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The Wingham Times, 1897-09-10, Page 2THE W xN UHAM TIMES SEPTEMBER , 1897. •gi'*tti'*)•ice.-*-%IC*`tet\•***%****** IThe DCoterie By LAWRENCE M. LYNCH '/ (E. M. Van Deventer) Author of "A Women's Crime,' "John Arthur's Ward,' "The Lost • A' Witness," "A Slender Clue,' ,,Dangerous Groand," u Against Odds," Etc., Etc. NO--*******rrA011*** -''t:$ut that, physlogonolny, I never saw before." "Oh'." front Mrs. Allston. The detective laughs. "But—" from Doctor Heath. �� "No, this is one of my business faces, Let ale finish, he interpolates. Let and you, sir, are one of the few who me tell you just how I happened to drop have known ale simply as a pian, with- down anlcrng you to -night. Recently we out re'ferenee to my occupation; a roan have had in the city several robberies ldkee ale au ty be expected to turn up any- Similar to this of votes, Miss Wardou, "What!" from Constance. where, but you, sir, are the last man I as I understand it. !Several tithes we tedt-) St : in this place." have had a trace or Blue, and have hoped 'Nevertheless, I have been nn inhabg ba find the robbers, but so far have been tont of W— for a year; but enough of me baffled. \'i a must necessarily have many for the present Mr. Bathurst, this lady ways of gathering up information, and I is3.1\liss Werdour, in whose service you have some methods of my own. This is . have ben retained. i one of thele. I have access to the offices 1 Miss Window extends a gracious, wed- i (t£ our daily papers. I have a friend or .eontinr^ band.• tool in ()itch. When a special telegram, f ";lir. T.:r.tltllrst has heard Idle express in the line of c•rituin:al intelligence, conies 1 nay desire to know him," she says; with t;, one of these papers, I ant in posse's- 1 a little ripple of laughter, "so no more sion of its contents before it has reached the rum )ositor's hands. This morning a need be o-dai.i on the subject. Mr. Bath-� 1 test your caste as opportunely as a fairy 'special' arrived at the office of the Even - godmother; and now let us go in and ing Bulletin. I have not with mo a coin. ' take my glint into our counsels." It rant— She lifts the lace curtains and panes in; as she goes, Dr. Heath lays a detain- ing hand on the detective's arab. "Mr. Bathurst" he whispers; "in W—I ata Dr. Heath, from nowhere." "Intelligence has this moment been "I comprehend," significantly. , c ce f rel, that Wardour Place has been "Thunk: you;" then they too pass eurplerizrd; and the splendid Wardour through the window, and the detective Mammas, valued at more than one hua- goes through the ordeal of pres>ntattion to Aunt Honor. urea tku=rsend dollars, statin, besides Mrs. Allston, being a thorough wo- nl(efrryt nvenue NI ors Of reb. No particulars man, who knows her terquisites, gets its set" "MONSTER DIAMOND ROBBERY. "(Special dispatch to the Evening Bulletin.) through with the necessary amount of astonishment, a jae ulations, questionings, and wires: i ,ns of delight; all things aro overcome by dine, even a woman's volu- bility. And during the flow of her dis- course the detective is communing thus With his "inner canselousnesS:—" "So we have been retained by this handsome e701111g ladyr Well, that's intel- ligence! and wIuit does the old lady mean by supposing that Mr. Lnlnotte has told me this and that? Who the deuce is Laanotte? Why the deuce don't sono body ask me how I carve to be perched in that tree? D. they think it's the proper thing for detectives to tumble in to rang them out of the tines and the skies" After all, it is like a drank:, for 1'11 be blessed if I see any sense in it at all." (Miss Wardour.) "1 ten you ere an mere me less at- traeted by my personal appearance," he • says, after Aunt Honor has given up the floor. "NOW that I think of it, it's not just the thing for a drawin;r-room." Mr. Neil flatiallurst, or his present presentment, is a nu'(titull sized num, at- tired it ;+arn1ents that have once been elegem. tent sue' now frayed. threadbare, travel torn; his feet are. encased in boots that lu:.e once been jaunty; his hat is as rakish as it is battered; his face wears that dull reddish hue, common t) fair complexions that have been long exposed to sun and wined; his hair and beard, somewhat matted, somewhat disordered, may have borne some tinge of atthurn or yellow once, but they too, have, 'utnnis- talably, battled with the sun, and . have come (alt a light hay color. As Constance looks at him, she, mentally, confesses .- • that lie is certainly the oddest figure she has ever entertained in her drawing - room. "1 have been wondering just what grade of humanity yon are supposing yourself to represent just now," says Doctor Heath, eyeing hint quizzically. "What!" with meek humility. "tum I thus a failure? Miss Wardour, look at me well; do you net recognize nay social rank?" Con=ttance surveys hien a fresh, with critical eye. "I think," she says, "I recognize the gentlemen tramp; one of the sort who asks to wash his feet) before eatino, and to chop your wood after." "Right!" says the detective. "My self-reep et returns; I rant not a bungler. In the morning I shell be on tht• ground, to wash my face, and ehop your wood; °which reminds ale, your servants, they must not see me here. I must (moan as 1 ctwne. and soon." ".Anti your saearth." asks Constance, "when will that Ix'g:in? "My seeare'h?" hesitating oddly. "Oil. that hes already eornmenc''d." "What itis thatMr. 'r thing V4 hat a curious Lamottl' should hew s ef.,'d ;volt or ail men," breaks in Aunt Honor. "I diti stat think it possible Mr. Lnmott<'--" "Pardon rine, all of you," i•r'eaks in -tilirei gentleman tramp. "Something must be set right; I will come to tam I:olnt ::t tesgte. Who is Mr. Lumott, . Whet is Mr. Z,e an ttt'? I have never seen hint; never load or altars-" "This is what brought ale here- I c2tnle to see it t'eis lulrgit.rs• was the handi- work et r1 r thieves) I have been trying to cate't. I (;rust(' s lt•17 on 111y own reepon- sihility, rot iratendin('• to nuke myself if known to tin+ inrtl..t:s of this house, but to ferret out things quiet and go my w..y. Wade hinting .0 that tree I waq surl'rieed to hear nlysc'1f nIode the sub- jett of c^t'ver:S,ati0n; tend then, impulse letimte to respond to this lady's expressed desire to see ane, tend—I presented my- self." All sit silent, all are astonished, end the drawing -room windows, I established myself in yonder tree to wait until you should WI home, and to waylay your." "Aitueh oldiged, 1.'nl sure," says the Do •tor, grttefull,-. '' brat dem mato de- sign had you on 11(7 alefenseless self?" "Several; t) appeal to your hoepittl- ity; to renew all acqueintanc'. which in the beginning did me honor; and to quiz you unmercifully.' "'hen I fornive you," grandiloquent- ly. "Anal my doors are open to you, and lay fend is extended, end the s3eeret-( of my 15)50111 are laid bare. But Miss War - deur hos something to say; I see it trembling on her Ii1,S," "Right," smiles Constance. "I 5):t$ about tea tisk if Mr, Bathurst, harem; effected hie object thus fear ilidependen`- ly, will bo setlsthel to inspect my dress- ing room, the real scone of action, in the ordinary manner and without any 01)5t.e1rs in the way." "Perfectly," sags the deteetide, drop- ping his tone of ht cllnage and lxeconting alert and businesslike at once, "And the sooner the bitter. 1 aur anxious t:o oerau- plet'+ 111y deductions, for my time is hunted, and I must wait for daylight to • overlook: the grounds more closely than I could venture to do t) -day." "Wee are all a3t::10114 for your opinion, end so, will you take ono of thong lamps and 1117 kept, or will you have an es- cort?" "I wish you. to point out to me the ex- act position of everything this morning, Miss Wardour. I think eve may all go up." So they all ascended to the disordered dressing room, anal,, the detective seats hinds;: lf, de liherwt; lv, upon the first un- occupied. chair, and:heights to look slowly about hint. It is net a long s•urvcy, and then the safe is examined. Here( he leeks at Constance. "This has not been done without noise; not loud enough to be herrtl across the hall, perhaps, but enough to be heard by a light sleeper, or, indeed, any one wh•) dill n' sleep • too soundly and with nutflled.. ears,' say, in that room," pointing thebugkt the curtained arch which divide4 the dressing from the sleeping rornu. "Did you sleep there, Miss Wardour Constance mads, then goes through the arch and returns with 11 little phial of chloroform, and a fragment of a mlllric in her harO1. She )laces thein before hire, telling him quietly how they wore fennel before her that 1t1OrIthee• The detective takes them, turns them over in his lured, :nal .examines them closely. "Ah!" ho exclaims, drawing out the fancifully carved stepper, "this phial is one of as set." Doctor Heath noes. "So I thought," • titer troutlle, and made their escape with- out detection." No remarks from hie listeners. They sit ammeed, inerednlous, actuating, yet 81)('eehless. "Nov, I sce tea better prove my statements," goes on Mr. Bathurst, look- ing front 0310 t•) tuhuthee with It 511111e of to •sy sol celerity. "Miss Wartlour is lx' - ginning to think that I do belong to the entinu Cher anx'eit5, end yet, it's all very lint"le." "No doubt," retorts Doctor Heath, drily • "yet we are willing to endure your Simtill0 explanation." "I soy the robbers calve by the river," continues the detective. "Before sundown 1 S;;untemtl 0on3 the river bank; to- morrow I sal show you traces, ind15tin.:t lout sufllcent, to prove that a boat has been drawn out of the water, ttn<1ever- turned up:an the great; keel, prc)ty and tx,r-roc:.; hem: 1eia, :heir traces. There is (;1s:o the print 'of a clubbed and muffled <er. ideate the water n)ar}, wht le tan:11t p:.ticnt band. has ptl511 (1 off the boat. Here is launder number one. All these traces might have been avoided or oblit- erat'd." lie Pauses a moment, but ..:s listeners sit, 0 very respectful audience, and are Inelitic(1 neither to questioIl er tamer:. So he continucs:— "I and flet the robbers entered ptu- ne.Sely (1 that particulate wi:ldtme, and because they were familiar with the in- terior of the house. Now nave eeninined ell of the ttindots of this floor, :a1(1 I find that a person unfamiliar with the inside of the building, and not aware wilieh of the upper rooms were occupied, would have cllesen differently. The clining- roorrt windows, from with- out, would 5e'Onl- much -nom in:,ting; still mare, the drawing -room tfu;:'ows. Naturally, our burglars would :;elect a window which was tolerably 0:157 of acmes, end where they knew there was the least chance of being of c'rheard and observed from above. Now, the dining - 1`00111 windows are- close to the ground, and the awnings cut off 1111 chance for observetien from above; but—thee- knew that Miss W.trcic(ure; coachman • sleeps in a mull room just in the rear of the din- ing -room." This was too n1nc11 for llrs. Aliston. "Now, how (lid you find thet out?" she asks, with staring (Tee. "Font any friend, the gardener," he replies. "Oh, I aur quite familiar with things about here. Tho very lest place for a burglar to operate would. be these windows," Motioning toward the front of the drawing room; "he could. stand in comfort on the lower Balcony, screened by the upper, and cut away at shutters and leans; but, our burglars knew teat Miss •W'ardour's rooms were directly above, end that Miss Werdour is a light sleeper. Nov, the vc17 place that would bo shunned by an unfamiliar rob- ber, is this v017 library window; it is higher than the others, has at little thicket of shrubs just beneath it, and is overlooked from above, being near :n angle, by six windows. But our burglars knew that net one of these rooms to which the six windows belong, aro oc- cupied; and that the servants all sleep on the opposite side of the house. Now, then, I say that the robbers knew Miss War- dour's sensitiveness to the effects of ohlor- ofornl; how else can we :account for the fact of their giving just temugil to cause her to r'icep, and not ()weigh to cause any tnlpleateant after effect•-:. We can call it a coincidence, but it is one not likely to happen; Doctor Heigh. knows that." "True," responds Doctor Heath; "in a matter of this sort one would hardly be • • • inelinf'd to think this odd compile .tion 1 Vas stays, glancing tat Constance. out quietly. C• nettuce is the first to see the atb- Once' more, and in silence, the detective surlity of the eitte tion, end she breaks int') a peal of laughter, in which site is presently joined 17 the ethers. Finally, she regains her composure and says:— "Ana ays:"Ands 0 tater all you art' not our de- tective. Well, that shall not prevent us froln;tl.propriating your services. And you. went to identify these robbers if pos- sible: We ere all at your disposal—tell us how we can help you most." "You came with scant inforurttic,n," says Doctor Heath, "and you can't have been here long, but I'll wager you have picked ftp sormething." "As to th;.t," replies the detective, smiling slightly, "I left the city by the early afternoon express, before your Mr. Lzanrott•a had arrived, you see. Twelve miles from W— I left the train and bearded a freight; about three utiles out I abandoned the freight, quite uns.- remoniously, while she was pulling up a heavy grade, and tramped int) town. I 102need about, confining invself to 210 1 • skilled hand more obscure streets until 1 had got t'u. hand—t nate abtrttt to say a soli d —adniila'stt-red the drug. I could swear that not the half of an ordinary dose was given 1 er, fora full dose would have examines the safe, tlien he goes quietly 2hout the room, not' overturning or han- dling; sinlpiy observing; closely; then he nye •— "N ov, I think I tau done here. We will go down, if You please, rand I will I give you the benefit of my conjectures." 1 He lest the bottle and the piece of linen in his pocket, and turns from the. room. Instinctively he takes the and, instinc- tively th, y follow, nota r I1y according hila tat (aclership. When they are once more seated, he turns to Const,nce. Tiley gave you a very light dose of chloroicl•1n, 11is.S Wardour." "'Very light," she replies; "and that was mt:52 fortunate for ine." "How fortunate?„ "Allow ale' to explain," interrupts Doctor Heath.. "Mite Werdour possesses one c f those peculiar cc.nstitutions upon which a 11 opiates act with disastrous r : 1 • .+•e that a cautious elect. It is fc 1.11 na. t ) story of the robbery, with full partie•1- lars, as far as the gossips knew it. 7.'•) - ward sundown I started in this direction. Stopping on the way, I begged a drink prostrated Ler for days; and the quantity of water :and a slice of bread, of an oaf' it would recollect to make you or ale sleep wonitan. in a little brown house. See siundly for half_ the night, we,uld kill her thought ale to very wc'11 behaved tramp, outright." and inquired after my private his,•.):y "Ali!" says the elete.tive, softly, t and the condition of my soul." himself. "Ah -h -h!" Constcnce leuehs. "Now, I wonder;" it is airs. Aliston "That is cid Mrs, Malloy," she says. who speaks. "I wonder how in the world "She's very pious and very full of go - you knew trust they bawl given my niece silo." only a small dose." "Precisely!" replies the detective, "Very easily, madame. The phial is very sruall, an -t it is now near two- thirds full." . "That, indeed!" murmurers Mrs. Alis - ton, feeling Somehow extinguised, while the others smile at his simple explaana- tion. "And now," says the detective, "for my deductions. First, then, the robbers did not enter these grounds last night for the first time. They did not enter the li- brary at random, or because that win- dow could be easily forced. They, who- ever they were, knew their grounds, not only from without, but from within. The disturbance in the library is only a ruse—the roblxers wanted nothing, knew they should find nothing, there. They were not amattttrs; yet, somehow, in this inn the robbery. I gave him a drink out case, they bttngk'tl somewhat ,u their of my bI.tck bottle, end he ftrew quite work. Before they approached this house, eloquent." 01el•ything was planned, and all was done "011, dear," interrupts Constance once as planne.l. '.they were 5) st(em(itie, there - /nom "Then, no doubt, ht' hes ;'ruined fore successful; and yd—they bungled. away half tb(' garden shrubs. Old ,Terry They carne by the river—came in a 11011t, always is scin d with a desire to prune with czars muffled; they ca1110 by the foot - things, the moment he has tale:t a path over file river slope, and entered drink." your garden by leaping the fence just be - "It was getting too dark for pruning, Iow the gate, which was locked. Then Miss Wardonr, and he went to his $t11,- they followed the footpaths throw+ the per. Then I epproaehvd the kitchen ;..u- shrtu,ber'y, and straight to that library timely, found a eolrfortablt' 111rSing window. They came there because they place, crus.' to an open window, an.( lis- knew it to be the library whitlow, end toned to the table talk of the servants. they wished to cross the library because From themlearned the bearings • of the 1tilknewthat from the dors of that library, and so, while you were :at din.. room they stepped at 01100 1111031 the attire, her, I entered.. without diflbeulty, enol thus having the nearest, easiest and srf- have a :proved that mine to ray entire est route to Miss Wardour's rooms. Either satisfaction." they found her deer unlocked, or they Anie:oiu'nt s.tson the face of ail three were prepared with skeleton keys. Was listeners. the door locked, Mill; Montour?" "WelI!" ejaceul.ttes; Dr. Heath, "You "It was lacked." aro a modest tramp!' What did you clo "It was locked. They then resorb a next?" skeleton key, entered, and knowing just "'.`ext I prowled 'round Fuld round the the proportion of chloroform Miss War - house,' examining all the wiudotv$. end dour could bear, tluy administered it drawing some con(11i11ons; and til ern, ' carefully. eeennl l the boots without fur Lavine sen •lon. Doctor Heath. throat:': wickedly; "she told lac how n111117 love'ls you had, Miss Wardlour; and how many stresses; and just the color of your eye. and hair; she told. lac all about the r )h - be 1•y, end a great (litany 1001'0 thin ts that were not quite to the point." "Of course, assents Miss Wardour, not at all abashed. "Sirs. 1llalloy is an oracle." "As seen as I could make my eso (; from her 1003110 nearer 'Wartime Pi•a^a', and made circuitous survey. Still beat r. I carne triton your gardener, slain. 1. rtuninutif;1, upon a stone fence, In the rem/ of the premises. I found him in- clined to be communicative, in faet lee seemed rather desirous to nir Menai vis, • and he has sonde peculiar 031H, c•olle a n - likely to make so.fortunate a blunder, or. guess." The detective pauses as m111110nt, tuna then concludes: " N.1ry reasons for s'.'.ying that the vergerentered the s "• garden tr by the . '1 S helots rho leaping t.tlow fence � t t gate, are, first, that gate creaks loudly when opened or shut, and they lino v this, and therefore avoided it; and, second, one of then(, the heavier of the two, came over with sufficient force to leave the imprint of his right boot heel in the ground. It was the right heel, be- cause the deepest side of the indentation is to the right. and he would naturally strike the ground with the weight rest- ing on the c,utside of the foot; and here, my friends, as the lawyers have it, I rest 1117 case." "And a very clear case it looks," says Doctor Heath. "How easily and naturally you conte at these things," exclaims Constance, in admiration. "It is a, b, e, to you, but it's awful Greek to the rest of us. I begin to think detectives are born, not matte." I "You think right, Miss Wardour," re- ' plies Bathurst. "It be the macre detectives who spoil and disgrace our profession." "But," says Constance, with as look of anxiety upon her fate; "I am sorry to have it proved that this thing was done by some of our people. I :tut reluctant to institute a seal'c•h that may implicate , some teem num whose wife and children may live in our ve17 town." The detective laughs softly. "Their it is," 1u' exclaims. "An ama- teur 10051 always judge by what appears uppermost. We detectives, ns a rule, al- ways distrust the most plausible theory. . ' Now look, a skilled burglar is a man of I Arany resources; a burglar studies his business as I study mine. You have no - l<10a how 71111011 nri5(applied talent goes ro1uuinte about of nights with a jimmy and 41 d, rk lantern. Now let 114 811p1/0440 Ithis cease. A professional lm glar in the i course of his wanderings, hears, as would 1 be quite natural, of the immense value of i the W1adour diamonds, and he desires to pusses$ them. Nov it's a great prize, and he goes P1 work tvitdt his 11(111(182 tare. IIe has < nfrcic'n..tt.,they Hare, Dna or e • all, unci manage t0 gain the necessary inforllwtion; they may cone las tramps, peddlers. what not; a talkative Servant, a gossiping neighbor, lido Mrs. Malloy,' or 1r:te mente of information picked up here anti there may help therm to get the 'hay of the land;' they may even have entered the house, probably have, and it m11y have been last month, or hist year; our 1(urglar nourishes his sob and Studies it 'carefully. Finally he. 114 ready; he strikes; he 0uaceed5. I do not slay this is the case, understand; I simply put it as URM CEYLON TEA fragrant and Arufflatic as its Native Breezes. Lead packages only, 25, 30, 40, 5o and Gee. per lb. Sold by all grocers. The Davidson & Day, Ltd., Wholesale Agents, Toronto. a tiling possible; asci .quite as probable as that the thieves are here in W—." Constatco muses; she is thinking of various other depredations connnitted in and about W—; end. es once before she recounted them to Doctor Heath, she enumerates them now, and closes by say- beg:— "Your burglars keep o sharp eye on us, at all events, Mr. Bathurr't." "Naturally," 1185(0128 the detective; "W— is a capital field fc,r that sort of ohep. It's a 311132 o2 itself, and I will always receive clue attention from the law breakers. By the by, Mies Werdour, these facts you retention are worth not- ing; after considering., I think I will re311itin in W— during ta-nlerrow. I went to explore menet the river, and clout this place, a little mole. If I luny ser you. to -morrow I would like your version of these other ostler 1'-)) berles. I keep a record of every crime reported, rand, no doubt, have each of these upon my regis- ter, but not .as I would receive 2110111 from you. I do not with to be seen or known, as actIng in this matter; your friend will be here to -morrow, or Mon- day, and the officer he has chosen should be on the ground before to -morrow morning. No doubt he will be al tact you wish for, end lay duties will c-11 me elsewhere very $18'11 " Teen t'J'7 ell rise, end etandials in a group ii&gin taking. They so ntu011 re- gret that they can not retain his services, and they tare very grateful to hint for s•) much light as he lull thrown upon the subject of the robbery. • "But wait." 110 whys, "you are to lacer mind that you have no li;rht; you ere in total der•kncs$ and ignolanee; to- rlrernew you will have a new officer, he many evolve as 1t)tally different theory. Then discard name, or not, as yea think fit; in 1tn7 01150, let it be kept exehlsively to your three selves, for I cin vel" likely to slake a s:econtl (alepetr.nce herr. I think that these bueggla s of yours aro the chaps 18111 wanting. And, Miss War - dour, this reminds plc," drawing frome his pocket the chloroform vial wrapped in its accompanying linen bit, "lnry I keep this until 'morning? I will return it to you by Doctor Heath, and, if your officer is not too much in the way, will try and see you in person, if you will kindly give plc what facts you can recall concerning those robberies." Constance expresses a hope that the officer will nc;t iie in the Ivey, end after they have talked a little more, the de- tective retie:ding, his cautions, C'ooree ee repeeting her regret that he is net to take the case, tis her case; end 2.krs. Alirton repeatting everything that comer, into her heart, they separate, and the two men, looking sd oddly unlike, go out into) the night. Mrs. Allston is ready to talk, but Con- stance is in no nlocnl to listen. She cuts ]ler aamit's eloctition, and goes with listless weariness to her own apartments. Since the al,pearttnce of the detective, a shade of pc:plexity rested on her f.;ce, r and over again her thoughte ar.(104e ,J C r , have repeated the question which. now falls from her lips. "What does it.rla(.in? I ala not 3/1i11 - token; he maid, 'here, I ant rector He1,th from. nowhere.' I begin to think that lift- is a mystery." For Miss Wardour, hesitating a n>;pu)ent as she passed in from the batkcon;t;, had caught the words uttered for the are of the detective only. (to n51. 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High School, River Charlo, N.E. +44444401444.4.44 44++++ The Ontario League of Chirstian Endeavor will hold its annual con- vention at St. Thomas on Oct, 6. It is probable that Lady Henry Som- erset, who will then bo in the coun- try will attend. TEN YEAS SINCE. History of A. Long Standing Mala- dy (liven in Lucid words by Mrs. Albert Armstrong E a5),11 thorne Row, Don Mills Rd. Todmorden Ont. Than (dr. and Mrs. A. Armstrong there are probably no better known or more generally respected inhabitants of Tod- morden. Mr. Armstrong until lately was engaged in farming on the York town lino between York and Scarhoru, where he was born and brought up. Mrs Arm Strong gives the following account of her heart and nerve troubles their origin and results. We give in her own words the interesting account as she gave it to our reporter. Said Mrs. Armstrong, -Ten yeas ago, I was taken seriously ill with the weasels complicated with in- timation of the lungs. Since that time toy heart bus been t.ifected, and I have t,cvt r telt strong. 1 was troubled with pell,itatton so b)((11y that I could hardly thaw a long breath. My heart fluttered tery teeth tied l was atop attacked by stells or wenknees and dizziness, so that I was unable to walk. My eves eeemed to be covered as if with a mist, and 7l was subject to teribblo pains in the back of my head and through my forehead Oak! perspiration would break out on my hands and feel, and I lost my appe- tite Mentally I became very desdondent having a constant dreau unforese n, about to happen. My. sleep was prior and troubled with frightful dreams. In fact my nerves were completely unstrung 1 could not hear even the slightest noise 1t was while in this condition that I got a box of DJ ilburn's Heart and Nerve Pills through the kindness of Mrs. Vanhorn of this place at Mr. H. W. Lowe's drug store. corner. Broadview and Danforth avenues " Since taking thein I have steadily and rapidly improved. The im- provetnent is marked, indeed, for I feel daily getti.ig stronger and better. My appetite is becoming quite strong and healthy, my nerves strong and steadier, and the heart trouble gives me scarcely any annoyance at present. More than that, .l am tilanefui to be able to foe,4 cheerful iu mind, and more confident in the future. In fact I ani stronger and better in every way. I cannot tog high- ly express my happiness at the marvel- lous change, which D'Iilbure's Heart and Nerve Pills have effected eated in my case They have truly helped mo and I ata thankful to be able to make this testi- mony that others suffering similarivmay receive benefit. "(Signed) Mrs. Albert Armstrong, Todmorden, f)nt. • r. FURTHER PROOF. "My Daughter has taken Milburn's Heart and Nerve Pills. which I procured for eev at Mr. H. W. Lowe's drug store, corner Broadview and Danforth avenues and they have Bono her a great deal of good. She has been wonderfully bene- fited in her general health since taking them, and I find that they are a magnili cent tonic for the system and a wonder- ful remedy for all uerv0us complaints.. Signed, Mrs. 11. Davey, Don Mills Road Todmorden, Ont. CULRCSS The following is the report of • , School Section No.•1, Cnh'o;s, for the two weeks ending August 27th 1897. The names are given in order of their standing : Fourth glass-1''ances DleKay, Una Pennington. j Third class.—Gertie Stutt, DZaudie( Cronin, Lawrence Kelly, Eddie Me— Clue, Tena, Knelilar, Eva Penning— ton, Henry Kelly. See<'nd class—Eva Barbour, Lilly Kelly, Joseph Cronin, illiehael Lynet, Itaiph Kirby. Part 2nd class—I3catrice Itiebard- srn, 'Gertrude Itiebar3son, ' Katie Felly, Mary McGue, David Hutchi— son. .11ertio Howe, Maggio WeishRr, i Iintie Kirby. 1 Junior Part 2nd class * Mil 'e 0 1 5)t hiest(l. Hazel Pennington, enn3n u n Da Howe, Mary Mahaney. Aggregate attendance for two weeks, 340; average daily attend. - 1 once, 31, , WM. GEMMILL, Teacher. mix CENTS pays for the Totes until G January 1st 1898. SSubsaribo new and get the first cleaptere of our craw store