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At tile., flame time, it is a
blood maker, a nerve tonic
greA an up -builder. But
Principally it is a food for
tired and weak digestions;
for those who are not getting
the fat they should from
their ordinary food; for chil-
dren whom nothing seems
to nourish ;'or all who arc
fat -starved and thin.
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lout, it is not unpleasant.
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associated
with Dr. Dixon. of Montr.eI. Oold and pore*
i,.c. artificial teeth mounted on mold or Mus-
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btr..la- teodench.Out. 50,
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AUTUMN.
We, too. have aut■mw, whim oar leaves
Drop loosely through the dampened air,
Whoa all our good seems boned 1* s1sat0
And we stand reaped and bare.
Our ..aeons haws so Brod el/tures ;
Without one will 'My Dome and go ;
At DOOM Oer sodden shame& Diana,
Ere sums all le stew.
But snob day brings fres Bummer cheer,
unwise more our laEeotual Spriog ;
And something earlier every year
Our siaglog birds take wtog.
—Lowell.
THROUGH A CROOK-
ED FOREFINGER.
" TO think that Jos'tne Chisholm
should have mostly lived on his
neighbors all these years ; to have im-
posed on us so long. The cruel greed
of the old rascal : And him worth
$100,000."
" Is it true then, Mr. Taylor
" True 1—ay. The rector and me
have been making ae inventory of his
effects and 'we ireft fairly Meted at
the list of his investments. And all
to go to the Crown ' We didn't light
on a will anyhow. It's,a sun and a
shame, Simmons," continued the par-
ish clerk, his indignation increaaing.
"Them as nourished him in his de-
clining years is entitled to r ocim-
plttsa, Many a bite and sup, and
never )grudged tilt now, the carneying
old cadger had from lots But Joah
wouldn't rest in his grave! be had
willed a stick to anybody. It would
have been so against the grain of him.
The women was right, I doubt, that
he'd rob the wrms if he could."
" With neither kit nor kin, he
ight- he'. remembered us," agreed
Simmons, " I wish our charity had
choked him, I do," he added viciously.
The new' of ,the dead man's wealth
travelled quickly ; and it is to be
feared that tl. wish wan
erally echoed in Cawley village,whose
inhabitants, dezeived by his penurious
habits, had freely ministered to the
old miser.
But the common belief that Joshua
had no relations was unfounded ; two
claimants to the deceased's estate
speedily appeared on the scene, and
after some preliminary legal skirmish-
ing the case was raite_red--to the
courts. -�_
John and"undry Chisholm, the
persons interested, win now awaiting
the decision of the lawyers. Backed
by able counsel and certain family
documents, the former, who occupied
a small farm which yielded but a
scant subsistence, and who was on
the verge of bankruptcy when the an-
nouncement of his kinsman's den,ite
reached him, was sanguine that it
would be in his favor. And in his
elation at the prospective change in
his fortunes, he had disposed of his
cattle and discharged his laborers.
His wife and the servant girl had
gone on a shopping..,expedition to
Darley—the nearest market town—
and alone in the house all day and
cut off frost his usual resources, with
the approadllt of evening the silence,
unbroken save for the monotonous
tickety-tack of the cheap clock on the
mantel—tad oa'Tii nerve. Te -relieve
the sense of oppression which gradual-
ly crept over him he went off to an
ofd -fashioned bureau and took out the
documents which he fondly trusted
would prove all-convineing to the lum-
inaries of the law engaged in sifting
the rival claims on which his future
hung. An adverse verdict would
mean ruin, he reflected with a shiver,
carrying the papers to the table by
the window.
"I'm safe to win," he muttered, his
gloom lifting as he carefully re folded
them.
But the Window was open and a
white band darted through and
snatched them from him. Moment-
arily paralyzed, recovering himself, he
strode over the ;ow sill. Yet the
thief was nowhere visible ; and, every
nook of the garden yard searched in
vain, he tore madly into the orchard ;
but not a soul was to be seen- Lean-
ing against a tree he stood distracted
dntfl the creaking of the gate warned
him of his wife. return.
" A band grabbed the papers l"
Mrs. Chisholm repested. i met
nobody in the road. You have been
asleep and dreamt it, dear.'
" Asleep ! Not I. That vihiao
Gundry has stolen them?'
" Nonsense, John. Whore could
he have hidden 1"
" Ah, where 1" groaned ber hus-
band.
But enlightenment dawned on them
presently. A stone's throw from the
perler window the raspberry osnes,an-
r'estreined by 'the pruning knife, had
attained a luxuriant growth and it
occurred to him that they would af-
ford temporary Dover to arty person
desirous of ooeaeaiment. Cursing his
stupidity in overlooking the thicket -
like patois'
he hastened back to the
garden and parted the cane* row by
row. Nat no talcs of the intruder's
preemies was discernible. s
" It's all ap with r, limy. We
nay as well quit tonight," he sad in
ay- .fes sing to W wife w
Int] fellow
" When your solicitor oan sweu! when she gneipeotedly returned, iiiid
that he saw the payers atilt you have
copies, the loss of thew, John, won't
be of ranch sonaequenoe, depend on
It," she opined reasaurly�.
" Stay," and his haard counten-
ance brightened. " although it
clutched them in • flash 1 should
know the hand again. It was the
right one and unoomw•only whit& and
tbinnish and the forefinger had a kind
of twist. .l;f it should be Gundry's
„
" You are certain it was & man's
hand 1'
"Certain sure. A trifle small for a
mane' maybe, but a deal too large to
belong to a woman. Queer, wasn't it
Mary, but I didn't catch even a
glimpse of the thief 'l Aad I heard no
footsteps 1"
" You forget that the parlor window
is in the angle of the wails and the
gram under it. Crouching around
the corner as he must have been, he
would be invisible ; and he could have
easily stretched out his arm and
seized the papers, anid the turf would
deaden his steps.
" If I had only had the gumption
to have beaten the canes :"
But self-upbraidings were useless.
John Chisholm burned off to apprise
his solicitor of the robbery. The in.
terview mal sufficiently dispiriting.
Far from sharing Mrs. Chisholm's
cheer ful views, Mr. Smith declared
that the stolen documents were of the
utmost iturortance to the establish-
ment of his claims, and beyond assur-
ing him that every effort should be
trade for their recovery he could im-
part little comfort. As to Gundry
Chisholm risking his cause by rash-
ness worthy of a fool, he pooh-poohed
the idea. Still, if the thieving hand
were his, which could be ascertained
by examination in court in the morn-
ing, why matters would be consider-
ably amplified. ,77
Both claimants were in court at an
early hour and John Chisholm noted
with immense relief that Gundry's
hands were long and slender ; more-
over that he never removed his neatly
fitting gloves, whilst the index finger
ow-the-t'iehtrlreed was -threat into his
waistcoat pocket. Glances of saris -
lac -Mon exchanged with Mr. Smith,
promising himself a dramatic de-
nouncement, he paid but intermittent
attention to the proceedings. By-and-
by, however, the originals of the docu-
ments submitted for his inspection
were -called- for by the opposing coun-
sel and amid a breathless hush he had
to confess his inability to produce
them.
" For the beet of rrasons," he add-
Qd, staring hard at Gundry,who main-
tained a dogged stolidity. " I was
robbed of them last night" And be
detailed the circumstances.
" Very strange indeed," observed
Gundry'e counsel, with an incredulous
smile.
Mr. Smith whispered to Mr. Beale,
the black-rebed gentleman acting for
John Chisholm, who immediately rose.
Not so strange, Mr. Maddox, but
that with Gundry Chisbolm'a assist-
ance we may hope to unravel the mys-
tery attending the loss of the papers.
Willou kindly nnglove, sir,' address-
ing Guidry, "and exhibit your i gbt
hand r
" I appeal to his lor4tblp—" be-
gan Mr. Maddox.
But, reddening to the root of his
bait. &ft to brit rimed with.! bAt-
ton, Gundry thought fit to comply
with the request, and to his rival's
dismay the brown, coarse grained,
bony band be held up bore no resem-
blance to that which had deprived
him of the documents wanted. .
" The insinuations levelled at my
client have hardly been justified,"
sneered Mr. Maddox ; " and seeing
that his character has been aspersed
" Considering the stake at issue I
submit that I was within my rights,"
interrupted Mr. Beale. On the ground
that inquiries would probably enable
the pblice to discover the perpetrator
of the theft, he then pleaded for an
adjournment.
To this Mr. Maddox demurred.
For all that was known of their exis-
tence, apparently, apart from John
Chisholm'. statement, the papers
which had disappeared' iD such a re-
markable manner might be the odn-
ings of a fervid invagination. be pro-
tested. And to entertain the appli-
cation would be an injustice to his
client who was naturlaly anxious to
enter on possession on as estate to
which in the absence of rebutting evi-
dent* he was clearly entitled.
Nevertneleits, sifter Mr. flmith had
testified to having examined the dis-
puted documents and satisfied himself
of their genuineness, a short adjourn-
ment waa granted.
All the came, convinced that Geo -
dry had instigated the robbery, John
Chisholm cleaned his cause to be quite
hopeless.
III.
About tee miles from the Chis-
holm's farm there was an establish-
ment oonducted by a physician for
ladies alllicted with peculiarities whioh
necessitated theft partial seclusion
from the world. Among Dr. Wilsoa'e
patients wail a Mrs. Travers, whose
payments were en a generous male
and where sudden h•d
to was a
`f bis, to lira.
judging from her reticency and ner-
vousness that she had once more ono -
meshed to temptation, the doctor had
her secretly watched and was vigilant
Of the column of the daily newspap9rs.
The Chisholm ase was, of course,
the talk of the district ; and he read
the farmer's statement of his loss with
some misgiving. Mrs. Travers was a
kleptomanioo of a pronounced type,
crafty to a degree. In fact, her cun-
ning had defied his entire stafi. But
Sandlends was miles off ; and what
object would she have had in visiting
the farm 1 The advertisement offering
a reward for the restoration of the
stolen documents, and whiah included
a description of the thief's hand, un-
fortunately escaped him.
During the adjournment nothing
was left undone to unearth the pos-
sessor of the mysterious hand which
had destroyed all chanoe of John
Chisholm obtaining old Joshua's
gooney—at least it was thought so.
And on the day appointed for the re-
hearing of the case, the unhappy man
and his wife cause into court prepared
for the wor.t.
The closing speeches had ended
when a lady of striking appearance
pushed her way through the crowd to
the front. The judge was old and
utterance indistinct. For a while her
bold, black eyes roved promiscuously ;
but as he proceeded with his address,
she directed her gaze to the claimants,
riveting them at length on John Chis-
holm's wan face, which with the
judge's concluding sentences, rysumed
a stony rigidity that frightened her.
His wife's faint, despairing cry, too,
thrilled her to the Dore. Her brain
reeled, and a subtle indescribable
change was perceptible in her aspect.
" A minute, my lord," she implored.
" I remem 1 er now that I was at
Sandlands• one evening and that I
crawled through a gap in the hedge to
pick spme roses, not espying Mr
Chisholm,' &Iiia' was seated at ' tre
window, until bo moyed ; and then,
realising that I was a trespasser, I bid
in a lot of raspberry bushes. But he
was reading papers yellow with age
seemingly, and his mutterings aroused
my curisoity. I glided to the coiner
of the house close to the window, and
—and," she faltered, her lashes droop-
ing, " I was forced to have them. I'm
always forced to take things I covbt,"
she explained, pathetically. " h)r.
Wilson will confirm me. I got away
as I came, but I wouldn't wrong any-
body willingly ; and I trust it is not
too late to make those two poor people
happy," gracefully indicating John
Chisholm and kis wife with a long,
crooked forefinger. " If all said of
them be correct, they will make good
use of old Joshua's fortune."
Mr. Smitb,who recognized the lady,
jumped up with surprising briskness.
" The papers, Mrs. Travers, if yt u
please."
Her hat whipped off, she drew forth
s packet from between the crown and
the lining.
Whereupon a gentleman in the rear
of the court advanced.
"The lady is a patient of mine," he
said, '• and not responsible for ber ac•
tions. But I have no sort of doubt
that she has stated the truth."
Clutching at her husband's arm,
Mrs. Chisholm laughed hysterically,
and Gundry vented his feelings in a
big oath.
The general excitement oonaequent
on Mrs. Travers's revelations may be
•
After the doctor, had been cross -1
questioned and duly brow -beaten, the
judge retired for further consultation.
But op his return his mumblinga
were interpreted aright and 'Amidst
the Universal felicitations of iiI110t
John Chisholm was the happy re-
cipient, threatening an' action for
libel, his disappointed opponent beat
a hasty retreat.
Th.y sat tamps••.
' Yon would be astoniMhed what a
number of customers I have with •
mania ler eating camphor or for tak-
ing a large number of drops on sugar,"
said one of the busiest chemists in.
London.
"I have seen camphor taken in this
way produce effects almost like alco-
holic intoxication, and the mania
grows jest• as other drug habits do
amongst people who wonid deem it a
shameful insult to be charged with in-
ebriety. With most of these people
he beginning of the habit has been
the pernicious advice of people who
have recommended spirits' of camphor
on sugar for colds. The camphor -
takers have found the drug greatly
stimulating and soothing, and the
doses have, as usual, been increased
till they live found that they oould
not get through the day comfortably
without a strong dose of the drug.
sold many quite young people several
pennyworth a day 4111 I finally refused
to mil any more without an order
from & medial man.
" I have spoken to many pbysolans
whew prescriptions I make up, and
all of them agree that, although or-
dinary intoxication is no doubt on the
deor'oase, this and one or two kindred
habits have increased greatly of lets
years. Just near Stere a servant -girl
—a botsemaid—irea taken seriously
ill, and it r,is found she had spent
the greater part of km wages is
spirits of camphor, and I could tali
yes of may similar eases.---Lendan
Ilhe had been ilbiitot saying weake , "Pimp" •
v
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