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'ibaa.n then a wish, 1 m'i'nd its power,-.
A \v'ish that to my latest hour
Shall s1ronrly heave my breast—
That 'I for poor anal Scotland' sake,
Aisne neem' plan or book could sn'a'ke
Or sing a sang at 'least.'
That's what yr'ce got to do yet. my
man
"Ay. ay, lass: and I'm looking for-
ward to having a monument in
Georges Signore. and 10 folk tree .\nr
erica colnin to limy photographs
LVhittermeinaa'
"Ye may laugh; hut strailesr thing,
have happened." said ;Kate 11eneiee.
boldly; for how could ,she know that
America- at least, Chicago—shad al-
ready prenounccd apart ,the poetical
claims of her cemin Ronald, and that
in no very encouraging, fashion:
And so they howled along the wide
whine tone road. out into this open
landscape that seemed to lie 31111104 a
thin .t -en of .pale -blue smoke. 1 t was
the country, no doubt; but a kind of
sophisticated country; there were +ic
casional .grimy villages, and railway -
embankments. and canals, ;11211 'that
• not; and the pathway that ran along-
side the wide highway was of 'black
ashes—not much like. a Sutherland -
shire road. However, ail they got still -
further away from the town matters
improved, There were hedge,: and
woods—getting :t touch of the golden
autu100 011 their foliage now; the
landscape grew brighter: those hills
far ahead of them rose into a fairly
clear bile sky, .and then the brisk
nerjon and the fresher ah- seemed to
drive away from him the dismal recol-
lection., of the previous night; he
ceased to upbraid himself for inning
,been induced to smg 'before all those
people; he would atone for the rivic-
lessneas. of his potatians by taking
greater care in the future. So that
when in rime cnnrse of dime they
reached the inn at the foot ei Campsie
'Glen, and had the horse and trap put
up, and set out to explore the bet ties
of that not ton savage solitude. tie
was in a sufficienflv'rheerful ft -Rine of
mind, and Fate Menzies had no rea-
son to complain of her companion.
They had brnt.ght a llInclieon-ba. _
kat 'with them; and as 11 had refit ed
the proffered aid .f a ,table -lad, he
had to carry this .timcelf, and Kate
Menzies las a liberal provider, .1e-
nordinl ty, a ...hey '4(.:,,,m to make their
52121 11)) tlhe steer) and diafwaY ase n,
--dor rain had !Teem 13 Fall, e, 1211,1 the
narrate path was •loopy ti'h .he
had to tare the two we , i„ ;2ok
after themseln•es; and a fine hanhax-
art/ scramble and hauling. awl pu.h3ig
with seri.ams of right and 1110.1 .,f
latf rhter c•n,n,•rl 111.s tea h ,Ilr t
Proper mood i t which to el; 11,2
\atnre in leer sy r ,0 retrt at : Mit tit
,truth that the alen Itself did no
wear a; very re manta: aspect.
doelbt there were massive hrmitlers in
the bed of the streams and they ha,
'te clamber past'precipke(r rocks; and
everva))ere 'overhead rya, a wilder
Hess 0y'` foliage, But everything was
dull;hurrl .otnehfw, 41211 dantp-look
e. •ing, and dismal; the green -messes
boulders. the .tent, n'f rher,' •..
t e,, the
dark rent earth were all of a seruhr
line: while here and there tile eye
caught sight of a bit of ne ttspaper. o
of an empty soda -water 'Math., or. per
Chance of the non -idyllic figure of a
/Glasgow youth seated a;tridc a fallen
hogha a pat -hat on his head, and a
Afanilla cheroot in his -111111), ]Tut
Mill, it was ntorr of -Me country than
the 'Broontie'lawt and when 'Kate and
her companion lied to pair." 31 their
Panting' strtlg'gle up the slippery path
and after she 'hart recovered her
breath sufficiently td demand a halt.
she would tern 1tn pick ferns freer the
dripping rocks, i2r t0 tele P101),) if
there were any more pictnresq„e
places .than this in Suthcrlalfdshire.
Now Renal,' was not in the Masa of
Aicte4 by the common corse of travel-
ers—the desire for comparison; he
was well content to say ,ti,at it was
"a aretty bit glen": for one thing his
attention was c!hieflv devoted to keep.
a:,g his footing, for the heavy basket
was a sore enenmbrance. --
;Hotvever, after some further climb-
ing, ithey reached certaht 'drier altil-
ades: and there the hamper was de -
ms1221) while they looked out for
elt trunks or his -tones as would
make e0u1e21 to eats, The old ceo-
inan was cpceehless from exhaustion;
Kate was l atighime at her oleo 'breath-
lessness, or miscalling the place for
Raving dirtied her hoots 111(1 - her
skirts; ttitide •Ronald was bringing
,thing,- together for their eamfort, sa
that they could have their limelteon
in peace. Thi, was not quite the sane',
kind of a-1uucheon-party-(21 that hi-
lted
elied attended on the shores of the far
northern loch- with 1)),. tarry 2',1111•
pla212111y regarding ;;he -silver-clear
salmon fyine on the smooth, dry.
greensward: and t'i'e American talking
h1 his friendly fashion of the .)h•nld
future that lay before a c, able and
energetic young 1,111) ' in tete great
country beyond the seas; 1.2 hilt all
around agent the street air 52115 bhnv-
lug, and ,the clear light shining. and
the white clouds .ailut.4 high -,wer the
C'lebrig slopes, 'thing, were chan4rd
with pian .ince then -'he did not him-
self know how nlnelt they had cluing.
cal. But in ell rirciunstances he was
abundantly sod itatnred, anti grate
MI for any Lunde , shown hint; and as
Rate Menzies 'had projected this h';p
nt:unit •,n '6is at count, he did id, deet
.20 promote „nod -i -11, w Mita and was
aerixtahle and handy, :111d took her
raillery in exeollent part,
";Kate, dear," wltitnperid old Mo-
ther Paterson, as Ronald took out the
thin., from the hamper, ••ye jdst •,n+:
everyone that Ni111e5 cuatr y,', 1n'h
rextrawl Oance nth t2aa many .Ole
time 'I wkli ye emeld gel 'married, and
have a titan to to look atter ye
"Stop your liaw••ri1:; -tale', email
marry an amid woman lake• 211,•';•'' 1sad
Mrs, Menzks1 whit a 11 i4h, ".\y, and
211212', oho es:ttaiag:m,' 111.,. ;l„at has
driven ye opt 0 yoer mind?"
"(ht ttpa ne again?" the „Id wo-
man said, 'Malang her head. "e ham-
pa4m again! I), at. ins, 11'. ,dike. a-
dek,. s hoose.-•-" -
"\\ hat, yr daft ant I2 tins! 1Von1d
211' liave 1111 take my cousin Ronald
for It.- fiat trip to Coldish -flh•a. „nri
hrdna ,et, a gill 1i ia1,1.1:y 111 4 sada-
•2attr'. 11,3
"Indeed, Katie ;a e iv -edict "tete
Bron tit one 111114 or the ori e . *r
ate," the said. '1 t', a drop ,2' 11t er
ala n,thdn; else, that will sere
turn."
1i it set' ab,an the. , '4111 swill
e,itfident S.
Her provisielling xas eerlaiiiiy of a
semicolons maitre�-far mart' .1202)2'1'
,u., indeed. than the Imicheon, the
i'r11 American used .t, lite cert•ied
do•tn for them 2.' tit*' 1o,11 ,le, Ind a
4(1 rfeet hanatme , omparrd with the
frugal bit of e„Id beef and bread that
Lord -Ailing ;Ind his friends allowed
theinselve•s nit the 11111. Then, as re-
gards the ahaulpagne, she w onld take
two refusal -111 had to submit. She was
in the gayest f 'need.; and elm
laitgh14 and joked nay, at one point,
,he raised her gla , aloft. and waver)
.t roam] her head, and sang --
'U send Lewie !Gordon Mune,
And the lad 1 churns mance;
Though 'lids hack he at the w4('.
1iere's to hint that' far aasel"
"11'91 tt µ'belt 3,,,,.... 1" 'Remits! cried,
rdnlly. 1re ye t(hinki'n.g i'erc' in a
Highland -den? 1)i ye think it was
'rat• glares like this that the labs leer,•
raped out 1, follow- Prince t'Ilariie?"
"f car, n„ -d cau•lna!" she said- for
rch1 hall trivial details of history to
'ln with a jovial pre -'tic in ran -leak
Glen? Cnue, 'Ronald, lad, tone alp!
•Ffang the iiarnla,iy C'lu:hl---.gime us .1
ung ;n the open. air!"
'-ft,n goes• the11'--
1'1 was ahead the 'Tfaritinmas time,
3114 a gay 'time it was then, '0,
'film our gndoeife had pudding to
mak, -
U1d sh, 'tailed them /11 the pat, el
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-and tlben rang out the chorus, even
the old Mother Paterson ;mining in
with a feeble archlc—
20 the barrio ei our door, weel,
µe21,
At1c) the 'barrio ci our door, wee'l!'
"Your health and song, 'R'onald!"
she cried, when he had tinished—or
rather when they all had, finished.
'Man, if there wits just a latdie here
1211 a fiddle or a penny whistle, I'd
get up and -dance a Highland Seltot
1(51)112 wi' ye—wind as I am!" _
After luncheon, they set 010 for
further explorations (('having .deposit-
ed the basket in a secret place) and
a1w1'ays Kate 'Menzies' laugh was the
loudest, her jokes the merriest.
"Auld, say ye!" Mother 'Paterson'.
eampained. 'IA. lassie—a very lassie!
Ye can skip like a twa-yea-•-old roll."'.
By and bye they made their (ev)0(12
and-rlitficndt Wily down the glen
again; and alley had tea at the inn;'i
and then they .set 2)111 t,/ drive'back to
Glasgow ---and there was nnelh sing-
ing the while, That is, 'np to a certain
point; fol •this easy homeward drive,
as it turned out, teas destined a1( be
suddenly and sharply stopped shunt,
and in a'ay that have ermine
ed erinils conseg1ences. They wet-:
bowling, merrily a'long', takingmaw
v
little Ti ' er) 4 anything on either .ill
of them, it hen, 115 it chanced, a 21111111
•32 ,12 15/121 ad gout• into a field An re-
('(2er ,t kite 11,211 111,11 dropped there1.4(111 up unnbsc'rved' behind the
hedge, and -thretr the kite e -ver, pre_
pare t2ry to his 13 dreading throughhilnsr;i. 1')),, s,iddrn a.2ucarance - of
I has tlllat1' thine stanti,) the cob: it
•µerved to the other side ,/f the road.
hesitated and was like to -ear, and
then .getting an ineantitm. eta- from
lead'', whip, swat is tore, along ;lie
hi4Rway. getting' contele>te!7 the ntas-
tery „f her. 'Ronald got no he•hand,
'Alive Me the ren lass," he ialIl',!
tl,
''1.11 14(1,1;132'• iris, • t!1' soma,'
heat'" .hr said - with her teeth shut
firm.
Ilia all h , 'her pulling- seemed make
Ih, lute '1(s d,,lh 011 the animal- --11(1y,
1
*1'trap ma -now s,tatin4 and io)tin32
atb,11) in a most,/1110 otta manner,
"1r ye meet anything, w'e're done
for, ,Kate' -run the Wheel 11110 the
hrdgt•,"
11 1‘a, exeelletrt 714100,.. if it could
have been ,n'nperly i ,Hosted; but tin -
,i
inrk ly, iu,at the vi moutent when,
with all her might :n1) main, .le
twisted the head „f the. 'nb 0, the 'hie
of tale roma thele 'ha•,l, ,,'d h, ,be a
deep ditch there. Urex the ,thole
thing ,trot .=Romald and 'Mrs. \fen,'
11
lis ming 101,,4 clean into tln•
h,sho'; Mather Paterson. not b;u,ini•
111 se, vital, being acttl2Ily deposited
ati
the other irle. hot 4(l a 4radn'11 t„
.ha,11, Oddly enough, 1)1e rob, with
One or l,tu 3.11.1132: fore feet
4221 01 t0 Oleroad 11,1111, and the ,:1111
riei,2''1 ihel:; ,.?'tide a fat -In -lad who
dbeen oniu, alone 11111 to the
heal', head and 10•1,1 him. As it dirti-
ed Out, ,leve µac 1121 halm 11.11e at all,
ITT 2112, T. t. 41r.1, w is applirently
mit hate Sle neies' impression.
siren.
when they carte in sight of Sit, IRollos,
she teen condescended to ask 'hint
whether he would not go on with
them to the tavern and have some
supper with themas henna],
'`I night to hack to my work." said
he, "and that's a-112 truth. But it would
be a glum ending for such an unusual
holiday 5 this,"
"Your prospect:: are ,not so very
certain," said Kate, tilho-con'id tank ea -
eel -lent !English when she chase, and
kept her broad 'Scotch for familiar or
affectionate intercourse. "An hoar or
two one wayor the other is not like-
ly to make mutat difference,"
"I ant .beginning to think that my-
self," he said, rather gloomily.-
And then, with a touch of remorse
for the depressing .speech ,aim had
made, she tried to dheer hint a little;
and, in fart, insisted on his going 011
with them. She even 'quoted a couplet
own his ou sing to him—
An hour or twa 'twill cite tete harm,
The dints 0' fortune to forget
—and she said that, after the longan
drive, 'he ought to have a tannins aP.
petite for .upper, and that there
wvwould the :I 3201(11 ,tory to tell -about
- their being shut into a hawthorn
• hedge, s,tuppnsdng that the skipper and
y ;laap came in tat the evening.
e 'Nevi the less, all during the even-
ing there µ'ns a -certain restraint in
her manner. Altogether .gone was - her
profuse frion0andp and her pride in
Last 1.othian, although elle remained
as 'hospitable 15 ever. Sometimes slip
regarded hint sharply, as if treble to
hake out -something, On his part, he
thou ht s -h, was probably ;e little tired
after the fathoms or the day; perhaps.
also, he preferred her quieter planner.
Then again, when the 'drei 'tlea4l-
en' tame in, there t2a5 a little 'lees, hil-
arity than named ;1(111 contrary to her
0,00, she diet net press ,1)1,10 to stay
when they precenserl to adjourn to the
clu')). Ronald, who had been vaguely
re.0231ng not to g',1 near that haunt
ter .,,me time to cnte', found that
th it 'ea- ,''21 _alter -lady,' to his return-
itig. to los solitary lodging and , his
honks at a comparatively early hour
of the evening. ))ouhUe,s he should
Mace 02,214101ml'11is repugltance to chi.
latter cour22,1 lint the 1"lllptatioll--af-
ter a long day of pleasure-mat:Me---1,,
finds), 111, the Ln{ hour or sn in the s0-
ciri2 ei dime' e,/u) fellows was great
Ile writ t0 the i)'I:u'mouy Club; and
ray made more w elenne than toyer:
and 2,,meh021 in the ra"dtentettt of the
n ❑n,'itt, h,' 42:25 iloIne','d to sing au-
afhrr.nnc ---and :there were 11nrc pen-
}Ae Ilfrin ewer erlieiminv his actluaint•
au,•c, niub challe•n.gietg frim to have
'another ohe.' -
R ilial'). Ronald." -lie :tied. :011
she 121,1,14 , hits frantically, arm -ii
1214' 1'111 2)3),).'--. -kis, me!" -
17t had got a grip of her. 21(1,1 was
sett ng her on 1,1 her feel
here's nothing the matter ai' vr,
_µ,'11131n." he .x013 1'111 11 U11e,'.•'..,rc
r.,naltue.,,
R i r d. 1t.m..dd tut 1mr1
dwr l d 111,•1" ,.h, cried. 10 1 ae
tall.) hive feller' away' front hint, lielt
Ilea he 3 -21 11 teal .1e" np. and •et !tr'
n', 111 „li ri road.
' li re•'. 11.011111g 111e natter wi' ye
,211321?- 1Mii'1in ' into a hawthorn
'ledg tl t nsrl t t •etltrr, wi,-
man! 1 • ,,I,) \lath r tattersall that
I11at NU,Ce btu, 11111'1'
fle h ',•r 1n'erem niot1s1t•-- to get
n2er t the other .111 of the hedge;
and iia fie went 1(11, she 4at•n'd a look
of anger.. of violet rage. even 20itor,).
hint' withal happily h, did lint ser,
\fnrei,2er, 'lie had te rah] herself;
the farm -lac) was leaking on. .Mill
when at length 'Mother 'Patc'rs0n -
who ea, merely ferrule,), and was
atilte 'Inha tired • -wits boated Over or
tlrrou:h the hedge, anal they all pre-
pared to re2mile their ,eats ill the
trap 'Rate \lemura tta apparently
cinife e•ollect1(1 and nn,trc'ss of her-
self, lhomg'h het' face was 'nntewhat
!,ale, and 'her manner was 1) "tinetly
reserved and told. time tate the hid it
(ample of shillings; got up and took
111e reins; waited until the others were
seated; 14a11! 111(41 shrove away: -µi1110111
a word. Mother I stetson was loll alt
her thankfulness river such a provid-
ential seance she had only hat] her
wrists s1'ratr)lell atigh(1y,
•Punahl was 2'11 1h4e of her-,alenee.
0i101121 112' ''0(11,1 mit well 322124.1 the
rap,,' of it. Perhaps flu' flight had so -
Ivrea 11.0µ'1 her high sprits: at all ma
eats, elie was now more c.ireenis.peet
,with Iter^ driving; and, as her after '
ie1n
5 ,n nc11 flea -tiled to brit
•leas on* for him to interfere7e,-'As they
drew near 'Glasgow. hoteet'er, 5112 rr•-
taze1b the cold ,eyerity- of her man-
ner. and made a few ol,s(rtal;ou.:.,r g..
NNNi!.
\\'ith a ,fatal '1rl,intc he was go-
ne ons pita
frto word; and there was
m, one to tt'a1•ll 11111; an] if 111y one
had ,yarned him, 315.1lahly he w0111,)
not have eared, life had came to 'he
frit !him a Menges- and n,rle,s thin¢.
Ili.. nt1n 110.1110-3 had tuts,µ creel drnr.
21hen 1112' .\men's)) 3121). 11':111(32 11112'
to go .4(,d vast hiemelf into the e,e4mr
trite id :he ttnrld md arcatnrwar,'
te thy universal goal 2f weait'n 11.112)
c,isc and independe•n,•e. I'd rather he.
a -f1 -re the rims deer lie,'" be had
eai4, King -213 ', poen' had takes, fire,
rein' in his mind. 'simple b • ••
,ea
i u;,
e it
found eatural soil there.
'Nor l wad 1121 bc' a clerk, tiddler, ie
1•'), oye hen.
�creliiling e w r the sheet, n' parch
meet with ,i µ''art ttlwry 11e11:
1.123)14 '11,/1141, the 12111;, »tan• 1t1u-
dile: at a narrow att'ip t1' alcy.
Like a date reek in a µidly caste. emit
i pine sans 11,1,) die.
Yell hart ne 'twist the lint,' and the
'hero, in a glen far away,
\viler,• I may hear ,the healhcek craw
and the greet harts bray;
\nd gin my alma.) eau ;walls, mither,
T Il go dowering al the slay
') he tivelong night 1,0 the 'black hill
sides -,tiller, the Ellin deer lie."
11i wary 0i existence rip fhe•re on the
Gtr still side -• ntrfike that 0f the luck -
it utla5t-.dtarl11een a perfently hap-
py and e.anentcd one, llis sound
emnl"m sense had put away from
lidnr that craving for ,fame which 'has
rendered s,' miserable the lives of
many rustic verse -writer.: he was
pr,nrl of his ec•rnpation, grateful to
maid friend: around hint. and always
in exrelletit health anti apirdts. Anoth-
er dlting'has 2n be said--tn .pacify the
worthy folk who imagine that ambi-
tion must necessarily: ;fill the mind o,
youth: had 'he come away from that
sphere 4(1 C1l1'1)t•55' 1020.1)1) WI 111
,firir'nt atimi) is al,
to strive for. perhaps ai
' ie • ,1 _
fair, might have ;sone 111lYcrm11ly, if
it ernt)cd have been said to hint: Ilcagitl
your tray to t'heworldly snrlce,s
the Americans have s, that
liberally pro-
phesied for you: mid Then conte 'back,
and yon will 42(1 \'feeing 'Douglass
aw•aitane you; and you shall 1, in her
anti wear her, as the rose and crown
of vont life, in spite of all the Stuarts
of Clenga5k',ahen the little room. do
Port Dundas (Road would no longer
3are'been so gray; and all, the future
would have neer' titled --with light 112
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hope; and the str-tggle, however al•-
du'oats and Tong, would !ta've been glad
enough. B'i't with 110 stieh 'hope; with
increasing dou'•b'ts as to his ultimate
success; and with a more dangerously
increasing indifference as to whether
he should ever reach that success, the
tentp'tations of the passing hour be-
came irresietilbly strong. And he 'be-
came feebler to resist them. Ile did
not care. ,After al11, these gay evenings
'at the Harmony Club were 'some-
thing to look forward itai 4nriaig the
long dull days; with a full glass and a
gnocl-'gn)ng pi -pc and a roaring chorus
the hours passed; and 't'hen from time
to time there was the honor and glory
of bearing one of his .0 WO songs 611(14.
He was a great figure at 'these gather-
ing now; that 'kited 'of fame at least
glad come to hint, and conte to hint um
sought; alit) there µe•12 not wanting a
sufficiency of rather anucld'le-headed
creatures who declared that Ile was
'fit to rank with eery distinguished
names indeed in the noble roll -call of
Scotland's poets; and „vtho. unfortnn-
atcly, were only too eager to prove
the faith that was in them by 4151(1ng
lion to drink at their expense.
'In this rhyming direction there was
One -very entities point: when he ,he -
gen In tarn over the 1•arino's Meets
that might be iilnle a•2aalieble for Mr..
Nap, be was himself astonished to
and how little melody there .111 in
them i\tlhatever little umsicaI fatality
he had, seemed TO be all locked up in
ahm love -'verse= lie had written a1hnet
ldeenie. Many of the fragments 'had
other kivalities —' homely' common
sense; patriotism; a great affection for
dn(1ih animals.; 'here and there 50111e-
tiuues a touch of humor or pathos;
lint ,1Ianeh0ly 11113' i1;d not sang. Tt i,
true ghat the following Piece-•,
S111104"1'111143 110 Slant'TH'F'R
From Hudson's Bay to the Rio
1;rand'.
The Sint 1, ever a rover:
In .Nett South \Vales and in 'New-
foundland,
';\aril all the wide world. over;
Chorus:
Tint it's houther
,pie lad's,
And lest every
And we'll work
win if we ea
For the sake
Inhaler,
to shnpshe'r, 111y bon.
Scot he a hrit'her;
US We ran, and we'll
n.
,if ''211' ii1110 Seufrh
Sa, a pear :odd wife, wi' lattlr to
git• e;
\nd she', rather stint o' rressdng;
Tl.ut she's shown us. how 'honest late,
we may live.. And she's sent n, ant tri' her Ides, -
in), -
Chorus:
And it's ,honther to .3uuther,alt
filer land's no rich; and !her crops are
slim;
.and 1 tvinita say much for 4)11 wet -
titer;
lint she's given us leg, that can gayly
cline c
Up the :hypes 11' the blossoming
heather.
Charms: And it's .hnuthcr to .'itoneher. Gc,
And she's given us hearts that, what-
ever they say
1=1nd 1 1raw that 1112 might Ix' bet-
ter), -
1 here, one Bair fault they never wilt.
Rae•—
O4(' tiddler,-w,''il nett•r fiirgwt her!
Thorns:
314 it's .dh0uther to shouther, int
bonnie lad.,
And let every Scot be a brither;
And eel') Bork as we cyan, and we'll
win if we eau,
afar the .aloe of our aulrl Seoteh
mitherl
tnas pima. had attained a gtreat suc-
cess at the Harmony l']t1h, hitt that
µ1t: Merely be (ants, ,11r, Jam] had
managed tr, ttrite for it an effective•.
4(1, that could be easily caught ftp and
sting in eh -oris: du ataclf there \\'lts 110
simple, natural 'lilt" Whatever. And
then, again, in his epistolary rhymes
a1( friends and aequaiutent.es tales!
that was all over now) there were
litany obvious .qualities, but certainly
not the lyrics( one. I1Iere, for example,
are some verses he had sent in form-
er day's In a certain Johnnie Pringle.
living at Tongue, who had bad has eye
on a young lass down Loch Lovell
way;
O Jo)innf, leave the 211,211 aline:
Her mother hats lint that one wean
For a' the others have been fa'eu,
As teed ye. Icer, Johnnie,
vis tree her bonnie eon would rive
*I. tic, 'heart o' any ratan alt,,,;
And in the Ilnsry :rbc would thrive
I grant ye that, Johnnie.
Taut read ye talc twit the lass,
I tell ye 5y'iha2''wonld come to pass,
The mother soon would hat's• the grass
anon her mild head, Johnnie,
They've got some gear, and bit o'
land
haf µ•2:11 tuella :bear another band:
•r
PROFESSIONAL CARDS
Medical
IYR. E. A. McMA'ISTTOR—Graduate
1('f the Faculty of Medicine, Univers-
ity of Toronto, and of the New York
Post 'Graduate 'School and Hospital.
Member of the College of Physicians
and 'Surgeons of 'Ontario. Office on
High street. Phone 27, Office fully
equipped for x-ray diagnosis and for
ultra 'short wave electric treatment,
ultra violet sun tamp treatment and
infra red electric treatment. Nurse in
attendance,
ISR. (5'ILB'ERrr C.t JrA'R'R'OTT —
Graduate of Faculty of Medicine, Un-
iversity of Western Ontario. Member
of College of Physicians and -Surgeons
of Ontario, Office 43 Goderich street
west. Phone 37. Hours 2-4.30 p.m„
7.30-9 p.m, Other flours by appoint -
Ment. Successor to Dr. Chas, Mackay
DR. H. HUGH R'O'SS, Physician
and Surgeon Late of London Hos-
pital, London, England. Special at-
tention to diseases of the eye, ear,
nose and throat. Office and residence
behind Dominion Banka Office Phone
No, 5; Residence Phone 104.
DR. F. J. B'URROW'S, .Seaforth.
Office and residence, •Goderich street,
east of the United Church, Coroner
for the County of Huron, Telephone
No: 46,
DR. F. J. R. FORSTER— Eye
Ear, Nose and Throat. Graduate in
Medicine, University of Toronto 3697.
Late Assistant New York Ophthal-
mic and Aural Institute, Moorefield's
Eye, and 'Golden Square throat hospi-
tals, London. At Commercial Hotel,
Seaforth, third Wednesday in each
month from 1.30 p.m. to 5 p.nt,
DR. W. C. SPROAT
Physician - Surgeon
Phone 90-W. Office John St. Seafortl'
Auctioneer.
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Arrangements can be made for Sale
Date at The Seaforth News, Charges
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MAIN ST„ SEAFORTH, ONT.
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HEAD OFFICE--SEA'FORTH, Ont.
OFFICERS
President—Alex. Broadfoot, Seaforth;
Vice-'P'resident, - 'Thomas Moylan,
Secretary -Treasurer, M. A. Reid,
Seaforth.
AGENTS
F. McKerchcr, R.R,1, Dublin; John
E. Pepper, R,R.1, Brucefield; E, R. G.
Jarm;outh, Brodhagen; James Watt.,
Blyth; C. F. Hewitt, Kincardine;
Wm. Yeo, Hodmesville.
DIRECTORS
Alex. Broadfoot, Seaforth No. 3;
James Sholdice, Walton; Wm. Knox,
Londesboro; George - Leonhardt,
Bornholm No. 1; Frank :\4eiGregor,
Clinton No. 5; James Connolly, God-
erich; Alex 1leliwing, Blyth No. 1;
Thomas \loyian, Seaforth No. 5;
Win. k, Archibald, Seaforth No, 4,
Parties desirous to effect insurance
or transact other business, will be
promptly attended to by applications
to any of the above named officers
addressed to their respective post -
offices.
Conte down free 1'ongee, and take
your and
li'y .Copstal's .side, Johnnie)
Ye'd herd a 'bit,and work the farm
And 'keep 'the widow -wife frac harm;
And wha would keep ye snug and
warm - -
1'!? winter'thtte, (jo'hnuic?-
1'he lass lhersel-,that I'll be sworn!
And bonnier creature ne'el• -was thorn:
Cone down i01e strath the morrow'sMorn,
'Your 'best font 'first, Johnnie:
('To Be Continued)
Bfa1'n-•-In \Vringham ,Cscnerel tall. an Thursday, ,October 341t11 to
Jr, and \f,', A. D .Smith, d3'1tle.valer-
r daughter, Slat Eleanor. lm�anor.