The Exeter Times, 1879-3-20, Page 67:i1VS
MICHAEL CARGRAVE'S HARVEST.
cHAPTER I.—continued.
001(11XN"rall (MOUND.
No; he would not do evil that gond
inight 01181.10 ; he would purchase tide.
ty at Emelt a price.
The scree he plented he should nut
aread to stql eprout,
Other sirens besides those who dwell
on the silver sands and sing their
songs by the margins of rivers there
are who lore men to deetruction.
Temptetimi elm eseumee. then and
forme, and appear iu as many dis
guieee ; hut 118 l'Agartled this seduetien
Itlielotel Gargrave, now clearly nutter
etandiete its. nature, wee not to be
drawn into yielaing tit it,
"No ;" he said, finally drafting a
long breetb, like tem who after ell.
comae' iiig etttne great danger realizes.
time he !tee nt Ia't escaped it. "How.
ever, it 'nay g ) \vitli me, 1 wi 1 not ea ve
myself by nutting her all in jettis' deo"
mid with et any further heeitatimi, be
re4limeil his eeat at the table, opened e
drawer, took ont Due sheet of note-
paper :Intl tine envelope, told was n1300
tu lay hoth on his hIoltiitg-F»L e het
he noticed the stet.) in it, e hich litre
evidence to the length and intensity of
the late flay.
With an inn ali?Ilt ilesturo —t he g -
tut e of one who, in the habit of keep
jug him elf well in 11111/d, 1.4 (litlallqt(01
to find be has nueonscieuely lirttee
bonielst—he cut 1 ff t Itt sheete so men
treated, and, teering them into small
pietee, threw them into he watits-pa
per basket.
Thee, taking a pen, he directed the
envelope to
Mrs. Breckley,
The Myrtles,
Enetlea
Sentlishire ;
but paused for a miente ere begittnieg
to write.
Aea rnle, hesitancy concerning
whet he should eay eat; not ti ceiling
of Mr. Gargrave ; but he had beet'
hesitating all the evening ever the net towards Lee Briatzeotita Honierton,
vete?' queetion involvsd iti his letterotn,
anti Liner 01610,011, Mill Deytiti, there
it seemed Petered that the words o its a perfect etilinees, and almost 1 i-
veving a refusill, which to him menet ;till t(nkeese.
se lunch, should scarcely flow glibly
front hie pen.
To his right lay a yellow envelope,
to his left a pink, aud. perhaps t.
stimulate his facultiee, he opened the
former and read once again the fee
lines traced ott the paper it coutitined.
If brevity ie.the soul of wit,that tole.
gram ceuld only be regarded ne a high.
ly homorons oomposition. This eas
h 1W it ran :
From Penkey, Liverpool, to ells
Gargrace, 8, Queen -equate, London.
Brent bolted—Stenlope in gaol.
The note which next he drew out of
the 'Auk envelope WAS longer, Inn
quite ite much to the point.
It was me ten iti a crabbed hand,
that of a person evidently unaccustom•
ed to correspondence ; 1)01 the meaning
intended to be eouvt'yed appeared
clearly etionell. The lady addressed
her cerrempittidetit as honored Sir, aed
took the liberty "of ioftwining lam
flint s mortgage en cerkain hutch;
(which she meittioned) having been
that day paid off in a cheque drawn
npon8 L0101011 ball 1C. sho trusted he
wont(' excuse her freedom iu aeking
him to get it cashed for her.
"Ktviwing, els 1, how very clever he
was in all bushiess matters, she would
feel more obliged than she could , x.
pies!. if he wooed 'pet the money (int'
ft' tier Rt good interest. It is a smell
sem cortaiiily," added lia good lady.
'len perhaps even in your own lima
nee:: you could turn it over, so as to
melte mine of it for me. -Whatever
yen ti o with it, it will saidy me, for in
yonr leinde I know it must be safer
the gas, and, making his way dawn
stairs, opened the hall -door and passed
into the night.
CHAPTER IL
LUCY.
Following the crow's flight as nearly
ai be eauld, Mr, Gargrase, after over
an hour's wtIk found hirneelf orossing
the wide stretch of marsh land wind' kept, fillet1 with flowers, among wide!'
WAS the nearest way to his hione, bees, who have their stranethetclied
It bad been a tolerably dry Beason,
and the watere of that eeli.waterea
re Lon were consequently quite clue
tent to keep to their nature' obannele,
nod leave the Ma rhhen or rna1te, es
the adjacelit peoulation preferred to
Call them, available for f piteeeng.
era.
T111001 Mar,4iet4 are onotwit I.ttie and another giving tm a held rim -
now after (let k, but they were fox elute vip the elighl aeotiet alta
tietelier then ; Wick Hall wits still to the Wt00, to hat the last rays of the
evening Hie mute it.
Belli d th., house, and not far from
it, 15 a great be. 11, C01.vorted into n
winery by the Into [miler,tt Mr• Hold -
TJ ttt the trade °aril, a 00 there
Iwo men in sneceseion built their hopes.
competelice. NIP. tIoldieg, nee of
those mete tottl beat more than floe,
for hi " expected to make his fortune
n..der t high pitched roof.
So for as he was ',once! lied Jere ever.
death hiul stepped in Sala ft nstrated
time desiee; atel no the ()collapse f
Messrs. Bann & . teellope seemed like.
Ntill.latte, the silence and louelittese of le tit disopt 91 1 trie'suceesser.
e Once wrack lam with a sense of It was of these thii gs Mr. Gitrgrave
109(1110 1011 he had never before ',vied thought drearily as he weighed the
enced. Whence he had come where wooden flot.britlee epnneing the Lea.
the lig ht f, London, the tpeiniiip, laid passed the White Hine, noel t.10
streets, the crowded hetesee, the cease- itetde 11i8 way to the little by -road
lesslioi, the never-ending stretou of whiell led to his littnee.
Inunan life, and if "V where he to."titt Ilo had grew') very fond of the hoti.e.
here wits tint it tree° of any living be• Si cus it became hie owe he hie' tlevoi.
ea evt ty minute of hie leienre time to
Away iht 'Ito distance, the trees 1111
1'. ti Forest toomed Meek it rainst Intinbie eotnige, he it o cleinged ire
t lie sky, tie (melt the Lea 'Pettey1- i
e.pset diet Dot a person who imesed it
train fleeted If northward ; down te. faileet to eele,,,,ei it, he %Any. Tee le.
witrait otratford the eiemits on the rail- tie palings were his own hendie (wk.
.eay eitettod Itti t and ever.clutovieg 11 Ilea pot the trellkes tio stadost
111 Is ; while in the t.t her ilirection-.- the ,eape, ee whim reeee end- jee.a,
011110, anti cternalie, and hon ysuckle
clattered. His bawl scatter, a the
grass -seeds over the tiny lawn clot'
be-itle the river. There ens scarcely a
tree, or hush, or shrub about the piece
with which lie had not some associn-
tion of leiter and piteisnre. All seite•
ons had been cheertill to him there.
N .t en inch of e..utiery, rotted ahem
but was familier to ltint ; the field
oaths, so th,01 Alla tree from 'het ; tile
fel itetriteks beneath the fornst-t tee;
the alat188 where Ille huPy 11110 Ilt
mai:keit, and the blackberries and the
arse grew tngether in wind eater vie.
.11001 ; the green ban ke of the Lea ;
the eld tnansimis Ittumling secluded,
end not be foiled by ordinary pelt: stri•
an., -these tbmge, eimple and r
though eitch 'night be if token
mate op a wirele of familiarity, aeso.
elation, and memory which twined
....end the malt's heart and boom! it to
His home with cords of love.
And it wits qnite ripen the verde that
lie should lege the lilacs he hail lab w-
etl to eecnre. All his humble prospel
i y seemed to him. as he walked home
that night, a thing of the pest.
He eel.; weary, told when ft Mall '-
tired lie is generally prune to be de.
spoildieg. Bei was feint for \viva. ot
hied, for he hal etteati nothing since
bre.akfast, Ho was exhausted, for the
• scitement which had hitherto ettetein-
ea him tis all but passed away. ..8
wad; lotely, For he had no one witl
whom to share his trouble. He hal.
owned nothing bot that pretty o tel I age
and Oita melee business, it -id now bet,
ere in jeopaidy.
He coned have saved them, but 11?
W011 !Wt. -WA alt that pliCel.
Stratford ;Mitre') cloult was etriltiog
eleven as he lifted the !Atoll or the out-
er gate end walked up the short path
leading to the hall ((nor..
Ile wile Omit to put hie key in the
1 ol, tvhett the door opened, mid a girl
holtliog it light iii her hand oxtail:plied.
"Oh 1 1 atil ito glad you have come
I heard the clink of the gate. A e
you not very cold ? I have kept • p
euoti fire."
"Theelt vem, tetey I" he replied, a -
he epoke tatting itis het and coat,
nod ',het) pa.ming ett night into the pet-
-en evrione thet he 0 lid not, with all 10, "what a glovions fire 1 ' ande(1;
hi 0 't"mg°, Intel P16" (.3Y, I'm 11°1 .11:i he weft. up the heart h mei etti
all around, I see the elder trees a
mass of lea and flower.arid the turkeys
roosting its them. I look at the la.
bornums drooping over the water ;
there is perftune of Mao in the air,
and where the long grass grows beside
the bank a 11,411 rises at intervals.
There is a modest oattttge, with its ga- ..y08," he answered, mechanically ; 1 1 11;t: ,1,1‘)lt.44:140,0 ra 4 VI 140;
bks -end towards the Lea, and a fair ends dropping into the arm.eltair, ho unitto.1 ctiosun:. "solY,fN'elints or
our WO pogo eanneeet eaeresa (i. e. it.,wenen
garden i» the front, smelt and well- relapsed lute reverie. te Go , Newsp2por Ativertktag litrresu m eertees
'Are yon ready ler supper now ?• st.vew -eerie
asked thti girl, ‘` hal (1 rawy(01 Aczed ;IP•ptievil Do lent in whi‘.li +Numb.' ad.
verti:up ,i(Pra t'y if t SILtiAlt1111,411" ilutneeniont
seals tile ?" ro a.le, we will 51111l it a Ilu..ositit,s, by etorn
1 -Ie roused himself at her question. mail, vino) • o ..as vitt pin,u y,.u. FiJ�itSy
04/ 'SR Magni (111/1101. FiV1111 (11111 At \ Crtirti0 •
111111 Meal I t.t1 ati.dering t h ought S. sifiTui oil use Aud state b vo.ver
"1 (1,, not require any supper, tlnuik YI)" 5" lids'
yen," lie load, -Bat n by are you tel A oky 10 Agent.. eanvau..1»g for late
tending to thew, thiogs ? NAThero
Mre. Dodge)) ? Hag she goee to bed
with a headaelte also ?"
The gtr; tangtiea, „.„ plerisa "r .
_
111 P (1-All'ili;:tuist:t'.1i'lYt.'tine,
. -
IV. "Ju
10c. 2., Ausan Caul, 0., Nassxu,
V- '• 1.
enee future possibilities than to pres-
ent ailments.
"She so often has had Iteithehes,"
remarked the girl, with souls trace of
wonder in her tone, for expressions Of
sympathy were not much iu Mr. Gar.
grave's line.
Ar4.4:411 20, 1
1QR 'UNBOLT ARS CA
we win in., a seven -line advertisement ene
week at a list of tes weekty nowt:waver...4 or four
Hails i a different list of 817 Impees, or ton lines
two weeks .11 a oitoioti of altitor of ionr separate
atidaitaikiet lists' NIA taialmg 401100 to 1,114) yarn%
ogon, or four 111103 0013 sack lit all four of the
small lists, or one line 000 welds In air qx lists.
hottees I 11 11 hell sheltered cormsr, go
Immtnitig all the long 14 nnunpr day,
No leek of lite about the tiny lititii.e;
see how the pigeon.; shot to and fro
itIong the red•tillea bvns mud take
long nights over the nide inar-dies
yuna ; 100 hens are prating in the yard
widen lute one gate. opening into the
standing, 01,41 not ono of the strevts
that bay') ce been built over its site
were thought of.
After leaving Betlinal.ereeti lie
scarcely met a. cl .zeit persmis, mid all
of th• se 11.. 01.0 iithterea before renal'
iek.
Otese Wick Hall wits behind him lie
iteettied to platige boo a region a ut•
ter s• lit Into. It WAS 11. clear, (PIN itig 1,
viith star, shining above, awl a sharp
hvevzo blowing ovor the m traltem, ntd
as 'Mr. Gaxgr eve stood di 1 for
tit t. e. ob.-tut half. way along t he Temple
Here and there, far off, a lamo glim-
me% ed Btfull v, but other evidence of
stabitetteti there was none.
The wind \whistled al) ett the marsh
es, briogine with it fresh, keen eir
from Ole flot, 1610 &I:0,x 14.01s, 1111(1
is blow neontel s enothiee ils
eerie 8 ,01111, or in the wide expanse a
iiesii:itte country m the tonkt of which
he stood, tir the sea look of eky tout
earth, or in e:et mortrufill inctrinur of
the water, flowing sullenly in divided
cantntiele on its 0 'arse, :struck Mr.
lleresrave Slilltit01 eetise et per.
143181 levelitiese, el tieing reicered tor,
alloyed, which as bitter exceedingly.
It was strange tie had itever, throegh
all the struggling yettrit of Iii8 L0101
career, known the same feeling before;
but it one upon !din low whit rnsli
leg f )ree—with overptieerieg cotivic-
Ii .0.
What lie 01(1111 do, white be 0001.1
vive, what he could bring, whet hi
contd. withhold, might and did signify
initch to many pereinie ; bet for des
1 iee's sake no one cared itteo.t him -
net a single creature in all the wield.
Unless, indeed, it might be Nets
Dodson But nu ; he c .tot even
except MteeDedeou.
her heitrt she is lenity told tinily
revel of nothing exeept that greedy
little beitet. Tommy," he de3ided, irri.
tably ; end, 118 auger is al,vays cer•
1 tie correc iste of sentiment, iNfe. Ger.
110I, 11,8 Chi memory of all
Tommy's sins of omission ante wino
to trred to him, walked rar.
s,r11, entn.iiioring that, lifter all, 11 SiV
nified very little whether anyone wed
thee in any batik. for hen or not.
"Begging your pardon for taking up toetters look new," he, mueed,
your time readiog about my affairs, "it i.1 far better no one shoold he wait•
"I nm, Sir, jog for 01e at hem° whose heart won1/1
V0311' 1/br`die111 RerVallit, aehe for this troeble that bee come no
ANN Jeent.Betocxere." en me. If I. had a wife How, arid bid'.
Mr. Ourgrave, with a Rmile flitting dren, mv 0888 W0111(1 be very hard i„.
over his Nee, read thie epistle to (lit def ; but, situated as I nli—"
end, and own neeweted it thus ; Then he paneed ite his mental emit
"Deer I\ f 8. Brockley,-. veep, for, sit totted 0) 511 ite wite,with
'Your note inclosieg Mr. N.lerrilow'm neither chick tier child, nor wife not
allege', hes naivete safely. will pass brother, tile position wee very eoviotte
it through my atcrient to.nurow ;
and its Consols 8.10 11107 illV011
the 11M, *11 111, for yeti in Govereme»1
etock.
enenot adviee pm to run any
risk mitt; your moi ey. High jute:tow
ite vele. bad eeenrity, and It
is 1r tter for yoo to roz.t content with a
sio:1!, p1.11.01•111vgr, titin to peril wear
m el o: lett Should I hent
nsty good mortgages or tlesit able in•
veqtraet,t,1 ol fail to let sou
kto w, nod, neitirititc yon that my aerv.
ter s, .trn always 1 V01.11. command, I re.
main, years the henke of which wet e auverki by
INlicneve, GADOP AVE." grits -es and inoshos. atilt 14)001
P, yon will R1.11(1 TIR tho 1111111,f1 of 0, half
`•01i, tin 1" Nile raid ; "hut 141-1'
I himulit Tommy wow I 18 fcveri.h,
and that lie would not rest till tit
meet lip is airs."
"—Tetumy I" Raid Nfr.fiergrave, vi
cionely. It fens te 1 hie beta 0) Ilse
meiglity words, tied his belnivionr
enrpt 'sod Miss settling that she said,
''Olt Gilt 111401 1" with a soli of a
glom no the oh 1 as if' 010 had beeti
jahlilOti ;DIV 10 00111 Witter.
'1 log y011/' 1,11 N1011, 1A1CV," Ap010
viseil Mr. Gorgrave ; "lint I 1»tv,4 Itt
Christie!! feeling to, that 1,0y."
"1 do not think anybody has," no
.henglit lightly asitle. rubbled warming, his (11411(18 before
The 1101A0 where he lived htta 101W 11111 blitziog logs, while the girl changed
beet, pulled down ; hot. 01100 11"n It the pesitieu of the covers laid for Iii.,
titre ll was 0 t retry Spot a301 victor-alele
1 and drew n chair nearer to the
esgtie, shunt 11 on the Es,ex side or )„.„t. o&NED FRUIT,
Cite Loa, thyre (by r0A,"^31 "I 916 watt"- "Do not erneltle yourself," he emit,
5* 5,011 fren, lietikeey tern) gime ti oio- at 1,031, turning rutin i and notirine SA.I1DINES,
41o85 9411,11m, 8.1 1111' bosteeit of a (tertiary 1' ''10 she was (1pig. ..1 11111 mit reilliy
LO
lane. wild and rural, with greet thor110)1,,. e„id_iiot 0„)11 thseugh, (1, „„u!!1 he BST.iillS,
trees, that. in the pleasant NIey.litne .tratige a I were, ter 1 It tve swelled
were white with blossom.; and swotted trIn the city. SALMION,
1110 oir 1..". 'Ina tin.; with (10011 ditchew, -w,iihea 1" She repeated. "HAW
tired you tnnst be 1" nod she tonchod
an'eesy chair, as ir inviting him to test.
Ho aid not•re-read it copy this let ft'"vevit• in it.
tar, but placed it in the envelope he A. pretty place, in very truth. As 1 "No; I do not, thiek lam," he art•
hied previottely directed. eented, rtna write of if London and its houses, ami swat./ cl. "Where' ie my sister 9"
stamped, and put it in the pocket of ita strvets and its noise, and its nod- "She Iota a bad headaelie, and went
Ws top-q.mt. 1t',,, e1011898 1 rainy of 110111011 feet., end to hid quite early.",
Then, ore waiting to look up big roll of caritageee anti rumble of cnxte, "Poor Nlit tilde 1" ho ojnenlitted, with
drawers, he took kis hat, turoed.out., fades away and the country 11401(010s ft sigh, which had possibly mote refer. A,
...were(' the girl, h r eyes dancing with
run, "111.s. Dobson left everythitig ways acceptable
read:, for yon, though," elle trent orr,
eager to do in 44 104 to the over.foita
!nether. "'deli won would eat a little
of this fowl, and let 111? get you some
Ile. Yon do lA,,k so tired.
In be eontimcea•
h.Oitare and rte.:, ntiful c111(1111. 4!111 s, name'
1110.1 5O8I11/11,1,1, (lot . N.e:Aun.17,Y.
..• ..•- n.
, ^ n
nil;g:r4tee. tsiTiren tg
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Christmas Comes but
once a year—bUt some --
body's Birthday every
!day, and a present is al-
• --Y.- -T.-
GRAY'S SPECIFC MEDICINE.
The Groatnaglital TRADE 144
T RAIJE M'NRK. Remedy Jai mini'
Mg cure for Semi-
nal Wes Roes
Spermato ph 01,
I.,Ipotency, olden
Diseases nal fol-
low as a seotivnce
of Self A1)1190. 119
loss of Memory,
•
Before Taleongtuae, Pain el tee
Beek, Dimness nf vision, Pronutture old age, and
many other Diseases that lead to insanity rn-
Consumption awl Premature grave. atePoll
panic •dartt in our nunphlot, which we eepireta
seat) fve bv plant every one. kee•The Speeific
Medicine 54 soldby all arogaists at A. per package
0, six po ekages tor *8, or will be sent by mail on
• ea :Ipt of the money by addressing
TITS (5 01)' MU/ICI:RE CO.,
Wrz.mson, ONT., mum.
Exoterby all druggists, and every-
where in ,lanada awl the United. States 1)y whole•
sale and retail druggists.
:0 0: -
Rennaindex
OF 0:11, :CAN .;Y GOODZy
• TO B 1:11 SOLD
C [FE A P
NOW IS TIME TO BUY AT Tint '
Dominion Laboratory,
EX -TITER.
rr.1-IIS
NO 30 Y113.AST
ZailM14
Truth Concerns You More Than Counterfeit,
--1,
Thurefore, read, puroliage, and enjoy its burying. When I say 1 manufacture inv 0W11 furniture
11111 prepared with my prom-410ot that the people can Suspect at any time by c tIlIng at my wars.
rooms where they wilt see n. superb die play of
Furniture inAll its Branches
is ulannt.tet-tra'l by myself and my eornUine4 Lrti,tie went, witu 5no4 wIrlranauship. I der um not
tusatisfying the people -mitt'. A 01944 of Pu nature that e ulna bur equalled. for quality or -price In
Itixoter,all blowing to the eontrary, notwithstanding.
WHEN YOU WANT ANY FURNI/IJR GIVE J. BRAWN A GAIL
• Corner of Maio and Gidloy's Street, 3etstee.
C. cr6 S. GIDLEY
tinfifIrtairer-, and 'Fri trniture
TyVOULD SAY TO
'V those who intend
•ourchas.,.kg to 4o so from
the inenufact urer. Tho
.Malor who buys to sell
tgan tnust nocessaril
-lave a prat. We
to give tun purchasers tho
tknofit, which cannot fail
to meet the views nf the
•+rangers. Our expenses
kre less titan those of city
,uanu'aeturerb consegnent-
ly we can selleheaper.
Nia-nufitiztirers
AATE AV 0 U LD
i, call specialattention
co our undertaking dephrt
meut,whieb ill niore corn
elev. Ian e 01, tt13 we have
tided 1111eT111 110W 1/0111g118
0 of ate The best cofnn.:.
caskets shrouds,and every
caskets
requisite at the
I:1)1014 prices. Oar 110W
lieur$ e is proneunCed by
competent jries to he
second to not e the
provinces
Emblems of all the Different Socxties.
11.1tNITMW11•211..
JUST RECEIVED AT THE
EXETER GROCERY
AND LIQUOR STORE:,
A LARGE STOCK 0]!
GREEN, JAPAN,
YOUNG HYSON
and BLACK TEAS,
RAISINS, CURRANTS,
PRUNES, DRIED APPLES,
BITTER 8.UTC P.: AND PICKLES, BEANDIT,S, GINS, WINES AND SYMMS, RVE,',VALP4.
SCIOrau, IRMO AND GOIDION WHISKIES, TOBACCOS AND CIGARS,
Wholesale and Retail.
0-- , OF,
Street,,E%ettr.