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doors west Of the Commercial hotel.
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-r% -DR. F. A. AXON. -
(Successor to Dr. Holmes.)
• Specialist • in Crown and Bridge
' Itrork.
, Graduate IAthe Royal College -of
)ental Surgeons of Ontario. Honor
'graduate of University of Toronto
a:Peatal Department. Graduate of • the
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APPLES
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ROTH FALL ANO WINTER
APAA.P.A..A
For which the 'highest
prices will be paid.
Don't sell until yon See me
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J. LEWIS THOMAS.
Civil:.Engineer, Architect, etc.
(late- Dominion Department., Public
Consulting Engineer for Mun-
icipal arid County Work, El-
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Waterworks Systems, Wharves,
,Bridges . and Re-eeforeedcon-
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Phone 2220 LONDON, ONT.
AUCTIONEER -JAMES SMITH Li-
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of Huron. All orders entrusted to
-receive prompt attention.
WiIIsell either by percentage or
per sale. Residence on the Bayfield
Road, one mile south of Clinton.
AUCTIONEER.-GEOR-
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•';'" the County of Huron, solicits the
patronage of the public for busi-
ness in his line. Sales conducted
on percentage cir so much per sale.
All business promptly attended to.
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3ssel Harris
Ageuey at Cliilloil
I have been appointed agent
, for tam Mapsey-Hexris Com-
pany in this district and will
keep a hand ai coniplete liat
elf supplies in my store oppos-
ite the Molsons Bank, •
I am also ; continuing ' tlfe
flour, feed and seed grain bus-
iness and respectfully solicit a
a continuance of your patron-
age. •
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J. B. McLean, President, Seeforth P.
0.; Thos. Fra,ser, Vice -President,
Brucefield P. 0..; T. E. Hay, Sec:
Treasurer, Seaforth' P. 0, ,
• -Directors--
Shesney, Seafinth ; JOlin
Grieve, Winthrop ; .George Dale, Sett
forth; John Watt, Harlock ; John
Bennewics, Brodhagan ; James Evans
Beechwood •; James • Connolly
Holniesville. •
•,-• AGENTS-.•
Robert Smith, Harlock ; E Hin-
chley, • Seaforth James Cummings,
Egmendville ; W. Yeo, Holmes -
vine. ••.
Parties desirous to •effect insurance
or ttansaet other biisiness will be
promptly attended to on application
to any of the above officers addressed
to their respective postoffices. Losses
•inspected by the, director who lives
nearest the Seene, • '
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Trains will an-No.6A, and up art
from Clinton, station as 'follows
BUFFALO AND GOPERICEI
Going East
44 44
4 t
id
Going West
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4 4
• 5.22 a. in.
• 7.33 a, m.
8.16 p. •tn.
... 5.20. p.•
• 11.10 p.. m
401 p.
•640 p.
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LONDON', HURON & BRUCE DIV
Going South ' • 7.47 a. :n.
44 t,
.Goirst North
j44 t
• 4.23 p. m
11.05aiu
6.35 p. m.
FULL SUMMER SERVICE
LAnt SUPERIOR DIVISION.-Steantent leave
Sarnia s.30p.m. Monday. Wednesday and
, Friday, for Sault St*Maris. Pyst Arthur, Fort
William and Duluth -Friday steamer going
themes to Duluth.
WAWA -a' nay & MAcentec DIV,-Steanit
era kayo Conittgwood t..10 li.nt„Owen Sound
rt.30 Ratx.,,Tuesdays, Thursdays and Situr.
days. Tuesday and Saturday steamers go
through to Mackinac. Thursday steamer,
accommodating but 36 .diaimetiserk, goes to
Soo only. •
StiftTII MORE Ofir.-41or Parry Sound, Dyes -
Inlet, French Rlioir and =Jamey, steamer
leatoes Colliniorood 1080 p.m, Mondays and
Fridays/
PApkite *oven AL fatNETANO DiVe-Stetattat
loaves Periatisng daily mas pan:, ibt Party
Sound and sew pone
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• MRA MARY J. HOLMES ' •
Author of sblieilL Rivers," **The tioniestead on
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• of "fait rlareilittit•ff attrairetV
01141)TBB-.toward her, and ere long. hod Conlin
pletely won her heart by coaxittfi her
blue sunbonnet/ drawn so closely over ends' MarY' when sensitive Mitura
your face? -are you afraid of hoeing shrank from the obeervation of st
it -seen?" • ers, and who felt that one. ae h
The person addressed- was a pale, some as. George Moreland mut owes.
eickly-looking child about nine eears
eerily laugh. at her, keptaloof, and
et age, who on the deo): of the. ereesee successfully eluded all his aorta to
Windermere, 'was gazing intently to. d look under her bonnet. This aroused
ward the distant shores of old Eng-, mhtvewcuarl"alytYto" 89:cicZtanbeat partl hesaawher
lend, which were feet receding from
view. Near her a fine-looking boy her etterebe
infarlvedwithlterw. hia4cdhreaswetn, cog mt!
er
of fourteen was standing, and trying menced this‘chapter, As George had
in vain to gain a look at the features
I so securely shaded from view by the ea.kle he liked little itheillgi he,
gingham bonnet.
ones. On thie occasion, owever, he
. At the sound of his voice the little Moolved • to make himself agreeable,
girl started, and without turning her
bead, replied, "Nobody wants to See and ten 41inutes' tune he had so
, far suceeeded in gaining Mary's
me, I am so ugly and "disagreeable,
"Ugly are you?" • repeated the boy, • friandahiP that aha all°wad him to RF"
tie the blue Amulet, which he care -
and at the same time lifting her up
and foreiblP. holding her hands, he fully removed, and then Whext. she
succeeded in looking her fully. in the did not know it, he scanned her fea-
face. "Well, you are not very hand- tures,attentively, as, if trying to dis-
cover au the beauty there wee 14
some, that's a fact,' said he, after
satisfying his curiosity; "but I would- them. 4
IA be sullea about it. Ugly people At last, gently sraoothing back her
are always smart, and perhaps you hair, which • was really bright and
are. Anyway, I like little girls," so glossy, -he said, "Wins, told you that,
you were �o ugly looking?" The tears
just let me sit here and get acquaint--
. started to Mary's eyes,, and her chin
quivered, as she replied, "Father says'
Mary Howard, the child thus intro-
duced to our readers, was certainly eo, Ella says go, and everybody says
ewseressalls so,,Elterymbosathyerdanoesdn,Ftralanwkyay.s" ten the
-not very handsoinrceg.uicrel,
though tolerably
and thin, her complexion sallow, and truth," Esaid George wishing to admin-
ister as much comfort as possible,
her ayes, though bright and 'expres-
sive, seemed too large for her face, "You've got pretty blue eyes, ince
brown heir, and Your forehead, to,
She. had naturally a fine set of teeth,
but their beauty was inariaired by two, is broad and high; now if you hadn't
larger ones, which on each side of such a muddy complexion, bony
her mouthe grew 'directly, over the chaheekte%thhIttl7e`ou. -nosewolta"hdlift ',eat reb;,'esli4dch'ew;
others, giving to the lower portion of
her face a peculiar and rather clue 'fright!" • • • •
agreeable expression. She had ire,. George's Propensity to tease had
• quently been told that she was home- .come upon him, and in enumerating
the defect's in Mary's Vice, he pur-
ly; and often whew alone had wept,
'and: wondered why she, too, was not posely magnified them; but he regret- '
handsome iiite - her Sister Vela, on ted it, when, he saw' the .effect
whose 'cheek the softest rose was. words produced. Hiding her face in her
• blooming, while her rich, brown hair .hands, Mary burst. inbo. a passionate •
fell in wavy maws about her white fit Of weeping, then snatching the bon -
neck and shoulders. But if Ella was net from George's lap, she thrmerit on
4more beautiful then Mary, there was her head and was hurrying away,
• far less in her 'character 'to admire, when ,George caught her and pulling
She knew that' she was pretty,. and her. back, said, "Forgive nie, Mary.
this made her proud and selfish, ex- I could 'hot help plaguing. you a- lite
pecting Attention from all, and grow- tle, but, try 'arid not do it again.'
ing sullen and angry if ft: was with, For a time George kept this resolu4
• tion, but he could not •conceal the
. Hoivard, the' mother of these preference which • he felt for. Ella,
children, had incurred the .displeas- whose doll4ike face and childieh ways
.ure of her father, a wealthy English- were far more, in keeping with his
• man, by marrying her music teacher, -taste than Mare's old -look and still
whose dark eyes.had plaYcd Mrschiel„ older, mariner. 'Whenever he noticed
with her heart; while his fingers play- her- at 414. he spoke kindly to her;
ed its accoMpaniznent on the guitar. but she knew there was .a great -Alf-
Humble- at her father's feee- She. had • ference between tas. treatment of her
knelt and. sued for' pardon, hut the and Mit: end ofttimes, when •saying
old man was inexorable, . and tueriee'liee et:Veer:Mg prayer, she prayed that
her from hie. house, cursing 'the fate Gearge. 'Moreland knight love her a
-which had now deprived him, as , liftede jaet, a little.
Late in life he had married a' amitleye eige of land -had disapPeared
were, of only*rentaintig daughter, 10.:evijiiiieveeks had epiriesed since • •the
fid widow, vibe after the lapse of a" er.ore'Vie*,,end then George was taken
few years died, leaving three little diatereusly ill 'with fever. Mrs', How -
'girls, Sarah, Elle; and 'Jane, two of ard heeeelf visited him frequently,.
• them his own, and one a stepdaughter • but she commanded her ' children to
and e. child of his wife's, first mar,. keeP,away, lest they, too, should take
Hop. . • . . r the. disease. Por: a clay or two Mary
As a last request ktrs. Temple had obeyed her Mother, and then curiosity
led her 'near George's berth. ..For
asked that her baby Jane should be
of bee sister, Mrs.. several Minutes she lingemd, arid was
about turaing away when a low: moan
given 'to the care
eeforris, who was: on the eve of em,
fell- on her ear and arrested her oot-
barking for America, and who within
steps. Her mother's commands were
four weeks after her sister's death
forgotten,, and in a moment she •stoad
sailed with her young niece fOr Boston.'
Sarah; tee, was adopted by her fioh, . by George's bedside. 'Tenderly she
et's brothee, .and thus Me. Tem
that eig into his lap and praising her g may
"What makes you keep
greatly preferred talkint to pretty
smgabed. his tumbled pillow, moist,-
isse-riustre-msor.-his eldest, aasz-e.,- -ed--parched lips; and bathed.
ter; Elle. Occasionally lie heard frorn • his feverish --brow, and when;an: hohr-
,tha.physician entered, he
. jail& .but time and .distinee 'gradu- afterward,
found . his patient 'calmly, sleeping, .
allY weakened :the tie' of. parental af-
fection, .which. wound ', itself there . with one hand clasped in that of.
Mary, who. with the other fanned the
closely Mound Ella; and now, when
he, too, left him, and Worse :than sick boy .with the serrie bine gingham
sunbonnet of which he once Made fait,
all, married a Peer music,. teacher the
saying it locik like its owner,. "rather
old- mail's wrath . knew' n� bounds.
• "hut 'We'll see," said he, as , with. • Skim -milky." - • •
his hands behindbim, and his head: "Mali! Mar Eli:maid !" said • the
Physician, "this is no place for You, -
bent forward, he strode up and down
and he endeavored to lead her, away.'
the Mom -"we'll see how theylleget
on. I'll use all my infinenee ageinst 'This aroused .Georgie who begged
so _hard for -.her to remain.. that the.
the dog_and_when. _Miss Ella's right
. void and ,hungry shell be glad to PkYSicr!trr'so'cttt-hMitftt-Of--OW-
.. .' grd who rather unwillingly .consented, .,
einem back and leave. him."
and Mary was duly installed as' nurse
• But he waa mistaken., for though in the tick room.: Perfectly delighted
right cold and hungry Ella ofttithes with her new vocation,' she *Quid sit
. was; :she only clung.,the 'closet to her
for. hours by: her charge; watching
ter .her xnarriaa , C;earing that her . eating as ..faT• 48.P°80hle his wants.
cl--beenniot
' husban , y to share his fprtune Pitch change in his, features andtie •
Whatever it 3111 i bee Two years at:.
She .posseesed a very sweet, clear
father was dangerously ill, she went 'mice e rind •frequently; when all other,
t� him, but the: forgiveness she so 'means hadefaile.d to quiet :hhn, she
• ardently. desired Was never gained, would bend her face neer. ' his, arid '
for. the. old man's reaeon . was •gone. taking his hands in hers, ivould sing
'F,aithfully she watched until. the end, to him seine shinile song of home;
and then wheir she heard read his until lulled by the soft music he would
WM (made in *a fit Of anger), and '
knew that his properti was 'BR be- fall away, to 81"P' 8‘1611 unwearied
kindnestt was tot. without its effect
•,uneathed , A°. her sister in Ameriea, • upon Geoege, and One day when M
she , crushed' the teara...from her long' :
ary
• eyelaehes and went back to her hula- eesd_us, her
ral trahiSsit,t8irdge,11,04anidhitakinm, be nil -
het.
bite home prepared to meet the worst; face betWeen his hands, kissed her
,In coutee of time ,three. children, forehead .and lips, saying, "What can
Frank, Mary, and Ella, were added '. I ever do to pay my little nurse .feri
to , their member, and though their' '.
. he,,r kindness?" ' ••• . •
• presence brought sunshine and kind-
ness, it brought also an increase of tee2aliaeciry, hlksoita.,0!edma aomo,mweelfilt,asnialdouthdeno
toil and care. Year after year Mr.
Howeed struggled on while each day Ella i" .
rumors reached him on,
the plenty to -•"As well 'as I do Ella!" he reeleate '
be had in the land beyond the sea; ' •ed; 9 lave you a great deal better. .
and: it laat, when. hOpe seemed dying . iletP has not been to see Me 'One°,
• out, ;•and esten his brave -hearted Tale WIlat is the reason?" _ .
smiled less cheerfully than was her • Frank. Who a 'moment before had ;
wont to do, he' resolved' to" try his lteelen to. Mary's side; answered •dor
farina° in the fae-fsetted homeof tlie Mr, say.)..ng "Some one- had told Ella:
weary. emigrant. This, resolution he ihat if she should have the Jove, her '
coinmunicifed to hill wile,. who .gladly ourti would all drop off; and so," -
consented to accompinselum, for Eug. iaid he, _"she won't cobee near your
land now held nothing dear to her Ault then Mrs. HoWard appeared
r
' wee the gravee of leer patentee and and this time she Was acCompanied
lie the western World she had two by Ella, Who clung 'closely to her
sistere. Sarah liming some yeas be. mother's skirt, looking cautiously out
fore gone with her uricleto New 'York. from he thick fold. George did not
• etcleordingly. the iieceimaty prepare. is uanal caress her, but he asked her
tieing for their Voyage. were 'mode as mockingly "if • her hair had com- '
SoOn as poseible and when the Win- beaded cotnirig out!" while Me only.
, derniere left I -hi: harbor of. Liveypeed anewored by grasping at her long
:they stood upon her deck, waxing a lairlit, as if to ilesure herself Of their ,
'est adiete to the Jew kit:id fliendgewho. Mtge.
• . e• . .........-. In a ieW day e George was able to
ola More :were lidding them "God- fe on deck, and though he still petted.
spied,' . • . . mid pliteed with Ella, he never again
' Among the pasiiengers 'was George "lighted Mary; or forgot that she was
Moreland, whoee parents had died preset. More than Once, top, a kind
:tome months betore leaving him and Word or affectioaate look leant him-.
a large fortnne to 'the guardianship aent 'finch a glow to hei cheek and
of his uncle, a wealthy merchant, re- sparkle to her eye that Frank, who
sidirtg in BOorton, Tide uncle,. Mr, idWayii loved her best, declared, "she
Selden, Iliad Written lot hie nephew Was AS pretty as Ella any day if
to loin him in America, and it Was ishe'd breek hereelf of putting her
for this. purpose thee Geterge.hod tak- : hand to her mouth whenever be saw
en passage in the Windermere, no One looking at here' a habit *hich she
vnts a frank, generous -hearted boy, had acquired from beiag so frequently
and though sotrietinieb. a little t00 told of her uneven teeth. At hitt
lunch ind.hied to tetae, be was OW& " Otter inanY 'wean' days at Sca,„..thetit
ly a favorite prith on who anew hire, came the joyful news that lame WM
Re *** It 4444011144 Admirer Of beige, it% Melt: and, next Mailing', *hen the
elenienuebeewelleteadeletettowerbeee eiteeet ;
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ty, and thettiont. the II0vierda abildhIn .tbe itiotiAnaftba
FMK nal MHO, line, witt
ita numeroue doinee and spiree, was
before them. Toward noonen Pleas-
ant -looking, middle-aged man came on
board, inquiriue for George MOreland,
and announcing himself an Ur. Sete
den. George inunedetteely stepped f or •
ward, and after greeting_ his meet° in-
troduced Mr. and Mrs. Howard, speak-
ing at the same time of their kind%
ness to hira during his illnees.
All was now eonfusion, but in the
hurry and bustle of _ going ashore
George did not forget Mary. Taking
her wiide he t•hrew round her neck
a small golden chain, to• which was
attached a locket eontaining a mini.
• ytuereer helikipenr:. sof himself painted' a
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eell esaideleee."to rilnember
lier, or if you get tired ef it, give
It to Elia for a plaything." t
"1 wifda had one for you," said
Mary, and George replied, "Never
mind, I can remenaber 'your looks
evithout a likeness. I've only to shut
my eyes, and a little forlorn, sallow -
faced, old -looking girl, With creoked
teeth -"-Ile was prevented from fin.,
ishing his speech by a low cry from
Mary, Who pressing hie hands in hers,
looked beseechingly in his face, and
said, "Oh, don't, George 1 -don't. talk.
ao,"
He had not teased her about her
looks for a long time, and now just
as he was leaving her, 'twits more
than she could bear. Instantly re-'
getting his thoughtless words, George
took her in his arms, and wiping
away her • tears said, "Forgive me,
Mary. I don't know what inade me
say so; for I do love- you dearly, and
always will. You have been kind to
me e and I shall remember it, and some
time, perhaps, repay it," Then put-
ting her down, and bidding adieu to
Mr.. ancy Mrs, Howard, Frank and
Ella, he sprang into his uncle's -car-
riage, and was rapidly driven away.
,
Mary looked after him as long as
the heads of the white homes were
in sight, and then taking Prank's
hand, foil -owed her parentsjo the ho-
tel, where for a few days they had
determined to stop while Mrs. How-
ard made inqfiiries for her sister.
Meantime from the richly curtained
windows of a. large, handsome build-
ing a little girl looked out, impat-
iently waiting her father's return,
wondering why he was gone so long
and if she should like her cousin
• George whether he Was a beariela
looking fellowswith warty hands, who
•would tease her pet kitten and ink
the faces of her dolt babies. In the
centre of the room the, dinner table
-was. standing, • and Ida Belden had
twice changed the location • of her
cousin's plate, once placing it at her
Bide, and lastly putting it directly in
• front, so she could have a fair view
pf his face.
••"Why don't they come?" she had
said for the twentieth time, when the •
sound of carriage wheels in the yard
'below made her start hp, and run-
ning down stairs she was 'soon shak-
ing the hands of her -cousin, whom
she decided to be handsome, though
She felt Puzzled' to know Whether ha
kitten and dolls were in any immedi-
ate danger or not! ••
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Placing her • arm affectionately
.around him, she led him into the
parlor, saying, am glad • that you
have come to live with me and be my
brother. We'll have real nice times,
• but perhaps you dislike little girls.
you ever see one that you loved?"
"Yes, two," was the answer. "My
• Ceusizi Ida, and one other,"
"Oh, :who is she?' asked. Ida. "Tell
rite aboutii her.' tION'does she look?Is she pretty?" . •
• Instantly, as George had predict-
• ed, there caniebefore his :vision the
• image. of "a fOrlorn-lepking, salloW-
faced child," whom •he did not -care
about describing to Ida. She, how-
ever, insisted upon a description, and '
that evening when tea was over, the
lainpelighted, and Mr. Belden reading
• the paper, Gecirge Old her of Mary,
who had watched se kindly -over him
during- the weary days Of his illness.
Contrary to his expectations, she did
not laugh at thepicture which he
drew of Mary's face, but simply said,
"I know I should like her.". Then
;lifter a moment's pause, ihe contin-
•ued; "They. are poor, .you say, and
Mr. Howard is a music teacher. Men-
• sieur DuPres has just left me, -and
who knows but papa can get Mr.
•Howard to1 fill his place."
When the_ subject was referred to
her father he said that he 'had liked
the appearance of Mr. Howard, and
would if possible find him on the
morrow and engage his services. The
next morning Ida awoke with an un.
comfortable impression that thing was was the matter With the weeth-
er. Raising herself on her elbow, and
-piiehing-baek-the-heavy--curtain-she'
looked out and saw that the sky was
dark with angry clouds, from which
the rain was steadily falling -'-not in
&lady showers, but in large round
'drops, which beat against the case-
ment and then bounded off upon the
pavement below. •
All ,thoughts of Mr. 'Howard were
timer, wee)* liaeconie"becanse. She was
a mind to, but didn't expect to be no-
ticed anyway," and who, every time
she was addressed, gave a nervous
hitch backward with her chair, had
finally hitched herself into the hall,
where with unbending hack and pure-
ed up lips she at, highly indignant
at the ill -concealed mirth of the Young
girisTwho on the stairs were watching
her retrograde movements. The hum
of voices increased, until at last there
was a great deal more talking; than
working. The Unitarian munster's
bride, Lily Martin's stepmother, .tha
new clerk at Drury's, Dr. Ufa wife+0
new hat and its probable cost, and the
city boarders at the hotel, were all
duly diecuesedg and then for a time
• there_yras wan. silence While Mt.
jolinson, president of: the society,.
told of the extreme destitution in
• whieh she had that morning found ae
poor English f amity, who had Moved
into the village two or three years
before. •
They had managed to earn a coin-
fortable living until the husband and
father, euddenly died, since which
time the wife's health had been very
rapidly failing, until now she was Tie
• longer able to work: but was wholly
dependent foil subsistence upon the
exertions of her oldest child, Prank,
and the charity of the villagers, who
sometimes supplied her with far more
than was. necessary, and again
thoughtlessly neglected her for many
days. Her chief dependence, too, had
now failed her, for the day beare the
sewing saciety Frank had been taken
seriously ill with what threatened to
be scarlet fever,
"Dear me," said the elegant' Mrs,
Campbell, smoothing the folds of her
rich India muslin -"dear me. I did
not know that we had such poet:ley
among us. What will they do?"
"They'll have to go to th'e poor-
house, won't they?"
"To the poorhouse 1" repeated Mrs.
Lincoln, who spent her winters in
Boston, and whose summer residence
was in the neighborhood of the paup-
ers' horae; "pray don't send any more
low, vicious children to the poor-
house, My Jenny hoe a perfect pas-
sion -for them, arid it is with WM-
catty I can keep her awitee .
"They are .English, 1 believe,". eon -
Untied Mrs. Campbell, "I do wonder
why •se many of those horridly miser.
able creatures- will come to this eoun-
try,"• , •
'Forgets, • mcbby, 'that she's Eng.;
lish," muttered the woman at the
door? and Mrs. Johnson added, "It
would draw tears from your eyes to
see that little pale -faced Mary trying
to waie upon her mother psicLbrother,
•ono eirtrying Gnat =sly row
arms so that it may not disturb
them,",
• "What does Ella eor asked one,
and Mrs. Johnson replied:
' "She merely fixes .her curls in. the
broken looking -glass, and crioa..
cause she fe hungry."
"She is pretty, I believe?" said Mrs.
Campbell, . and Rosa Pond; who sat
• by the windoxv, and had not spoken
before, immediately, answeied:
"Oh, yes, she is perfectly beauti-
ful;• and do you .-know, Mrs. Camp-
bell, that when .she is dreasecl dean
and nice, I think she looks almotit ex-
actly like your little Ella!"
• A. haughty frown was Mrs. Camp-
bell's only answer and Rosa did not
ventare another reek although
several whispered -re her that they,
too, had frequently observed the
strong resemblance between Ella How-
ard and Ella CamPbell. ' -
• Front what has been said, the read-
• er will readily, understand that the
sick woman in whom Mrs.: 'Johnson
was so much interested was our old
acquaintance, Mrs...Howard. •-•
All inquiries -for her sisters had
been fruitless, and after stopping for
a time in Worcester, they had re-
moved to Chicopee, - where recently
Mr. Howard • -bed. .died. Theii only
source of maintenance • was thus cut.
off, and now they were ,reduced to
the utmost poverty. Since we last
saw them a sickly baby hadsbeen add-
• ed to their number. With motherly
'care little Mary each day washed and
teased it, arid then hour alter hour
• came nishef artrisrtrying to -still
its feeble moans, which fell so sadly
on the ear of her invalid mother.
it was small, low building which
they inhabited, °anteing but one room
„ A
and a be -room, which last' they had
ceased to occupy, for one by one each
article .of furniture had been sold, une
til at last airs. Howard lay neon a
• rude lounge, which.Fraek had made
from -some rough boards. Until mid-
night the little fellow tailed, and theti
when his venic was done crept softly
to the cupboard where lay one 'slice
°Tou .staift sielI AM,' Said Fong:
°Ton muat keep it to remeraher,
George, and then, too,. you PAY want'
it more some other time."
Mary finally yielded the point, and
gathering up the eruulpied jacket,
Alerted in quest of Billy Bender. He
WWI a 'kind-hearted boy, two yenta
older than Frank, whom he had often
befriended and shielded. eeorn the leen
of their companione. He did not want
the jacket, for it wee a vast deal too
small; and. it watt only in reply to a
propfrom Prank that. he should
oritbuy i at 140 had metually offered
him a Wing. But now, when he
saw the garment, and learned why it
was sent, he immediately dxew from
his old leather 'Wallet a quarter, ell,
the monetbe had in the-worlde-and, '
giving it to Muer bade her keep it, aft
she would need it all,
Half an hour after a coolinie orange
was held to Prank's parched lips and •
Mary said, "Drink it, brother, I've
got two raore, besides some milk and
bread?' but the ear :the addressed waa
deaf and the eye dim with the fast -
1 ailing shadow of death. "Mother,
mother!" cried the little girl, "Franky
won't drink and his forehead is all
sweat. Can't I hold you up while you
come to himr •
Mrs. Howard had been much worse
that day, but she did not need the -
support of those feeble arms. She
felt rather than saw that her darling,
boy was dying, and agony made her
strong, Springing to his aide' she wip-
ed from his brow the cold moisture
which had se alarmed her daughter,
chafed his band e and feet, and bath-
ed his head, until he seemed better
and fell asleep,
"Now, if the doetor would only
come," said Mary; but the doctor Was
hurrying from house to house, for.
more than one thee night lay dying
in Chicopee. But on no hearthstone
fell the gloom of death so darkly as
upon that low brown house where a
• trembling woman and a frail young'
child watched and wept over the dy-
ing Frank. Fast the shades, of night
came on, and when MI was dark in
the sick room Mary tiobbed out, "We
haye no candle, mother, and if I go
for. one, and he should clie---'"
The sound of her voice aroused
,Frank, and feeling for his sister's
hand, he said, "Don't go, Mary; don't
leave me -the moon is shining bright,
and'i guess -:1' 'can find mye way, -to -
Gad just as well." ,
Nine - ton,- eleven - and •' then
through the dngy windows the silvery
moonlight fell, as if indeed t,o light
the way of the early lost to heaten• ,
Mary had drawn her mother's' lounge,
to the side, of the trundle -bed, and in
a state of almost perfect exhaustion
Mrs. Howard lay, gasping for breath,
while Mary, as if conscious of the
dread reality about.to occur, knelt -by
her side, occasionally caressing her
pale cheek arid asking if she were
better: Once Mrs. Howard laid her
hands on Marrs head, and prayed
that she might be preserved and kept
from harm by the God .of the orphan,
and that the sin Of disobedience rest-
ing upon her own head.inight not be'
visited upon her child. ' ,
• .
After a time a troubled sleep came
upon her and she slept until roused
"by a low sob: Raising herself up, she
'looked anxiously teward her chlldren.
The moonbeams fell upon the white,
placid face of Franke •who seemed
calmly sleeping, while over him -Mary
beat,. pusbing back from his forehead
the thick,. clustering ' curls, and striv-
ing hard to smother her sobs, so they.
might net disturb, her mother.
"Does he. sleep?" asked Mrs. How-
ard. ,and Mary. covering with her
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State Care of Insane.
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•
Ontario has done nobly in the care •
of its sick and defective classes, but •
too often the-cii of lieotionly--has Joe- -
vented the best results being attain-
ed. In no department has this eriti-
. .
cism had greater application than la
the State:management of the insane.
• Too much attentioia has been paid ta
the care rather than the cure of this
It is a matter of comment that all
modern authoes on insanity insist •z
that recent and acute cases 'should' be •
treated in small hospitals perfectly
isolated • from the •large establish-
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only-article-of-food-Which inents for chronic% '
No laulchnes in America meet the •
-Modern regal:re/Ilene; 'end -it -is herd ' -.—
the house Contained. Long and wist.
that ' the Ontario Government will •
fullY he looked at it, thinking how
scere a triumph with its Psychiatric
geed it would taste; but a glance at
he; and hinting reselately away, he • and wrongly, attaehes to confinement , •
.H.Toshpeitaelti.gma which always, Tighe; '
the pale ' faces near decided him.
"They, need it more .than said •
prayed that he "might sleep • pretty in an asylum will disappear and
soon and.forget how hungry he wage Psychiatry will be put on a footing . ,
Day after day he worked on, and that will keep it in touch with other
though his cheek occasionally flusheddepartments in medicine- - The dm- • "
with anger when of his ragged clothes Portant moments in the treatment
of mental eases are in the incipient
and naked feet the village boy's made
•
fun, he never returned them any an- stages, and people will not send their
friends at such times to the large .
sever, but sometimes when alone' the
memory of their. thoughtless jeers asylums. They would be willing,
would 'cause the tears to start, and . though, to accept - treatment in' ' •
then wiping them away, he would small hotpital, where a legal commit -
wondered if it was wicked to be 'poor tal would be unnecessary-, and where
and regged. One morning when he . the methods of treatment adopted
attempted to rise he felt oppressed were on purely hospital lines. '••
• with a langour he had never beforeOf course a Psychiatric Hospital
experienced, and turning on his -un- will be an expensive institution to
dle-bed, and adjusting hie blue cotton • build and equip, but the investment
Picket, his only pillow, he agaia slept willbe a good one, as eveiy patient
an soendly that Mary was obliged to saved from chrotlicity means a sap -
call him twice ere she aroused him. ing 00,00 to the:province, Its cost -
That night he tame home Wild with • would soon be saved by the cases re -
delight -"he had earned" a -whole dol- stored to sound mental health, for,
lar, and knew how he could earn an- after all, insanity is a purely physical
other half -dollar t0-raorrow. Oh, I disease, just as amenable to early
wish it would come quick,-" said he, treatment. as many ether, diseases.
as he related -his succese to his moth-', .
er.
given up for that -day, and at every
moment of Mr. Selden's. time was em-
ployed for several successive ones, it
was nearly a week after Geoige's ar-
riyal before any inquiries were made
ler the family. The hotel at Which
they had stopped was thee found, but
•Mr. Selden was told that the• persons
who he was seeking had left the
'day before -foe one of the 'inland
towns, though which One he could
not ascertain. •.
knew 'twould be•so'" said Ida
rather fretfully; "father itu'ght have
gone that rainy day as Well as not.
• Now ,we shall never see nor hear from
them again, and George will be so
disappointed," But George's disap-
pointaimit was soon forgotten in the
pleasures and excitements of 'school,
and' if occasionally thoughts of Mary
Howard, came over him, they were -•
generally 'dispelled by the lively :sal._
lies of his sprightly - little cousin,
• who often declared that "she should
be dreadfully jealous of George's trav-
eling ,compeniou, were it hot that he
Was a great achnjrer of beauty and
that Mary was terribly ugly,"
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CHAPTER II.
It was the afternocni for the 'regular
meeting of the Ladies' Sewing Soddy
in the village of Chicopee, and at the
usual hour groups of ladies were seen
wending their way toward the stately
, mansion of Mrs. Campbell, the wealth-
, lest and proudest lady in town.
Mane who for months had absented
themselves from the society came this
afternoon, with the' expectation ot
gaining a look at the costly marbIe
and rosewood furniture with which
• Mtg.- Otiotzlo>11,0 loorldoio 44 A.:
be adorned?' Brit' they were algae,.
pointed, for Mrs. Campbell had no
idea of turning a sewing 'society into
herriehly.furnished drawing rooms.
.The spacious eitting-toom, the music.
room adjoining,' and the wide tool
hall beyond Were thrown' open to all,
and by three o'cloek they were nearly
filled.
At first there was almost perfect
silence, broken only by a whisper or
undertone, but gradually the restraint
VW% MOM. ..0.4,40iiriateubt* VOW. taloS
What They Sy. •'
But, alas tlie, morrow found him
burning with fever, and when he at -- The Outlook, one of the leading • .
Unlimited to stand he found it impos- weeklies of London: largely read in
Bible to do so. A case of scarlet fever Great Britain, says in a reeent issue: '
had appeared in the village, and it One could have better spared any
" soon became evident that the disease educational bueldings inthe world
had fastened upon Frank. The morn- than the part of McGill. University
ing following the sewing society Eila burned• down by two auecessive fires.
Campbell and several other children They were to scientific education what'
showed symptOins of the same dig- the Hospital for Sick Children in 'Te-
em°, arid in the "teason of generalrent° is,to surgery. They were erect -
sickness which followed few Were left ed by the beneficence Of men to '
to care for the poet widow. Daily whom both Canada and the Empire'
little Prank grew worse. The dollar oive inuch, and in their equipment
he had earned Was goat, the basket ' the minutiae Of the best schools in ,...
of. provisions WS. Johnson had sent At:write and Europe were studied,
was gone') and.when: for milk the baby Oxford has long been leeching for the
Alice cried, there was none to give opportunity to equip herself with such
her, :an Metturnent of asientific teething,
At lest Frank, pulling the old blue but we have no snob generous patrons
jacket from under his head, mid pees- in the 'older countries, tend Our GoNP,
mg it to Mary, said, "Take it 10 Bill ernment does not take their place.
Bender -he offered me a shilling for it will take £150,000 or so to repair.
It, and a shilling Well buy milk for the loss, and though Montreal is ra.
Allie and crackersformother-take' becoming it city of millionaires,
their utmost beneficence will hardly •
"Ne, PrankY, answered Mary, "you re-create the sentiment belonging to
would have no pillow; besides, I've the physics, mining, engineering and
got something more valuable, which chemistry schools lately given by on-
! can sell. I've kept it long, but it inent citizens. In thiii reaped the
must to to keep int from gamin. fite--lrbith is theti0hb was the work
and she held to. vie* the golden lock- of an ineendiant-ix irreparable."
et Which George Moreland had %torn
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