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The Wingham Times, 1908-08-06, Page 5TRH wING:42 TIUES, AIMW T i,' 1903 ed S • .. BY.•• HENRY WALLACE PHILLIPS COPYRIGHT, 1942, »fir Mc-' • PHILLIPS is COMPANY gist mill was added to the intended plant, thug offering an inducement ter the farmer to raise grain, and incident- .-- ally straw, "So we cats ketch 'em on doth ends, too," es Red put it. The time seemed like enchantment to aliss Mettle. bringer Ings anda stockholder in the. company she had risen to be a person of impor- tance, with the result that she was even more modestly shy than before, although in her heart she liked it; but more delightful yet was the spirit of holiday activity which inspired and pervaded the place. Red had insisted ou operating on the lines that are laid down with' rail - toad spikes in the 'swestern communi- ties—to patronize home industries as much as possible. Therefore the ma - 1 time, for I don't litre to talk this ym]?pit dm that he twee afreis3 or enybody. any more than you Mo.to hear it.: Ile even clatickled when be gut Leal; Kola geusl )3y-lsyl" out of the way with a plausible ex - It was a very successful pante. ease the next uworeiug. Then he Tiley spent the afternoon in wander -1 strode briskly lute the bouse, his quer ing around in the usual pieUIe fashion,' thin ou his lips in a plump out and out developing appetites, ,until it eceurred ! form. to 'fled to Itven the performance s Miss iss Mettle to oat is t oted at hi site with her showing them the art of Mang aslow practiced Open an old cow foundeiln ilied swallowe(j his question whale, the Woods. As a spectacle It was a , "I—i wanted a little hot water to failure. The combined efforts of an 1 ;;have frith," said he, Tben a fury the hootin small boys could not make took. hold of him. "What the devil that BOw'ran. She even stretched her' am I lying like this for?" Ile thought.. neck toward Iced, as 'Omagh. sayiug:I Ire exhorted himself to go on and say "Murry up with your foolishness. I 1 what he had to say like a man, but have a cud to chew and can't stand the other Red Saunders refused to do here idle all day." So Red gollopedanything of tbe sort. Ile took the cull opening was set for the 27th, WO by and threw the noose over her Bead of hot water most abjectly and fled as au exhibition of bow the tiling was i from the house. Ile had to shave Iliattie's birthday, grid the village of (lone rather than how it ought to be + then, and in bis hurry and indignation Fairfield was invited to a picnie to done. Nevertheless picnic parties are? he turned thlooperation 1per tUat1al e ei clinic. Ce held at the mid in honor of the Oce not hypercritical in the Matter of ; "Oh, Jiminy, Fairfiel%d It is needless to say that the amusement, and the feat received', the razor opened up another part of company id the i Manufacturing' Ia shapt three encores. The Last time he missed i the subject. "There's a slit an inch company did the tiring w in shape, ' his cast through overconfidence, where. ` longi If I keep on at this gait I byrufour loaded teams straw and rounds at the old cow tossed leer head and tau t, won't have ietface alone what I say good four horse went the In the air Hud tore off at an elephan•1 'morning, lo. What ails me? What ails me? of dtbeoubtful villagetful if Fairfield the guests. re tine gallop, with a bawl that sounded Why should 1 be scarf it the nicest IS doubtful than et the was ever more to Red lniglltily lll.e derision. r risue at was realization a "Burned if she ain't laughing at met" 4 u'own God ever built? Now, by all Surprised it 1 the Moreton gods, 1'!i post right into how much there of her, using the . he cried. But as a matter of fact house and say any little say as pronoun out of respect tod, the majority, was a hornet and its unmistakable then these cutssstop Ulitt a ' "When'she wast have as Iced that sting that injected this activity inti t d other You would not nave believed twat her system. struggling, lonesome looking place held It was all very pleasant to Hiss Mae so many people. As Iced could discov- er tie, as cue's first picnic in many year. no means in the town'# resources to tie, as be, She enjoyed the crisp years npecessarily a meal for 300 people, it whichcs shosoil, the great trees standing around necessarily a basket party,gparklike, with the sunlight failing be• struck Mr. Saunders as being. grievous- tweets their shade like brilliant tat ly like a Swede treat. llle made Up tors of cloth of gold, while from the for it in a measure by having barrels tour dtktance came the tiny shouting of ands,lemonade anti cider ge tap at the of coos waters. They had a camp fire y grounds, stronger beverages being bar- at night, making the moonlight slit: red, and by hiring a quartet of strings I more mysterious and remote by con "clear from town." trust. The quartet or strings played At half past 2 ou a resplendent but for the ears of those who cared t( hot September nfternopn the caravan listen and for the legs of those wilt started for the mill grounds, the worn- chose to take chances on tripping theh teno dressed lr the , and tuhe hien o t cn , light fantastic toes over tree roots in tames imaginable, and the mon este ,the grass. tatiously at ease in their store clothes. i • Ilett loved music, and He loved tilt Every one was in the best of spirits, night. The poetic side of his memo keen for the excitemeut and pleasure nlriof ~etching he Dipper emo us that was sure d mark the occasoon. around Polaris while he sung the cows Iced rode old Buckskin, who had to sleep came back to him• In his succumbed to the inevitable and only the vast "?jumped around a little," as Red put minaniti c saw v the roll on tc out • it, on being mounted. It was pretty lively "jumping around," but perhaps a 'world of white peaks, rising from s ITr. Saunders found some Satisfaction sea of darkness. Again he heard th( in sitting perfectly at his ease, smok- 'plaintive zliriiliag of an Indian whistl( lug his cigarette, while Buck jumped or the tuosong or by the the lad charmwnocreek anddis Fairfield admired. And, at any mtheme. rate, Buck had legs of iron and the wind of a locomotive, carrying Red all asked, "Having Hvinghaa good. time, Mattie?" he day and willing to kick at anything which bothered him when night came.' "`The best I ever hadd, Wilck l," elle any Ile was a splendid beast thraugh and severed, smiling through, from forelock.te tail tip, but Poor lady'. The size of an occasion 1" • r the "Yes, ma'am b W ndon't want that p chlnery Orders went through lir. Far- rel, the blacksmith, initiating that ,•orthy man into the mysterieshiof Making money without doing anything ng was for it,which seemed little less than a ,of the freshness of odes gray greenlfgave p silvery miracle to him. Lverything that could i the m be bought through local people was ob-ine 1 sheen into nnotthe landscape that brought it tailed in that way. It costhe more, but it brought more money into Oneaewmbbe of full arty felt that and enabled the villagers to, bis h "Blast the old the phaco Partake of the euliweassmpntBa mecido 'officithout it, er tbewas kepttsaying to himself. the feelhig that it d til "Bla t its sig dingy windows and the She glanced around as ihou(it IA search of some ane. Cobwebs stopped the cuts, an brush of matted hair. A tough, ropy cobwebs stopped Red Saunders, late 1 Nein hong from its mouth. If you of the Chanty Seecbee rauch, 250 '.sot as tnu,:11 or that foam as would go en the point of a plu in no open pounds oE• the very finest heldbone and ut, you would bave.ttu end tbnt your muscle. And the cobwebs held him, worst enemy would shudder at. Par foaming and bolding with rage and this was the most horrifying of dan- disgust, calling himself all tbe yellercrying gerous animals—a mad dog! Poor pups he could think of, but staying brute. As ire carne shambling down strictly within the safe limits of the the gond he was the grisly mask of barn, It was a revelation to the big tragedy. Haan, and not n pleasant one. How It was near noon, intensely hot, and was he to know that tbe most salient the street of Fairfield was clesertetl point of his apparent cowardice was o one saw the dog, and it bis oeea- nothing less worthy than respect for sion:tl rattling, strangling bowl reach - the woman's security? qua g to ed any cars they were dead to its would stop swearing long enough to ttteuning•He was unheeded until he get at the springs of his action beSe through the gate which La- the find that be hesitated because 1 tis had left viten, as usual, anti, spin - limited shadows o e itis cry a strong, lawleee, untrained but sorely' It brought Miss Mattie to her feet tempted uutn? Ile knew nothing of in an unknown terror; it bruueht lied the sort, and the.fuunieet of comedies from the burn in tt foil cognizt Iced took place in the barn. De would he had heard that senna before when reach the sensible stage. "Pah! All .a mail coyote lauded in a cabin full of foolishuesst (3o? Of course he'd the rainy strong nerved cownten and set and this vert' minute, and have +item screeching tike hrstesicttl worn• the new tight on the matter' made huge nfug °wound II) a circle, gave vuSee to f the slips in the career of stand - sad ne had learned who was his master sot manbe iutanstor feet etheror the tand- tnd obeyed him accordingly. It was a five mile ride, mostly under elattic's events had been measured in the shade of fine old trees. The road hundredths aany of t en m. h,to co cover d it tooksmall wound around the hills; here and there go od a break in the groreal country, well S aped er allowed.actiou as a beautiful utghts Icer picnic on u. wer 'm- endviewsp of rolling up ass slopes raid; her mouth smiled and drooped at and plvasing, winding up grassy In groves of verdure. 4f Course most happinesshe as itheankeen sympathy, and, OS he looked at her, suddenly she chauged in Itis eyes. Just what the (lifference was he could not have told, uor whether it was in her or in him. A. sudden access of feeling, undefin- able, unplaceable, but strong, pos- sessed him. There is a critical tem- perature in the life of a man, when nt of pressure can ever make feast. The postmistress furnishe e s this t t, and it r painful to paintd that od, andhd old! it smell dust the more expannsivEefeenc hip. motions assume Igood, rr form she tried to furnish a No. 3 fosomething in Miss 3lattie's eye At she was a and all?" and then he'd.. howl at the nhascasme arguing that ; e op goo a N0. 1 price, a making the mild old brutes which gree, b 1 he didn't know it only • lone woman struggling through horses in sheer exuberance ineased fait world and that ,co the feeling,to knew that he wanted to sit rather un- erabiasgd profit would do her did not put a better foot of it beside the his wagon. necessarilywclose tbed to stet,• and that a re. good, a u dw which Red did made Ivied cantered up h r we her es nt ofd the difference, have made "oV hil, oLpening he said, t go uldb. And he was very silent. ' sent of difference, but he for the opening overturns with the great he erould be sorry when it came ehoise e a Pte :did not in the least intend to be 1 strength ofs dile camps y he spoke the chive back tohe house Choused out of it by man or Woman. 1 people this day, ain't we? And the During drive Uack to e Whey had a vert funny debate in pry " big an smiled like a pleased big boy. p t t the barn with monosyllables; he after- ent d d no attempts fter- vate, wherein the feminine tried to ` "Oh, want a bully old fellow you d hearty ^'ood night • sheer vo the mand tifound ine to principle sdis- bY 1 him. thought stthinking lookeds as he ofother sheer that the ,,gust the method didn't work. iced' qualities than flesh, but the physics listened most respectfully and always Red LnSaonndae lance from on horseback bwas the " ma'am but we don'tserving •the clear es , poised; o e Il , s P de - replied; 'figure want that paint. Get us some .good t massive fig refile; the shapely head t till done with good or bad," He en before a clinnce shot cured ilian. ng due quite amused at his former con• I'ed saw the brute jump toward duct until he r(*ached the door; then \.izs Mettle. , ; Instinctively his hand he'd skip nimbly back again, with a .lee' to his hip, and instantly be re• hot feetiug that somebody was watch, ;membered there was uothing there. ing him, although a careful inspection !'liar with great, uneven leaps be though the crack of the door revealed ..prang forward. "Keep your hands n0 on( np, Mattie, and dot1't move:" ho Red discovered another thing that „cse;suled. "Let him chew the dress! afternoon, which was that the more For Coil's salte, don't hove!" nervous you are the more nervous you She turned her white face toward get. lie Tttgroanedlutldtitaeet seenthefrontsrd hi tstrainingough the effortsn be of sight daywh. That I shot day when I tugs afraid to ask anyUodY irr to smile as she obeyed him to the anything: What's come over me any letter, and w1c!taott,lt aould. nd thtetv`t\b. how?e Its this darn country, 1 be- brave round Orli" he bhp desperately. 'Tain't me." Then he stormed short. "What you saying, iced?"lbe ike t At eiutneeeta istancelue dovee like queried. s "Why don't you ow'ii up a man. ,(andat betlaughedfunny half wentaround with the`shockneck. tbeOver onset, Hud side struckly him, Forlornly and half in thorough enjoy- before tbey were stilt the bands had meat Ile suddenly sobered down. tluished their work. A clutch, and a "She's worth it anyway," said be. snap, and it was done. "She's the best there, is, and I ought to The dog lay quivering. Red rose to feel kind of leery of the outcome. his knees, wondrriug at the humming \Veil, now I guess I won't say any- in his head. IIis wits calve back to thing till there's a downright good him sharply, he of business I see i didn't t savvy this I dict' 111.0 she 1 elhadbite al adyMcaught'his handsa of Uusiness like I though 'Twouidn't be no kind of manners to and was looking at them with a sav- step up to a lady and shout. 'I'd litre age eagerness one would not have be• to have you marry use if yon -feel you've Hewell to be in her. got the time'.' 'That don't • go no skates. de ore Ther e weak. no m didn't she eusai yon?'? than a Chinaman on roller y Your work is goer, reed, but it's a lit- "Answer the when 1 speak to your tlo lumpy in spots. Them two left feet ,houted lied, beside himself. "Did he bother you. You're good in your place, bite "roti ?" but you'd better built? a fence around She answered lsitu, with a sob. '1N .' the place, d—n the luck! Smathera- And then • Itis question asked itself. tion! I thirst: she likes me, all Might, and answered itself, although, again, be dict not know it. He gathered Iter np in his arms, kissed her litre ors raised from the dead and swore and prayed and thanked God all In the same breath. v0 • ore Itis o"=1 imperious nature 1 he U ck with the relief. "Here:" sale at- las; her away for a moment. "Take cff tln,t dress—that slime ou there's enough to kilt a hundred meat—take it The Rind To have Always Doughty, and which, has been, in use for over 30 years, has borne the signature of and has been matte under his per. soxtal supervision since its infancy. ' G# Allow nO one to deceive yauin this., All Counterfeits, Imitations and "Just -as -good" are but. xperiments that trifle with, an:i,endangerthe health of Infants and Children—Experience against Experiment. What S1 Castoriin, is a harmless substitute for Castor Dir, Pare gorie, Drops and Soothing Syrups. It is J'leasant. U Contains neither Opium, Morphine nor other Narcotic substance. Its age is its guarantee. 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 Cluldrean'S I"anacear- Ehe Mother's Friend. CENWNE. CASTORIA ALWAYS Bears the Signature of The Kind Yoii ilave Always Fought In Use For Over 30 Years. THC CENTAUR C..MPANY 77 MURRAY G7HCLT NEW YORK CITY. ';r: A'f4;e; i a 4 DIN [ATI 1 S F03 i Local History of tiles early Sr1s. Items from the "Tinges'" fyles- _._. ....,._. e ..... • M xe Lxaie lieu- (From the -Teems of Aug, 8, 18135) Goderioh Signal: Miss zzie Ken- nedy, of Wtngham is she guest of Kra.. jj A J. Manger. Mr, Abram Wright formerly a dray man in W ineham is now employed its to furniture factory in Oshawa. Ilia oft a tt(t were removed last week. Mr. James Ritchie, of Rochester, a carriage painter. was home on a visit to his parents at Winghana last week. Will 13.11, of Wingham, a Earmer re- sident of this plane, has tomo bank to make Brussels his home, and oomtnem cee next week to learn the l arbetitag business with R. N. Sesrrett. Aar. O li. Repinstall, and wife; jewel- ler of St Thomas was in town this week.. on Mia way to visit his friends at Ford- wioh. Ile commented on the condition of Wingham 15 years ago when he last visited it. lie tells He. he spent $4,000 is advertisinu his business in five yelnrs and believes it paid, toe. Messrs. Wm. Robertson and ` . J.. Etiiott, leave on Monday to attend thy' Grand Lodge l 0,0 F. Mr. J. A. Mor- ton, who is a member of the Committee LOOAL NEWS. The flow of honey this season has bean fax beta w the average and apiarists share in the discontent at the season's pros' peat. Irwin Johnston, of M.oltillOp, died last week is hie 62nd year. Us was a man of integrity and well esteemed. Dr. Johnston it clever son died some mouths ago. Brother Race, of the Mitchell Re- corder, has received from his friends a solatium in the form of a .100 purse to assist in defraying the expenses of his late libel suit. The Brussels Budget comes out square and flat -footed against the practise •of giving presents at gold and silver wed- dings &o., on the ground that what should be "unalloyed friendly gather- ings degenerate into delioate ways of beating presents from unwilling donors " Newspaper men see a good deal of human nature, meet a good deal of dead. - ward, the u .l made g oh, blast o but it, I'll just have to wait for it comes to inme n the usual fru an agoodhence! NOW come, old 1 c kiss. areal "You're as glum as an oyster!" said man, get four feet on the ground and Letts, when they reached their quer- don't roll your eyes. Take it easy till tors. "What's the matter, old man?" the chance comes." "I don't know, Let; I feel kind of Little he knew st Bet tttethat moment. lichance was e paint—bully old paint with stick um in cut, pion p ing up only1with its crown of red gold hair; the 4 quiet, somehow." something go wrong?" only saw miss Hattie step out inr face to g un feebler. e 'ler.s stuff We're gni whioewash, a atgrace of him by virtue of his "Sick? O swel f going to put on e ` easy tank he rodless, butt bed of flowers, And youthful ocher un- ) at the mill, and we've slaengtU—it would be a remarkable sort ofnttn kat of the kind. It's just i bed of floli tis1a d start to reduce the swell front lipAnd at 1 crowd in which Chants. Sebig straw the got to have the right thing." last the riostmistres`s' said that shy couldn't pass for a man. ]3e was ev- j feel darn gaud." t s • eh. in search of some one, and _nt,TTT I f the ground up. j xettis laughed. "If it wasn't you, weeds to order. She glanced around would, her respect for the e: puncher baying risen noticeably in the meantime,. cry inch 0f that rem you were an eve, A a Letts had come to bOW dn own to him I said• l'd say y `lied felt intuitively thht the one was jn adoration, with Althe or he boy's worship, To those eyes iced ; It was have seen ba change d'wonnderful hi"ISere's tt'liere i ought to act as if Y y wtts just right in every particular, , would behold likewise to ]`Iles Mottle, who even f Ueh "T come lad bit it" he said long to hinder ,' said me from odndgthe t 1 him face The a i t o tall (in ? C33APTEit VIII. r t g11 work on the mill was push- now was filling her eyes wmore disgusted from behind the e grunted "hunk" scornfully, and' he ' sat down hastily, ed, and in spite of the usual vantage of a broad to himself in astonishment; aloud be there an gaud smote the air with amount of unforeseen delays brimmed straw hat. than ever, was ready for business by, the At last the "allele party disembarked I aroused himself for an unnecessary than fist, "You'd think the nicest, quiet• latter part of September. 'tile official re the Sat before the mill and made •joke Or two. boast the way l Act; yes, sir, you ad for the official starting of the miss Mattie had noticed the "attack est woman that ever lived was a wit ready h P stillness" and immediately tried to The Danger o - machinery. The big doors were thrown o old see fasten the blame upon Herself. What would!" 1t open, so that the company ca Within wails resting outside in the had neo auythiihlg. done? remembered n she recall 6 shade, end under the cooling Influence w of what breeze there was. The mill said something about the way his hair was officially started. Red climbed moon shining on. it. Peloorhaps he d h had taken offense at that. The remark was entirely cotnpiiment- nry, but sometimes people are touchy about such things. Still, that was not - the least like Cousin Will. She must have said er done something, though. What Could it be? Oh, what a pitiful memory that could not recollect an in- jury done to one's best friend! She r a long t {luted before wondered length ?t she fell asleep: Ited also looked up at the roof and took Aceonnt 'of stork. kits face was radiant in the dark. "If I could only pall tbat asfl" he thought. "I must stela an awful rough cuss to her, thougb. All riglet for a Cousin, but it's (iifferent when you come to the other proposition. My 7imiuyl I'llj take a 0114500 in the mottling and finer l out, anyhowl" said he, nod, eased in the decision of action, he toe mind by shook hands with liiOrphcits and was, lregentlyr dreaming. Isgreatter than Some pooplo ima- i b you realize this? the bank to the fume and raised gate. The crowd cheeredas eedom Ina- risoned waters leap itch to o It Is a mistake to look ata piles or l with a hollow roar, raising 11 I' hemorrhoids as merelydangerousaa'asewfor e 1, the penstock filled And the wheels be - hemorrhoids are their andi h was cIced -Bir tshrouia or a gra trated form gun to go round. oro. Speech ph lytta called and in tilfor, and grin keen distress and the ruination of was forced ato the front by his former i and Lettis. 'Chun be - heals The tango of piles is very different in different buses but there is always tenet and with 'regular troatnient thorough cure in the usb of Dr. Chasb's Ointment. It is the only absoaf It hi S gran e(i Cara for every form Try it; thousands nx rind Protruding piles. /save. Caledonia ]trines, ?car 1 , M,0 Mr.11. led b Smt„ writes:•, pro r gears piles and could 'frith bleeding, protrudiwo l x10t obtain a birth. I would bo laid off Work for weeks. Two boxes of pt. Chase s Ointment completely cured me: Dr. C'hase's Ointment hasan unparallel- ed llel- ed record of cures; 'Toronto. debt. - ..ere, or Edtnanson, Bates & Co., Dr1 ►.W. ha ' n Oi .men friends, Dem It a ttayed by those he trusted, Iced made the best of it. fellow eiti- "Ladies and gentlemen, rens," saki he, "the mill is HOW open to nil comers. We hope to make tilts tbtug a success. We hopeto fee eveer ry hump backed 1 p handed, h , thornyoc- n the country rosin tbe soke of through castes and shove his p thrice as much grouhd ns he ever did before, and if he comes here with his plunder we'll glee him a equate shake. 'We'll pale t him in on the ound door, much As we dast and not let him So he eau crawl out through the coal hole, aS is gbmetimes dace. `10W, elybody .rain AWAY And laavo at good titan the chance dre w nearer. was not a pleasant ioohd Utility. Its eyes, full of dreadful, peeped out from 1 It lied never occurred to Iced Stun 1 beating and are—unjustly, we presume on by-laws, does not leave till Wedges - •—accused or doing a little at it odea in a t day. • while, Mr. Geo. Oarr, 'tailor now working at Rev. Dr. Wards farewell sermon on St. Thomas, is home on a visit to hast Sunday night last wase. well reasoned ( parents to Lower Wingham. and stimulating elucidation of the utter- 1 ance of Christ to his deciples: "Lo, I am with you always." The Dr, spoke pleasantly of his sojourn in Wingbam, and kind and generous treament by the P- le. :o p Banking, as a oelling, at least in the earlier years of those who engage in It, is one of the most uncertain et employ - to one's locus in quo. A few nae tight off." ate ago Mr. J. D. Nichol, ledger keeper iiss Matttie started b'Andly t:+ obey. then stopped. ""mot here, Will—I'll g 3 ins rho: auis 01 11la translation the SSm oe in the house," she; said. branah. "You'll take it off fight hero and now," s.abl red, "t.i1 l I'll buret it up It the magnificent simples of gaole- r benthe loft in our s,stimp a by ItEevo tI tits es around. I'd rttacr hate fumy rat; witi'a11! sthan ildt splay. 03 &Totten are any criterion es to the supply with Sp! This is no child's old add end xality of small frulte generally, I don't care a d—ra what the old lady' then vol tr. li •ve grumbling would be next door thinks." Miss Mattie slipped off her outer skirt and stood. a second, confused tied - dainty. She took flight to the house, running as lithely as a greyhound. "13e jingo!" said 1110(1 In ader miration. "Let's see you bring tag oppor' that can ran like that!„ dread hodI Ile gathered same hay and piled it beneath a i on. the dress, firing the heap. Then he turned to his antagonist" "Poor old boy! hard luck, eh? But 1. had to do it," be said And gave him de- cent interment at the end of the gar- den, 'washed his heads carefully and went into the house on pleasanter "I'll ask her now, PAYS TO ADV/Aril-SE TIMES- ti.1ei . ou this sore. About two weeks ago a Mr.Ileray' Chrysler, of Galt, passed through Wing - ham, to spend some time with his son Anson Ohrysler, ou non. 10, Turnberree After t,vo or three days il'.nees he (lied unexpectedly on Sernrday• Re was 81. years and 6 months Di age. Bit1TES Isbister.—In 'Morrie, on the lath. nit the wife of Mr. Wm Iebister; e, son. DEATt1S. Braudoe.—le Morris, on the 25th Mary, wife of Jobn P. Branton, aged 54 years. Valens —In Kinloss, on the Nth sit , t Robert Valens, aged 73 y oara. i stable house of my own." ; told n10 a word, you old sinner." said re "l e "Yes, Will," replied Miss choose tattle, as- , he. "Tell you the honest truth, Let,' re+ subjesetl that he should choose such a ' plied Red earnestly, looking up front object at such a time. ,"Vac," he continued, "and 1 want a drawing off a boot, "I didn't lutour. . wife too. You often said yolt'd like myself till you told me about it." to do something for me, ahlattie. Sep. ' They talked it all over a long tittle i before blowing out the light, but theta pose you take the job?'g the little window shut its bright eyes How much of land if l :a thin„ in And the only life the Midnight Starts one'smind as a beautiful iinprobebct , saw in Fairfield Wnn Miss Mettle* her ity will ever make such a cold fact •elbow on the cesement, looking fat•. less astonlslling? hiss 9TAttie eyed fax out into the tranquil .tight find duties. 1lfttt with eyes that saw nor. Srieeeh 3 thinking mistily. ,f ' ' , w by the great horn was sti ken from her. rut~ END. ' r,.ae 4 Spoon!" said he valiantly. a Red e"tuaht frigllt. Ito spring for- 1 •lx 'f \Ills 11. Th was I ward and took ld 't Voice o p in n curious state her hand. "Con n of Experience. p, drtenc>t. of mlth " There was an after effect s. + you do it, Mettler said 110. 'there ; y, ES which tirade her .rem world of pleadingin the tone. ° "In 'Wallin; l article tyro, :t these from the fright re tv was a and a remembrance of Consul Criss :statue leaked up, her own how +; zine." eculiatih waylit ted s1 be the 0 lite, a tVill"s aliens which made her ti+efnoUlWe ; est self. all the tittle eeEtl)ttanc shrink* , any ils so as to convey the ideahand?* the lucre yet. When she heard him, onw i lugs left her itnmediatci5"eCt het+ " til, but I could, 'Will!" she said" rd• I editor that t Itamrean old answer clothed lteyon eI + Lotto came on me stoop unhea , and she was forced to (: stopped, then gingerly turned And , eotluui• "Po otlse rinskde to prepay $ whistling her, Air. Iced came , in way back on tiptoe, holding , of thein h made ills y estate if you expect ever to sin return p lt• _ Tr 1 nit, q a Man. e. nus 3n •• hi i t tvhistsi a blithely, cions, g bis elms like ',e gs ,,murmured. Seo the A tll+:lo Aspin" ?ta Ile had his suspicious, generated by ( iyelm, by Georgel he ., %fl,y ?,tie peculiar fervor bliss Mettle had .,T+tl come backin a little tvhlle, 'When i tine. shown in regard to his hands. rit be more •.welcome,,, "Mattis.," (tooth he, "I'm tired of liv- i lie spoke to Red in strong reproach ' ing out there in the barn. I want a that night is the barn" "fou never i t ing she started to fly, althotig d reproach, but her knees k brtei. in her C in