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1 horizon with hie glass, la prey poisonous
apprehensions which were meat and
drink, to tae,
Yet my eyes wero good, and they had
{ descried no sign of sett or smoke to
windward, Why then tills eininge in
our bold bnecanoer? It puzzled me as I
Fp xo ached the deep unci looked up at
Felettes once mora with my htttltt upon
i file brilihattt brass knob of the house
floor; but the puzzle solved itself ns 1
I opened it anti stepped inside, I';thel
I'Anson was seated at the table,
CHAPTIe;B, V.
"Miss I'A mon I" I fenny shouted.
"Yes, h is L IIs said I should not
see you, Do go—do go before he comes 1"
"Go!"' I cried. ""Not see you! I shall
see you and stay with you until I'm
dragged out by force. That is," I ad-
ded, suddenly, "umese you aro hero of
of your own free will. ',i)f course, in that
ae- OtaSO--.-•-r, AA
ur "No, no!" cried the girl. "By trick -
veal cry ! By wicked, ]elarteese, abominable
Nothing t ng P se. , ly (,roc], ttatllin
lies!
eked against the sky, sweeping the he sIAmtnad die huoor upon us both
By E. W. HORNUNG,
-'' nate° fume ,ueia,'• twee• a.
point in tnontioning the contretemps 1
the vhttrob "Hera are the whiskers;
bougbt them at a" hairdresser's--•-fo
theatricals. Ano heraijs a Olean duck sui
and a cap that I used to wear at sea
Don't look askance et them, I know
Sing fare you well,
You honey young ;;oil,
I 1 We're boatel for ,--"
r•
""Belayr' cried the jolly. rich voice
t + that great villian, toy churchyard
cluaintance of western Beaetl, As o
eyes mot, he honored me with a jo
nee; t, thou my whit` duck • -
!� l cl. snit n
they re conspicuous. tor that •a
very reason
ho between us, a little erea;ed, but soo
they're going to nip suspicion in t
buil 1"
Deedes vonsiderod a moment and then
gave the most genuine laugh I had heard
front hint yet.
By Jove, they're the very thing!" he
Wiled, in a soft enthusiasm. ""Beetle,
you're a Meak !"
Five minutes. later he rustled and
radiated from his head.to his ankles in
snowy white; blonde rlwhiskers swep
front either check, and with that wo were
ready to start. Our rendezvous was
Western Beach; our only ditlioulty, an
unseen exit from the house. Welled luck,
however, on our side. Not only did we
break covert unobserved, but we met with
110 unaue scrutiny in the open; not a
single constable saw or was soon of us; and
we gained the beach deeply grateful to
our pro,ar stars,
"Now," said Deedes, "you follow me
along this pier."
"Why?" said I, with ugly visions; and
instinctively I stood in my traoks.
"Why? You see that top -sail schooner
away along on the left? Well, I haven't
told you before, but that's where le is—
aboard the schooner Moltyhawk—.waiting
for me!"
"I'm not coming," said I, stoutly.
"`You're a desperate man, Deedes. I know
you; none of your hanky-panky with me.
You go and fetch it. I stay where tam."
"But, my good fellow, it's too heavy
for one to carry, There's hundreds and
hundreds in gold!"
"Then bring your accomplice I'm 001
frightened of you!" said 1, fiercely. "1
see a man within 100 yards, he's coining
this way; 1 shall have him byto see fair
play."
"Oh, call him then!" Dried beetles, with
an oath. "No," he added with another,
"I'll do it for you. Not to trust a fellow
in a mese like this!"
It was a very low cry that he uttered.
but tbo man came up in a'motnent. I
was surprised that ho had hoard it at ail.
Be proved to be a huge, sailorly creature,
with a roiling gait. But not onkel he was
with us, and shaking hand' with Deedes
did I recognize my burly ntagonist of
the church hard at hand. 1i�►
"Help! help!" I cried, with sudden
insight.
"My dear old chap, what nonsense!"
said Deedes, throwing an arm around my
neck. Something was pressed across my
mouth—something moist and cool like n
dog's nose—and hold there while sense
and strength ohhod out together. I strug-
gled and hacked ants kicked, but all in
vain. Then the must and slurs flew to
the stars in a soundless explosion; and 1
knew no more,
CHAPTEIiIV.r
1 t1
mo i 1 C #t '
t_ ; else would have brougliyt the to this!"
me boat with a
g thyself on the
rle. "Toll the
�iokly. He has
aid ' talked already of putt'etg rue in irons.
ri ! 1Ie'1l. do it, after this!"
{ "Oh, where and I to b'gin? There is
1 so much to tell—but he tall not do it!"
II vowed Miss I'Anson, Be Shull not
sopari}to the only two h nest people in
the ship} Oh, yea it wa Iles, but lies
so clever and so liendisi t Lot tee tell
you all! I'll try and be.uick. He 11a9
0 been in the bank about a year, You
0 know hien perhaps bette than I. They
d say you wero at achoot € together. You
n g
I awoke between clean sheets in a nar-
row, natty berth. I had been stripped
to the singlet, and yet Ijalienee] with
evident kindness My tiothes hung
tidily from a peg; they Were swaying
gently to and fro, liko the thandiestick in
its socket and the curtains of my hunk.
I was aboard the Mollyhawk, and the
Moilyhawk was ont at sea.;
I bounded to the floor to the port; it
was open, and I looked out•lnto the alley'.
way. They had imprisoned me then in
a deck -house stateroom; no doubt the
door was Iocked. I tried it found it un.
Locked, had a vision of white napery and
bright sliver in the main ctllbin,and closed
the door more calmly than I had opened
lt. After all, I was in the .hands of a de
liberate, cool, resourceful r seal; my only
weapons, therefore, were, coolness, de.
Iiberation and resource. i
So I dreamt myself with care, and. ere
I was ready could smite at the simple
wiles white had ensnared me. The sim-
pliri y, however, was that of genius; the
two farewell lettere, of which one, alas'
was evidently genuine ; the socio -acted de.
prossicn and the air of resigned defeat
at the close of the long ;day in loathly
hiding; these pretenses, se transparent
now, struck no shame to my heart as 1
recalled them ; for I knew that wero it
all tit cont c (Ivor again I should be grain
deceived. What was must be enderod.
it was of 710',11 thinking aleint it; one
must think of what might yet bo done.
Rut where were w: --through the Ileade!
By the gentle, j 15fal motion, it waS.
impossible to toll. Ifaci 'we shown out
dice's? And or what pbrn in all the
world wero w;1 hound? At if in answer,
the tramp of feet and the sound of rough
voices in 11011,00 e.'lln,t to ine at that ate•
n
meththrough the linen port;
4'0, ev;lere are you going to, my pretty
maid ?
Wit -ay, Ilio!
0, Where aro you going to, my pretty
malt!?
Sa.. >
o r .lotttltl for Il,itt Cxr,uttie l"
1 had learnt and liked the Chanty in
my voyage out in t110 Ol:a:,gosv c•lie ter
and, half itiveltlntnrily heelf one Of br av-
redo, 1 watt jo=tting in the therm when I
appeared on deer. 1 evc_i ' lent a htancl at
the capstan, as I)a0dOs hall done ]himself,
tend I had the aatisfactio of silencing
his voice r it!: • ell rye rho ' r f kitty own.
•J it net -,•V, Rio!lr;;,•
'W....,r }Iii,! jh
less las on the night before; anti Doed
rotas looping lite up antt down.
"You're a pool one, too," saki 11
"Well, I'ttt Mowed!"
I atm studying in a enol school," sa ".Deedes, I admire you more than eve
icier o 1"
"That's very nioo of you, Bootle."
"Not a bit; it won't !prevent no fro
getting oven with you the first chance
see."
"You'll find that difficult "
"I Anil stick at nothing,"
His face tlarkoued. As'ho showed m
0is tooth I thought I hale never soon s
vile a month, Is had degenerate
dreadfntly since his boyhood.
as "'Then we're in the s
vengeance" 1 satd,soatii
e. i opposite lido of the ta'
how it happened and qt
"Take care," he snarled; "you're be
Ing done pretty well so :far. You've 51
1 best state room aboard, and the cud
tucker's all right. But don't you fo
I get we've got a hold and irons and ra
and rancid port: as well I''
$o turned on his heel, and I walk
, to the binnacle. Next moment he jot
1 ed the there, dropping a hand Upon m
shoulder.
"East-by-spud]-a-quarter-esst," sal
he; "we cleared the Heads at lint --halal
for Rio Grande, or st.netbing .1iko it
aliti riiat chunk on the port bow is Wil
Gen promontory. So now Fou know; an
look hero, Bottle, old chap, you've boa
good tD rue, 1'111 hanged if 1'.11 La roug
to you. Dee you really think I was go
Ing to do as we said? My good fellow
how c:>ult1 yon? Soo stere, Beetle. The
yacht's 0 well-known yacht; Watson's
well-known yachtsman, and ho was i
Melbourne to divert suspicion tee day I
did the trick. He stands in for his share.
Why not stand in yourself? You've darn
'd your little bit, if anybody hast"
"You promised nos to he rough on
100," said I, wearily "That's rough. ,
Flava you got it all aboard?"
"Have I not I Every Holly piecer'
"And who's Watson 1•"'
I was at once in rodubad to the big
man in blue, with the s tperfluous conl-
tuen.t; ""i believe yo a mot before.
Cap, Watson earns nod Alps the ship,
and I skip anal own the phoney; I'm pur-
er, so to speak, but there'll bo fair do's
at the end of the voyage. You'd mach
bettor stand in, Beetle. The captain and
e aro both quito clear on that point." •
"Oh, so am I!" cried I, ironically.
"When one of you two has knifed the
other for his share. I intend sticking to
the One who's left!" •
"I consider that remark," said the
captain, coloring," iii the worst of taste,
and if you weren't to friend of Mr.
Deedes I s11ou]d ].ick; you off my quar-
ter deck."
Mr. Deodes looked `tlhun1erous, but
said nothing
"0h, cone," said 5 ; "if wo can't
have our joke what can wo have? I ad-
mit, if there's been any truth tit what
I said, any chance -or possibility of
truth, I should have merited t► visita-
tion from the captain's boots; but as I
was talking arrant no1sonme, what did
it matter?" .
I expected a blow for that, and tried
to look as though I did not, being ex-
tremely anxious to return it with effect-.
I was in fart the slate; all this time of
emotional cross-ourrents which made
my revulsion from these villains the
stronger because it Was not continuous.
I had more than tolerated theta at first,
but all at once, found myself desiring
hold and rats and irons rather than a
continuance of their isociety. At this
moment, however, taphole] and evil-Ioak-
Ing steward was to be seen parrying
dishes to the house. Tho sight appealed
to me in another place land 1 will own
to having changed any manner with
some abruptness and to adding- an apolo-
getic word on top of that.
"AIt right," said Deodes, savagely.
"You've staid about enough, and in tho
middy I'll trouble you 'to holo! your tongue
altogether. Tho mate's asleep In the
other stateroom. Lop: out you don't
lose yours! Look out this isn't your first
and last meal up here 1"
After breakfast I smoked a pipe in the
cross -trees and looked tin vain for a pasta
lag funnel. Thera weth but few and in-
si„ninennt ::ails in sitfht, and those in
the wrong direction. Who sea was like a
great blue plate, tho echoonor a White
ant 'trawling in the center, The Wind
heel freeheneel; it had al1Ways been fair;
white horses rode the sea, hat the wive•
lets were never waves; but for the heads
wo might have brei in Coria hay.
Shotil,t 5 'ver see it tag�in, I wondered,
with the straight street loping to the
brink? .And I wondered if Ileedes had
the sante thought as Ihe'I"ancel over the
tntirnil st.u:ivin the s ke
tx , or had he
more pan2a and fears titan he pretended,
anti were we les sofa?
Presently ho turned, a changed a fele
words with the captain who wits do-
ing ing a short trick at th wheel, dba!;-
neared for a moment in no house, and
then came 1a]oft as if t0 join ate. ,leo
did join 1110, hitt withou a Word. Ito
was armed with a thee., , e, but not, I
t
thought, with tete cool assurance of the
early morning. And so T left 0170, Per.
must know his good points Air. I3ower,
I mean the points that twonld attraot a
11 girl. They attracted Incl. I made a fool
d3 of myself. Yon must ht�ve heard about
r, it in Geelong. Well it'stgnite true; but
is it wasn't yesterday, or tie day before, or
lest week. It was in tie:every beginning,
ti I got over it long ago. Out he has al- t
n. ways fascinated ale—yon know Jilin --
e you can understand? ; ye11, when the
bank was robbed I kneltho had done it;
d I can't tell you howkeels', but .I s
cl ciid, His voice was n4t reel, I havo
boon made love to ill tliat voice —there! a
- Well, I wont to lite rOttnts. He lunched
d there every day. I setts, his landlady.
o Iso Intel come itt to lue ch as usual, and p
h s fid he would ring when he wanted his i
pudding. Ho dict ring; but was longer
�
than usual in ringing;;rthat was all. Hie
room was the back room of the hoose on
a the ground floor; the landlady lives in
tt front; quite a short tithe ago it was the
other way about, ant} the suggested the
alterations. He also ttyaci0 her promise 0
_ to keep the blinds down in the kitchen, 1
and tho windows shut, to keep out the b
lethel I'Anson wbtppod her fade from h
]lands.
'"That's All right," Enid 1. cello's see
us And he doesn't once, 'There's some
thing else upon his nerves; when thieves
fall out, you know -'.perhaps they'vo don
so nlreacty X feel hopeful; it's bound t
come. There's just one thing I don't ale
down. I know why I am here; he would»'
kilt mo, and alive on land I'd never hay
let flim Blear the heads That's why I am
here; but why aro you? You didn't knot
about the soh)onorr'
; ""No, hitt—.how can I toil your'
"Don't," said 1, for she Was olearly i
la now distress.
"I must! Ho wants to marry me—so h
says, He never wanted before, bat I did
not betray him; I have saved lin]—ho
will have It so—steI ant to be his wife
Oh, ldr, Hower, it is the worst insult o
! all! I told him so just before you camp
in,"
"Then that was the trouble," said I,
"It rather dtsppotuts lie; 1. am counting
on a row between tilos two, Bus it will
come. Cheer up, Mi l'
Anson; , s. Alison • lath m
leave n
i
� 1 OO11tD
of irons twenty-four font h
y
Dura
longer, and I'll play a hand myself—for
you and the bank 1"
And so I talked, trying with all my
might to oomfort this sweet child in her
extremity, She eves little more; 19, 5110
told 1110; there were elder sisters married,
and a brother gone home to Cambridge.
He would have to ]pave there now; and
Who would pay his pa sage back to Mel-
bourne? The robbery eemed to spell oar-
tain ruin to the I'Ansons, at all events
in their own belief; but now at least wo
knew who had drawn the oartridges from
rho bank revolver; and I fancied they all
exaggerated the element of personal re-
sponsibility. I (lid my bust to roassare
Miss Ethel upon the point; nor did 'leave
n comfortable word unsaid that I could
think of; and noon, min afternoon, found
us talking still acres • the ouddy table.
Luncheon in this plra es' craft was evi-
dently a movable feast; today Indefinite-
ly postponed. Ethel to ked at her watch
and found it after thre o'clock; we had
bought it one; but about half -past three
he
Inept his death, tier very hand wits pool,
The firing en both sides continued Ia-
n termtttontly; but onoo wo beard a very
• heavy thud upon our deck, and the re.
velvet spat no more,
ra "That's not 1)oedes,"' said I shaking
o my head. "1 only wish It was."
e "Don't say that," my comrade answer-
ed; ""it would be too dreadful I He is not
0 fit to die; he has lino gttalitios,--you
know it yourself --and could piny lamxn'a
y, part yot in the worlcl," Even as she spoke
the door was unlocked, tiling open, ann
Deedes himself stood looking down ulna*
n no noross his folded arms. I dare say wo
• out an ignominious figureonough,crouoh•
e t
ing there upon the onbin floor. Betides
looked very sink and pale, but the sight of
us elicited a sardonic settle,
"Thorn will be no mere fighting. Wat.
f son's stiff, I've struok my flag. 'Your
tathor will be aboard in a minute, Ethel."
"My father!"
"Yes," said Deedes, leaning book
against a bulkhead, with his arms still
folded, " It's a .Slot's utt —
p o or the first
thing handy, a suppose—with the police
and your father aboard her. One tvord
before he comes. Onoe you'd have come
fast enough to my arms. Ethel—I'm
done for -.--come to thein now 1"
He unfolded and flung thele wide as
he spoke; a great look lit his fade, half-
tuoeking, half -sublime; and down roar
the house door wits flung open and in
trode Deedes. He d1d not look at us, but
hatched a repeating rifle out of a looker,
nd would havo gone without a word
but for Ethel I'Ansont !
The girl was torrifieet. "What are you 1
oing to do with itimishe pried; and he I
eased in the doorway,+filling it with his,
]road shoulders, so that I could soo
othing but tho sky witt out,
"There's a big bird, n our wake --an-
other Mollyhawk 1" sad Deedes, as I
thought with a lighter ok, "I'm going
to have pots at it, that' all," !
"Cruel always," said the girl, as we'
ear shot atter shot in 'quick su0ceseioti.
3ut I went to the door, and then turned
tick as If with an alterf d mind.' I had
11
•
I'll\S0\ 1" T
flies and the sun in the ]teat of the day;
ho could make her doisvhat he liked.
Now listen. The bank garden adjoins his
landlady's garden. I found soil on his
window sill, soil on the iwoodwork. This
was in the afternoon then the eacite-
mont was at its height ho was in the
bank. I name away, malting the woman
promise not to say a wart; but she broke
her promise that nighk and that was
what started the hue and,'ery. Meanwhile
I wrote him a note telling hitt I knew
all, refusing to sen 014 i;ut solemnly
undertaking that if how old put a dote
where he had once put {ether notes (be-
cause my mother never Iiked Hila), and
say in it where the money was, nobody
should ever know from ;70e that he had
touched it. Iteneniber,y' Mr, Bower, I
was once fond of hint ; may, ,you dill muo11
as I did yourself; you will understand.
lio has told me nil that `fussed between
you; how he gave you th ' !tote to pot in
the tennis paviliion. Anti what do you
think he said in it? That if 1 would comp
to the beach at ten lastho would
tell me where the money Was. Ile did tell
tie. He told me It was Bunk among the �
rocka at Queensoti2f. Ile told too ho was
escaping in the biollyhawlt--tihis vessel—
but he would land me at5Queonsulif5 and
show me Whore thopl100;:was; because he
meant to take gold, brit the notes he
dared not, 11 was the notes teat mattered
to my father and the bank. They wore I
nine -tenths of the stolen sum. 011,5 know
I wage fool a to believe lir listen to n word
ho said, 1 should havo hail hint put in
prison at tiro first. But 2 arta punished tet
I deserve; they will break ;stetter hearts,
they will never get over he And hone I
ant—and hero I am!"
S110 broke down, brca Iless, and I
planed] toward the door. eecies stand
there in 1ny dudes, his facet a blacker by
contrast; he glared at me, lid his oval
mouth worked spasmodic,, 1y; but, nosy
More than ever I eoentcd to 'seem some
foreign trouble In hie blazin swot and in.
//tend of nrtb'rie:r 211ittent of the clocichouse
FAInLT Snovertie
found it Ltttkc,d.
11.re I eotlld t" titin m.v spa a 110W thing
happened. A bullet came a pan through
the deeithouse, passed o, er . thel's head,
and must have abode in my brain hen I
silt a minute longer whore I - had Leen
sitting for flours,
"Coward!" gasped the girl; but only
with hor word canto the report.
"The chase!" I shout d, "Down on
the floor I with you --lilt down --that
was
government ,
t
a over
rt e
m nt ball =
t a
cabin floor we crouched. bullet,
and on the
Voices hailing us wee now plainly
audible. Bus Modes von hsafed no ans-
wer, save with his Winch ter, and from
the spitting of a revel er (doubtless
handle(' by the captain) gathered. we
were et pretty close qu iters. So the
chase had been going on or hours; that
was why wo two in the L louse had been
left undisturbed and inuoriess; bat
what amazed me most as rho evident
good disolpine on deck. Wo must stand
some ohnnoo; my soul tioltoned at the
thought; it must he canvas that was after
us, not steam; but I would nob look out
to soo; any brave comrade would only
remain whore she was onicondition I did
the satlto. Lastly, overytmnn aboard tho
sehnonor, myself except it, must center
bis Hopes, perhaps his do. stns, upon tho
nineteen thousand and 0 II pounds that
lay snug somewhere bewt no Icor keels on
and her trucks.
I have bone livelier t incl than 1!o
there listening it
I g t0 ]110 sho ; many mail
had struck the house, and on wltero wo
lay there was no superliu its safety; but
my eomrade bare itersoli t ro ughout with
Incredible spirit, and 70 (10 a swoe&
strange picture, there i that matted
floor. '11ae sun streamed n through the
skylight, and the sclhotiner's ]notion was
such that the girl's face was now bathed
in the rays, and anon lighted qtly by its
own radianoo. 1 Slid not know how 1
liked it best; nor do 5 to this day, al-
though Tao her always as I r,n.w her thou,
her blue eyes bent 011 thine, the kind of
ictal with which 0 mart intlgitt aspire to
"GET len!" SAID TIE. ferne; a WILL BF.
2(0 euntP TJC7TIT12( '
duck jacket, where his arms had been, a
dark stream trickled to the deck. Before
I could get -to ]him he feel in a white !reap
under our eyes, r"
Deedes was dead. Watson was dead.
Two constables in the cutter were badly
bit; and with their g astly burden the
little ships tanked h me in consort to
Port Philip Fleads
It was midnight hon we saw the
lights. The bank mane ;ter and I stood
together on the outter's colt, he with a
brae of heavy brags be tweon his (heels.
His daughter was slow below, but the
thought of her troubled 11171 stili. As ho
said, the money was th bank's, and it
was sato; but his doughtier was his awn,
and this scandal would attach forever to
her neuro, I denied It hotly, but the old
man would have it so, ,
",Don't tell mck" lie grumbled. "I
know the world, and my daughter will
step ashore with some! ing unpleasantly
like a slur upon her nate."
"Then it won't be fort long," I at last
retorted. • 1 meant tuckeop it until we
got there; but with your%permission, sir,
Ethel will step ashore 11131 affianced wife!
THE ENA.
Cause to complain.
"I don't think it's fair, Josiah," said
Mrs. Chugs ator, as the attendants bathed
her sprained ankle with soothing lotions
and wrapped bandages utlolit it.• "Ye,uu'se
the 01 a that always carries the aofiident
insurance polices and I'm the ono that's
always getting hurt."
A Peppery Queen.
Isere 3s 110 amuvinciacidentofstagolife.
A certain actress having been disengaged
for some time, had packed ter wardrobe
in pepper to preserve it from lnotlts. She
was suddenly called upon to take the part
of tihc Qu"Hamlet."
Bean; rrttleenrerin lata for Iter first scene, she
omitted to shake out her royal robes, •and
her dignified entrance lied an astonishing
effect,
'.l'ho Icing, after a brave reeistanee, gave
vent to it ]nighty moose Hiatt well-nigh
made the stage vibrate. All the royal
courtiers tants maids of hone followed salt
sympathetically, }leaflet chane on with a
most stlblithto tragedy air, just after a con-
vulsive movement of his princely features
he buried them in his somber robe, while
, sneeze after sneeze wastaltShepublicheiard
5ro1111)1.
Ahnitlln t:ho hubbhth on diet stage and the
shrieks of delight from the audience the
stage manager, between the sneezes, rang
down the curtain.—London 'Tit -Bits,
'rile stat of Lite.
Kindness is the shut of ]life. Give no
plain. Fay
ns nota word, give not the ex.;lree.
shin of the countenance that will offend
another or send a thrill of plain in this
bosom. kindness is the alarm, with which
the Christian should captivate, and the
sword with which to conquer. How true
it le that --
A little svot'd in kindness spoken,
1i. m"tiou a1' n Le',
Rai e,ftc'm lhtaled thale heart that's broken
And made a eriiaid sitheerci
Surprised,
kI 1 sttl,
kt. I't';cr - •u you 815'. frnln Brooklyn,
eh? Ne el t, who'd a tihouelat it? ins'
Applict,t.l:s-'1'lttght what.? the
55, 1'c:ter---Dr. Bice. Wet
Rum), and Bruce.
A silent wedding occurred at
Walkerton the other day. The Lcile
groom and groomsman were deaf
mutes.
. During the thunderstorm on Fri-
day night, a house belonging to Mr.
D. Craig on the 8th concession of
Bruce, was struck by lightning and
burned to the ground. The ]rouse
was unoccupied.
Mt'. Hugh McI ,erra,eher shipped a
carload of stock to Toronto on
Thursday. Two 4-year•old steers
bought from 11r. Hugh McArthur, of
Bruce, were particularly fine bunch,
averaging 1,458 lbs,
Thomas Jordan died at the House
of Range, loon Monday is
ist last. �:V'1 t. De
CCAS -
ed was formerly a resident of
Godcrich township. lie was an
Episcopalian. The body was taken
in charge by member's of his family
for interment.
Geo. Padfield has just completed
his 21st assessment of the large,
wealthy and populous township of
Howiek, and it roust be gratifying
to Mr. Padfield to know that this
year only one appeal to the assess-
ment was sustained.
At Detroit, Mr. Thos. Tipling, a
well-known Clintonian, won the 2.40
pacing race in the Gentlemen's
Driving Club at Highland Park,
last Saturday, with the colt "Texas
Alice," lately bought from W. W.
Farran, Clinton, with seven starters.
Mr. Wm. McLeod, who has for the
past five years or more filled the
position of head miller in Dane's
mill, Gorrie, left on Thursday for
Tara. Ile has leased the mill in that
village and will take possession on
Monday.
Mrs, Dustoly, a well-known resi-
dent of Nile, died at the residence of
her husband, lot 3, concession 12
early on Wednesday last in her 80th:
year, The deceased Iady who had
been an invalid nearly two years,
died from a stroke of paralysis, The
funeral took place on Thursday last
from the residence of her husband,
Janes Dustow, to the Colborne ceme-
tery.
The Cddf'ellows of Lucknow paid
their annual tribute of respect to
the memory et their departed bre-
thren, by ]hiving their plots in the
Kinloss contetery= cleaned of all
grasses, weeds, etc., and the graves
decorated with flowers. After the
work of fixing up the grounds bad.
been completed the members of the
lodge, headed by the Lueknow brass
band, in the evening marched in a
body to the cemetery and back to the
lodge room,
A collision which might have
proved disastrous took place between
two rigs on Main street, Seaforth on
Saturday evening last. Mr. John
DIeClymont, of Tucket'smith, was
driving north, at a higher rate of
speed than the law allows, and when
in front of the Expositor office, he
met a gentleman mined Lindsay,
from near Ethel, who was driving in
the opposite direction. Some mis-
understanding seemed to exist
between the parties as to which side
of the road they were going to turn,
and the result was that the two
horses came together, The shaft of
Mr. McClymont's buggy ran into the
breast of Mr. Lindsay's horse, pene-
trating it several inches, and it is a
wonder the animal was not killed.
13esides the drivers, each rig con-
tained two ladies, but they escaped.
injury.
Taken in time Hood's Sarsaparilla
prevents eeriou9 illness by keeping the
blood pure and all the organs in a healthy
condition.
Mr. James Peters, aged 75 years
who lives a few miles from Ayton
killed a bear on Friday night last,
On Thursday night last Mr. We
who lives on Stewart
the Stetivart farm about
four miles and a half from Ayton,
was. awakened by a noise and upon
investigation found a bear at Itis
cream can helping himself to its
contents, lie drove it away, The
same night 1 fr. Well's father, who
lives on the adjoining farm had two
sheep killed. Mr. Peter's, who is a
graft .hunter, kept watch in the
field where the sheep were killed,
they following night and bruin soon
nth in an appearance in search of
nit,lo nitlttoll, Ho failed in this and
ifr. Peters gave Ilial a dose of lead
cad. The animal weighed iii w-
neig'hbolhcod of 500 p;unds and
lid have made terrible havoc.
had he not boon captured.