The Huron Expositor, 1874-08-21, Page 2a
41
CINNABAR CITY,
,
You staudin the road looking up tio I
west. Before you, stretches the ,gorg, b
tween the stark mountains that tow r
, inhospitable on either hand, above tl e
two lines of buildings that have ,to Int
row into the crowding feet of the o
posite heights to make room for Oe too
between them. At the upper eecl
sharp -mountain face wedges down au I
lits the gorge into two, and on a she f
o this face are perched the school an. 1
the newly -built church. This is Cinm
bar City.
Behind you the road winds out (if
sight down toward the lonely foot -hills,
and already you. can hear the echoing
rumble of the coach from below, and: will
presently catch the rattle of wheels, and
jingle of harness. , On the box ot that
coach sits •i, tall, travel -worn, not hand-
some passenger, whom the driver , has
carried. before and to whom he shows r t
spect. The driver is telling him about
the mines nd the growth oaf the city in
the month' he has heen• away, in which
time Chun ar has doubled itself once or
twice. -
Before' t e coach stops at the "Quick-
silver Hot 1," I roust tell you then his-
tory of th man on the box -seat. ' His
name is. G, rrett Colyer. He was, born
in an eastem country town, studied law
there and t.ent away to the city to seek
his fortura, went back at au hour's
notice to defend: a scape-grace whose
friends ha( no money to pay counsel,
gothim Off by the skin. of Ms teeth aria
out of reaoi of other warrants none too
soon. Th scape-grace was to reform,
, having alr ady repented, and await hie
father and sister in the far web,s an l
• provide fot them when they came out t
him. The had no money to go with ;
Colyer spei t his last cent on their pass
age and hi own. Arriving in Cinnabar
whence th scapegrace had written
• glowing le ter, they found no shine
• grace, bat another letter less glowing
and ex-plai ing the superior indriteMent
.of Quartz Ay,. and his intention of writ
_ ing for thee as soon as he had thin
comfortabl
Father, c aughtet and friend were `fore
• ed to go to vork for very subsistence a,
anything t ey could find, but they pros
pered, and after a while Colyer set on
farther wes in search of the scaPe-grace
and after months in the wild country re
- turned alone He formed a partnershi
with 'a. yea ng attorney named Ridley,
and, beeoin ng engaged in a suit, intely
ing the titl of the greater part of th
land the own oceupiecli he went t
'Washingtoi and gained his cause. o
he was cora ng back.
What la el led him thiS roundalbou
tramp of y as? He did not love th
scape-grace nor admire Ms neeer-do-wel
father, who had been dead now for hear-
ty a year. No, hedicliiotioveoidman
Middlebroo uor his good-for-nothing
son, but h did love their• sister and
daughter. All that and more he had
done, for *Jaggy • Middlebrook's ake.
Before he wWit east he introchiced his
partner to h r and asked him to see that
she -came to no harm. Now he is com-
ing back, ai d at he talks with the driver
of ores and 1 itlet and changes, his 'heart
goes forware with a great yearning to
the one thinhe prays may never change.
And. lookins out front her eyrie upon the
nose of tii mountain, alone at ! her
• scheohroom wieclow, and. turning Wear-
ily from...the exercise she is correcting,
• Maggy Mi die:brook sees ' him . getting
down at the hotel, shaking hands tight
and left, r ceiviaa welcome and. con-
gratulation all alosg the street, 1 but
pushing on ast all with only a smile
and a wor and coming --coming to
her.
Now he c me near and turned to cross
toward the oot-path that zigzagged.; up
to her perch through sera,ggy pines. iand
he stopped u the road and. lookedup .
and saw her. He waved his hand and
passed out f sight, ancl when he: l.ad ,
Mounted the steep and erherged on lthe 1
shelf of the ountaM, she was waiting 1
for hini at he school -house door. I He 3
came:dote a (l took both her hands, 'end 11
she smiled ' ith a touch, of soberness,.!
and said:
"Oh, Ga , I'm: very glad you've
come." -1 .
1
He held h r off and looked at her, and
answered : _ e
"Are yo • in trouble, Maggy ? as
anything ha , pelted? Is there any dif-
ference betw en us ?"
'But she < nswered steadily: " Ne, I
believe there s no difference." .
" I'm glad. of tha,u," he said, drawing
her eloser. ' You leak tired; you must
find teaching the little Pikes very weary-
ing. But I' going to be famous new,
and you wo 't have to do. it nateb
• more." •
You're Ivery • good," she said,
"you've ,alw, ys been good to me: But
indeed, I lik teaching here very ' much,
and am (ally ihttle tired. I'll give thup
whenever yotL say so ; but don't I llee in
any hurry oLa my account: Yon% be
here now, ani I shall do very well, I'M
sure." I
So they tat -ed together a good itvhile
more gravely than one would have ex-
pected, and t en came down the steep
path and along the only street.11 e was
watching her and talking, to her when,. '
glancineta up, his eye caught his own
nanae : GOLY-I R. & RIDLEY-, tiA.w OF-
FicE.
"Oh, I- a most forgot Ridley," he
said. "He idn't come to meet me:
How is he? Ione you seen him lately ?,
" Yes," sl e answered, "1 saw him
yesterday. IELe is not quite well now. I
. believe. ,,He hat been very kind. while
you were aw- y." , • -
He left her at the door and went in
search of Rid ey, and fouad him at the '
office.
"Oh, hello, Colyer !" he said. " Got 1
back? G1a Ito see you." And, he sho dc :
' hands with reat show of heartines
but looked h rd, ancl not so glad as 1 is '
words. .
"Why, Rh -Rey," said his partn a '
"what's the matter? You don't el° ke :
well." ,
No, I'in sick.," Ridley answered;
-speaking in a reckless way, new to eel- ;
yen "This ursed hole don't agree wifth ,
me, and I've c ot to get out of it. I tva t
• you to come and get things it: h,an 1
and square u accounts. I'll see you
the morning.'
He was spit g out, but Colyer stopp d I
him. I
" Oh, hol • on, Ridley," he sail.
" What's the 'Hatter with you? Whit
the devil is it all about ?" .
"Pm sick, tell you," Ridley auswe
ed. roughly. 'I'm going to bed. I dontt
know what it s; maybe it's,the mercury
in the air. I' e got a bad turn, a,n.d I'M
going to bed. Dontheome withme ; I'm
as ugly as 'atan, and not fit to be
spoken to." ,
Colyer sat a one in the office- thinkia
till the day went out. Then he locked
the door and went along the dark road
beyond the flaring lights of the town,
and turned to the ertilt up the transverse
gorge. The Itoon got in between the
heights here, and lighted up the road
and one of the walls of rock, white the
other towered in the shadow.A few
houses straggled along' the forlorn sub-
urb of the " city," and Colyer stopped
before one of them on the dark side, and
while lie stood a moment in the Moon-
lit road, somebody came out of the sha-
dow by the doorway, and approached
and. spoke his name.
"Come Magay, " he said, i' I want to
e
speak to you."
On the lighted side of the gulch, and
a little higher up, a _small clump of pines
grew on a, shelf of the mountain, not
hard to gain, and he led the way thither.
When they stood among the trees he
said :
" Maggy, you said you believed Rid. -
ley was not Very w41. He says he is
sick, and I don't t 'ilk he was glad to
have me back. He is mach changed and
acts very strangely. He left me to go
to bed and I saw him on the street just
now. Do you know what's the matter
with him ?' i
He spoke steadily and gravely, ancl
she turned pale visib y with the' white
moonlight on her upturned face. And
she answered : " Yes, I suppose I do."
Her voice was steady, though very low ;
but she put her ann about the trunk of
a pine tree and hugged it ever so tightly
to, keep him from seeing that she shook
from head to foot.
"And how long have you known ?" he
i
asked. ,
'' Only 'since yesterday."
' His eager ear caug14 the faintest the -
or in her voice now,iand it shook him
ike a great wind. He turned his face
way and looked at tlie anion without
•aying or seeing ny1thing ' for 0, little
vhile. Then she said :
You ought not to be so offended
vith him. If any one's to blame, it is
kntw what I was
t b fore. He did
d is very much
ay iirect1y, and I
orriy for him. I
, and not he. I don't
Making of not to see
ot know about us, a
hurt. • He ie going a
hink you ought to be
m very sorry.
He looked at her VA ho t any I apparent emotion, and only isked---
" What did yon say to him ?"
She flushed up, andbegan; to nswer
uiekly, " I told him jhe truth, (1 o you
oubt ?" But When sl e saw. hii more
lainly her voice broke, up sadden y, and.
s e sat down where she was, and began
t sob and. bemoan. herself. And lolyer -
s1.t down near her, but not toucl Lug or
s eaking to her; and his hands inding
the rocks beneath him strewn Wit loose
• shingle, he began idiotically tossi ig bits
o: stone over the 1edge,1 and remembered
h ving sat in the gravel so once vlhen a
e '1d, and tossed pebblcis into the lwater.
t nd when her ' passionate sobbin was
a rnewhat abated, he sPoke again quite
41raly ; it seemed as if his heal t and
n ryes were asleep or dead, he could feel
n ither pain nor compassion, a d his
v ice sounded strange te himself:
" Did you tell him the whole truth,
Mtggy ?"• 1
And. she answered paseionately : "Oh,
y u have no right to ask me that. I do
nolt deserve it. I have done . au no
-vv ong. - I sent him away as '300 as I
I com. d_ rievel think
ti
lie ew of it. I was sort. ,anch tcl I him
so; but I told hi
of anybody but you, and. I thoue • t he
kiiew all the time. I told him ho good
you had always been tp me, an how,
ea ily you were hurt, aiid he pr • raisecl
to go away as soon as you came. Don't .
be unkindit's not liikte you." And
sh reachedout both h lids to h m ap-
pe lingly.
e looked at her, and -down ct her
ou stretched hands, but clid not move
to •ards her e and he asked just s be-
' Is there nothing more ?"
• 'he d.rew back her hands, and lifted
head. " You have io ritht • ask
g rapid] and
' You h ve no
him
, nor
you,
h
ncl if
he -
m. " she answered, spea
uneteady with passion.
right to ask what I would. not le
ask; what I would not a' k nays
ls
let mytelf think of. • I aintrue to
aniI that is all I can do, 4,rtd all yo
a right to expect. You are cruel,
yo keep on you Will—"1
he stopped short in hell rapid s
an Coyler spoke slowly ,.`• 1
" 1 have a right to kridtv the tru h. I
do now it. • 1 knew it when I firs met
yo to -day." I
r he girl began to rock herself, at d to
cr again, disconsolately now, and with
lea... , •
, ' Oh, I can't help' it" she sobbed.
"1 don't kuovi how it game about. I
dm 't think we were to blame. It's a
for, aken place, and. I had no frends
wh ea you had gone. Andyou knot you
inn oduced us, and told n.e to be ki id to
bin And he was ver pleasaut and
het ied. me not to be lonely ; and I low
1 u eaut no harm, nor th•ught any ould
,
cot 0 from it, any more t an you."
' But it is none the les true," li con -
tint ed slowly. " When ou look back
ove all that has pasted between. is, it
seei is .a little pitiful, doe n't itV'
They were silent, and s emed to 'sten
for -eine intimation of a escape Ifrom.
their dismal quandary. , But onl the
breeze sang under its bre th in the pine
botik,hs of the sea so hopelessly far a -ay,
and. a stone, loosened from. the fro n Mug
heights, clattered down the steeps I aim -
1 e
less y. •
.0 lyer stood ni) ancl looked (low at
her, lingeriug. "I'm gpiug away n sv,"
he aid: " Good night.' ,
• Sile stood up, and tcro hold. o his
at .
"No, don't go," she sad, and d
lo ke
don n.
• "Why not,'' he askec "Is vhcre
any more ?"
" Oh, don't speak like that," she .aid,
witl -a sadden hoarseness. " You'r not
going.
to hurt him? Pr nhise me you
won't hurt him."
• " Oh, indeed !" he a,n ered wi
lauelie •"SP you don't w iit me to
him ! Did you ask him n t to hurt
Maybe he's ou the watcli for me
dow4u the hollow here. B it don't
yourself -en my acco uat. I'm'
i scared." Then, with a s
ge of man.ner, he tun ed facing
took hold of her rms. "
, Maggy," he said, "he migl
deal better have lai in wait
and shot me, than. ve done -s
as." Then he turne from her
rupt y, and left her alone among
"whispering pines.
i Ef+ went straight to Ridley's ro ni,
'which was also his own, but found no
one there. Then he went out and lat nt-
ecl t e stores and hotels, bet did not find
he las met by a- man -naaned Brice,
him., Corning out of one of these plates,
vii.
. edit& of the Cinnabar Mercary, a d a
prominent citizen, who faetened on
, .
:
eech,
-
ble
muc
chat.
and
here
go. e
me,
he
h a
urt
ao le ?
w
rou-
not
wift
er,
ook
t a
for
• hat
ab -
the
L
:
..,
__,..,_,...,." • .....,.....___,„,
Um.
1-{U ON
EXPOS'
•
and told him something about commit-
tee of arrangements for a proposed recep-
tion of the city's' stinguished counsel,
and celebration of the happy termina-
tion of the lawsuit fraught *th such
important results to the rnou itain me-
tropolis, ' as he was confiden Cinnabar
was soon to be. •
Oolyer bade hi I roughly to let go of
him and consigned him . to perdition
with his celebrati:ns. Many o her hands
and voices _greete him, but 1 e pushect
pasi without he ing, and ai wered no
one a word.
e came out of the " Subu 'ban" Ho-
tel, inl the town as behind im. He
loo ed up to th dark outli es of the
heiehts, and saw bove him te tower of
11
the little church, tipped by he moon-
ligh , and dim, lo er down i. 1 the sha-
do the school- ouse, percl ed like a
bud house on the cliff. He G imbed the
bre k -neck, path, and come gut beside
the: ilent building. Here, o ' the point
of ti e ledge, where a pine or wo made
a lit le shade in the daytime, a e had sat
wit her that bap y aftemoo before he
wen away. It h< d seemed s hard to
len, and now le looked b ck to that
tg as to a g eat and ui attainable
mess. All the months he was away
i
cl seen her sitting there, with the
ght slanting down from e peaks,
ickering through the p v e needles
r face; and he had hu gered for
eeting her there again! He wish -
had never c me back, t lit he had
with that tl ought of dr in his
. He lay do V11 on his fi ce on the
rock where he had. sa , and did
move for a long while In the
ns and hotels of more ta wns tha,n
the news sp Tad that i ight that
r, of China ar, had co e back;
• any a man rinied Min his good
or praised -hi well-earned success,
the rock fel the press re of his
rophesied' a /olden filth', for him.
and the wanton wind pl. yed with
air, ;and the only thing tl at pitied
ast their
im from
nt slowly
he town.
the only
to Rid -
re asleep.
the edge
s half on
go t
part
Imp
he h
sun
and
on h
the
ed h
died
hear
bare
not
salo
one,
Coly
and
luck
and.
And
face,
hi S 1
him woe the heights that
shad ws over hin and. hicl
sigh
B and. by he go up and w
dow the path ancI through
The aloons and' 1otels were
plac open now. e went u
ley's room, and fo d. him th
His t isordered hea I was over
of th bed, and th bed -cloth
the oor. The mo n had got round by
this i ime, and Egli ed this up er room.
All • olyer's move ents were slow and
heav , like the mo ions of a4 old man.
His rst fierce pass on had been hatred,
-blind unreasoning overpowering; but
even in the unres sted sway of it his
habit tat keen perc ption had seen the'
futili y of it, and hile he hl. hunted
Rid.leh eagerly, he had been glad. as
by-st nder might ti at he had inot fotend
him. An immens pity for himself, a
feelin of astonishiitent that s eh a, tre-
mend us hurt was possible, an I that he,
of a the thousa ds, should suffer it,
took ossession of 1 'm, and ph lied away
petty jealousy aim° t out of si ht. • The
unena urable pain t at must y t be en-
dure. the awful se se of less, he loss cf
the warth of every hing in lif , and yet
the urden of th empty, i tolerable
life still to be born ! Nowhe e to turn
—eve ything futile no help r under-
stand ng. It was so terrib e, and it
migh so easily no have bee ; yet it
was i remediable. He waute nothing
but hat he had lost, and hat was
gone; and neither haste- no revenge
nor eatli could b ing it ba k. That
was t le intolerable •art of it • the futil-
ity o everything. .The only possible`
solace was the thin lost, and hat was
—lost He 'did no love .Ridle but the
sting f it was that that made no differ-
ence, nd that noth • g -made a y differ-
ence. • His overwhe ming feelin was the
pity o it, the pity • f himself.
He ted the disoi dered head and. laid
it on he pillow; sa down on tilte edge of
the be 1, and looked at hiin wilth
intro-
verte eyes and a f ce full of wrink1es.
And idley opened his eyes'and stared
at hie),
" at are you at now ?" he: asked,
rough y. • "What do you. want "
A s dden flush sh t into Col er's face,
and h cursed him a de took hiju by the
throat "Don't sp ak tome li e that,"
be sai .; "I'll kill :you. if yol. do. I
want hat - you ha stolen flrom me.
Give i back to me, ill you t"
Thei his look cl anged as 4uddenly
back o- the old on , and he lay dctwn
on his face beside Ri lley.
Ra ▪ ey sat up and ooked clowh at him,
scowl ,g and wonde •ing a litt while,
then s epped over h m softly an pulled
on soa e clothing, sit tching the motion-
less fo that lay d• rk in the shadow.
Then he stood over l4im a minut , turned.
away, and wheeled about two or three
times, put his head out of the vindow,
and I eked up and down the street;
fivally came back abruptly, nd bent
down and lifted Colyer bodily and set
him he avily in a large chair by he win-
dow. He took two ipes.from be. shelf
and filled 'and lighte I one, and • ushed it
into C dyer's hand t Bed the other and
bate it, drew a ch, ir and sat right in
'front • f his paliner, so that their knees
touchet.
Ridley puffed har I a minute or two,
starin sgita,rely into Colyer's fa e, who,
for hi part, held hi pipe bet een his
teeth, lid let it go out. Ridle leaned
forwar 1 and lookec into, the bowl of
Colyer s pipe, and knocked. it roughly
with lis own. ,
" W iy don't ' yo 1- smoke ?" he said.
harshl ; a,ncl he ti ped the fir into it
out of his own', m (1. by so d mg put
them oth out. T1 en he got up and
la,ughe 1, and went a s out the roo shaken
and do ibled, and. sta tling the nieht with
• deep- t ned, tumulti ous laughte . And
he sto d still and cur ecl himself anti Col-
yer for a couple of b. hies and fools.•
"It 3. condemnec ," he continued.
fiercelt , "if 1 kno myself - Or you.
Here a •e two great h king fellows., who
have f ced wild bea ts and wild men,
who h ve tasted fan inc and loneliness, 1
and cell and heat, a (1 conquered them;
who h .ive shared go( d and evil fortune,
and ri ked life toge her, and. we come ,
_and sit down here as if the whole world 1
wereonelittle schoo -teacher and there
was on y room enoug for one of . us two
to wa in, and the o Ay path for:either
of ut vas over the ther. Look -here !
it's fat that's tied. u up; let fate settle
He t ok the baekg< mrnon board, threw
himsel down in his- c air again, and set
the boa al on their knees between_ them.
He too - the -clice-box then, and pushed
it at O.lyer.
Th ow," he said.
And 'Oyer said " You fiist."
"1 d n't wantan odds," Ridley an-
swered. I'll toss ip for first. I I say
heads.'
He t rew up a cen and it fell on the
board ead up. H took nit the dice
aa•aa-Saaslara, •
11
OR.
and threw. Cclyer bent for ard and
looked.
"That's it," he said. "1 'ght as
well not throw."
The cast was a, double -six.
Ridley had picked up the • ice and
thrown» them enitothe box, an3 ihe sat
holding it for a minute as if fo Polyer
to take it, staring at him with a dark,
doubtful face. he threw he box
on the floor and go up, upset ing the
board.
D n the dice he said.
• He drew up a tab1p before Colyer and
brought out his che s box, and rapidly
spread the board and set up the men.
"You taught me the game, "he said.
"You .cannot complain of your chance.
Will you play ?"
And Colyer sat forward_ with asuddeu,
resolute light in his face, and mohed his
queen's bishop's pawn two squares.
"Hold on a minute," Ridley said.
. He unlocked a drawer and took out a
tin box, opened it and took out a bundle
of papers and threw them on the table.
Colyer knew what they -stern—Govern-
ment bonds,—the proceeds of a legacy
Which had just come into Rilley't bands.
Ridley took his watch and chahh from
under the pillow, and laid them on the
bonds.
"1 play theih," he said ; " I play
my horse, my gun, my books, my share
and good -will in the business; and if I
have anything else I stake it ?m this
game."
So they fell to and played, pawn"
at,tains% pawn, knight, and, castle and
bishop, and queen, keenly and.'grimly,
with heads bent over the board, the
moonlight falling white on their stern,
intent faces, and darkening thenii with
blank shadows. They played long, not
relaxing an instant, now and then re-
moving apiece from the board or mutter-
ing the few low words that were part of
the game. By and by Ridley paused
longer than usual before moving, and
then. moved slowly and hea,vily1; and
then, without haste or hesitation, Polyer
put out his hand aed moved also. Theri
they both leaned 'back and stood up;
but Ridley did not stand straight. They
stood opposite one another for a minute,
and:then Ridley lifted his head with a
motion as if it hurt him, and said
harshly: •1 r
"Let me alone now; I want to sleep.
I'll go away in. the morning."
He took a small bottle from the shelf,
and drank a mouthful out of it andthrew
himself. into the bed, making it , creak
alarmingly. Presently Colyer heard
him breathing heavily in a drhgged
slumber. •
• Colyer sat facing the window, Watch-
• ing the ghastly square of m000light
creep across the floor and up the legs ef
the little table, and, sitting there alone
in -the still night, a tierce conflict of pas-
sion and blind yearnings waged within
him. The overpowering longing to have
thinks as he never doubted they were,
to have what be had lived for, and clone
everything for,
and. was 41 that he cared
for, possessedhim 'entirely. He had
played. no man false; he had honest-
ly won his prize, ancl no man could. gain-
say it. Why should he question, then?
Why was he troubled and divided? But
his hurt pride, wounded ancl in the dust
as it was, stood up and asserted itself.
Had he forgotten or 'grown cold through
absence, or let another creep into her
place? Had she not made him second ? Did
he want a mended faith? Then his half-
drownecl reason took.her part again4 his
pride and pain. Hacl he.not her esteem,
her strong friendship, her confidence, her
unfeigned. gratitude? Had she powet to
give him more? Could debt, or duty, or
willingness give more? Did he Ove her
anything, that he gave her all he had!
Yes, he pwed to her, or to his thought
of her, all that was best in himself—all
that was pure, or strong, or true.' And
had he been altogether unselfish, after
a11? Had he, indeed, done all -fold her
sake only? Behind. that had he not hid-
den his own iminenee gain—his sOul's
one desire? Was not she too, in trouble
to night, and had he not put her pain
aside as nob comparable to his own?
How did he know his was the greater?
And, was she to blame ? Who was to
blame? Honestly, he could not tellI ,
And all the while that he was question-
ing and combatting with himself, his: bit-
tereess and awful sense of loss were aohe
the lees above all that, The water e of
desolation went over him, and sstept
him to a,ncl fro, yet would not the lave
man withm him suffer nim to be brhe
altogether from his foothold. • 8 me
words said by Robertson of Brig
ton
came to him vaguely to the effect, hat
though a man shou d lose everyth ng,
even to his faith in God, yet woul it
still remain to him to do justice, nd
love mercy and tru h. In some _• in
way there was a cer ain satisfactioi in
the thought of his till being alit to
trample himself Linde • foot, like the p nig
of pleasure one feel in the crust int
grasp of the forceps n an aching to Gh7
But this counter cureent-of self-asser iOn
lay deep beneath the -flood of misery t
overwhelmed. him. •
Yet, though his breathecanielot
biting with pain and lager towards
and Ridley, in his deeper and
abiding self he wasforcing himself t
just, and acknowledged that neither
especially to blame, end. that both ts ere
, in trouble as well es be. His th art
swelled against the inscrutable fate t hit
had wrought it, as 1 ddley said. lid
yet, even in that da,r - passage, he 1 eld
fast to his abidinu fai h in the right • nd.justice of the }t'an that guide t he
world, 'whose grasp u on our hearts be-
comes, in times lik that, so palp ble
and awful a reality. He knew it vas
right; not that he • nderstood or c m-
prehend any sense df the word iu w ich
it could be right, but e felt that he nd
those others and. t eir trouble ere
• parts, as were the s ars and the d rk
heights before his ey s, and the wi ole
struggling, suffering, aughing, Mese ing
race of men, -of one hifihite whole, t at
finite thought or wor ls could no n ore
comprehend' than a-- oot-rule guage be
waters of the sea. . A great humi itr
overcame him, anch 1 is heart went
with a deep pity for 11 his blind, sti m-
bling, foolish brothers, and astrong ye m-
ing to underStand. int as he was, al-
most unendurably, he yet cilung to w at
was left—to truth, tad honesty, nd
mercy. At any oth r time he wo d
have said to courage Iso, bat he felt
great bravery then.
He got up slowly,. a if a great wei
pressed him down, a d moved abou
the same way; The spare of moonli
table, and ligh
nd the garnet
first noticed t
e bonds and
ble at the
it hurt h
ed. He pus
nd
her
ore
be.
vas
Is
had climbed upon th
up the chess -board,
had played. He now
Ridley had pushed.
watch across ' the'
of the game, an(
and made him asha
them back, and sat down and went 0
the closing moves. , Yea, lielhad played
the better hand, and the clieekmate was
complete, and yet he had lost the game.
He took up the dice from the floor, and.
cast them. over and over, butithe highest
count he could make was a ouble fiv'e,
He changed the arrangement of things a
little, moving about sae tly, then
went out, and shut the dvt softly be-
hind him '
• He went down to the 'street, and his
steps turned instinctively towitrd: the
house up the canyon. He stepped at the
fence, where shadow and. moonlight met,
and looked up at a certain window.
When. he had. stood there a , minute or
two, there was a stir of draptery at the
window, and. then a face apilteared for a
moinent, white in the moonshine. It
disappeared, and quic4kly- afterward
some one came out of 'the • door and
timidly down toward the gate. She
stopped a little way off, still nd as if in
doubt.
"It's me, Maggy," Colyer did.
She came near and looked i p at him
with an anxious, distressed 1face, ande-
seeming not to know what fo say, put
up her hands deprecatingly, and he took
them in his. .
"So you are up too, . A ggy," he
said gently, and smiled. in a, pitiful
fashion.
"Oh yes," she answered wi h a thick-
ness in her throat at first. "Do you
think I could sleep While ou. are in
trouble? Indeed, I am not 6 ungrate-
ful. 1 am very, very sorry !"
He tamed away his head ; e thought
she might have told. him it wait not true,
that it was all a . horrible dram. But
no ; she was sorry, very, ver sorry—
• because it was all too true. •Ife turned
to her again and spoke with at apparent
coldness.
1 " l've been pretty faithfu to ypug
• Maggy ; don't you think 1 hav - t
And she answered: "Yes, youelia,ve‘
indeed." .
"1 think I wopld have die d
for yo
anytime these four years. I aye made
you my first thought ,ih ever thing; I
-hate put your good. and happin ss before
everything else, or have xneant to at any
rate I am quite sure. I thought I was
unselfish, but I don't know now • I don't
know whether there's any Buell thing..
But there's only one thing to de now."
" And do you think I can de and en-
dure nothing ?" she answered: passionate-
ly. "Oh, do. not go. I: will show you
1 am not foigetful or ungratefuL" -
He leaned back in the shadow and
said nothing. Her last word stung him
again. He had hoped against hOpe that
she would prove his resolve unneeessary,
but everything she said only Confirmed
his conclusions. He did not l& -i ant her
gratitude. .
"No, it's no good, Maggy," Ihe said.
"I'm not finding fault with yon, and. I
do not mean to blame you. It's a mis-
take, that's all • add now we've ,folind it
but. I'm sorry if I've pained you; I'm
sure k never thought I should. God bless '
you, Maggy. Good-bye."
While she was trying to gather her
senses to answer him, he turned about
and: she saw him move away aild pass
out of her sight, walking slowly and -with
the motions of one long sick.: :
He felt faint; the shadow . of . the
heights weighed him down. He got his
horse from the stable e his hands fum-
bled weakly with the saddle and -bridle.,
ge took no provision, no weapon of de-
fence. •
He had no conscious thought Or care
which way he went; only the l stark.
black gorges were a horror to him, and.,
the thought of the boundless -plains drew
him tomehow. Out of the fitfulleitsleep-
ing, God -forsaken settlement, and. into
the awful loneliness of the loweg defiles
he rode to meet the morinng coining up
the eastern slopes. •
When Ridley awoke front thae drug-
ged slumber, Colyer was gone. He found
the watch and chain pushed partly un-
der his pillow, and the bends in their
case lay in the open drawer. The ohess-
men had. been replaced in their box and
set away. In their stead on th table
stood. the dice -box 'and. a penny ay be-
side it ,with the head turned u The
dice lay together as if thrown, /id the
count was a double six.
• SPECIAL NOTICES
BREAKFAST.—EPPS'S COCOA.— 'RAI:E-
RTL AIND COMFORTING.--' ' By a VI °rough
knowledge of the natural laws which
govern the operations of digesti n and
nutrition, and by a careful applic• tion of
the fine properties of well:select& cocoa,
Mr. Epps has provided -our brea, ast ta-
blee with a, delicately flavoured b verage
which may, save us many heavy octors'
bills. "07h -1 v i/ - ,Shreice Gazette. - Made
simplyNith Boiling -Water or Milk.
Each ,packet is labelled—JAMES 'PPS &
Go., Ronueopathic Chemists, Lot don.
Mat utetterunn 01? Opeo.a.---`'I '6 will
now gine an account of the process adopt-
ed by hlessrs. James Epps & the 1. mant
ulacturers of dietetic articles, a their
works in the Enston toad, Lome on"—
Cassll'
e6 lionsehold Gwile.
t
atwFor overt twentyyears 1 ''ryan's
Puhnonic Wafers " hav maintained their
reputation for curing coughs, !colds, and
pulmonary diseases. hose suffering or
threatened with any of the symptcms of •
bronchitis, or any of the pulmonary
complainis should at once give them. a
trial.. They give almost immediate re-
lief, and if taken in time genera.* effect
a cure. Remember thtt a common cough
or cold, if not attended to in time, often
leads to that cliStressing and fatal disease
—consumption. by all,- druggists
and country dealers. Price 25 cents
per box.
THE Nil PLUS' ULTRA. -- EveitybodY
likes to sge a well dressed head of hair, ,
but no lady or gentlem,an can dreSs their,
hair with perfect satisfaction without the
use of Bearine. Its perfume is .excihisite -
it gives to the hair a glossy rich appear-
ance. Sold by all druggists. -
Constimngtoeg Brom, tis, DysPapsia'
Feeble Irregular ActiOn of the Heart,
and a long 'list of kindred' disea.shs, are
attributed to a low state of the nervous
system. Owing to its 'bracing effects
on those centres we may ascribe to Fel-
lows' CoMpeund Syrup of ITypephos-
phites, the prompt and decided benefit
received bet patients laboring tinder
these diseases.
PHYSICING HORSES. --Many persons
physic their horsesirecmently—especially
every spring. This is a great error, and
one which has caused the less of hun-
lit dreds of many valuable: horses, as physic
in as ittis usually given, often produces in -
ht fiammation of the bowels -which general
-
ed ly proves fatal; it also weakens the
ey horse, and. thus renders him liable to dis-
tat ease, or less able to th,row it off—what
he is required is a medicine which will op -
n+ erate gently upon the bowels, and act
upon the liver and lungs, removing all
edall obstructions therefrom, purifying the
Tblood and enabling all the organs to do
11
AUGUST 21, 1874.
M.L.immillomemos
their worI4 without overtaxing any,
which is accomplished by the use of
" Darley's Condition Poitiers aud Ara-
bian Heave Remedy"—itis always safe. -
Remember the name, and sec that the
eignature of Hurd & Co. is ou each pack-
age. Northrop & Lyman, Toronto, Ont.,
proprietors for Canada. _Sold by all
medieine dealers.
pROSTRATIQN, RIFeerLTING mom Tyrg
-e• effects of the internee beat of the summer
menthe, is the pre -disposing num: of lio many of
the diseases peculiar to hot wether. The stom-
ach. partaking of the loss Of vitality perveding the
whole syetem, le unable to aomplete digestion; --
thefood passing roidieeolved through the bowels,
irritates the 1iningnernbrane, it i aerhcea, Dys.
entery, Pholera Morbas, and when prevaThei%
Asiatic Cholera may be excited. Attention to
diet, moderate exereiee, bathing foie regular hab-
its mast be observed. To meilitain the vital
forces and prevent lessitnee and eehaustion, Dr.
Wheeler's Compound Elixir of Phoephates and
Calisaya is amquestionably re e bee fie it invig-
orates the digestive organ, au1suppliee material
for generating nerve force.
Avoid Quacks.
AVICTIM of eativ indisexetion,ternsing norromi
debility, premature decay, tee., haveng tried in
vain every advertised eemeily, hes diecovered a
siinfile means of self -tan -e, whin ht. -will Rena free
to his fellow-stiffereree Atelreree J. H. REEVES,
78 Nassau Street, New Yoek.
Bearine for the Hair
1
pnErAnED FROM T E.• 1,1:31E GICH
.:,.tSE or TR
CAm
11
N IDA en,
IL produces a lexuria it growth.
It beautifies and etre igtbene the Hair.
t makes the Hair soft and plinnt.
t imparts to the Hair a rivet gloeey finish. t is perfeetly harmless—not etieky or uneleam
eb stimulates the roots of tliellair.
It enlivens brash3- andNivilrii
e:kIi;ii:t.t.;.
It prolongs vitnsalolitie• bya
50e per bottle.
eERRY DAVIS CR: SON, Sole Proprietors.
377 8T. PAUL -STREET, MONTIZ,EATJ, p Q.
k:eu:7l84
HarkneSS_' HsaroBain.
irlacb:p:ep:1:tonin ue fr rustoring.,prOS011-
1 ing, and beautifying the heir, and render..
, This inyaluallinlge eioteseDafitaa-tinotinglet7Lild present to
e ee.
the public, knowing it, te possese eel the -virtue we
elaim for it. Being perfeetly free from all injuri-
eus ingredients, and composed eolele of mitre.
nents, we can confidently co/mete:el it es a safe
end sure remedy for the "Falline of the Hair," res-
eoring grey bair to its originel color, imparting a
healthy tone and yigor to It roots, and causing it
to grow luxuriantly. As a Cosmetic alone, even
where the hair is strong and healthy, it is invalu-
able, as it imparts a rich glossiness and silken ap.
pearance, which no one who loves beauty Cali fail
to admire. Preparoa only by
HARKSESS .t, Co.,
I-•• Pharmaceutical Chemists, London.
,
PRICE, 50 CENTS.
- 1 For sale by J. S. ROBERTS ane R. LUMSDEN.
Seaforth, and by Druggists generally. 345-26
e
1
Tiic Gren tRema I Remedy.
JOB MOSES' FFAITODICAL PILLS.
'PUS invaluable medicine is unfailing in the
mire of all thoee peinful and tIangerous diseases
to -which the female eonstitutien es subject. It
moderates all extess and renioves all obstructions,
and a speedy cure may be relied on.
• To married ladies, it is peenliarlysuited. It will
in a short thne, bring on the monthly paiod with
regularity.
These Pills should not be taken by Females
during the first three months of Preg,nace- as they
eke sure to bring On Miscarriage, but at any othee
,time they are safe.
In all cases of Nervous and Spinal Affections,
pains in the back and limbs, fatigue on slight ex-
ertion, palpitation of the heart, hysterics, and
whites, these pills will effect a cure when all other
means have failed; and althoneel e. powerful
remedy, do not contain iron, calomel, antimony, or
anythingleurtful to thd constitution.
• Full directions in the pamphlet around ceeh
peckage,.which. should he carefully preserved.
job Moses, New York, Sole Proprietor. 1.00and
124 cents for postageeenclosed toNorthop &Leman,
Toronto, Ont., general agents for the Dominion,
will insure a bottle, containing over 50 pills by
return
sold in Seaforth by E. Hickson et Cie, and
R. Lumsden. • 197
• Thomas! Eaectric 011,
WORTH TEN TIMES ITS WEIGHT IN GOLD. DO YOU
' liZNOW ANN:THIN& OF IT.? 11` ezo-r, IT IS
TIME Y 013 DID. •
- There are but few preparations of medicine
which have iwithstood the impartial judgment of
the people for anv gat length of time. One of
these IS THOMAS' ii4,1,CTItIC OiL, purely a prepar-
ation of six of some of thebest oils that are known,
each one possessing virtues of its own. Scientific
physicians know that medicines anay be formed of
sieveralingweients in certain faxeti proportions of
geeater, power, and. producing effeets -which could e
never result from the Use of any one of them, or in
diffeeent cazabinatione. Thies in the nreparation
of this oil a chemical change takes plave, fotining
a eompouna-whicla could not by any possibility be
ealede from any other combination or nropoitions
cifi the sameeingredient,s, or any other ingredients,
and entirely different from. anytheng ever before
made, one which produees the mostestonishing re-
sults, and having a eider range of applicatiOn
thian any medicine eve e before discovered. ithen-
tains no alcohol or other volatile liquids conse-
quently loses nothing by evaporation. -Aerever
applied you get the benefit of eVery drop; 'whereas
with other preparations *nearly ell the alcohol is
lost in that way, and yen get only the small titian
titer of oils which they may contain.
•S. lee. THOMAS, Pietnrs, N.Y.
And NORTHROP le LIMAN, TOronto, Ont.,
Sole Agents for the Dominion.
NOTE..—Electric—Selected and Jelectrized.
ohl in Senforth by E. Hickson et Co .and R.
Luen,sden.
-NOTICE TO THE
• TRAVELING PUBLIC.
Tlekets to or from Europe, by Allan
Line,
FORT GARRY
And all points in the Northwest, by BEATTY'S
lele SUPERIOR LINE,either by Duluth or the
Dawson Route, also tickets to all parts .01 the
Eastern and ,Western States
By- Rail or Steamboat eennection, can Zee "had on.
ePplication tothe undersigned at Seftfotth Rail-
way Station. Inforniatien cheerfully gieen to
iu tending travelers.
THE &PM:RACE FARES,
QUebec to Lie -el -pace or Londonderry, by Mail
Steamers, or Glasgow,' by Glasgow Lint, are re-
duced as follows:
Seaforth to Liverpool, Derry, Glasgow...422 90
Return Tickets—Quebe • to -Liverpool, Duey -
or Glasgow, and back to Sea -forte 44 80
Peepaid ,Passage Ceet nice tes—Liveipool,
88I.4 11.
or Glasgow, to Setiferth.......... 21 90
It. B. MOODIE, Agent.
JOHN S.. PORTE R,
- . One-horse Banker and Exehange Broker.
-
.ALELLV 3TREJ?T, SHAPORTH.
CAPITAL, - $0,00,000.01.
- This is no blow, but it fact.
BUS Geeenbacks AUNtritaLl Sill'er c,ur-
-1-e Tent, rates. Lends money on pled farm prop -
:13;1.0 oSnhativtetpsosniot,teSttaiivniateller120t eilltetriltele‘.nt.lbileteeeriTeete:
—when you get it. Buys and selh; 'rouses and
Lots; pin -ties leayingtownand wiehine to sell quick
-will find inc on hand like a. thousand of briek.
Buys Rides, &tee)) Furs and Ilroat
at tile hitthest prke8.
All this is clone with the above capital, wonder-
ful, is it not 2 Hand in yOUr wants wishes and
expectations, don't be afraid, he woni-bust. 341
SEAFORTH PLANING :KILL,
SASH, DOOR AND BLIND FACTORY
THEeubseriberbege leave to thank his numerous
• customers for the littera' patronage extended to
bite since commencing businetee in Seaforth, and
truets that he may be fevored with it continuance
of the same. •
Parties intending to build weenie eo well to ghee
him a callras he will continue to keep on hand a
large stook of all kinds ei
DRY PINE LlitIBER,
SASHES,
DOORS, BLINDS, MOULDINGS,
SHINGLES, LATH, ETC.
He feels confident of giving satisfaction to those
who may favour him with theirpatronege, a none
but first-class worionen are employed.
Particular attentioa m
paid to Cu:doinant*
201 JOHN H. BROADFOOL
AvausT 21
jll""nwlljm!!!'"5""Ni
First la,* 'of gra
your own Ate.
—Noteeshavers sn
time " they take
thieirAlzus.asifia:,
is not paid for. I
werespire like saus
—mar:t(iilni:e
alt P
•
Itl
etifi
a silk gown, and th,;
woman. is a bath)
g—r7Vesha," t is the diff,
stars and shooting
suns, the other artt
—"I wouldn't hav
kinder egged me
asked why he quit It
erage
Ihi 11: the hei-hi
—A Califorhia Ten
wine,• beer, and cidex
boring under a sense
and thenwhiskey sital
are said to be the MO
pe—ranne,eillk)Lsoplesaiind 11181
kerchief at him as
last evening. In rei
coat sleeve, which he
chief.
—Thistles are groi
streets of Victoria,
clamoring- for the en
dim/ice against 11-0X
say in effect "Thi,
--This is how it
Southwest Missouri
ne tonna it rope,
And with it waI
It huppened that t
A horse was hi
'Neely found a. hve,
,
a;i
ItIl-hIlluanitrpsetilLomheeliehothi7at -:
--The following.fl
AI ilIpogal,e1 r70,,,..-Itiota.,;<;;,:ts;tilimt;leeet J
Little johney will e
Ile has climbed tl
____....*
Pat and it
,
In Charles - Leveirl'
there occurs a remarl
illustrating the relatii
tween an improving lel
tutorect tenant. ihei
tenant to the innovatot
the condition of the gl
satisfied recipient of 1
length, on a tenant 1
whom the agent hilt'
baronet tame to the 1
which, with face and i
all proportion, and. 1
• features and fiery eyei
of a cottou handkercli
dress nueullen eilencei
my good man ? -Whai,
-4t Faix, an' it ,
„me own another woul
blessid morning; 'tis -
d.vi.t'h' at":1:aciteoi:ouagV'tnej
id baronet. "What
What
. wl
" 1"es, tit is your delta
raged_ proprietor of i
" it's all ver deint.am
proud of it. 'Twat tii
gev me. 4NV e brought
louse last night, an' t
them but in the pee e
Katy an the childer
while irebid, the pig:
the -house, an' he wasn.
ed. hie nose in the)dve
-out aboutethe .ilure ; a
.ontoftbid to let out ti
• roaring through the hot
down 41n. me, an' bega
I jumped into bid <loin
them after me, into 'LI
an' thin -what wid th
astinguf us under the
jumpedagain, an' the i
was -ever spint in all I
last night. Vaat Ii
ehilder aroarin' an' ala
twin' .up an' down It
wid the basori, an' rayt
pan flaorniii), an' thin the si
f
mtenia' the bee.s
morniti)--begor, it's as
ye ought to be V'
...________---0-•-.
-,t5 .Premature:
In the-oemeteries of ,
SItinich :and other G4
;dead areexposed for 4
of days 'before inte
against premature Intl
lie in the .coffins with I
in a large dead -house,
- the extreOies of the
fleeted with a bell, so I
tion 'would reveal anii
aid and succor at meet
watchers are within nil
xj,etht, should the bell
every possible a.ssistan
ward resuscitation. -11
Uhl by the commonpe
auseitation and prem.,'
tlieee tales are widely 1
ed.. They have, heti
foundation, as it is e
least nowadays, that 1
for the ,grave are not a
-still signs of ,death a
the cuetora atiopted
must be regarded as
A celebrated. anatom
two such narrow escai
tem sepulture that Le
on the subject, expr
that incipient pullet
trustworthy symptom
solution. I have mad
mot a single instance
coepsee—Hareter's ,lit
in the deati-house pr
ILL tatveirtlaiita.asliiioyni_,:e_asniptienitinkg,...
°
There was atIindM
iesaa
'gazette, when. Old in
upon as with eye of pit
and it was thought th
gave women. nn y elaim
Of late years, however,
eath:rnrgieed4w43Popainien°:oitnotnhl
sdiniaesnlitteceherie,s'aLl esont7loateit'eallsaosn,
but bid fair soon to sinl:.
is this to be wandered
years ago it was a ra
Married. woinan ,aanei
wilirthiiagur;teterrst,ieluirt
given ekpressly for marl
character of the Briti
'fact, completely cheat
being grave and. decor°
a hopping, skipping e
everyone with her gr
but at the same time