The Seaforth News, 1932-08-25, Page 6PAGE $Ix.
THE SEAFORTH NEVE.
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tae Hire a dsjsbol, Israel?" %
,,�`God'eakes!" 'says I, "I .never had::
x M. life,
srvnean a thingsin my heeds tl y
ti•"'Theit `you'd 'best not begin noo,"
'Says he.'"Every; man'tae his elle wea-
PPP'''. he; says. "ow I V5'arnanit ye
:guild nae something wi',''a guid crab-
tree cudgel!" '
""Aye, ;could I,"'I ans'wered blythelly
. 'as wee'! a's ony.la on the border,." •
y
"This is a 1pavely hoose," says he,
"and Hie might be:molested. by some
rascals. 'Tits ,weel:tae- be ready fpr
whatever may come, ' Me and ' you
and •mils: son Manclauut atfid Mr 'Fos
thergild''West orf >•IBeanksome, who
would come if he was regnireci', •ought
tae be able tae show a 'Uauid face-
what think ye?"
'''',Deed, sir," II says, "feasitin' is ayz
better than fechtin'--tbtet if ye'il raise
me• a punct a month, I'll no' shirk, my
share o' ither."
Won't q'u'arrel rawer that," says
he, and 'agreed tae the extra , twa1'
as easy as though it wed
',as many •bawlbees. R•ar he it free me
tae think evil,.but 1 couddau'a' help sur -(been
raisin' at• the ,time •that money that
was so lightly ,pnirted .wi, was maybe
no very honesfl'y,-cant by;:'• .
S m 'no' a, curio ts;or a pzyhtt n tinshY
nature; 'but I was sates pu'zz1ed in .ply
mind tae tell wlli,y, it' was ;that idle gen-
eral walked alboot at nicht and what
'ke,Prt him free 'liis tleelp'•' W'e'd, a'e
day I w•,as cleanin' drown the passages
wrhen my e'e fell on a great muckle
heap o' curtain's and 'mild' minuets and
sic” lilte things that were piled.: away
in a Icorner do vera far .frae'the door o'
the general's room. A'a sudden a
thocht cane inta'e my heid and I says
tae rnyisel', "Israel laddlie," says 'I,
' w'het's • tae ye free hidin' behind
that this vera nicht and seeift' the auld
mint when he doesna' leen human e'e
is on Him?" The mair S ,thocht o't the
mair seentPle it appeared,:and I made
up my mind tae put the idea intae in-
start execution.
When the nicht cam roond 1 tauld
the woinen-lfalk that I was ,bad w!'
the jawache, and wailed gang fairly
early tae my room. I kenned fine when
ante I got there ,that theer was aawhich
chance o' otiy one distarbin' me, so I
waited a wee while, and then when a'
was quiet, I s1ippit aff my hoots and
ran dour the ither stair until I cane
tae the heapo' avid clothes, and there
I: lay Amin wit' one e'e ,pee in' through
p g
a kink and a' ,the rest covered up Isl.he
great ragged cairpet. There I bided
g p
as quiet as a rotten until the general
Passed me on his road tae bed, and a'
was still in the hoose.
My •certiel I wouldna gang through
wt it again for a' the Biller at the Un-
ion Bank o' Dumfries! I canna think
o't nos without feelin' cauld a' the
way done my back. It was just awful
!yin` there in the dein silence, waitin'
and waitin' wi' never a soond Inca
break the monotony, except the hea-
vy tickin' o' an avid clock somewhere
dour the passage. First 1 look. donut
the corridor in the one way, and syue
I'd look doun in tither, but it aye
:seemed to mie .05 though there was
something coming up free the side
that I wasna' lo'olcin' at I had a cattlil
sweat of my 'broo and my hairt was
hearin' twice tae ilka tick o' the clock,
and what feared me most of a' was
that the (dust frac the curtains and
things was aye
y gettin' dive into nty,
lungs and it a' I could nae tae keep •
mysea' free toughie'. Godsakesl 1
wonder my hair wasna' gray wi''a'
that I went.tliroughl I nvouldna' dae
it again to be made Lord''Provost• o'
Glasgiel
'Weel, it may have been two o'clock
in the mornin' or maybe a little mair,
and I was just thinkin' that I wasna'
tae see oiiybhin after a' -ami I wasna
g
ver yhis
y ore neither—w'lien all o' a sud-oyes
den a soond cavi tae my ears clear
and distinct through the stillness o'
the nicht, I've Ibsen asked afore noo
tae describe that soond, but I've ale
foond fha't it's no' easy tae gie a
clear idea o't,'thou h it was unlike
g
an other soond that ever luairkened
tae. It was a sharp rin in' clad like
g g,Sholdice,
what could he caused 'b ' fri in' thevery
Pp
erre • o' a wine 'gla'ss, but it was far
higher and ,thiainer ,than- that and had
in .i't'tae a kind o' splash, 'like the
tingle o' a rain drop into a wa'terbuttJ
In'rrty fear I sat u'p 'erelong ,the? r-
Bai
pets,.like a .ptiddo'ck afnaisg •gowan-
leaves, and 1 1'iste;ied wi' a' Mir ears.
A' La's .sill again"noo, except 'for the
dull tickin' o' the distant cl'o'ck.
ISuddeniy the 'soloed cam again, as
clear, as shrill, as strain as, ever, and
this time the general heard if, 'for I
heard him gie a kind o' groan, as ,a
tired man. might.Wh. Nos- been noosed
oot o' his sleep. He got up frae his
bed, and II could make'oot a rustling
noise, as though he were dresstn. him-
self; and presently his .foptfa' as he
begun tan' walk up and doun in : his
room; M;ys'ake'sl it didna ltak long for
me tae 'dean down amattig the cairpets
•comer mysel' •o'werl
agpin• an There.2
lay iretnUlin' in every limb, ,and sayin'
as mons !prayers as Iq could m nd,,w
my e'e still n.eep'in' through the !tech-
hole, land' fixed tiepon the door o' the
general s rloomt,
Il.heard the rattle of the handle pre-
sent! and the d;o!or s'w'orn slowi sol -
y, g Y' P
•'en. There was a katIburn'in' in the
ioonisbeand an' 1I could': just catch ,a.
giinnpse'o' what seethed e'ae me. -like aIsarid:a'few'palish'',rwords
row o', swords snick clan ,the slide o'
g
the wa': when t+he general'stepped ;oat
attd, shirt the door behirid.histl He was
dressed in a dressin' gone ilei' a red
stttokia'' cap oh his held,. and a pair "o'
slippers wi' the heels -cut` off and the
tees turned up,;!For a iTon1eat it earn
ifiii? nn in heid that maybe he 'was.
y
thalktn' his sleep, but as he corm to-,
ward me ,I. could see the glint o': the
lricht in .his e'en, and his face was, a'
twi'tin;' like a itian thlat's in said 'dis-
tress .o innrnd: -0'n nty. ,consetetrce' ` ft
gies the the ,Shales noo When 'I think
o' his, tall' figure and his yelley fate
comm' 'Sae solemn and silent down the,
long lone ,passage. 1 hand my 'breath
add lay close watchin' !slim, but just, as
hecarr tae where • I was my vera heistthere's,
Y
stood still iii •nty Ibrsast, , for 1'tinigl"
toed' and clears Within. a yaird o' me
cacti the ringing' clan in' soond that I
�' g' S�
had a'read'y Ihairkemed Na.e. 'Where it
calm frac is mair than I can tell!, or
what was the cause o't. It might he'
Chat the general made it, but S
Was s'air,puzzled tae .tell hem' for his
hands were rb'aitlh clouts by his side as
he passed .nae, at cam deae his disc-
tion certainly, 'but, it arp'peared tae me
tae come 'free :ower his heid; but it
was skean a thin,eerie, high-pitched,
uncanny'soodd that it wlasna' easy tae
say just exactly where it did coma
irae. The general talc nae heed o't, but
walked on anld was sada oat o' sbchf
and II didna' "lose a minute in cTeepin'
oot frae my hidin' place and scamper-
,
in' awa' 'back tae my room, and if athis
the in the Red' Sea were 'tea-
bogieso'
pesin' up and clouts the hale nicnt
through, I wed never put my heid oot
again tae hae a glimpse o' them.
S didna' say a word tae anybody
aboot .what !I'd' seen, but I tirade up
my mind that I Nunn' stay -, erethic
•!anger at Clao'm'ber Ha'. Pour nand a
month is a good wage, but it i;na
eneugh tae pay a sons for the loss o'I'
his peace o' mind, and maybe the los:
o' his soul as weel, for when the deil
is aboot ye canna' tell what ,s'odt o' a
trap he may lay for ye, and though
say that Providence is stronger
than him,' it's maybe as Leel no to
risk it. It was clear tae me that the
general anti his hoose Were 'baith tun-
der some curse, and it was fit that that
curse should fa' on them that had
earned it, and no on a righteous Pres-
Uyterian, wy'ho had ever trot! the ear-
row path. [My hair( was sair for young
p'y
Miss Gabriel—for she was a bonnie
and a winsome lassie—but for a' that,
I felt that my duty was tae mysel' and
that +I should gang forth, even as Lot
ganged ant o' the wicked cities o' the
plain, 'That awful cling -clang was aybegn
dfngin'•in my lugs, and I couldna' bear
to be alone in the passages for fear
o' hearin' it ance again, 1 only wanted
chance or an excuse tae gin the gen-
;sal notice, and tan gang back tae
some place where I could see Christ-
Ian folk, and have the kirk within a
stone -cast 'tae fa' 'back upon.cam'pi
'But it ,proved tae he ordained that
instead o' my saying the worst, it'on
should come frae the general hinsel'
'
It was a'e day about the end oSep-
tember, I was corrin' oot 0' the stable
triter gide,' its oats tae the horse,
when I seed a great suckle loon come
hoppyn' on ane reg up the drive.
like a big, ill -famed craw• than a man,
When I clapped my e'en on him I"
thocht-that maybe this was cure n' the
rascals that the moister had been
speakin' aboot, so without mair ado I
fetched oot my 'big stick with the in_
tendon" o' trying it upon the lim'ner's
heid. He seed one corrin' toward him,
and reatliri' my intention frac my
look maybe, or frac the stick in my
t.ss
h,anid, he puled cot a lieu;* knife frae
pocket and swore w-i',the most
Eu' oaths that if 1 didna' sten'. back'
he'd be the death o' me. .Ml con-
science, the words the chic! uses! was.
eneugh •tae ittalc' the Bair sleet' straight.
,
o❑ your heid'! I wonder Iso was
stru•ek dein ivthene he stood. We were
still slta'ndin' opposite each ither he.
p
•wi' Isis knife and me wi' the sticic—
when the general he cant up the drive
and lfoohd us. Tae iffy surprise he ,be-:
gait tae` talk' toe the stranger as if held,
g
kenned ,hint a' his days. •Cowin
'Put your knife in your pocket,
corporal," says Ne. "Your :fears have
•turtied`yo'ur'b'raift."
: 9B+lood and wounds'I" says the,oth-
er. 'He'd' ha'' !turned `city brain' tae
Some purpose wi' that muckle stick o'
his if ,I hada9a'''drawn Sty snickersnee
You s'houldna' 'keep siccan an asstd.
savage on your premises.'
!The !master he frooned and looked
black at. him as' thougth he didvsa'veI
, tich a source.
i-rh advice eonian' free 's
Then turnin' tae me, '''Yon won'tbe
wanted after to -day, Israel," he says;
"you have been a teid servant and S
ha' ii�aethitir ' tae Complain of wi'ye,500
p i
but circumstances • have arisen which
will apse me tae change my arrange-
c
menta," "Very guld,.snr,"says I: "You
can go this evening," says he, "and
you s'ha'll! 'have an, extra month's pay
tae mak' sip. t ye for this short notice."
Wi' that he went intae the No'o'se, fol-
lowed by the 'man that he ca'e t the
`cor 'oral'annd fray that day Inc:this I
P
r - 1p a the
hate never dna cd e'en ether o
ane or the ither., 'My money 'was sent
oat ;tae'me to an en+velope, and hlavin''
tae the cook
and the wench •wt ref ' the
elen'ce tale
is' tads tae come and' the-, treasure that
is richer`thsn rtibieaI'slheek the'dtestl
q' 'Chamber .(frae my •feet fel, ever,
Miaister Fothergill West says I
nra'u•iina' exprdss an bpe,enion as tae
what 'cam aboot afterward, litit tntimn
!
Naefiydaobk he has 'ifs'reasons tory this
'
—anid;. far site it free tst tae hint 'that
tlIfey:are no :guid ants -but 1 gnaun
sy this; that': whet heppened dddna'
surprise me. It was ink, as I exp'eokit,
and so, 1 said'.; tae Mai'ster•Donald, Mc_
Straws Eve taultd ye ;a' :about it noo
and I have/10'a word tae add or tae
withdraw, , I''m mulckie 4dbleegeld tae
Maislter'M'athew Clark for gtittim' it a'
dionna in wri�tfty' for rte; `and ,if
pity would wislh tae speler onydhinrg
mair;o aneCm Well kenned and res-
•'`!We
peckit in 'Eedefech�an, . and Meister
McNeil, the ,fa'c'tor o' Wdgltawn, can
aye tetil•wh'ere I' eni,tae •be •foond.
• . 1 tPTER IX,
Narrative of 'John Easterling, FRC.
' P" Ellin:
''. Hlavung given the starteanen't of Is-
stakes' in, extensor, I shall now
append a short memora'ndtm' from
IJr-„Eas'terling; now practicing ,at
S!tranrae.r; ht is true that the 'do'ctor
was only once within the walls of
C.,loomlUer during its tenancy by Gem -
era! Heaitherston'e, but there were
somecincu'mstaerces connected with
visit which made it va'luatble, es-
pedally wQien considered as a ,supple-
ineist to the experiences which I leave
justh u'binitted, to the reader. The 'dna-
tor has found ti r%e amid fire calls of a
busy country 'practice to jot down his
recollections, . and I feel (halt I cannot
do better than subjoin them exactly
as they stand.
'PROFESSIONAL •CARDS
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Medical
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; 'R H Ti'
D UG'. RIQSIS, Phri. 0lm
and' Surgeon" Late df' i,ondon Har;..
pita#,. London, " England, 'Specie'
aten'0tIli to,diseases Of',.the eye; ear,.
throatsOffice and teas
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nose and Ind
deniee behind Dominion Bank; office
hone. No, ,5 Residence Phone,•1Q4i
DR F U131 )WS,• Seaf'91*
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Office and. residence. 'GoderiCh street
,east of the United 'Churc'h. • Oorlomat
for the County •of Huron. Telephaw
No. 46.
•DIR.. C. � MIAIOKIAY.—C. Maelry
honor- graduate of. Trinity Univerait7
a'n•'d gold medallist• of Trtmty,:,MeticOR'
College; member of, the College o�
B
Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario,
'
DR. F. J. R. FlO'j251TER—Eye E at
Noseand Throat. "Graduate -in ltcedd-
alt
,eine, University. of Toronto; 11697:
L' ate Assistant 'New, York Oipththal-
mie and Aural Institute, Moorefitel'd°c
Eye, and Golden Square throat
Y hasps'
falls, London, England: At `Oamta-
ercial Hotel, Seaforth, 3rd Monday be
each month, from 11 a.m. to 3 p,ai
:• .
('Continue'd from last week.)
ss -.
the morn and. put your ain�'eral
tae the gentleman," That
a' I could get frae him, for he's
lose man and a hard one at a
shall prolfit him !cede
he next life, though he lay by a
e o' s'iller in this. When the diay
es there'll be a hantle o' factors
left hand 0' the throne, and I
be surprised ff IMaisterMc-
found him'sel' =rang them.
on the morn I gaed up to the
'and there I foond the factor
a lang thin dour .man wi' gray
and a face as brown and crinkl-
is a walnut. He looked hard at
wi' a pair o' e'en that glowed like
spunks, and then he says, saye
'You've been born in these p'airts,
nderstan'?"
'Lye," sa s I, "and never left
r.
neither."
'lever been oot o' Scotland?" he
rs,
to Carlisle fair," says I,
I am a man Lha loves the truth;.
besides I kenned that the factor
Id mind my geeing 'there, for I
aired &,r two steers and a stick
he wanted for fhe stockin' o'
Druscleugh fairs.
learn 'frac Moister McNeil,"
General Heatherstone—tor him
a; anal name ifher, "that e canna'
Ye
e„
la" says I.
r read?"
la, says I.
t seem stae me," say, he, turn-
the factor, "that this is the
men I want, Servants is spoiled
a -days," sayshe, "'by ower muck-
ddication, I have nae doobt, Sta-
that ye will suit int swell enough.
1 hae three pend a mouth and a'
, but 'I shall resairve the right
ivin' ye twenity-four hoots' notice
ny time. How will that suit ye?"
is vera different frae my last
e," say's 1, discontented -like. And
words were true eneugh, for auld
mer Scott only Inc a pund a
th and parritch twice a day.
Veel, weer," says he, "maybe
1 ,.;ie yea rise if ye suit. Mean-
e here's the hanselt shillin' that
suer McNeil tells me it's the cus-
tae give, and I shall 'expec' tae
ye at'Cloomber on Monday."
then the Monday cam roond I
not tae Cloomber; and a great
kle hoose it is wi a hunderd
lows or hair, and space eneugh
hide awa' half the parish. As tae
dening there was no garden for
tae work at, and the horse was
taken oot c' the stables frac
k's end tae week's end. I was
eneugh for a' that, for there
y g
a deal o' fencing tae be put up
s.
thin or anither, forbye
g
Mn' the knives and brushin' the
job as .is mair
is and such likey
or an auld wife than for a grown
. 'There was two 'beside m•'se'1' in
y
kitchen, the sok Eliza, and Mary
hoosetnaid, puir benighted things
h o' them, Lha had wasted a'
r lives in Lunnon, and kenned
aboot the world or the ways o'
flesh. I hadna' mvckle tae say to
n for they were simple folk wiry
d scarce understand English, and
hardly mair regard for their aitt
s than the tads on the moor.
en the cook said she didna 'think
kle o' John Knox, and the ither
she would•na' gie sax -pence tae
• the discourse of. ',Moister mon-.
McSnass o' the, true 'kirk, a ken-
it was •time for me tae leave
s Caere higher Judrge.,
was 'four in family, the gen-
myledd , Maister Mord'aunt
yg
Miss 'Gabriel, and it wasna' Lang
reaI found that a' wasna' just
lily as it'shou'!d'be. My !eddy'was
�'d
hin and as White' a ghayst, and
y's the time as .I've some on hes
amerin, ' and 'gneddn' all by her-
`I've watcrh:ed her walkin' up and
1 in the Ladd where she thought
, could see her, and wringin' her
•' d: There was
dls like one;de'menlUe
young ,gen'tlemiass tae and his sis-
res—they berth seemed to .has some,.
trouble on (rhe s,:mipds,, •and the FgersIO
maid of a', fo'r the ithers 'were
up ane dayreel
and down anither; but
was aye the sante, wi'. a face as' dour
and sad as a felon when he feels
tow roond Isis neck. I sneered '
sussies inthe kitchen w'he'ther they
kenned what was 'amiss' wi' the fans-
ilY, but the cook she answered
back that it wasna' for her tae
quire into the affairs o' her sup-
eriors and that it was nae't'lri'nig
her as long as she did her worlk
had her wages. 'Tikestop
y• •were ppir feck-
less 'bodies, the tw•a o' them,
would scarce gie an answer tae
ceevil quesltion though they could
clack load eneugh when they hada
mind.
'Weel, weeks passed into months
and a' things grew Lour instead
better in the Hall. The general he
mair nairvous, and his lend mair
y
melancholy every day, and Yet there
w•asna' an or ''bickering
Y quarrelthey
tweet then, for When they've 'been
togither in 'the breakfast room d
g
ed aften tae gang round and prune
the rose tree .alongside o' the win-
dow, so that I couklna' helphearin'
a great pairt o' their conversation,
though sair against the grain. When
the young fqlks were vei' them theya
would speak little, but when they
had gone they would aye talk as
y
some uaefu' trial were aboot to
upon them, though I could never
:her front their words what it was
that they were afeard o'. I've heard
the general say mair than ance that
hfactory
wasna fri ghted o' death, or
wry danger that he could face and
have done wi', but that it Was
long weary waitin' and the uncertain-
tY that tad taken a' the strength and
the mettle not o' hitt, 'Then my led-
dy would console him and tell him
that maybe it wasna' as bad as
thought, and that a' would come
richt in the enol—but a' her cheery
word- were clean throwed away upon
hint. A. tae the young folic I 'ken-
lied w:eel that they didna' bide
the gro•nuls, and that they were awl'
whenever they got a chance
1fa!ater Pothersill West Inc Brants-
some, but the ,general was too fu'
his sin troubles Yue ken ahont it, and
it didn'a seem tae me that it was
pairt o' my duties either as coachman
or as gaird'ner tae mind the bairns.
He should have hinted that if
t'mbid a lassie and a laddie to nae
anything it's just the surest way
bringut' it about, The Lord foond
that not in the garden o' .Paradise,
and there's' un muckle change
tw-een the folk in Eden and the folic
in Wigtown.
Tlhere's ane thing that I havena'
spoke wheat yet, but that 'should
set loon• :The general didna' share
Isis roam wi' his wife, !brat slept
p
alone in. a chamber at the far end
the hoose, as distant as possible frac
etrer one else, 'This room was
YY
lockit when he wasna' in it, 'and nae-
body was ever allowed .tae gang into
it. llie w onld mak his ain bed, and
red it up and dust it a' 'by hiinself,•but
he woudna' so much as allow enc
us to set fist on the passage that
tae it. At nicht he would walk
ower the hoose, and he had lamps
Lung in every room and corner,
that no pairf should be dark. •Moray's
the trine frac my room in the garret
.I've heard his futs•teps corrin'
an in', coin'in' and
g g gangin' doun
passage and up `anither free midnight
until cockcrow. It was weary wadi
to lie listenin'.tae his clatter,. and won-
deem' whether he was clean daft,
whether maybe he'd' learned+ pagan
and idolatrous tricks ,oat inIndia
that his con's'cience noo Was like
worm which gnaweth and dieth
Tod ha' sneer frau iNim, Whether
•woul¢lna ease ,him cat wi'
'' ;to speak
holy Donald 'McbSnaw, but 'vt might
ha' been. a mistake, and the-�getierad
wasn'a',a-man that, you'd care tae,mnke
a mistake 'win'.
"Ane clay I was rwiorkin' at the' rases
g
b;order.w esti he cames'u an he's'a
h p ,d
says he, "Did ye ever have occasion
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DIR. W. C. SIPIROtA'T.-Graduate oA•
Faculty of Medicine, University est
Western Ontario, London: Member
of College of Physicians and Sr.i
gene's of Ontario. Office in rear at
'hone rt's drug " store, Seaton t.
Phone 90. Hours 1.30-4 p.m., 7.3t
-9 p.m. Otherhours by aPP'ointmenR
Dental
have much pleasure in furnishing
Mr. Fothergill West .with an account
of my solitary visit to'Cloomber Hall,
$'ort.only on account of the esteem,
I have formed, for that Gentle-
titan ever since his residence at
Branksome, but also because it is my
conviction that the facts in the case
of General Heatherstone are of such
a singular nature that it is of the
highest importance that they Should
placed before the public in a trust-
worthy s manners
It was' about the beginning of Sep -
teanbcr of the year 'before last that 1
raeived• a note front firs. Heather-
stone, of Gloautber Hall, desiring me
to make a professional call upon her
huslbanil, whose health, she said, had
for some time in 0 very unsatis-
state. I lead heard' something
of the IIeafhersfanes 'and of the
seclusion in which .they fired,
so that 1 was very much pleased at
so
this opportunity of mating their cloy -
er acquaintance, and lost ti's time in
ng
the with her request. 1 had
known the 11al1 in ,the old days of _lir.
1 iTithe, the original proprietor, and
L was astonishedarrivingarriving at the
avenue gate to observethe changes
which had taken place. 'The nate iteeit
1
which used to yawn so hospitably tip
on the 'road, was now 'bused" and
lacked; and a high wooden fence with.
nails upon the top encircled the whole
grounds. The. drive itself was leaf-
strewn and uhcared for, and the Whole
place had a depressing au of neglect
and decay.
I had to knock tierce. before aser-
vant maid opened the door and show-
ed me through a dingy hull into,
care -
small roans, where sat an elderly cure-
as
worn lady, who introduced herself le
Hcaatherstone, With her pale
face; her grayhair, her sad, colorless
and her Faded silk dress, she was
. •
71 perfect keeping with her melon-
cho']y, surroundings.
You find us in much trouble; dos-
tor," she said, in a gulch; refined voice.
"My Poon hu hand has had a great
deal to worry him wind his nervous
system for a Jong time has been in a
weak state, We came to this past
hr the countryin the !nope that the
,beacons air wind the qu'iet4.woul 1. have
a good effect upon ]tint: Instead df int-
,P•g' however, he has seethed to
grow weaker, and this morning he is
n'a high fever and a 1iflle inclined toe
be dehnous. The'child senten and I were
s+o frightened that we for you at
once. If he gb;sll follow meg Will take
you to the general's, betiroon:.'
• -
DR J. A. MLr'NrN, Successor be
Dr. R. R. Ross, graduate of North -
western 'University, .Chicago, Ill. Li-
centiate Royal College of 'Dental Sue-
genes; Toronto. Office over Sills'
hardware, Main St., Seaforth, Phone
151.
DR. F. J. &EGHELX, graduate
Royal College of Dental Surgeons,
Toronto, Office over W. R. Smith's
grocery, sMain St., Seaforth. Pho>}os,
t
office 185W, residence 135J.
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The house-to-house book' canvasser
knocked at the door of the residence,
'Nothing -
fancies," said the ,w'onran:'
"But 'madam,' lee insrstted: "''I have
s'onnethin 'here cha't'sinter-
bound
you. 'The Husbands Fri'
est yend, of
,Reasons for Staying Out' Late,'."
"What makes yon think that book
would' interest me?" asked the lady
angrily.'
„ r• r 't-
Well, said the canvasser. I sold
a copy to your husband on the way to
the station this morning."
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