The Clinton News-Record, 1908-04-23, Page 91
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ii.1.1.0TIONZE11,4AMES SMITH. LI.
cented •Auctioneer for the County
of Huron, All orate entrusted to
ino will • reehiVe prompt attention,
%VIII sell either by percentage or
per sale. Realdenee on the Daylield
Hoed, on mite south of Clinton.
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0,99994Heigairompaceammoosigftectiplosmal
6he
gue's
arc
looked in its now oat of paint for the
• summer, a white coat with: yellow Win.
inings, which stood out delightfully on
the blue. water's edge. The garden
lawn merged into a narrow strand that
slid straight under the waveleta them.
selves, As summer Set in the trees
behind the house broke out in every
gay and gorgeous color; it was the •
plumage of the eerrots that now came
and percbed in flocks among the
branches.•
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Tom gave up his room, as twoladlea
and a maid were expected, It Was re
papered for the maid. A. room wan
found for Tom in the pretty little sta-
bles amid the trees, where he helped
Fawcett with the horses and the ear,'
ride, which was In Sydney on some
errand every day. Generally the mas..
ter went elope. Once he .took Tom •
with him, •• ft was on the occaelon •of
his cashing a 'check to meet the run
-
Wag expenses of these elaborate prep-
arations, ' . ,• •
, They were On their way home at
dpsk when paintree pulled tip On the
outskirts of the town and hailed it• die-
consolate, soldierly figure 'with: one arm
Ina sling; , ;
• "Why. Harry!" cried DaIntree. "That%
never yen?" •.: • •
"I wish it wasn't, sir."
, "You've left the force?" •
"These six months. It wap my.arm.
Look there, 'sir!" - •
An emaciatedhand carne through
the sling. The ihnmb and forefinger
Were, .uninjured, but half the. tniddle
• finger and both the other two were like
dead, distorted branchee on 'a living
tree.. •
•
•• "'What did it?".
"A, bullet; caught me on the funny.
bone and paralyzed half nty'hand. My
right hand too. It's 00 me .on. the -shelf'
at thirty-three." • • . • •
,• "An aceident Harryr
Tom held 'ills breath. •
."Quite." said Harry bitterly,: "It Was
meant :for my heart. You Would hear
of the :bushrangers' at Dr.. Sullivan's
last 'slitniner•Hthat's when It was -and
the one that did ,it Was the only one
to get away." ' • . • .
TOM clothes Were sticking to ItIM;
freezing him. 'Drive one' he Whis-
peeed. .:"For _God's Sake, sir, drive on!"
•
. Da n treelcpr,4§ised sytnotithy *Hit
the man 'mid whippedup his heroes.
"Not 'se 'feet!" cried-Tein. •• "You of.
feted ..me wages: Adyance, me. 15 f.
what you got from the bank'" -
His face ' Wae: 'edbite •with horror, hid
•tone so PlteOutz and so eager that Dain -
tree pulled up, took. 5 .sovereIgns, front,
a' bag and dropped them one by one
into the freMbding. hand,. Tom sprang .
Ont and ran back to the disabied. Man.. .
"Frent my 'mater" he .gasped and„
thitist the fnoneyinto his -left band
and darted back vvithout. daringto took
fit ids face: The .astonished' trooper
had.not-titee to pay a *rd.
"God bless' you for that money!" fah
tered Tore In terrible agitation as they .
drove on uf gave lt to 'Itim from you..
I Want no wig* Give. them all to
hiner • • : '
• .1he other remained sIlnt,
."Yon don't Mak Why!" .1. •
"I think . . • •
"It was I who smashed bis aril:Land.
spelled ,bis life!"
„ "I suspected-
"When?"
'On . the road 'down, .When You kept '•
loolcing behind and thinking they Were
after Yott.".. . • •- •
himself with .grief and shame. '• "That -
we fOC, something. else. See what a*
villain I have been! •You. should have
left me one., I •Cordd have, stood it if
,
you'd 'left nle ,what t was! • On,•,wtiat
m.1 to do. -1 in JuxurY and .that man.
Chattered aild_ruined by my hand? A.
caret bear' it! '•I must -cianfessi And
an liniecent Man in the. beginning! Oh,.
that was hafl 'enoutilli to be condemned
for what you neverdld, but it's as bed
to knoWyou're guilty and to go seot,
free!" • • • • ,
The. other saiditothing, • bUt listened
attentiveiy as Tont now.unbesoined
himself of ,the whole truth.of :his ed.
venture tith the bushrangers. where-
upon Daintree •Sustified his oftenstz
VIMseen waratth. itt conviction that
Tom .was e little. soothed: ' But his lavi
ish' 'friend *ant further. Ile under-
• took that the disabled, matt Should
want for nothing, bet first they Must
fled out What hie circumstances really
were.
They found out within an hour, and
from the man hie:welt He had foe
• ,letved theno on 'foot to render thanks.
• He even Watated to return the money:
Not only was the departnteet treating
him handsotaely, the surgeons • had
hopes, Of his Arm, and he was ashamed
of the Way in Which he must have
ex-
aggerltted matters in the street.' So
• Tom was aSsUred when .the Man Was
gone. He kept otit of the 'Way while
• he Wee -there.
The &mutate° consoled hittl•-a, little.
Ile nevet forgot that -half withered
hand. •116 dreanled of it at night, it
haunted hint by day, and till the While
ibat withered hand Was serely though
Inv-I:Ably restoring tbe shattered tem.;
pie of his soul, It did for Toni what
mere. kindness had failed to dos' for
now a horror of his nets replaced the
dread oftheir consequences. ThOtia
ignoble terrorspassed quite away. 11
heifer ovoid occurred to Tom that hd
had lightly eonfessed What ne Thine
Witnetts eonld have proved.
He had been with' Daintree now.
some eight or nine *deka There were
deep tines In hia trace, but his eyes
were no longer hifiturged and feroelous,
and he *as beginning to hold them up
again as of old. The.debonitir glance
had not come baek. •. It was gone for-
ever, ''.And his back was Still market;
(the master saw It when they bathed),
and his walk was still shambling. Yet
day by day moo Was 'creeping into
his beat, day by day he liked Daintree
better, and day by day the little etirk
Iteettratind left the Cana farther afitarit
•
• CEUPTER XXVI,
NO morning when Tom wets
busy in bis pantry it tearful
voice advised biro that be was
• wanted in the study at once.
The woman vanished as he turned; the
kitchen door slammed upon her sobs.
9nd In the study Tom fount] hie mas-
ter in e towering rage.
"You profess some gratitude toward
me, I believe?" said Daintree, with a.
biting ceremony of volee and manner,
"Not more than I feei-not half as
much."
"Then you, are the eXception, and
flow's yeur chance of sh'owing •what
you say yOu, feel. I'm going to ask a
fevor Of you, Tnomas." •
• 'You shouldn't put it so, sir. I love
to 'serve you." ..
"Then go to Parramatta factory and
choose a wife!" •
•Ton3 twItched all over and stood
• very still withoutin word.- The other •
• eovered him With an ugly eye.
"So even Your gratitude has, Its lim-.
its:" he. -sneered. "Another time I
should protest it little less if I were
."You ask, th'e °tie impossible' thing." •
replied Tout, witb' zi groan:
"Pardon me,' • 1 (lid not ask it," Is, -
joined Daintree. Weose blneker moods
inspired him -with a perfect genius for
picking quarrels. "Though you have
not •nonored we with you confidence,'
U may relieve you to hear that 1 Wye
not the leest desire to • taniper 'wale
yheitr.u: loyalty th.some. ladit
. y im_nowe. I
ask you teelmose a wife -not to inarry
• "I don't understand you, 'said '
-Tom respectfully, •• -
"You will if You eoedeSeend to•fisten.
woman Fawcett says we shall re-
qnlre another' servant bere.- 1 don't
believe it word of It -the • ladies are
*bringing their own maid With thenie- •
hut this elle. Impudent • migratefut
Woman holds.a pistol to my; bead and,
threatens to desert me at this juncture.
It' I don't get ner a girl. 'I've had her
here bullying me Ter the last hail' boOr. -
and this Is the ,hole that I'm hi-eft/tee
the Fawcett:4 leavethis slay Month,
whenJ shall went them Moat, or.
inost apply for a eonviet wotinin; and.
•
. r
orrom my master!". ha fiaspod
God knows what kind they'll Send me.
Now, ir you applied • for a .Wife
have your pick and • chtmee a decent
one, and, as .1 say, there's no earthly
reetihn why pin should ever marry her."
• "Surely it leould be unfair not to,"
objeoted Tom, Iwho Would have Used
it stronger adjective to anybody else. •
"Weir On the girl? Not at an
Yon simply let her off a blind bargain, ,
tied she gaies good 'wages and a com.
fortable home. The girl eomes out of
it deueed WW1, the officials are none
. the wiser and none the Worse, while 1
haVe the advantage of your selectleh
instead of theirs.'
"I alight make n badelioice"e- •
"Ole if you want to keep Out of it."
erled Daintree; "keep out.of it end re;
fuse Mil the first favor rve ever asked
you to do. nie! shall knew better
than to apit another. Only in future
let me hear less of your gratitude till
you'Ve some to show,"
Tom consented without further words.
lie disliked the plan as cordially its he
resented the outrageous tone adopted
by Daintree but he would submit to
both sootier tban deny the man to
whom he owed more than be eguld
even yet realize.
Meanwhile the necessary letters. In
whieli the conviet applied for .11 wife
and the master undertook to support
her, Were Written, the one with secret
abliorrenee, the other with n sinister
gusto, Next day Tem receiVed his or.
der to the matron of the factory to
supply him with a wife and started' In
the early morhing following en alt er:
rand which Ills whole soul repudiated.
"Yon are to take her hack With you,"
said the woman, having read her let-
ter, "and to be married from your twis-
ter's ho,pse."
' t
Tom found Peggy 011rien and selete
ed her. By noon she was a eompara-
tively free woman, Alas, he was an
unutterably happy one!
Her erin stole within Toro's as he
drove. He had neither the eourage
nor the heart; to tell her the truth out-
right. It wasa cruel position for them
both. He Wanted with horree at her
valiant race, and ogatri be noticed her
heir. •
"Wheteis it all gone to, Peggy?" bit
asked, pointing to the short *Arcing
looks. "Whet have you done with It?"
They had reaelieti the outskirts of
springing up lit every direction, and
Peggy jerked her bead toward aom
senttoldings.
"la it where me hair's goue?" sit
. said, with it laugh. "Mebbe there'
Some of 't there."
, "Where, Peggy?"
"In them UM e'-‘ as not
An' didn't ye hear they el- - fit
mortbar wid the heir of t •
heads? 'Tis thrue, thee. I. •et
ta, Au' .1tIs iniglity kind
themselves to give us the •.04
tbe cat. But where's One, an
morthar If they bet us?"'
"They used that glorious hair to
bricks and mortar!"
etee• but the first quatrain brought
e them of a hound to the reader's We,
and now be was hanging upon every
e word, Line after litie rang through
s • hint like n trumpet call, waelnit Old
echoes. stirring and stabbing Ulla, ufl-
til
the whole man tIng'e ' :VI the
• rushing of long stagnan
O now Male stanzas teat v '
s theta the ear, while 11t • •
• their course through evt
WhOn be next caught it
I •
was his own soul stillt41 • The
very story was now his OiN u.
-"Alas for her teat met me, •
That beard me softly call;
WS praise or It was dearer far the--
ber possession. She colored with prid
and Itappilless as ehe told him it hap
pened long ago When.' first she Cam
there.
"But why did it happen?" be ask°
indignantly. "What could you buy
done to deserve suck treatment?" .
• She. hesitated and squeezed his Lim:
"Nat Sentra') etftee"-
"Nat Sullivan!"
• -",un" I was to Swear whetber or'no
you were one of the bushrangers, $
you may tbitik what I 'swore, h
said I was a liar. an' I struck im itt th
face veld me open hand. an' they shov
edrinonei r(f)erittlizantil"serable.. •
She bud suf
Vexed for tem 'all along. How vottld
he tell tier he was deceiving her nol
and had no lutention of marryifig be
at ail/ Not one word of tbet had pass
ed her modest .4Pa, yet the pressure .0
her homely hand was WO with
love and 3oy,- Whitt cot c do
What could be say? For nt ez net
er -opened • his hips; they • •. tight.,
unlit When she glanced at •his
face so wretched that at Met tine could
hear it no kinger. ••
"What Is-, itr , dearshe tisked • bit
•tenderly.' "la it bow ye can make /MO,
as me your wedded wife? Because, ye
needn't; TOIll daar, If ye think betther
. mit . "ewouldn'e take nit thnt to •make
mrflibenePPIYera buret be told her -of bit
master's plate and how be had entered
into ft against his own better jud.g-
•rneet, because that Master had pluck -
'ed. bin) from the ,jaws of death and
front -the gatesof hell. itne 'neer from
the • Moment he saw Peggy his ,only
thought was to de for her. what his..
,maStet• had done for him, •: • • •
• "M•
Y ofie Men." be said,. "Was to get
you out of that horrible. pince. I give
you My word •Ii• never thought of aey-.•
thing else... Rut"-. '
Her sweet eyes had fallen. - There -
were tears Oti her Mattes.. Claire .was
dead to eye, so what :else. mattered?
Better oh" true:, kt 11,e living than.- to
4
• -"but 1 do now" be crier. • his
'teeth.. . "Yes,. Peggy; I' m. tn(?wI!
; hate Such trickery:. ell• 1
In It.. I applied fors'
'Lord I'll Marry nee- too -
She .had Withdrawn per zem and
Wits. blinking her bent block
Came glimmering through tbe laurels
At the ania ll evenfa•
In the garden by the turrets'
o Of the old manorial hail!"
• ' bad blame his bead A. blee mist
0 hid the world. but through it shone it
, poignant vision Of Claire. Harding-
o among the Winivood fir trees -hi the
e autumn evenings long ago. And this Is
how the tears mute back into 'Tom
Erichsen's eyes. to show him that his
Soul had lived through a night's bush -
ranging ••and four months of Major
t Ilobon
ueye's iron gang. '
o Daintree looked on with a lealous
o sore, That it few stray verses In the
•Annual Register should put tire and wit -
ter in eyes which the combined "Hours
of Exile" and of "idleness" .some-
" times left in such a very different State)
AS
It Wthought. and It show-
ed keen' In seat black looks that Tom,
was constrained to cut his first heart-
." felt *outburst very short indeed. So he
✓ hastily added find the pa stwa 10,1
'• to bit partleillarly. He t ot ex;
plain Why,
'"1 see," sale Daintree • altogetber o'u Its Merits, eh?
hear It." And his.. face tIg•Ittened n
"I don't knoW. " snin • .Tom humbly.
"It was on Its 'merits, I think. Surely
It Must appeal to every inIserable roan
Oh, it's ale all there -Lin Such words!
COme., sir. don't you think it line your-
self?" • • • •-
'..."Vine.". sold Daintr,e. Pis a word
which 'tee critic doe, not employ un-
advisedly. Yqur fine poem is not spas -
'medic. It bikes a meter and sticks to
lee -as Ude, for exemple.. anil as Byron
did. You: don't eaten me or 'Syron,
poetes with no two stanzas
alike in form! No. Thotnas, the verdict,
• isenot-fine.' but that the Mies have a
certain merit I don't denY." • .
'W he Wrote thetur Asked Tem after
a pause,
"iihi name Is Tennystm," replied tbe
Poet You have never heard it be•
• fore I dere say, andt slmiedn't be sur-
prised if • you were •lieVOT to hear it
again. 1 There Were fair ihiT'n 'II) his
!eat book, but, upOn the, ' I 'arn,
afraid -the production ye mire
may be taken as represty high
water mark, which is a k 1,orn;
mentary ,upon the rest • ,
however, that he is a ,vert
so wemust give nim a-eltaticee When.
14. Is. my _age he telly .do very natieh
better if he perseveres, as I Sate sione.
:Now, ni4;: notion of treating such a
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CHAPTER
EPTEMBEIt jibes* en.. Its
sweetest note. a ',tiled breeze
blowing off the smite Feeney• ,
temperate. Sun In a spotless sky,
it harbor fretted With waves.like azure
shells and winding among shores still
green and wholesome from n winter's
rains. It was Sundey, tol), and round
the woody., headlands and. across the
daek blue ' inlets 'can* the sound ,Of
bells for afternoon .cherch. Tom lay
on ;his back, his head beneath a Nor-
folk Wand pine, his heels in the warm
sand at the- water's edge. • •His eyes
were clesed; but he, was listening to
the belts. •
. •
•Re '.fancied ,the sound as • 14.000
miles away, :for .se • bed be etel
listened .tutild' the .StIfrOlk rabbit Wan
rens On .stirnmer •SundaYs
place • was Jo the 'Care, dark rectory
pew. His epeet‘was . hi • Suffolk nOW.
Thenthe bells stepped. •Tlaenk he • lay
Very. still,' Wheri he turned he half.
expected his . peek to. .smart and his
legs to jingle, 'Once more he was a
felon in it ,celan'a eduntry: It wed that
despite Mtn and waves' and seft'white
sand, and felon Wai his name no less
or-this-his-untaerited-ease
dhe
looke'actoss. the bay a blaek fin broke
the blue and Made an allegory, With a
Single smudge, Even as those sweet
waters teemed with sharks, so the fair
land that; Welted them -was' rank and
w
rotten ith hitestine horror and *era-
elty and Corruption. • . .
-Pourteen thousand 'miies! The dis-
tepee was brought. tome to Tom by
being printed en theehare beneath an
Ideal 'course, in small type, .Whfch the
little •.Itosaniund was sailing Over 'at
teat mordent. It set him thinkhig
Claire, • but the thoughts had tiO.' form
and little, sting. Not' draft Yet cOeld,
he think or feel acutely. A; bundle, of
dead nerves and clotuled . brains, he
copid but ache and work or ache . and
bask as he was (Tolertiow •P •
An odd • number of "! •
Paper/P.,. ead • found
bungalow and now lay •
side Tom. He had tint to his
Sorrow, before the bent- .; LF. Pres-
ently up eame. Daletree witi the dog
that still folk:Iwo' hint to every haunt
but itis shady, He carried his cattip
Stool and an armful of books, and
Tones heart .sank. 'their taste • in Uteri,'
ture differing terribly, tkough Of the
two only one held himself cluAlified to
judge. The judge glanced at the green
coVer in the sand much as he woUld
have faeored a. mountebank at a .fair,
with insolent nostrils and a pitying,
eye for those who smiled. He opened
his Byron and read a canth of "Lath"
aloud Mid admirably, but Tom nearly
fell' asleep and as accused, of having
to soul for poetry, "Or for anything
Toin reminded the .reader; who
:hut the book with an offended snap,
but opened another next minete.
"Perhaps," said Daititree, "yet pre-
fer this sort of thing. shOuldn't Wee-
der."
And he read:
"Oh, that *twero pOssible
After long grief and pain
TO iltui the arms of my true love
, Bound me (Mee againi
et wick
+I the •
.id be -
"When was wont to ineet her
in the woocle places' •
Of the land that gave me birth .
Ws stood traneed in long embraced
Mixed with kisses sweeter, sweeter
anything tatth.
"A shadow flits before .
Not thou, but ilke to dm.
Ale God, that 11 woe possible
Pot ono short hour to. 800
, The souls We letred, that they Might
' tell es
„What and where tt
When Dftintree beg 010
the
had been swimming
Patratnatta. New buildings Were
theme." said Dnettree, "you have beard:
before. but you shall hear itogaiu." ' '
• And with teat 'he drew "Hours of
Exile" trent his pzieket and read with
ineffable unction one Of the longest
• sets of "Stanzas to Clarinda," while
the terrier gazed Up at him with eyes
of devoted symbithy and admiration.
and Totn fed his upon feathery, emer-
ald branches and a turquoise sky as be
reluctantly decided that the..kindest of
men was in some respects the moat
egregious also. Suddenly -to his horror
-the reading ,stopped. He bad been
caught not attending! He lowered 'his
eyes, and they fell Upon the .snowy
wings Of it •Inil rigged 'ship 'just clear..
!iv the.w.eeeeettstern point of the bay
and n -1;,. and majestically on..
Both men sprang to ,the water's Mb*.
Daintree's book lay :le the sand. The
ship was now clear of the p.oltit; steal-
ing to the north of . Shark island, with
the light breeze upcin her &nutter; a
noble "easel of 600 tons', flying•the red
ensign at her ' '
Not a 'word passed at the water's
edge, but it was Tom wlici led the rush
to: the bungalow, Who fetched, Dain -
tree's iminense spyglass, with the flags
of all nations let int -tithe leather, and
who nared the knees' before putting it
in his master's shaking hands. '
"How many' days are they out?" ask-
ed Daintrceaiming wildly •:with 115
"Ninety-nine."
• "She echild never do itr
"It's been done befOre.".
. "Oh, no no. This must be some other
ship. Steady the glass for me. 1 can't
get focus. There -now! Yea, see her
people, bet I can't read her name!"
• ."Let me try, sir,"
-"Here, then." -
'Tom tried and give it up.•
"To piper's point!" he Cried. "She'll
pass there much closer" And ngaln
he led the way, with Dal • 'under-
ing close behind and, tb bark-
ing happily at their hoe
Along- the shore they t iittie
bay on their right, then oeprom-
ontOry diagonally and out at its west-
ern point, panting, trembling, Orme-
Ing with perspiration, but in tinie. Her
• boWsprit was sticking Mit behind the
Island, and they were" there to See her
nese fo".oW, with the foten Ceding' wi-
der it like a white Mustache, • •
Tom had the teleacope, foctiSed still,
and he 'handed it to Daintree without
• a word, but the one concerned was
treaibling BO violently the Ship jump-
ed rl,ght and left. and Totn had to try
agein. He was steady enough, What
was it to him'? She was only helf a
mile off how, and the first thing he
Saw Was a fro& fluttering on the poop.
"NOW I have it!" he muttered. "The
sun's on the lettere; onectwo, three --
yes, there are eight! It -o" -
He lowered the glass and held out
his hand,
"I congratulate you from my beam
The Itosarattnd it is, and I think that
with the glass you MO fled the young
lady herself upon the poop."
It was Tom who Ied the cheers a
moment .later.
"I sho'n't be there to 'meet them,"
moaned baietree as they were running
hack. "Ninety-nine dayS-ulnety-hine
days!"
"They're not doing four knots; they're
shortening sail; you'll see the Cove as
soon as they do. Even if you don't,
they won't Mud Zit once.",
"Srepose they did!"
,v weit't; We'll lett to in flee
minutes."
Tom was the ehter$ one
With Ws wits ehottt It! ' It
was nothing to Tom, lot
go in with the eurriele, hitt.
nrrt
owe was 85. VP:lf ea it • flurklen man
could it upon having the liverY end •
tbe eeelnui,e in waiting on the <play.
Tom* however. pointed out that the
two ladies. tbeir multi and tbt, driver
were ail the carriele could pessibly
hold; aiso that there 'WAS more to do
at the bungaloW than tbe other reel- .
'zed. but he promined reveive them
la ell hisbuttons, mid 111 10:11 Ib: 13 ten
lulUlttea the zla zed tuna se. .
iiorses la it genie) delve 1
Joey road.
, 'tom lit,ttel elm reale out l•
1101(11)11 UIC treewithout azi
itap. II* thou run back to Fl*'
where 'Sirs. Fawcett' waa terra ;y be-
side herself in the kitchen: but Peggy
ell the verged:1 'tvith an
anxious •- •• •
"'Tis you should • be wit) hn, Tom,"
said she reproachfully.
"There Wasn't room, Peggy."
elieuge,..the.,,epe.,.wey.„ taAspf
'ee; netiz Deettree thunete.:
shem'e o' ye tor torcIletlitillithila
e'•:naastffer go
alone In Ids haste"
• "Why?" •
• ".-
Tis thrown out an'kilthe may be .
-on the way to *meet his lady!". ,
God forbid!" cried !rem, and the
, words came back t� bite next.'daY.
. .
CHAPTillt .
DM had done well to .stae bee
hind. Tbere was,. so • ' .
make ready that none
-4 others knew where to be, „
til he showed theni. At hisi.
-
most emergencies, Ie was resol '
•strain every nerve it this One t.• -•
perhaps show some little 'gratitude at
. .
last • The opportunity was'. unique,
Tom' seized it with „characteristic ar-
dor
He began :hi putting. Mrst ,•Ifeweett
on her mettle,- invented the dinner for
her and. got old Fawcett out of hie
wife's way by sending him to a neigh-
boring nursery for tbe asparagus and
the green peas. Peggy he set to work
to make the beds, while he himself
gathered flowers for the table, flowers • •
for the ladies' •rooms, Holvers for the
veranda upon whieb the bride must
tread. The new flag, • bought for this
day, had never been unpacked. It was
soon flying bravely from the flagstaff •
on the ,lavvri.- And by • 5 o'clock Tom
had his table exquisitely laid, but it
Was nearly 7 before the curricle Iainps
abone through the open 'gate and the
horses swept up to the veranda, where
Tom stood'in ardent readiness, .
He had spent the interim In array- •
ing himself most • carefully in all his
Modal Jittery,in shaving for the .sec-
ond time that den In layingout his
master's evening clothett, in gathering,
the• •boOks which had been left upon ,
the shore, in .reading and re reading
the poem that expressed his ease, in
talking' to Peggy dal in thinking of
The•whoie situation put him sadlY.In
mind of 'Claire, Mir he was not thinking of her at the horses trotted up. He
, ltd forgotten all about her When he
heard her voice. Next moment. the •
curriele hridged the stream:of •lamp-
light issuing frOrtethe •hah. And Totn
stood among the roizeti he ltd sitrewn.
Silhouetted against the. doorway, With-
out moving hand or *foot or once 111' t
Ing his unseen' gaze from Claire Hard7
leg's face. • -
What followed seemed to be happen-
•ing to another.nian. Daintree• cried hi
• him, and he helped the ladies to get ..
• down, He touched her hand. Their
eyes never Wet.. baintree jumped .
• down' and led Claire on hip , arm
• through the. roses. FaWeett cameup,
the curridie Ives gone, and Tom stood
• (to Tit CONTINUED.)
Preacher's Opiamt.,
•
Rev. P.' K. McRae, Forks Baddeek,
' C. B.: "1 alwayscount it a pleasure to,
reetMllilena tile Dr. Slocum Itentedies
to my parishioners+. I believe there
is nothing better for throat and lung
troubles or weakness or run-down sys-
tem, For speaker's sore throat 1 have
found Payable very beneficial."
Bev. 'W. 11. Stevens,Paialey, Ont.:
,,Psychine seemed just the stimulant ray
system needed. 1 shall add my testimony
as to its efficacy at'every opportunity."
Bev. R M BroWee, Amherst Read,
MS., "I have often recommended
Psychine since taking it myself, for it
is a cure for tho troubles you specify."
• Bee. Chas. Stirling-, Bath, MB,: "I
have used Psychino in my farnilyi the
results Were marveloutz, I have voited
people who state that they never used
its erpml. 1 Strongly recommhnd it,
Rev. 3. S. 1. Wilson, Markdalo, Ont.:
"1 have taken two *bottles of Payola:es
and am pleased to say that X am greatly
improved In health. / Was trogghted
with my throat, but now 1 And it about
restored to its normal condition,
find my work very much less taxiiig.
believe Paychine ie all elaimed for it."
These are earnest preathers Of the
gospel of Psychine. They know where-
of they speak. Psychine dotes all
throat, lung and etoniaelt troubles. It
is a great voice strengthener, acting
airedly on tilt vocal, respiratory and
algefstivo orgrtna Ono speelally adapted
te public level:Pm Atall druggiats,
tide atia 431,00, or Dr, T. A. Bioeum,
l'Oronte.