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The Wingham Times, 1897-11-12, Page 22 THE WIND. .&M TIMi'.S, NOVEMBER a 2, 1897. w).-:+ OA )rte w v -;.1c`(;. \',"+ w.. -.f' ,-.1K-' pThe tee\ By L,AWREI<r 1V.F, L'it7" C;:i. (E. M. Van Deventer) Author of "A W om'tn's Crim;,," "John Arthur's Ward)" 'i The Lost Witness," "A Slender Clue," 'Dangerous Ground, "Against Odds," Etc., Etc. ti.. ionored in this part of 'We-. loo often needs get choked and die of the smoke and the Binders. It is late, for the woman has been do- ing extra work; it is stormy, too, blust- ering and spattering rain. Yet she pauses occasionally and 1 tens to a passing foot- fall, as expecteds thou h a visitor. g At last,when th final touch has mole the room as tidy ae it ever is, or as she thinks it need be, here comes a shuffling of feet nutelde, an a tremendous thump on the rickety doo After which, as if he was sufficiently h alcled,in comes a man, a big men, muffle to the eyes in a huge coat, whim he . sl wly draws clown and draws off, dielosi to the half curious, half contemptuou gaze of the woman the auburn locks And highly tinted count- enance of Mr. Jo ' Burrill. "So,"•she says, her shrillest voice, "It's v you,is lt, seame s one is ter to , r id be r of you at a y price." ce. "Yes, it's me --ti 1 of me," the man re- plies, as if confiri ng a doubtful state- ment, "Why, • now; you act as if you didn't expect me.' "And no more did," says the woman sullenly and most untruthfully. "It's a wonder to me tht t, you can't stay away from here, after all that's come and gone." "Well, I can't,e' he retorts, amiably rubbing his hands; together. "Anyhow, I won't, which mans about the same thing. Where's tie little duffer" "He's where you were at his age, I ex- pect," she replies grimly. "Well, and if ''he only keeps on as I have, until he gets up to my present age, he won't be in a pad boat, eh, Mrs. Bur- rill the first " "He's got too enuch of his mother's grit to be where you are,John Burrill livin' a lackey among people that despise you because you. have got a hand on 'em somewhere. I want to know if you don't think they will choke you off some day when they are done using you?" John Burril seatedhimself film. elf est •i 1 r C N a low wooden chair, and propelling it and himself forward liy a movement of the feet and a "hitch" of the Shoulders, he leaned across the `chair back in his most facetious luannert and addressed her with severe eleq:Rese . "Leek here, all(". Burrill number one, don't yon take tt.av it g f e of posi- tion, and ride the lash horse too free. It's something to 'ave leen Mrs. J: Bur- rill once, I'Ik-admit; hut. don't let it ele- vate you too ninth. You ain't' quite so handsome as ee spm the n . nt Mrs. Burrill, P neither arc you so young, consequently you don't show off so well in a tantrum. Now the pree nt Mrs. Brerill—" "01' t'•"n &e' have tantrums, the present ans. iteraili," su•'ened the wo- man, fenny qir \Fina• with suppressed rage. "Ora w>uia think she would be so proud of you teat • she could excuse all ycu: little faults. 'Brooks says that they all talk French ftp there, so that you can't wring into their confabs, John." "Does he?" rem;iri;ed Murrill, quietly, but with an ominous gleam in his ugly eyes. "Brooks must be'carefuI of that tongue of his. Yoti may reckon that they all stop their Fiance when I begin to talk. Now don't Le disagreeable, Nance; it ain't every mini -that can take a rise in the world ll.;e nie, and I don't put on airs, and Loci myself above my ()Id friends. t, sur.ha t t every man could step into such a fancily as I belong to, Mrs. Burrill? No one can say that Jolu lurrill's a common fellow after that Seat." "No, but a great . many can say thet John Burrill's a silvan fellow, too mean to walk over. Do you think the men as you worked along side of, and drank and supped edw with, pp don't know wvniat you are, John Eurrill! Do you think that they don't all know that your outrageous 'van- ity has made a foollof you? Chance threw into your hands a secret of the Lamottes; yon need not stare, we ain't fools down here at the factories. Maybe I know what that secret is, and maybe I don't. It's no matter. I know more of our doings S flan you give me 'credit for, John Bur- rill. Now, what nneSt you do? Blackmail would have satisfied a sensible man; but straightway you seized d i th th o idea that you were born to be a gentleman. You! Then you for your plan; and you force, by means of k the power in your hands, that beautiful young lady to marry you," "Seems Seems to me," interrupts the man who has been listening quite contentedly, "that you are getting along too fast with your story." "Yes, I am too fast. When you first hatched out this plan you came to the , and put a pistol to my head, and swore 1 that if I didn't apply for a divorce from you at once, you Would blow my brains r out. I had swore snore than once to have a divorce; and Loris knows I had cause enough; what, with the drunkenness , and the beatings, and Menem, eness, and j hi the night prowvlin', and all the rest; Lint f=o T never expected that," The woman paueeid for a anoinent, and ! ' go then resumed her tilrarde of lofted elo- queens! and bad grammar. I fai "I didn't expect t, Ire drove int) tho fir divorce! court at the point of a pe col, but; Il. that's how it ended, and you was free to , c,tt torment Miss Latnotte, poor young sig! Don't you let yourself think that tit, eserited her i Lord knows X had had worth of you, and your meanness, but I nary h ; and If I hind kneeing out your urn I've been tempted to do a th(r when Peel leave rolled in• sere aruns, I'c nave cone nor a good, f too The time was when ttun, and mys Nance Fergus w -as your equal, and more too; but you let England with the no- tion that herea wq Dula be the equal of B anybody, and y,bu've never got clear of the idea. I've tried to snake you under- stand that the s a coarse breed of folks, sante's there is of dogs, and that you are breed. I've lived out elks over the water, and of your sort. But, go on he low women you are so girls at the factory, have lookin', until your head is. tinned withr, vanity. 'You hien got yourself in aunng the upper - Plass, no matter how, and.. I suppose you expect your good looks'to do the rest for you. 1 hind once when I was at service in Herefordshire, the Squire bad a fine youngbeast in ins cat -tie .arcs black 1 r an' � yard, sleek, an' hands- me to look at, and the young ladies ca house and 'coket and called it a all the same they led it away to the slaughter house 'frith a ring in its nose, and the young ladies dined off it with a relish." John Burrill s‘ked his nasal organ fondly, as if discerning some connection between that prottulier:tnce and the afore- mentioned ring; but he made no attempt to interrupt her. "You was bad` enough in Buglariel, John Burrill; what with your poaching and your other 'misdeeds, and sorry was the day when I left a good place to conte away frons the country with you, because it was gettin' toir hot for you to stay. there. You couldn't get along without me then; and you can't get along now it seems, for all yourlfine feathers, without you cone here sometime p to brag of your exploits, and pretend you aro lookin' after the boy," t "'Nemo," said Merrill, "you're a. fine . old Una.! 'Ow I d�ilce• to set you at my old 1 l,. they-Tn- •� w larst bins, h en he rides it too rough ometimes, wvand, what a sociable little dis:ourse you could lay down for the hairs too, Nance; but, are y:.0 ::Lout clone? tou've been clean over *he old ground, sems to me, tho' I may havo dozed a little here and therir. Have you been over tte old 15nsiness and. n brought nae over the wetter• bythe n: nape ,P of the reek; beetuise, if you haven't— no, I see you have? not, so here's to you, Nance, spin on;",and bo took from his pocket a black bottle, and drank a mighty , al.at r ht g therefrom. "No, I'm not done," screamed the woman. "You've come here to -night, as you have before„ff a purpose; one would think that such is fine ne gen t leran cou ld find bettersociY, but it seems you can't You nevecome hero for nothing; you never come for any good; you wait something What'is it?” He laughed a low, hard laugh. "Yes," he saidf taking another pull at the black bottle; "I want something." "Uniph1 I thought so." "I want to tell you," here he arose, and dropping his aareless manner, laid a threatening hand ttpon her arm. "I want to tell you, Nance'iiurrill, that you have got to bridle that tongue of yours; d'ye understand?" She shook off hi:i! baud, and retired a few paces eyeing hint closely as she said:— " Oh 1 . I thou h so. Something tt has scared ye already.'.i "No, I'm not mired; that thing can't be done by you, N ance; but you kayo been blowing too kitsch among the face tory people, and I'Won't have it." . "Won't have whet?" "Won't have any more of this talk about gong to so wife with stories about me." "Who said thre toned?" No matter, you; don't do much that I don't hear of, so Mind your eye, Nance. As for the women /ft the bend, you let them alone, and l4ep your tongue be- tween your teeth." "Ohl I will; onet.can't blame you for seeking the society etY li your equals, after fter the snubbing You ynust get from your betters up there. Bub that don't satisfy you; you must •("brag that poor fellow, Evan La mote e, into. their dprt;. as if. her were not wild enough, before you came where you could reach him." John Burrill took another pull at the black bottle. t "Evn's a good fellow," he said some- what thickly. "He roams enough to ap- preciate a man like nue, and We both have larks, now let me tell you." "Well, have your larks; but don't' sit and drink yourself blind before my very eyes. why don't you go?" "'Cause I don't wan'er--," growing' moro and more mellbw, as the liquor went funning to his lieitd, already pretty heavily loaded with brandy and wine. "Where) the little rooster, T tell yer," a mighty coag with gentle they were non John Burrill, fond of, and tl called you gee) se down fro,n the big at it through the fence, eautiful creature,' but 'In the streets, and"he's trio much like s father to ever come home, 'till he's rte after, and dragged in " 'Well, go and drag him in then, I'm in' ter see 'im,,, 'I won't!" shriek('( the woman, :now rly beside liar e elf with rage; "go home your lady wife, and take her lily titn- ri t alta;. tel! Inc tact I turned yott t. ' John Burrill staggered to his feet, tering as brut tl oath. 'You'll 0 turn rite out, 'wilt you? You won't to nu'; you are forgetting my ining, ;14rs. Nance; I'll teach you that fin Burrill's yer plaster yet; go for Troy." DAIS the. woman did not stir • son won't eh:" enttening ner nerco- lea Land shaking her violently, "now will your" "No, you. brute." "Then take that, and that, and that!" A raid of swift blows; a shriek ringing out on tate stillness of the night; ,then a. swift step, the door dashed in, and John Burrill is measuring his length upon the bare floor. The woman reels, as the clutoh of the miscreant loosens from her arm, but re- covers herself and turns a bruised face toward the timely intruder. It is Clifford Heath. "Are yen badly hurt?" he asks, aux- iou, +hslyo lifts a hand. to her poor bruised• face, and aehin ahead, and then sinking into a chair says; wearily:— "It's nothing l for me, Look ' out, sir !" This last was an exclamation 'of warn- ! ing. John Burrill had staggered to his t feet, and was ahh ding an unsteady blow at the averted head of Doctor Heath. The latter turns* swiftly, comprehend- 1 ing the situation i a glance, f and once 1 more felled then to toth floor. e tl b. e By this time otllees had appeared upon the scene --neighbors, roused by the cry of the wmna i, Doctor Reath bent again to examine her face.. He had scarcely observed the features of the man ho hats just knocked down; and lie now asked :- "Is—this man your husband, madam?" The woman reddened under her bruises. "He was my lhusband," site said, bit- terly. "He is—John I3tirrill." Clifford Heath started back, thinking, ofts Sybil., first all, of ,. yb and realizingthat , >au there must be no scandal, that cold be avoided, for her sa e. He had never seen Burrill, save at a ("stance, but had heard, as had every one ix W--, of his divorced wife. . Turning to one of the neighbors, he said: "I was passing on shy way home from afx.s. Drown's, when I heiud this alarm. I think, good people, that we had a better let this fellow go away quietly, and attend to this woman. Her face will be badly swollen by and by." Then he b turned onco more toward Burrill. o Once more the nitisereant was strnggl- 1 ing to his feet, and at a command from i Doctor Heath, he listened leis- efforts. 1 o Hitherto, he had bad only a vision of a pair of fleshing clerk eyet', and an arm r that shot out swiftly, and e tr ti„ht home.. t Now, however, as he i,air_o,t an erect s posture, and turned a threatening look upon his assailant, the onlookers, who all H knew him, and all bated feared u 1 at cl and f i i n c alta , s saw a sudden and t tt.l rising tray forhna- I k tion. The red all ("lied out of This, face, the ' d eyes seemed starting from their 'sockets, , e. the lower jaw chopped ahjeetly+' and sad- o denly, and, with a yell of terror, John Burrill lowered his heed and dashed from r the house, as if pursued by a legion of spectres. h wall pine table, ance prepared, to: a out a soothing lotion for the bruis Airs. Burrill, Brooks advanced courage ously, supported on either hand by anxious old lady, and the chorus q menced. "It warn't us as scared him out, sir,” said Brooks, positively. "He's seen all of us, first and last. Maybe as he's had cause for remembering you sir?" and Brooks peered anxiously at the dootor, as if hoping for a prompt confirmation of- this f this shrewd guess, • "Slue, an' it was a guilty conscience, if ever I seen one, as made the brute beast run like that, from the sight of the dootor," ("hinted in first old hady, who quarreled with her "old man" on prin- (iple, and seldom came out second best, "Faith, an' the nnu•therin' wretch has half killed ye, Burrill, dear," "I was that apart with the screemin'," said tile- mother of three, "that I nearly let the baby fall a-runnin' here." And then they all gathered around Mrs. Murrill, and taLlkcd vigorously, anti all together, while Brooks, hovering near the doctor, nr:,uu i i - �; L L firs u\e.tigation. "A lied lot, that Burrill, sir. I've seen lhini, fregneut; end so he's had, occasion to know you, sir'?" "No, soy good fellow; I never had the honor of meeting Mr, John Burrill be- fore„" replied Doctor Heath, smiling at the man's pertinr city. "Now, I want to know," exclaimed Brooks, in accents of real distress, "then what could have set him off like that?" "I suppose we were getting too many for him," replied the doctor, easily. • "Not a bit of it sir, - Burrill ain't no t especially e, tannic., cspc,cuhl,y when he's in liquor; and he and me's on good enough tortns, too; though, of course," said Brooks, re- collecting himself; and glancing anxious- ly at tiro reclining, figure of the injured one, "of course, I would, never stand by and see a lady steuck down, sir." "'Marif•.''tly nen" re"rtferd the doctor, drily. "Then, as ,he Nee:ad not fear you, nil could not fetume, he must have•been in the first stades of 'snake seeing.' " "It's niy opinion, hotook yea far.some- etly else, as he hes reasons to be afraid f,'-' raid one of the wo:uen, with an em- Matie nod. But here tho vo •0 of the heroine of the ccasion Tose nigh"above the rest. "John Bu:• 1'1 ww'asu't so drunk as to ten : ,vay ,front a mon he never saw, or o see crooked " Free said, ' fiercely. "I aw tho look on hii face, blinded tho' I vas, and he's afraid of you,. Doctor oath. z don't kndiv why. There's some eels : r > cthtt., ,n John I.,trrill s life that T don't now,e-and therms Snore that I wish I. ieln't know; but here, or somewhere Isis, be has known you, sir. Perhaps rily by sight; •blit he's afraid of you, tutu's Certain." ' 'there wv;ts ro rel ly from Doctor to ,,. z.tittn; L•e a iY was \ ...t;, (SSW .• Medicine e eta se. Ho revered a lotion, Ito • be applied to the bruises, •and a seta.: ive, to be applied to the nerves of the tient, who was be- ginning to recover herself in a measure, and launched out into a torrent of in- vective a 0 F ft S y against t t le anther of her c.r trot 1 this • after which she unshed into a wild recital of her wrong: , age:inning at the tine when she left a gi od place in England, to follow the fortunes of Tohn Burrill, and running wit glib tongue over the entire gamut of it r trials 'since. And all of th S t, although was ' ,fur from rpm new to the dwellers of Ma11 Avenue, was listened to, by them, wvitheabsorbed interest, and the proper • acco panilnont of ejacula- tions at the prop • places. During this discourse to \vhf I3 • toolxs ' , listened With wUll evidences of liveliest interest, Doctor Heath reenainod 1'seemingly inattentive, waiting for a lull in the storm; when it cam. t lest, he aeecrteined as briefly as po.siiue, watt F,nhcng the women world remain, and pass the night with Mrs, Burrill; gave he- direction, as to the use she was to snake of the medicines he had prepared, and Lutttomed his coat about himpreparatory to departure. Als his hand wax' upon the latch, the voice of his patien arrested him. "Doctor• " • , she aid, earnestly. It \ pat the. man I ' fear, then Jasper Lamot . would be glad to know him. Why I ed starting suddenly erect, "I can find out an and I will. I must, for any own safety,' o " and John Burrill faced about and retracei. CIIAP'I;Ele XIX.. • The sudden and rprising exit of Bur- rill caused, for 1 all 1/101 tent a of pro- ceedings ,stay po ceedings, and left tie group, so rapidly gathered in Nance Burrill's kitchen, standing en ttiblean,tt', for a full minute. Dr. Heath was thy first to recover from his surprise,and as he took in the "absurd- ity of that scene, ha utterel a low laugh, end turned once niore toward tl e woman, Nance, who scenic* to have lest herself in a prolonged raga. e. "You.- persecuair does not like my looks, apparently,!,;' he :Lid, at tl.e sane time taking frc:1 his pocket to small medicine case. " 'r was it :.om • of west) 1 good friends that,{-�p:ut him • to slight`?" And he glanced 4t the green) ga...hored it near tine door. A woman with child in her mine, and her husband with two more in charge, at her hcela; a family group to the rescue ; two oi' three old women, of course; and a ma>1 with slouching gait, a shook of union red hair, and a face very nmeh freck d 'across the cheek bones, and very re, about the nose; the eyes, too, had an canny squint, as if nature had given p her task too soon and left him to suvey tho world through the narrow slits, 'his man had always an air of being pr foundly interested in the smallest affFair, of life, perhaps, be- cause tate slits thfough which he gazed magnified the objtlt:ts gazed upon, and he peered about hi 'i :new with profoundest solicitude. This fns 'Watt Brooks, a me- ohanic, and hangcp:-on about tho mills, where he did hr occasional bit of odd work, and emple Cl. the balance of itis time in gossiping u,inng the women, or lounging at thea inking saloons, talking a great deal ab t the wrongs Of the working classes, and winning to himself some friends fropi a certain turbulent class who listenetf admiringly to his loud Communistic oratiry. - Brooks had noti,been long in W—, but he had made rani headway among that Wass who, havill little or nothing to love orae fear,t ' u not slowto relieve h the monotony of vcryx bare existence by ap- propriating to the,Xnselves the frierulship of every hail fe1lo 'tvh'nm chance throws in their way. „ Accordingly Britoks had. beeoune a sort eef oracle among the dwellers in "Mill avenue," as the 'street was facetiously called, and he was ready for any dish of gossip, not infrequently staking himself conspicuous as a filer of news; he was faithful in gathering up and retailing smell items alnor such ladies of the "avenue" as, bein exempted from mill Work because of f, milt' cares, had tune • and inclination, nd this hatter was seldom lacking, o chatter with him about the latest re hap, or the ono that was bound to occth' soon. Prominent among the gossips of Mili t avenue was that such abused matron Mrs. John I3urrill fu,uber one, and she had not been slow discover the advent- ' of possessing ages toI P ,t I K an acquaintance it, as Mr. q f ance 3r Dolt s acc�tr they gravi- tated towvard each other by mutual arac- tion, and it was quite a common thing for Brooks to+drop in and puce an even- : Ing herr in the society of Mrs. l;urriil, sometimes even taking a cup of tea int the table of the lone woman on a Sun- day afternoon. As hooter Heath laid his OW upon the wouldn't be grant de in ins to let you go away without thottt • word Y of warning. I don't want to pry n .., .. hairs, bu let me tell you th with John Email prise to -night; bit his sane by now, he caa get nnothe known to you reeltt to be afraid of Sot hila; you have re too." Doctor Heath h r.o.t arc, not d no teOlt him ey su:•, I'll wager he is over Ind ho i•; plotting how sight at you, twee• • enc. if he as r•'• , t..aS:ill nen , to lotiv out foe axons for being afrai i Rated a moment, and a shade of annoy /ice r rosy ,d his face, thea he said in hi. etteteal careleee tore:-- ", ve yourself this matter, nuclei scoundrel b. u:', afraid of my Lse no uneasiness about ; t , ever saw the tad he wits simply ro vevt:' if he , ever , should cross my patch, be assured I shall know how to tlt:;Ya a 'os, of him;" and Clifford Heath bowed and went out into the night, little reclanning taat he had left his life in ti,s bands of five old women. g Iu • a short timet "I#rdiii q ii2:isl it iLhel. shuffled out,' and tlientltca torb[teswverFi once more loosone3; "the husband attend- ant had been ordered home whin hie two charges, and the ("fief subject of their &inverse wag Doc, or Heath, and the strange influence his had exerted upo117• John Burrill; and 4 fruitful theme they found it. Meantime, John 4iut'rill, who had fled straight on down t71e1 g corny length of Mill avenue, found' iiinself, and his son-" yes, together, close finder the shadow of ono of the huge factories, and et the river's very edge. ? ]dere, breathless and bespatl' red, he sat down upon a tat stone to ,recover himself, and review the situation. "Curse the pian, ' he muttered. "1 Weald not have mac .e sell a fool of my- self for a gold min : but I couldn't have helped it for two,' • he added, after a nroincnt's reiiectl:,n, "if it's the mar: I supposed. it to bo 1 But it can't be 1 It its not," He was by this tihna' comparatively sober,. and he arose to his feet, finally, feeling bis courage returning, but still deep in.thought. "Bang the luck," he muttered., kick- teiatc..u7tty at a loose stone, "if that's toes his steps. Cautiously this time, he went over tlu ground, heeding where he set his foot, hest some misstep should betray his pres- ence in Mill avenue still; more and more cautiously as he neared the houso from whioh he had so lately fled. Closer and closer he crept, until at last ho nus under the window the kitchen, and here he crouched, listening. Be heard the mingled confusion of voices, then the first tones of Clifford Heath, clear above the rest. Hearing this, he moved quickly away, for he was in be- ett.nt danger of detection, should the door open suddenly, as it slight et any mo- ment. He crossed the, street and standing under the shadow of a small tenement, waited, It was not long before the door opened, and the light from within showed him the tall form of Clifford Heath, clearly outlined against the darknesss. • Out strode Heath. walking so rapidly, that the not yet quite sober John Bnr- .rill found himself compelled to exercise ewe, and expend some breath, in keeping him within sight, On and on, went the pursued and the pursuer, and presently, out of the dark- ness, came a third foam, gliding shadow - like; as if every step of the way were too familiar to render caution necessary; this titird form drew nearer and nearer to Burrill, who, all unoonsicous of its ro imi P x ty, labored on after Doctor Heath. to his Straight own cottage went the doubly shadowed young physician; he opened the door with a latch key, and the followers lost hien in the darkness of the u.ailighted vestibule. Presently, however, a light was seen to glimmer through the partially closed blinds, and then John Burrill crept cautiously nearer, and feel- ing his ww•.ay carefully, lest some obsteclo at his feet should cause mini to sttuuble, he gained the window, pro- eel his fern close to the shutters mai rearol through. Clifford Beath Was pacing up and en wn his cosy sitting room, seemingly lost in. perplexed thought, and, as again inti again his face was turned to the light, the watoher studied it closely; finally he seemed satisfied withtlixs scrhtiny, for he turned away and groped btwk to the street pace more. "It's the other one," ho muttered, drawing a long brct th of relief. "I might have known it from the first; se he is the young doctor they 11 of ! 'Weil, it's u rum game that bril .l 1-•cae a_ it's certain he don't `eatto bo ir ,an. Ile can't know ane, and—Jove, I'd Tike tc pay him for the hits be gave nee," and he fell P � .dcrul i e to o r as he turned eel his steps, not Mie way he had. tannin, nor yet toward Mapietea,�'..:t ia tit) dine:Men of "Old Forty Rods."e But long before lie reached his des!•ir- ,tion, the creeping, stealthy shadow, had ceased to follow, and lead vanished cls" vn a sale street. A few lights w.reg] l n ing, her. and there, as he Willed :clown the not very elegant street on which was located. - the haven of "Forty Rods," and when he was within a- block of the place, a man, coming suddenly around the corner, t ran square against e tt q g St ,.tizu. • Burrill uttered an oath, as he with dimoulty regained 'his balance, but the new -confer called out in a voice, a little unsteady from some accuse :— "ITelloal B—Bur$ill, that yer, ole feller? Didn't eneai1'i ter knock against yen give -ye my wort{ I didn't. Give us a fiss, ole man, an' cohue-long to Forty's!" ''Brooks,'t said Burrill, taking him sociably by the arm, and fading toward the saloon in question. "Brooks, you're drunk; you're beastly drunk; drunk as a sailor by all that's robe• r. h And together they entered `gold city Rods." , —fir— CHAP'. oR XX. "It is impossible, ir! utterly impossi- ble! and, pardon me or saying it, most This abstru ! dragged matt • has been dla ed on too long already. _Ana on such e vi- dence I utterly refuse to follow up the case. You have Clone wvell, undoabtediy, but it was only at tate urgent request of Mr. Lamotte that I have allowed it to continue, and now f wash my hands of the whole affair." ' - It is Constance Wan -lour who speaks, standing very rtt ' lt , n - with head very firmly poised,' andwearing nein her face what Mrs. Allston would have' called her "obstinate look." I -ler words were addressed to a welt -dressed, gentle- manly -looking personage. who is neither young nor yet inlddle-aged, and who might pass for a solicitor with a good run ir., lie tOMNI Er; ..a..w+..ma.a�"v,udusvra.ID�rs ,a,x..,..-.:..,,r rovont rl wttInmtv.• Cures Cold in the t Head. Fiat' fever. Bad Breath. Deafness. Lots of Taste' and Smell. " ane slvice ? ion meets Pto testify to the' ("sac It has on,pletely cured ilis01 Fl tar , itt tiro h a. " the oR Cetarrl 'tJAILT, oodvillo' Ont. SAS£ fi;S _ 'f the Ontario geltooi o1' rlaor. Bx ii9.e atrntaey, says: •"I havo tit de attAtgly t rtbto ,tion of Irr. A. W. ('ha e' an arrinim, a inc Cocaina or tiny t'het'a !t Catarrh Ctxi 4rum saitipiOS pUt of its Domt,otwsd®:. itrarket and find ("finned In •the, olfeii none present." Priam' 25, a Cts. Cohlipletel 'Witt . Blower. At An daatgta, rr ttdimtnwir„t Train & CO.. Toroat0, ODA. AdiemnINNINNIfil WIVY THEY DO NOT PASS. Kidney Disease Prevents. Hundreds of Apparently Health. Men Prom Passing a Medical Examination for Life Insurance, If you have inquired into the matter you will be surprised at the number of your friends who find themselves rejected ae applicants Dv life insurance, because of kidney trouble. They think them. selves hetltby until they undergo the medical test, and they fail in this one point, South American Kidney Cure will remove not alone the early symp- toms, but will forms of kidney (Immo, by dissolving the uric acid and hardening substances that find place in the eyskin,. J. D. Locke, of Sherbrooke, Que., suffer- ed for three years from .a eompUcated ease of kidney disease, and spent over $100 for treatment. lie got no relief until he used South American Kidney Cure, and he says overhio own signature that four bottles cured him. Sold at Chisholm's Drug Store. Odd Things About Rainbows. tom.- Dicl you ever see a rainbow in the west ? In discussing this curious question the Philadelphia Tintes. gives 'some interesting facts in 1 egat'd to a. rain-- how ainhow and how it is.forrtied, 1. It is never seen except when the son is t' n shining in one kart .and rain is falling in the other or direct- ly opposite part. 2. It is generally seen in the east, because our showers come from the west, and pass off towat:d the east. •, 3, It cannot be formed. in the east except in the afternoon. 4. It cannot be formed in'tbe west except in the morning. 5. It is never. seen at midday, be- cause the sun is then above us, and we cannot therefore stand between. it and the rain. Some of you may wonder why a rainbow is always cemi•circulas• in shape. As a matter of net it t isalways �va--s a complete J mp a circle because the earth cuts off our VieW. If we were poised in the ai.r,high above the earth, we could see it ail. The circular shape is due to the fact that she raindrops are round and khat,;" each drop reflects but one color to our eyes. It may strike you as a strange thingthat no two persons see the same bow. That is because no two person can occupy the same position, and thus Ole reflections fahi difT'erently upon their eyes. Catarrh of Ten Years' Standing Cured by Dr. Chase. I suffered from Catarrh for ten vears;ynd,,,, was treated by some of the best physicians in• Canada. I was recommended by Mr, 0. Thompson, druggist, 'Piisonburg, to try Dr. Chase's Catarrh Cole, and clan state positi- vely it cured my Catarrh and Cataribai Sore Throat. Yours respectfully, J. D. Phillips, J P„ ANNA A. IIOww•Bx, Witness. Eden, Ont A convention of the Liberals o North Bruce will be held at Tara o Nov, 2G: Drink less, breathe more ; eat less, chew more ; ride less, walk more; clothe less, bathe more ; worry less, work more ; waste less, give more; ,. , write less, read more preach less� practice more. After December ist all accounts owing ITrs, Herdsman will require to be paid to R. Vanstone, solicitor, as he will have 'Margo of her books after that date. Mrs. R. Herdsman. Mr. David Corrie of ilamilton has a claim against the Spanish Govern- ment for $25,000 indemnity for the imprisonment of his son .William in Cuba on October 2S 1895, by the Spanish war authorities,. ll.r.Ilenry Deering- of Easthope fell dead in his carriage while•drlvng home with his family from Stratford. in the excitement the horse ran away and the oceupants of the rig were thrown out but not injured, A Banker's Experience. "I tried a bottle of Dr. Chase's Syrup of Turpentine Linseed and 1 r A u m u putt n for a r t o bleso effeotion of the throat," writes Manager 'Phomas Dewson, of the Standard Bank, now of 34 Melbourne Avenue, Toronto. «It proved effective. I regard the remedy as simple, cheap and exceedingly good. It has hitherto been my habit to cuneult a physi- cian in troubles of this nature. Hereafter, however, I intend to be my own family doctor," The following twenty-two occupa- tions are engaged to produce a single book The author, the designer, the rag merchant, the paper tnaker,•the stationer,the type founder, ,ap ,the press maker, the ink maker, the roller maker, the chase, the proof reader, the ts-rnpositor, the pressmen, the gats Bier, the folder, the stitcher, the leatktu er seller, the hinder, the coppersmit the engraver, the ooppertplate Oita and the book Beller.