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The Seaforth News, 1934-10-11, Page 6PAGE SIX. THE SEAFORTH NEWS THURSDAY, OC'TOBE'R 11, 1934: "Ale!" 'said Shere IKh'an, after F a- zil's ;first journey in 'the palankeen, and as he lay, languidand weakened by his fever, in the outer tent'where his retainers could 'attend on him - "whom hast thou sent us, :Me's'h'-? 'They tell of 'Ohand'ee :Begum of the Niz'aau S iahee's, but who, after alt, was one of our royal race, -ghat she. rode 'with. her army o'f true •believers, and fought with her enemies. ;Bp Alla! this girls riches "so that it is heard to 'follow her; and we all say, there is that in her eyes which, had she a sword i'nher hand, nay, with- out it, would lead us, as only thou, 'or the 'Khan could lead uis, Meah. Yes, She is a jewel 'oif great price." And 'retail liked to ihear this; he liked to hear ofd Goolab exhaust her 'vdcaibttlary .af endearment upon Tara, as she slat by 'hitt', rubtbing his feet when the fever oppressed him; and when, in those feverish dream's Which are part 'df this disorder, strange tan - cies ',beset 'him, the IB•rahnluhi 'girl of- ten became a Prominent 'actor in those unreal scenes :df his imagina- tion, ISo it grew on, ,The 'h'a'bits of East- ern people do not ad'm't'of those de- monstrations and protestations Of ave which 'form part of our social habits. 'But we have no warrant :for saying that their 'feelin'gs are the less ardent or ,permanent. \'Ve think not; and that there, as elsewhere, they progress silen•ily, and are .after- wards called' into active exercise by occasion and opportunity, and with possibly more energy and passion than among ourselves. IWhen 'Lurlee had rallied the Brah- min girl sometimes upon her attach- ment to her old faith, now, she said, hopeless, -and 'Zyna, throwing her arms round her as. they sat together in the twilight after evening prayer, beuiught her to give it ep-to come to them .as a sister, as a daughter, - and .pleaded hard :for thee, -Tara 'vas sorely tried, Whom had she now to look t"? whither was she going? 1f there were wane of her mother's re- latives at \\'ye, -and all she 'knew of then' was the surname, -what ,las •hr- to do? Even were they there, cdare'cl not look at htan eiow, even by stealth; but there was ever a sweet assurance' of 'his presence -of his, care -of his ,thought, which produced a kind of ectasy, Milling her mind with a sttibIine devotion and innocent pas- sion: often Tilling her eyes, too, caus- ing a ts•rang'eIy tight feelings at her heart as•i'f she could not breathe, ankh then a deep sigh as 'h'er tears :welled aver; and she hoped, with an almost delirious joy, that she was to !belong to ,him by -and -airy: na matter how far distant it iivi'ght be, --'only to belong to him, and be for ever with him: !And so the time :passed to thein all: A pleasant life which, clay by clay, grew to be more a'bs'ohnbing to 'Lara, and caused indifference to outward occurrences, IB•ut had her eneilry 'been ddile? '".Che force marched date one day, ltd rari,mmrul had ascertained that the litters and followers generally, would' not arrive in ciemtp before n'igh'tfall. Pt was dark, 'for there was no :moan; and he laid !his plants ac- cordingly. Day and night; he and :Gunge, in various disguises, had watched about the .K'han's tents, and had tried to get speech of the 'serv- ants. .He dare not carne openly, ex- cept to the 'K'h'an's 'D'u•rbar, where he heand nothing, He was nearly hopeless of success, when he under- stood casually that the evening nasnicli was determined •up'on, All fhe 'force was not to move; bat some only with the Khan, for the sake of convenience of supplies and water. It was a short stage -only four or five Miles, and the Khan's tents were to precede the force, 'II'e and •his family were to remain in a village for the night, and several houses had .been cleared for him, Thus much had 'Gunge .piekecl up, and 'far °nee, for- tune seemed to 'favour their designs, :Fazil 'haft recovered, and again rode with his men, Tara, therefore, once more occupied the litter, which was closed, and carried with thane of Janice and -Lyda, ''lad she continued to ride as she wished, nothing could have happened. As it grew dark \i ort Trim'mnl-with a small hotly of horsemen tthfch he had ilea -wiled from the Envoy's and kept about his own pees.,n-follow0,1" Pua's litter at a distance and yet .0 as not to interfere with it. As it grew dark, and they neared the place where they wire at stop 1.,r the uigitt, lie ob- served that Tara', pal.tnkeen was the list: he knew it from the w bite deities sewn to the red cover; ;uu1 he ire terotrly, yet apparently un - pre mei ilate'aly, Noshed hie hnr-c- mcn between it and the other•, in a uartttty lane, i•t wlneh litters, horse - nun. and soldiers were much crowd- ed together, Then he stopped his men, pretending there was obstruc- tion in front; and .so the litter; of 1,nrl.ec and.yret, which were sur - r ,unled by to n t nartls and .guides a: 115nal, went oneforsome distance, neter missing the one •behind, Men' 'I'riru,nu;l was exultant. :\t the nest torn in the real his own sees nt , \cho hart been instructed beforehand, welt to the hearers tri I'trt litter, ,pretending t, have been seeking them, and, ah r. int talent roundly fir their c•lrelev nes- in remaining, beltiud, bade them 0011112 01 rapally, Tae when followed Blind. ly, they knew they were ta go to a village, and here was one; and press - my reward, they pre,ently rewhfel 0 hen se to whie 11 they were directed. Pru down the p,t.ankeen (,usha1 lioshs1 llter ilana! llurdatta1 was cried by eeverftl voices; and a screen of -clout 'being stretched, as lomat. from the palailkeen to the entrance of the court, and the 'door of the lit- ter opened, 'Tara emerged from it un - suspiciously; then the door was in- stantly closed behind her, a thick shawl was thrown round her head which almost stifled her, and she, telt herself taken up by powerful arms, and carried rapidly onwards: She struggled violently, but a voice she knew but too well, hissed into her ear through the .shawl, "Be quiet, else I will kill you;" and for a ,mo- ment she lost eonsciotliness, CHAPTER LXNTI as little change in the daily mon consent the na'ule of the Bea'h- life: the early- march, the halt for the' man was never mentioned- among There w Beall - day, the household occupations, and them, Ah, yes, a pleasant time indeed 1 What more delicious to a young girls heart rhea) the cons'cionsness o'f await ening love ? Could she help it? did she desire it? Neither, perhaps; but it would conte nevertheless: and there would coupe too, with all the persuas- ive adjuncts of her awn helplessness and dependence,• the sense of evident respect in which :she was held by iF a- zfl, and his honourable reticence, even of speech with her. So a new life, a new desire 'for life, was growing with- in her, and increased day by day. Did she endeavour to check it ? Not then; it was toe; delicious. . - Before it. the tad home was fading ew;ty, the tonins of father and mother already becoming ditty and Shadowy, as 'h0! naug to tete past. The old temple ,ccupati'n-, the - preparation f,0r daily duty, 'Were being supplanted ay other feelings., luidecided as yet, iiittf thly tender. Did she regret that :hest were• gr.,w'0g into detl'nite „rah in bee La' heart? Not then.. She had na certainty of What s111 t i.,n;.zht,ti 1 ii any tette, even Zyna, 'tad,.kul her, t.' define w hat w t" vi,l1i:; lar, -he could not have 'Inc,c then the pleasant talk ,with. Zyna and Lwrlee. Her tales of the Hindu l;fe, and of her hone pleasures and occup- ations were told again and again and heard by spmpathising friends. Two different world;, a$ it were, were thus brought together. What did the Simple Brahnvhut girl know of the grandeur of \iahomedan nobles, si which only a faint rumor had ever readied her- To her unclean, site would once have shouldered at nearer c.11taet with then, however richt or crani they might be, Now, 'how dif- 1,::ent! They had reepec:ed iter hon - 1r, 11;1 'they also respected iter faith; 1 every nay her little cooking -place :urraneec with cater 'ir"n311t by 1-1rall ann •. ,r tier ',:ata ,and 'ler drink hie:: ,:,lc interfere I ;del Lnrfee .,,'uta `y ll'e :':le 'i:te mai3va dress - 1 int: •i'r; - 1111041. as "110 •la., , ften ne '10:115.-..411.11•0 ;it'1 '1 .. 1 i 1e: •: r -int eeei lied .,,. '1. 11 -t •rbc, '•laic']. it 'Sar rt i, ., ;rte wtii hlinite relish, eel intt,er ricin 1011: Km- 7.0 \1.t t e,l tat. 4ir1 the le.,i•- ,Irl•.:.. i. -''.0 ri',i real a'1.1 ex - en l '_e\, , •d.,i.. i 1eee 1111 eeer tri ire e ." e:n rl lie.: •1 , ra: i. 'o] t'''i-:'1y,:..t tee, 0;;. netale 1 centre'. himself, el„ and 1} t little. eae':e. lam r• •e h is , lien -late' . at her texts . .,e.1 ,.rout the I•., rant ::t,-+ 'i"11 ,. ,,.. .. 11.111..!-:. • . . 1 •t -i• t i - t- a talo. Si.;coned speak le 'tint tired, r _ eeeer ':'tertiee. •i .s •.' ! ,tilt'. i rrli 1's, to tell him to •; e",:: i t:yr ata h11 1rr'e:t. that he w,•ula 1,t• reacted '1 ,P ..•.•ill ,..1 .❑'hitt �` , carni i,c •.:11. Even this w,r•• a'' teal •.tt. ,,1 ,.t' at trail t .,n eagtasitt• pleasure, (Ie .,, n'„ atmla and- 1I, s '.tt 1 '1 nt -Poise of her Ir. - m••:11; r„ - t• l 'rat :'ur! 11 , neer u• L•r w is to her: , r,1 hi• . -• , 1. .P r. c• :1t a h:.w heanti'nh 1 n,: ,i:' r_ Ill:' 1 Teat •,r: s,:t•n any one like . .. - ,. aim Ne: 11 :anal, 1, !evi i 1.30• 1 -.SI,. r:; .,,• 11 111, i:., a; e,1 71•' 1,) any 1310 he- �."rt, it -a. •,w'1 It „itt' as hazea i\ -,at dal ,be ,..i ,s? Shit' could only -,e that. there ':tie, in her eye-, the eetIllatt lieemy the eld poets 0.0 1. af 11"-t ft, leving tit- A 1ICh , retimt earnestly leaked 'me her, 'before a Melt she dare ne: , ten her t,513 11 he cattle into the tent accoutred, blazing with cloth-oi- "i:l and steel armour, slie tied at once, and frim a distance watched Zyna embrace him, perhaps fasten an amulet upon his arm, or relieve him of his heavy clothing and armour. If 'Fazil were absent, (Tara and Zyna hold often sit and talk of 'him, Poor little heart! how it fluttered then, She could not tell 'hie sister what rc.e to her lips, but, as her heart :welled, she 'felt as if she could do scene great thing for hint or for ,Zyna-defenl then', or avert evil dram then -even if she died herself, it would be welcome. Yes, the old story -the old story 1 -the telling of which, in all its wondrous will never finish here, or finish, but to be renewed hereafter! :Did Fazil perceive this ? Not yet. fIe had a true gentleman's best safe- guard a'::ainst presumption, an innate fmodesty in regard to women, which prevented it; and yet, ,,.,how often 11e watched the lithe and graceful. :figure as it passed from his presence on some trifling errand, or the 'glo'w- ing intellectual ,face as it ,quivered under the excitement 'of explaining any portion of one of her oold-world. hooks which interested 'her, -or the quiet, demure expression which gath- ered over it, as she sometimes 'hrou'g'Ft-'for she would .allow no .else to touch the vessels she cooked it in --her little daily contribution to his 'father's dinner, and Waited apart with folded• arms ,till dee had told ,her, with with them., but with ,nee. Once, in blood and terror, didst thou escape. me; but not now, girl -never miord.. Now thou art mine, and there is no- thing between thee and ane; 11or 11- ter, nor father, .nor mother; :only thee, and only ane; and thou Intuit a long ac- count of misery to ,pay me." "The =holy Moarlee oif . the goddess: 'tongot her 1aial. . and her VOW among' tine cow -slaying inlfidele, 'said 'Gunga with another mock reverence, "Art thou ready, 0 Ad,00rlee Of Tyooiija Ma- ta? ready to the such as I aim, in her service? Come! there i•s thy master and mine; 'be content that thou art saved the stn of 'faithfulness to her. Didst thou think,".continued the girt, advancing a step at each word tall 'alae leas close 10 Tara, who shrank 'front her-" that thou .would be loos- ed from thy von' to Ibe the petted toy of all utncleaal, Toork ? 0 Tara, ,diclst thou think it? Ah, y'esl 'I know thou di'dst, 'faithless, when the fair boy'•s arms were about thee." "Silence!" cried Tara planting, as the Ih'itter words stung her ea the quick. "S'ilen'ce! thou ark shameless, !Gunge. 0, 'what have 'I ever ,done to harm thee, that thou haat 'such bitter enmity to me?" "Thou amt .beauti'fu'l, arid I hate thee for that. 11 hated thee tong ago, 'before thou wast a Mo:orlee," sive replied. "He 'laved ,ne once, that Moro Tni'm- an'ul there; now he cries, "Tara! Tara!' all clay long, 'Dike a.sick 'c'h ld, and will not took one pie. Thou Iv* hate mte 'because II have taken thee from thy beautiful lover; ,but, 0 ".Cara, more deeply do Ii hate thee 'for taking ovine frau ole. Look, .he gave rote this gold clone. It is as heavy as thine- 'heavier. That is all '1 have left -that is all. file will give thee another, ,by - and by; not now, but when he has done with thee. Enough' Take her away, Moro '.Trimmed, I have done thy bidding, and earnecf the ,gold, Take her away -far away -ere I re- pent of this, tate 'worst work of my life, and join her against thee. Go l" "Gunga' !Gungal go not," cried Tara, seizing her dress, "There is pity in thy heart, let it carte out to ole. 0, leave me not to him, by your mother, 'by your--" "Coale," cried ..,Moro Trimmed fiercely, caetiug his anal abbot her. llu is child's play, coma Nay. Tara, .gently, and it were better for tired -else I will strike thee," he said. under his breath, hot with a terrible distinctness, as she struggled violent- ly, shreiking as she did 5t, ''Ctut:ga! the shawl. Quick, girl--le-t she he heard without. Quick! liar the outer ( 1, • t t ,.Id n: stirring. of that nes life. ultttn t: all the old 1 the aent.e are i11g of ;111 absorbing •,p•1, If F-azj' u' iter, she 4 trete:,i 'nut 'tat ilt leer. She had jeer ,.. hint Net matter what ut -7t:,1. she 1i•:ened. and never replied. \Viten be was ill. she t„'k 1„ !lint the tittle :-ling potions she hall made, and. es he lay easing. with fever. ,• e n-tieda. that they w'ottld re- ra-•, :0 1 w,,nh1 not • be for - . ,I,',111) ate i 't i l eteaala ea.. -t''u. ..., „ tl an tel 1.10' ...1 tanieral .. or• :r tat. ,.,Pae en.I exp,. 1-e is t,;:, , Then Fez!! ems :'.toe, and 1•r e,e.,.. ,lay -,:01 not ride. S!re ccw;'1 rile: -he had •:rnee 'ravelled in te palankeer in her lift -,her father cott:d not etiord --nc: -:le gave up her litter to 11'17, id rele a stout ambling palfrey of ^he Khan'; which 1'115 gentle, and a retie: en h nq m'tn he- from his heav- ier war horse; and old Shore Khan and his ]nen. her tir,t 050101 front. Too,j'apu:'r, claimed the privilege ,:f guarding her as 'she rode, rapidly and fear'esay, and nl:,tlaged the active horse with skill and grace. Once Moro Trimmul saw her rid - ail with tai- et'cort cf heavily -armed men. She way wrapped in conal]-, and had twi,ted one round her heal like a turban, which covered her face a:I 'hitt her e Cs. Tie concealed his ,.''A'11 face and per. otil -he passed, brit the fact that sihe 'w'asriding with •:i noble a company t, attend ate he-, ;is - quieted him. "She .. creating into favour," he thtnght. 'and is 11dang- er. It is necessary to act before we reach Wye." Whether Moro Trim'mul was in camp or not, she had not thr.tigh to inquire, Fazil had told her once, with a •very perceia!tible tome of difappaint- ment, that he had been released, and had gone away. I -Ie was never seen in the camp, .but, with Siveji's en- voys, put up in villages near where the force might halt. They did not vex her with his tale of her having been taken away under her father's sanction, "which Fazil, Lurlee, ' and -a .Pleasant senile or j'o'ke, how much Zyna had never 'believed' and by coni -the liked it 1 PROFESSIONAL CARDS Medical DR, IE. A..MeM1 SPER.--Graduate df the Faculty of Medicine, Univers- ity of Toronto, and of the New YprJe Post Graduate School and 'Hospital. Men1'b'er of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario. Office ata High street. Phone 27. what leas She to do? eagainst her, ever lose tip the hard cruel wall of llfndu aal.:whom]; the sem•itude the nearly inexita'ble dishonour among' • •r:ulg,er-, of 11u•r. Own faith. the hope - lees it10 0 1 ,S 01 all 'mitred 4111' 1511- ared-tor life; and so, heticr death \11 this had passed throu;ir her mind ia•t,•re, :,t !'oojapoor, and then there .sa, no abrrn:ttive, Now? t), 11„sv hard the new y,11111 :lf 1l plea 1t 1 as these thoughts •,t 'e,l 1113''11 11 her Mind -the certainly It' lave „11 the tate 11'i1111, e'1e11 it, a Filen.; en' depend:ur, and of respect and pro- tection from all evil, even though t, minister t, the o11 khan -Mmol 1„• her enly ,0.'upatir"h, 'Phis, and 1” see Fazil ,laxly- to see Zyna-to he held to that rough old l.,irl,e's heart lit' the cilia!, ter at they called her, all the sea ant -,--'that 110'1 the ,',`'her life to t'nipare with tlhi-? Eve, if she etenel Ler peed,.altar h eI they te , tier her but misery? ler >, it e00nie 1, .\n1 lhc.'. one day 1\\ye was n•w n13 a :e, •t .> e11'.tant). ,Zyna told r ',that they '0lslit I -what they all -•i ,i:c.,F al) 1,1114 thin t',vc----what Faze hal pre,.' -cd to itis father, -- siml Ilea ;nit eat Ehaii had at ties: gently rt ,i tt l it, deeirins a high t:.unte te'n ter told yet 118,1 conceded in the end cntn l.m•lee• came and pleaded too, and add her, and proved to her by tile planets and the elements, that she 'would be for- tunate to the house and to 'Fazil- a loved mid honoured wife, - what could she say? Tite new life now' rase up within her yigelr0115 and defiant against all other thoughts; and its 'blessed shape-ddfinite, 'honntrrable,, irresistible, and delicious to cdntem- plate-woltld not Ibe repelled. "Only give me time,” she cried, hiding her burning face int Zyna''s fiosom----Wanly give me tinge! 'It is so sudden -so unlooked-for," '".then she added, after a pause, and looking rip sadly, "I ant his captive and his slave; not of your 'people, lady, but a strape ger and an infidel, as the Peer says; impure among my own sect, and of no account but for shame and 'lis• honour. tats such, T cannot conte to e noble house. r;\h, do not mock mel" They say," returned :Zyna, "that the 'Emperors of Delhi songht brides from among the Rajpoots, and es- teemed then as honourable and as 'table as themleel•ves; and thouart a Brahman, 'Tara, far purer and nobler than they. ,But no matter: thou art our own Tara, vehanv Alla hath sent 10 115, and whom we ,have received thankfully. 'for hint whose heart no one as yet has touched, Let it be as we all will;' and •Tara, at last, said it should be so, Was eh'e ,gratefttl or happy, this .desolate girl? 0, 'far 'beyond either! All those dreamy im:a,ginin,gs Which at 'home; among her books arid ilowers,'had taken; no definite shape, now assumed a palpable reality. .In her eyes ,glorious, in her 'heart 1aail was :supremely glorious also, IShe DR. GILBERT C. JARROTT -- Graduate of Faculty of Medicine, 'Ua- iversity of Western Ontario. Member: of College of Physicians and Surgeoae• of Ontario. Office 413 Goderich St. West. Phone 37, Hours 2430 pm, 7.30-9.00 p.m. Other hours by appoint - meat. Successor to Dr. Chas. Mackay, IDIR, H. HUGH ROES, Plhiaiclan and Surgeon. Late of London H.. petal, London, England. Spacial attention to diseases of the 'ex'., sot, nose and throat. Office and rama- deuce behind Dominion Bank. 'OilYon ercial Hotel, Seaforth, 3rd Monday iw Phone No. 5; Residence Phone 104. IDR. F. J. BURROWS, Stator* Office and residence, Goderich street, east of the United Church. Comm for the County of Huron. Telephone No. 46. lure' 11 was too late. Several persons, a- mong 0Itoni was an elderly tl,ralunun t, sedate ;mil respectable appearance: attended by armed retainers, carne up the steps hurriedly and entered the room. Between_ the noise of Tara's threiks and his 01011 exertions, -Moro I i in1nlnl had not heard them,. and with Gunga's aidhad forced Tara to the ground, anti 'was endeavottring to tie Ole shawl about her •heticr, which she was resisting with all ler aright; lint Gana had succeeded in catching her hands, and Tara was mach ex- hausted. Another instant, and she venal have been helplessly in their power; but at this moment Gunge saw the curtain pushed aside, and one of the men eater with h, sword drawn; and, loosing Tara, she upset the cruise burning in the ':fiche, and fled into an inner portion of the dark apartment. "Wile are 111011?" cried the man, darting forward and seizing ,More 'I'rim:limas arm; "what murder is this thou art doing?" tITe had no time to escape, or even to rise from his kneeling .posture to shake off the soldier's grip, and two others Main caught him at the sante m'om'ent; while the elderly man, call- ing earnestly for a ;light, raised tip. '"Para, :and disengaged her Front the shawl which had 'been thrown about her. ''Art thou :wiotended?' he said, "Be quiet," cried one of the men. with whom ltForo Triutanul ,was strug- gling violently, "else 1 will •d'ri've niy knife into thee. !Bind him', brothers, he may 'be 'armed. Qtickl"' DR. F. J. R. 1l\O'RISTFJR-Eye, Bea Nose and Throat. Graduate in 1“411 - eine, University of Toronto 111lp. Late Assistant New York 00tla* m'ic and Aural Institute, Mooreield'q Eye, and Golden Square throat 'hosli- tab, London, England. At Comm- ercial .Hotel, Seaforth, 3rd ''Wedges day in each month from 1:'30 p.m. to 5 p.m. DR. W. C. SPIROAIT.-Graduate Faculty of Medicine, University s6 Western Ontario, London, Member! of College of Physicians and Saul- geons of Ontario. Office in rear ed Aberhart's drug store, Sea'forlb. Phone 90, Hours 1.30-4 p.m., 7.36 -9 p.m. Other hours by appointment, Dental T7R. J. A. MUN'N, Successor to Dr. R. R. Ross, graduate of North- western University, Chicago, I11. U- centiate Royal College of Dental Sur- geons, Toronto. Office over Sills' hardware, Main St., Seaforth, Phone 151. DR, F. J. BIECH'EL'Y, graduate Royal College of Dental Surgeane, Toronto, Office over W. R. Smith's grocery, Main St., Seaforth, Phones, office 185W, residence 185J. Auctioneer. G!EGRIGIE ELLIOTT, Licensed Auctioneer for the County of Hur Arrangements can be made for Sin Date at The Seaforth News. 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"Thou :hast had powerful' friends; Tara," said fhe 'Brain -nun bitterly, and with a scornful sneer -'very powerful; even the enemy's general add his fair son; but the gods are not At this moment a 01)511 bearing a lighted, torch came into the .court 'front the street, and ran rapidly' up the steps into the •room. As the light flashed upon the struggling group of men, the leader Of the party recog- nized Moro'Trimmul, and :olid his re- tainers release him. IAs they did so. Tara, who had parbly risen, sank again. to the ground, clasping his, knees, and crying piteously forpro- tection, The old 1Brahmun understood the situation at a glance, "There was an- other Iw,omnn here, -seize her1' he exclainved. She was not, ho'w'ever, to be faat•na. "Peace, he said to Tara, "peace, any claughter; be comforted; no .one shall harm thee. Who art thou? What has happened?" • "I am the unhappy daughter of 'Vyas ISihastree rnf Toolij,apoor, who was -murdered, and I am an orphan," she ,cried sobbing, "r0 elelfend ,mie from hint; he would have clone ate rviolence TIIE McKILLOP Mutual Fire insurance Goo HEAD'OFFICE--SEAFORTH, Ont OFFICERS President -Ales. Broadfoot,: Seaforth' Vice-iPresident, James Connolly, God- erich; Secretary - Treasurer, M. A. Reid, Seaforth. AIGFNTIS W. E. Hinchley, Seaforth; John Murray, R. R. 3, JSeaforth; E. R. 'Ca. Jarmouth, Brodhageri; James Watt, Blyth; C. F. Hewitt, Kincardine; Wm. Yeo, Holmesville. IDIIIRIEOTOES (Alex. Broadfoot, Seaforth No. 34 flames S'hdld•ice, Walton; Wm. Knox, L o n,d e s boro; George Leonlluardit, Bornholm No. 1!; John Pepper, Bruce - field; James Connolly, Goderich; 'Ro- bert Ferris, Blyth; Thomas Moylan, S'ealforth No, 3; Wm. R. Archibald, Seaforth No. 4. Parties desirous to effect in'sunance or tranaaot' other business, will he pronilptly .attended to by applications to any of the- above nained officers ad- dressed to their respective post- offices, and dishonour." ":Moro ",Crinemul," said! the oi'd man sadly, "how oftetr haat thou been warned, and, what new 'wickedness is this? --against a 'Brahman girl toio, and the daughter of the ,main, to'whom thy sister was given! 0, shame!" S'Slhe'is' a Mroorlee," 'he replied sud:k- ily, " and ilas done dishonour by liv- ing with Mussulnvan's"in camp. IIt was from them I have rescued h;er, and would have taken her to 'Wye, Ibut •she resisted. I have done no evil, Pan- dit, n100 intended any." (To Be Continued)