathofMr.:- Akkander. ,Bitimten.,--,
darkened weird.' .- '. : , .: : ' : '' . ' Inverkeithing. author of the " • Life and
: , There was hitter trouble at the.: Grange Herdo Aetions of Sir Withal.. Wallace,"
knit then; a youngeinsin'of Margaret and and other books .bearing on eariy Sottish .
Raliy Fetters, who had •lived with "them history, is Announced. ' Mt. -Brunton • was. .•
frina• ohildhciod, andhad been the spoilt dB years of age. ' . :
,
darling of the • 'lenge; had left. her _home To the Wall* monument, at Stirling/ '
suddenly, leaving no trace behind her. - five. bust; .bave already , been .effered!---•
' Goasip had been rife 'in SimiYeliffe, , but namely, those of King Robert the -Bruce,
neinie except : Hugh :Redmond ,kiieW the •Knox, Buclienan, Bump and Stott. • Watt,
rights' of the case, or why the • girl I should should certainty • follow, next • in ' :order. :
have • abandoned her home when Baby Each .bilet.variesin Coat between •;£80 'arid
Ferrara :Wiii• iying One bed of Offering; £11.00. . • , • .• ' ; .• • • . ., _ .. - •
and Margaret was watching beside h____im.i!ii '. A Monument to the Marquis - of Mstait'..
trenibling anguish for the result. ; : . '
. .'.
• rose, " the great Marquis," is to be :placed
Therewere weeke and.nieriths of bodily
in St. Gibes' Cathedral,Edinburgkelliefir . •
suffering ' and 'fierce: intera04.' ceniliet by gentlemen Of the. Clan.. Graham. . Dr.
:bitter hand' to •hand, .fights With despair. Dowlitiad Anderson has .furniehed- the de -
;And then the strong Will and faith of Baby sign, the carrying out ,Of *high will cost .
Feirers teibmPhed,; back from thealiadow about zoo, . : • • ' • - • ' •• • . ••• .
Of the valley* death he came, mutilated, . , - ., . • •
matted, and victorious; and like 'blind
:Benison, led by ahoy, he one day. electrified • , ' Peenuei iSeatil," a 1307.
'his•peophi.'hy . entering his' indpit- again; The death in ti.ahest. ae • pathetically set
and at the sight otthe changed pale fate, forth in the .,. Mistletoe Bough" has its • : ' '
and Of the,deep raeloaionizi, voicespeaking latest parallel :in the Sad fate Of little
:with its old, tender author4,. there: was. Tommy "Grey,:e :bright ,•NeW York lad of 7 *
'hardly a. dry eye in the olturOh. . • - years, Whose body ' was found on Tuesday .
' •From that. day Dift.Ferrerenever flinched evening in i chest , formingthe* seat of in • :'
from the purpose he:. had get' before him as ice waggon, which stood 011 the street. The. • .
;far milky in his power to do his duty'. little' folk*, With .several. 'School ,coMpaii- • •
Bound, .by his ordination vows, ° he still ionni went bathing in'the.' afternoonin the •
gloried : in/ the dignityof; his :priesthood," North River; They *ere ',surprised .whilo ,
:.Sunday after Sunday saw hi/31..06044,0g in 001*(140 bYli Pelicerdin, and in their '
_the, pulpit -Of. his little' church,: Which, as fear • 'of : arreot.,they , spattered. in •different • .
tho. fanieof his tate eloquence went abroad' dirktiens, •:- Little' Tommy :ran : With his -, ;
Was always aroWcledwith strangers:...- ' • clothes Under his arm; ifimp" d into the ioe r •
Ap
. .:110 bed isecuredthe setvices Of •iiii eetneitt waggon endhidin the chest'. itu ing &non .
,hard4inkiiig 'man—the- ill -paid; over. th(i.lid,,ii;s0INecloir. 'Here e Poor little '•--7—
*worked Curate. Of annuit end parish With 'a fells)* was in the• evening lowed iniffooated.
latge, sickly .faniily—and installed them • in . . .
the sunny pleasant Nicerage.
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Socks With a Made for Each Toe. .
Speaking of hose reminds 'Me of an
inhportedidei in gentlemen's foot -wear, or
"sox," as. they ,are called by the .bahei.
dashers. They are made like gloves, with
a place for each tee, and are said US be far
ahead of the old style in matter of comfort,
also as to expense: -34w • York Letter in
Boston .13ecord.
Perislinlble Freight. • '
A freight oar was left at.ChiPpewa Palle
by a north -bound train. It was marked
Perishable goods." ;When the agent
opened thedoor after the departure of the
train out Walked four tramps.—'34libeaukee
*Marna/. , ;
A. Bustle de Luxe.
Bustles ere a never-ending goutee' of
misery or pleasure, but really the bustle dej-
luxe is one I have just Aeon, It is retide4f.
!elk, filled with -hair, and has dainty- Whites
ribbons for ties.—New York'Star, '
A meeting of• Presbyterian ministers
and elders was •laeld in Torontoyesterday,
when if was decided to divide the city
into districts for mission purposes, and a
permanent, Organization was. formed for
mutual counsel on all/Matters of common
interest. * "
—Ina letter to County Crown Attorney
McMillan, of Orangeville, Lord Dufferm
thus refers to his family: ' You will, I am
euro, be glad to hear that my wife and all
my children are • flourishing. Myeldest
daughter has grown up into a very • fine
handsome young woman, and has now gone
home for a year te,England after spending
two years with 'us -hero. , My eldest son is
a , young soldier ,in a cavalry regiment ,
stationed in India, and, the others are all
gradually growing up, '
' nrrne
Our tittle Jim
Was such a ltrab
His mother 'Waive could'Manage hint
His eyes were blue, siale
And looked you through, W
And seemed to say,
it rii have My way 1"
His age W11.8 6,
Flis saucy tricks
". B imade'You srailo, (;*
Though all the while_ --
You said, " You limb,
You *Joked Jim, •
Bo quiet, dol"
• V '
Poor little Jim t • „
Our eyes are dim /
When.gift and low we .tmesk at him.
No clatt'ring shop •
Go** running through
'The silent room; ..
" NOW wrapped ,
In still -he .
With testi:Ault ey6s.
No need to say,
Mast to -clay„
•" You little lin:114. •
'Yea baby Jim,
Dr, Anderson: Critehett, of London, was quiet, do 1'4„
recently 'offered a fee of 1.7,000—proliablY Give me e pint Of peanuts, •
thelergest medical honorarium on record aunty, and there's 6 cents for you."- Annty
-.-40 go to Indiete treat :dile of the native. •••••4; HIVin WA ye, stir see ,yeg,,arti,e new
-.011c.Pih:..14-1.1140914114A194)ffO., . malLon.--theforce,"-,-ckifork onti,
6 -year-old 'girl, the Canadian Wimbledon , team intend
pointing to a tiirliey gobbler strolling 'spending a week at Cambridge,before taking
around a neighbor's yard;"ain't that recl. up their quarters at Wimbledon for.
need& &token got an a*N1 big liustie 2" ,/,practice, ,
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