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The Huron Expositor, 1892-03-18, Page 3rio %—For to IS s cows asmass .e. said !ail of 'Estee'. eSete Con- rough - Ler Der - u. e:ouch . _ [A. rex t will Loc/ 12e 4s. le eioue nhey rne Pirst that rth. ,dly ,sen. ornt ved. d s, soa, -Izet _ r of s - e t ter, -fas, 0. eau. tent Ire ee • MARGIT 18) 1892. enee _ THE HURON EXPOSITOR. 4tILS',41 • - e 011111K rm. at's,• thousand pounds reward," it ran, "vridl be paid to any pereon giving suoh in- formetion 94 will lead to the conviction of Vitt criminals rued the reoovery of the bonds and uotea etolen in transit between Boulogne afxa Calais on the night of the thirteenth in- stantHere followed a long list of the ittOlea acieurities and numbers of notes. -Heaton, peering round Whalen] elbow, laid the trimaran of his little finger on one num- ber, end then, shooting kris shirt cuff over hie hand, eet the pencilled memorandum there above it. "Thet's all, my boy. That was the num- ber of the bond on top a the pile. They were lying on his table." CHAPTFIR XV. Seven years ago the reader caught a momentary sight of orze nl. Vergueil, :naming- in a brown :study at the door of Mitseri's Hotel in Constantinople. This plan:man wee a figure in the police de- partment of Paris and enjoyed a higherepu- tenon for both tistuteness end good fortune. But like others seriongst the astutest and the happiest, he found one thing denied hien, and he so puzzled ever the one case which baffled his intelligence that his fain ere in this respect left, a drop of gall at the bottom of every cap of success ho quaffed. Inc governments of three or four countries had unitedly agreed to leave in M.Vergueirs hands the investigation of a series ot rail- way robberies. He had started on his work with eomethine like certainty, and bit by bit, his case had melted away between his fingers. It became a forlorn hope in the drat six menthe, and M. Vergueil became a man with a grievance. He laid hands on sores of notorious criminals, he had brilh- aa successes by the dozen but he had made nothing whotever of the great railway robberies, and his disappointment clouded him. M. Vergueins business bad brought him to London. Forged notes of the Bank of France had been put in circulatian at Monte Carlo and Spa pretty extensively and had heett chapped here and there in snriall quan- tities in the great cities of Europe. The imitation of the hundred -franc note was so ecirairable thut only an expert could be re- lied upon to detect, the difference between it and the aetual mere of the bank. M. Vergiteins inquiries had led him to the be- lief that the at of the forgery was in Eng- land, and both in lighting upon the original track and in following it up he had so far been blessed with even more than his usual good fortune. IIe. had taken up his headquarters at the Westminster Hotel, and sitting in his room immersed in thought Over a cigarette and a glees of sugared water, he found himself awakened by the living accents of a, voice which wan at, that moment speaking to his fancy's ear. "Mr. Ronald Morton," said the voice. M. Vermeil set his whole soul in his ears and lietened. Ho might hear nothing werth hearing, but on the other hand he wat e gentleman who never !tinned a chance, and he was peculiarly anxious to neow all that could be known of the owner of this perticular voice. The room in which he sat end thee, in which the conversation was going on communicated by a door, which wee for the present locked on one gide alld belteti en the other. M. Vergueit noiselessly kicked off his :nippers, and croming the room with a cat -like 'nicety of tread, dropped on his knee e with hie ear to the key hole, and so stayed. The watchful grin upon his face was a study for intentness, but, every now and then as the conversation went on the mere ghost of a smile flickered across it end at the mention of Mr. °Won's name hie eyes sparkled brightny for a single second. In his eagerness to hear he hard- ly dared to breathe, and to let his .breath g.iiilently he clenched his teeth with hie lip drawn away from them in a curiously ghastly smile. When at last Heaton ad- dreaeed his interlocutor as Mr. 1Vilham Reid the detective geve euch a start that his heed came into oontact with the door knob, and for a little while between his rage at his own elurneiness, his fear that he ad betrayed a listenerns presence, and the actual physical pain of the blow, he lost knowledge of what was going on. The net thing that came clearly to him was the gallant captain's noisy and defiant: "Good morning." He heard the door open Ana cloae, and listened to the footetepe in the corridor, and hastily snatching up a mar el boote in order to have some oaten - Ne reason for quitting his cbamber, he siodged eateirke to the head of the stairs, awl peered after Memos. Hump and Heaton. Ire withdrew his head swiftly as the Cap- tain looked about him, and glued -himself to the wall of the corridor. Therewae a little enema betweenthepair, and the detective's etrained ears caught the rustle of paper only. Then he heardHeaton's voice saying, "That's ali, my boy. That was the voitenber of the bond on top of the pile. They were lying on his table." Mr. Vergueil admitted to his detra,etors Oust he wail lucky. Re had a little satiric habit among them of attributing all his euceees to the unbought blessings of for- tune, but as he walked quietly back to his room heowned that no such stroke of luck as thie had ever come to him. He had giv- en William Reid up this half dozen years, had abandoned him with grief and wound- ed pride. '-He had longed for him as men only long for the unattennable ; and being a person of a quick and vivid temperament had semetimes gritted his teeth in sudden rage at the manner ix which he had been el -uteri. And now the delightful, nnhoped for, tenettainable thing, the fabled t„bid of contentramit whom men follow forever and who will not allow himself to be caught, male to him without even a call, and perched upon Inn band. The eminent de- tective was buppier than if he had heard that some dead•lillionaire had bequeathed him ail hie belongings. Ire sat in his own room smiling radiantly, and gripping one kand with the other, as if he were Oinking kande with himself in a delighted eelf-con- gratulation. He listened for the movements of the reset rootn'e ocoupante and allowed his mind ta play ahcrue him in charmed speculation. it was no wonder tbet he had not been able to trovek William Reid into -the wild - i55 t fastnesses ef Ague Tt, was not at all rertierkable now OSA /10 ettempt heel been inede to place the eteden borsch' epos the morket Wilbert Reid heti lettthem in Rafe keeping that Itonald Morton might, after long leper; of time, with- draw them. He could not keep out of his mind e grinn reepeet, for LAO 1119.31 with whom he weuld bevy to deal. It was no eommon littieecitundrel who had haried himself for seven yearn in the earth's darkest places to build up a barrier be- tween hirristal and justice, M. Vergueil's blood fluelied at the faney. He loved a worthy advereary, and the men ecemed to leioe to hove pleyed a giant gene.. His heart warmed towerde lie sat in resolute patience. for honrs, meareely moving, and insensible to weari- ness or ennui. Patience mot Ids reward at lima and hi s neighbor went twine locking his door behind him. Ile loohod nom his wItnt charnbev door, and caught sight. of the ettelwart retirisig figure!. Ire had remarked this noticenble neighbor of his Wore, and something in, the square dot of the elioulders and the poiso of the head strife!' him anew. d -He will he a fiend when 1 come to deal with hiritt" mid M.-Yterguell to himself. Ito folrowed /flee euttrily down the etairs to make sure of his dieeppearance from the hotel, and lingering on the betel steps with a pretence el conealting some menturanda whichhe drew from hs pocket he heard tile eminent traveller mil a tan. "Where to, sir?" -The Fancy Albert Hen," "We are beginning to lease our natims modesty," said IC Vowel), mullion to Mins seit..`.'esiel is al -394 -Into soviet's." ew reit ,-.411L0 ha Lumen wnn an elaborate air Of littering forgotten something, Ann Blanched !briskly up the stairs. As he went he draw ifroln his pocket a bunch of keys, calmly selected one, and went on dangling it betwenn life thumb and finger. Ho walk- ed straight to Ronald. Morton's room, and with the iineolence and aplomb begotteneif long eerhice unlocked the door, passed through, I and secured it by the bolt on the other other aide. He took a survey of the place. a portmanteau stood in one corner of the ronin, and dropping on his knees; be- side it he selected from Ins bunch of pass- keys one that looked likely ler the purpose and tried it in the lock. 1 "That will be a work of. time," he said. "The toe - ie a patent. Verv well, I will try elsewhere first." The to k of the wardrobe offered no dif- ficulty, a d thore before him on the middle shelf lay a great pile of Austrienthends. He smi d placidly, and drew 'from hie pocket a memorandum book, on one peer of which vas pasted a clip of newspaper. He CO11811 ted bho cutting and the number of the to most bond. Then he smiled anew, more pia idly even than before, and ex- tracting single sheet front the middle of the pile e folded it deliberately and put it into his remit pocket. f relocked the wardrobe, walked r and listened there for a moment, ng out to the corridor, was in his own roomin a twinkling.. He stayed there but a v ry little while, drawing on his gloves with a thoughtful look. "That ill do," he said. "I can enlighten Mr. Fres at once. He can be trusted to hold his ongue until the proper moment, and he has waited long and patiently enough t deserve a, little hope." He ma id down stairs, ordered a cab and being driven to Park Lane alighted at the en- tranee ell a mansion there, and tendering his card, asked for Mr. Frost. Mr. Frost was not et honie, but M. Vergueil extract- ed front the footman the • intelligence that his mader had gone to the fancy fair, that that dayopeued at theAlhertntall. Thither M. Vergueil pursued him, and after a pro- longed weridering about the hall found the object on his :search. The detective was not a man w to permitted himself easily to be surprised, but for the mernent he was knocked all abroad by an unexpected coin- cidence. Mr. Frost was unge,ged in ani- mated converse with no loss a. person than inhit; lent a certain piquancy to the Ronald rorton. After the first shock of surpre situatimi to his mind. Tile two men stood near a stall over which anpeared the names of Lady Me- Corquodeile, Lady Mabel Ventnor, and Miss Grey, aid one stately old lady and two pretty yt4ung ones were listening together with 3fr Freest whilst the eminent traveler talked. 'M. Vergueil approached the group with a. sUbtle triumph etireing sweetly at his heasei He raised his hat with quite a grand air. "Pard( n my intrusion," he said, in Eng- lish a Mete more set and deliberave than natieee ute, and only faintly notioeable for its accent. "Permit me to recall myself to the memory of Mr. Frost, with whom I have one moment's urgent business." "No M.,ed to recall yourself," said Frost. "Excuse tne for a single instant," he added to the ladies. "A sin le instant," eohoed M. Vergueil. "No mor e" His iac gae no sign, but he had not of- ten in he life felt so happy. He bad taken the prose niter from under the nose of the - criminal, and had left tho trapped rascal there sec re. It was a beautiful sensation, an apt re ard for seven years' patience, a fitting s laoe for seven years' disappoint- ment. . in Humphrey Frost's millions nnede his progress across the hall a little difficult. He was waylaid with fascineting smiles, ai d wheedled by a score of insinu- ating tongues. He parted with a good many sovereigns and five pound notes en route, for he had gone there ready to be pinched, end accepted the propose with a smiling udbeniey. At last he was through the crowd, and drawing Vergueil into the conservatory turned viand and fatted him. "Voir heve made a discovery?" he *eked. "I have made a discovery," Vergueil anewered.. He took tbe bond from his pocket and kid it in Frost's hands. "Is then one of My Austrians!" Frost asked after looking at it. "That 1 is one of your Austrians," an- swered Vergueil, like *polite (mho. "How did It come into your hands?" "I stole it," whispered Vergueil. "I stole it from the thief this afteraoon. He has a rilttee of them in his possession." . "Have you arrested- the man?" Frost asked. "Not yet, At present that would be in- disereet: . He looked cautiously about him, and having made sure - that they wore out : of esrshot he added in a low tone, " I am here on gov- ernment businese. 1 have reason to think that 1 hare my hand over the forgers of French banknotes! The men in whose poesessiou I found -the bonds isone of the gang, and the same people who are issuing the counterfeit notes seem one and all to be implicated in the railway robbery in which your bonds were lost In telling you this ?dr. Frost,, / need not say that I rely absolutely upon your silence. I do not speak of beefiness of this kind to everybody, but I have already had such excellent- proof of your dieereition that I know beforehand that I risk nothing in telling you. _ I thought you had a right to know, and I give the information as soon as possible, in the as- surance that you will keep it 113 secret as the grave." _Humphrey Frost was a, very considerable personage, but Mr. Vorgueil took a tone of quiet authority with him which he in no wise remented. "You may rely upon MV silence," he re - !mended simply. "May 1 go back to the Wire? Wouli yon like me to introduce you? Vim are aware that Mr. Vergueil is a distinguished figure. Everybody knows of him, everybody talks of him, but nobody has the good fortune to meet !line" "klood fortune?" said Vergueil, "that depends. It is not everybody who thinks it good fortune .to encoantor me. But/ beg ou to excuse me from the honor oi an in- troduotiou, 1 am Tike the highway-nann of e old, I prefer to throw snide my inooguito only in pieces suitable to my -purpose." CHAPTER XVL Whilet Mr. Vergueil sat like patience in an armchair in hie own apartment listening with a somewhat tigerish vigilanee to the morements of hiii neighbor, }ferry Wynne Wag imiey with his own reflections. "So IL seems," dais thoughts ran "thee, poor Min ton was a swindter. 1 tlought that 1116r -dying game of his was a, usere bit of foppery, and now I suppose it was part of a disguise. Ne wonder I couldn't find Kokewielt in Cheshire,or that the Morton family- iii those parts had lek no trace be- hind: them. I didn't even steal a real name from himtie wse a kindly hearted sweep. He wae very gentle with , that brained kg of mine. . ef think I have Mr. Hump this time. It's odd when one comes to think of it, how mufti misehief a veal callous scorusdrel will do for stunt a little preit. Suppoeing that he and Heaton, and Butterfield shared what they gat from the Zarl of Bridge - bourne betaineri them, ,what would it amount to ? Two or t‘hrtier hundrode apieoe at 'ebe eutsiele. . Andt for that the Week/guards hunted a ;fnelieli lad from hie native ceremery, robbedlinn of his 'meet - heart, diegriteed Asa proscribed hitn. Wail 1 an especial greenhorn, or, ern there young fellows about town in the nem* sort of mese this militias! I Intone% the pleasure on your ltelptitintattilit en yet, ninlesd, bat I wilt walk into your pallor, since 1 eau meet your f,thniii there, and we will together.' He wan filled with a rig proapece of detecithig end villein* wht litii Mined hi Next h \to the d and slipp enjoy ourselves tome joy at the dnitoomStling the . The behalf* inennes noway to am memory macre nil wrath against them all the greater. They had robbed him of her all these years, and they had robbed her of Mtn. It was out ofe no comminbry that he knew that ehe loved him. She had had one of the best men in Eugland at her feet for yearn If* was still there, and was evidently reedy to stay there ail hie lifethne. Only a profound attack - most to the memory of her boyish sweet- heart could have kept the girl from swept - Mg so brillieut an offer from so excellent man as Humphrey Frost. Harry felt warm and frieadly to his rival, as an honest !oven. may when he knows that the rival's pros. enc. brings no danger. "I will keep my alias," he said to binn self, as he walked with a resolute footetep up and down the room, hurried into [Aryan sal motion by the tumult of his mind. "I will keep my alim until I have unmasked these scoundrele, bat not -an hour beyond. It is mote than my right to proclaim my- self, it is a duty. I must repay the old man tho money he spent to clear me. I must tell Inthia who I am, and ask her if she ean take her loves bask again. I hays, been a, fool toe often to dare to brag of wis- dom now, but, Clod knows I have tried hard to atone to my own heart, and I know hum- bly that I am a better man thau I was when .1 went away." His mind 'anis these grooves for hour". At ono minute he melted at the thought of Inthia, and at the next he felt a solemn exultation over the rascals who had broken him. No man lives at high premure for ever, and even a lover, and the hero of a reel tragedy, will Ea- momenta of refit and quiet. Harry ordered luncheon in his men room, sun sttaoked it with something like his desert appetite, is spite ot the exercises of love and war upon which he was engaged. Then in due time he drained with an un- itarian scrupulous mire, and betook hirrnelf to the limey fair at the Albert Hall, drs.vru thither by the advertised fact that Inthia had partial charge of one of the stalls. He could see her and be neer her, could speak to her and hear her voice, and his pulses sang with a tender triumph at the thought of her truth, her goedness and her boteuty. He was not quit of the shame of his old errors and follies, nor, to do him justice, was ho the num to ask to be qvit of it eintil he had paid hla penalties in fail, and bad made contemns and restitution. He would owe a lifelong devotion even then. But there was yet a delight in standing behind the veil of his alias, and in watching as ie were unseen the workings of that generous, unforgetting heart. - How many women were there in- the nvorld, he asked hirn self, who could lieveekept faith unimpaired through such dark days as he had left her to? His he -knelt before her in pure worship, as if she were a saint enshrined. The great commonplace, have their way in apite of all herbisme and passione. The crowd at the Albert Hall was as flippant, as uninteresting, and as bauale as a crowd nsually in to a stranger in its midst. He was there with his emotions, and the fashionable mob was ina.ppropiate. He was recognised, followed about, pointed at. He was the target, for hundreds of pairs of delicately held tortoise -shell rimmed glasses, and of scores upon scores of aingle eye glasses. People pressed upon hint with that impertinent and intolerable scrutiny wbich is only seen in well dressed assem- blies,. By and by other celebrities turned up, and to his hags contentment drew the attention of the crowd away. He was free to seek and to find Inthia's stall, and there, standing in front of it, he found his old acquaintance and long-standing rival Humphrey Frost, who had already bought so much that he was unlearned to buy more. The stall was half denuded by hie pur. chimes, and Lady McCosquodele was in majestic kigh spirits with the inagncence of her receipts. Mr. litunphrey Frost We introduced to the distinguished traveller, and shook hands with him witheub a suspicion of his inden- tity. "Mr. Merton," said Lady McCorgeodele, "was with onr poor dear Henry 'at his death. Tbe poor boy was shot down at Ins side, and Mr. Merton himself was danger- ously wounded at the mane moineet." 'At tkis remit began to question warmly, mud whilst the conversed** was still going on a smooth gentleman of foreign exterior, with a scarcely perceptable foreign accent,' approsched tke pair and drew the million- aire away. "You will understand, Mr. Morton," said her stately ladyship, "how very natural it is that your return to England should bring poor Harry to Mir minds again. Ho was always our favorite, and we can never for- get him, but there is ti freshness about his memory now." The old lady's dark eyes were simpiniouely brilliant, but she contiuu-. ed with her usual dignity. "He did not know what he was running away from. Lt is quite poesiblis that if he had lived he would 'loose been the head of the family. My father is ninety-nisre yeas of age, Mr. Morton, and in the course of nature he can- not lent much longer, but in constitution ho is scarcely older than Lord Holmes. Charles Sitaforth, Lord Trounce's son, is a cionfirmed valetudinarian, He has been married thirteen years, and has no family. Colonel Soutortb, poor Harry's Uncle, who was next in the line, is dead, though his life teemed to be worth the other three put together. And so you sec if the poor foolish boy had lived he would have been very near to the earldom of Bridgebourne now. You must forgive mo for speaking of these thingS to you, but Harry was a com- rade of yours, and I can sets that you cared fax hint. Yon will not be impatient ab the recital of shn old woman's trouble.' How little, he thought, he lied known that they all cared for him. Half the past was obliterated in his mind. He forgot and was willing to forget the angry opposition which her lady- ship had offered to him. That at least was buried with the past. That sunburned and massive exterior the traveller had brought back with hint show- ed nothing of the tender riot in his heart. He and Inthia had saluted eack other to aLl appearance after the most casual and corn- monplacenashion. But he oould not fer his soul keepi out of his eyes for the one brief second during which they rested on hers a hint of tke woiship which filled his natirel. She had grown to be a finished woman of tho world, and waenot to be scared ant of her self-possession by an ardent glance. Her looks were all the cooler for it, but the glance fluttered her strangely. Sbe won- dered a little that she was not angered by A, it iseenwd so full of a meaning which no strenger had a right to express to her, She iris not in the Inuit angry, exempt, with herself because she could command no anger. On -the contrary she felt an alms. overpowering curiosity about the man, and must needs look at him again. Thet in- stinct of tho eye, the working of whick everybody has experienced, warned :Haney of her gar... Tbeir eyes met point bleak, and dashed an untranslatable message from each to reel'. Shelelt a vivid blush dye her very throat pun forehesd, and turned hasti- ly away. He, knowing that Ins glance had freightezen her, abused himself savagely, and tried to pin himself down to the mooed - ens chatter of Lady Mabel, who was presa- i01..a *mon isocks1 nottfolle 11120A W911. (TO BE CONTINUED.) im.ernaid .L 1111.14.0. DURHAlli BULL CALF FOIL SALE.—For sale s Durham bull calf, about 13 months old, of dark roan color.Apply to the undersigned or address, Egmondville P. 0. G. E. CRES.nWel.L, Tucker - smith 1e1.63x4 NEY TO LOAN.—The Mitnielpallty of Killop has money to loan as e per own, inter- Mc - ea, op first mortgage on lane property. Time to twit borrowen, and costs low. Apply to the Reeve or Triatturer. J. 0. MORRISON, Clerk. 120841 NTOil110 BULL FOR SALE.— 'or sole a Thorough- bred Durham BuM, with regietered pedigree, 14 months old and of red color. Ile was sired by Dig. gin's nported 13u11, " Exceleior." Apply on Lot 20, Concelnion 4, Tnekersenith, or addreati Seaferth I', 0. GHAII.LES RUTLEDGE. 1203 tf. Dli;LLING HOUSE IVANTED.—Wanted to rent, medium sized residence in a convenient and pleasant locality in Seaforth. The western nut of the tolwa preferred. A etahle in connection is also 1 desire1 . Apply at Tun EXPOOrrnit Office, SoafortiL 1205-4 TOHN BEATTIE, Clerk the of Second Division e.) dourt, County Commissioner, of Huron, Con. voyantej, Land, Loan and Insurance Agent. Funds Invest and to Loan. Office—Over Sharp di ILiven ' store, Main street, Seaforth. 1289 OSEY TO LOAN.—Private and company funds to loan at lowest rates. 910,000 of private funds have been placed in our hands which we will loan In otuns to stut borrower. Loans can bo completed at once it title satisfactory. DICKSON & HA S, Cardne'e Bleck, Seaforth. 1/43t1 1 $ 000 TO LEND at 5e per cent in sums to suit borrowers first clan farm oteuriti. Alec) improved farm for sale at a gre$ bargain. Former owner left County. Apply person - write. E. N. LEWIS, eiolicitor, Goderieh 1247-26 fartn perio MeLE RAY, A thr o NEY TO LOAN.—Tke Township of Tacker - width has money to loan on first mortgage on operty ata reasonable rate of intereet and for s to suit borrowers. Apply to ROBERT B. N, Reeve, Nippon P. O. or to JAMES Ellin - Treasurer, Rodgervillo P. 0. 1241-tf WANTED.—Wanted, a oompeteint farm hand who understande all kind's of farm work, e mouths engagement and good wages. To omm nee work any thine between the let and 15th f April. Apply to WM. R .SMILL1E, Kipper). 1533x2 Q00D PASTURE FARM TO RENT.—To rent, Lot I, Conceeeion 2, Hullett, known as the river 'arm. It contains 100 acres and ie all seeded to grass tied is one of the beat pasture farms in the country, the river running through 11 Wei. FOWLER, Seaforth 1805-4 A GOOD BULL.—The uederbigned has recently AL [purchased from the -well-knowe broedere, John sieKay & Sons, a very chola° thoroughbred Durham bull with registered pedigree, 18 months oid, and which he will keep for the service of cows on Lot 31, Concession 0, Terms.—To ineure, 51.50 payable January let, 1803. JOHN S. BROWN. 12G6x TAOG LOST.-8trayed froni the premisee of the j 'undersigned, 3rd Coneeseion, II. It. S., Tucker - ',nate, on or about the 2nd of March, a small black Collie dog, with a white breast, and answering to the name of "Nigger." Any person giving such in- formation that will lead to his recovery will be suit- ably eewarded, and itey person found harboring him will be proseeuted as the law direct& JOHN SPROAT, Seaforth P. 0. 1285-1 —A farm :aborer, whose name could not be sseertained, while ehopping wood on Mr. Muir's farm on the town line in East Oxford. met with a serious accident on Thursday, 3rd inst. While felling a tree another tree which had lodged in the limbs, fell and crushed his left foot, The toes were ionash ed, and two of them had to be amputated. —Miss Jennie Lind of Westminister, a gold medalist of tbe L:ondon Training School fer Nurses, has gone to Cleveland, Ohio. Miss Lind was joined by Mise Buchanan, of Ingersoll, also a graduate and gold medalist of the London Traiuing School for Nurses. DULL FOR SERVICE.—The undersigned will keep .1) for service ott Lot DO, concession 10, McKillop, a thoroughbred Durluun bull, Duke of Winthrop, registered in Dominion Short Horn Herd book. Terme, 8/.25 payabk) lst Januery, 1t13 with privilege ce returnieg if neceseary. JOHN CUTHILL, Win. throp N. R. lie has for sale a number of good mildh cows tind heifers in calf to the above hull, which ho will sell on reasonable ternee 1203 x4 --I -- 110 EL TO RENT.—To rent for -a term of yeers and on °Goy terms, that well-linown and pop- ular tel, known as tile River House, Bayfield. It is one' of the beet and moat popular hotel stands in the comity, and does a large and good paying bust - Satisfactory reasons given for wanting to Possession given at any Lime. Apply to the otor, JOHN E. SWAlit'S, Hayfield. 1260 nese. rent. Propr A GLOOD CHANCE FOR BUSINESS.—To rent, 1-1 . n easy terms, a commodious store with dwel- ling houseattached. There ie also a stable. Thie property is eituated in the Village of Cromarty, and in the eentee of as fine an agricultural community as thee Is in Canada, and offers 4 One opportunity for a good, live business man W do a large trade. Apply to GEORGE MILLAR, Cron:tarty, 1263t1 FlaSALE.—The underoigned odors for sale thst lvable hotel property situated in the Village of Zurich mad known as the Commercial hotel. The house is commodious and convenient, enjoys a pate renege) second to none in Mlle section and affords a splendid opening for a good live man. Poseeesion may be bag at once. For further particulars appty to the lessee on the prettiness or te the undersigned. D. WEISMILLER, Proprietor, Kippen, Ons. 1267 tf. $ 300 Private funds to loan at lowest $ 500 rates of interest at sums to suit $ 790 borrowers. Loans can be com- $1,000 pleted and money advanced $1,590 within two days. Apply to It. $2,500 S.H.sxs, BanisteroSzc.,Seaforth. 1258 DULLS AND SEED GRAIN.—For Sale, 13 choice r) Young Short Horn Bulls, fit for service. Sonia of tlions_are the best I have had. Mao a quantity of elven Colorado Spring Wheat; Black Tartarian,Vick's Banner and White Po/and Oats,. and Prussian Blue and Crown Peas. Prices right. DAVID MILNE, Ethel, Ontario. 1204 ti. °TRAY= STEER.—Strayed from Lot 7, Concee- eion 12, Stanley, on or about the first of Novem- ber, 1891, one small Steer rising two years old ; white and red color, with white spot on forehead. Any person giving information that will lead to his re- eoverY, will be suitably rewarded. D. B. STECKLE, Blake P. 0. 1234-4 0 HORTHORN BULLS FOR SALE. --Two yearling 0 thoroughbred Shorthorn Bulls for sale, sired by the Crulekshankni bull " Perfection." They are ex- tta good animals, and will be sold on reasonable terms. Apply cn Lot 10, Concession 10, Morris, or Illyth I'. 0. NEIL MellONALD. 1284t1 A UCTION SALE OF VALUABLE TILLAGE PROPERTY. -11 not sold privately on or be- fore the 26th day of March, there will be soki by pub- lic auction in the -village of Hensel!, en that date, two village lots ploasantly situated in the said village of Hensel), having on thew a two story Cottage 241 feet square, with good cellar end oieterns. - There is aleo a new stable, pig pen, and other out -buildings. F. G. MEYER, eretall. 1204-3 - SPLENDID BUSINESS CliANCE.—The under- LLsigned offers for sale cheap, and on easy tonne, his property in Hills Green. It consists of ono - quarter acre of land, on which is situated a good general store with dwelling attached, and under which is a splendid cellar. There is also a large ware- house and stable. I -1111s Green is the centre of oue of the riohest sand beet fanning districts in Ontario, and this is a splendid opening for a good, live busi- Dees man with some means to make money. For partienlars, address CHARLES TROYER, Hills Green. 1265t1 SALE OP TOWN PROPERTY. ---The undersigned has received instructions to sell by Ptiblie Auction et the Comsuercial Hotel, in the Town of Seaforth, on the 26th day of March, 1802, the follow- ing desirable property: Parcel 1, consisting of house and bet, house 18x24, kitchen 12x18, and convenient apartmente. Situated on tho corner of Market and Jarvis Streets, opposite J. S. Rebert's and adjecent to Broadloot and Box's Furniture Factory. There are on these premises a good web and pump, and 10 fruit bearing trees of excellent variety. Parcel 2,con- elating of home and lot, 18x24: kitohen, with eon- vonient apartments in emit. This property is situated In the saine Mock es parcel 1, west, corner of Market street and oomprisea the best vegetable garden in town. Sale ef the above deseribed property is corn- pnlsory and mnet bo sold without reserve. Apply to J. P. BRINE, Seaforth. 1204-3 HAND -MADE Boots and Shoes D. McINTYRE WOMAN'S MISERIES. mise and used. THE it sh Gold dome ore hands, raw fingers, cracked Skin ! *hat pain and y many women suffer through the use of injurious soaps owders ! hese troubles don't exist where " $UNLIGHT"SOAP is On the testimony of eminent scientists IT CANNOT INJURE OST DELICATE SKIN, ap whiCh hurts the skin MUST HURT TIIE CLOTHES, hence uld be avoided. "SUNLIGHT." has been awarded 6 edals arid other honors for purity and excellence. et this induce you to try it next wash day, and for all tic purposes. ; member the Name, "Sunlight." M. j10 ertson' Central Furniture House, PPOSITE McFAUL'S DRY GOODS STORE, MAI STREET, - SEAFORTH. FTYRN TURE.—Nobody 1 contradicts the well known fact that in this department we carry one of the largest, finest and best assorted stocks of Household Furniture in this part of the county. Our Furniture stock at pre- sent is 'larger, more complete and prices lower than. ever before. We are manufacturers as well as retailers in this line. PICTURE FRAMING.—In this departinent we are giving the best of o our customers. Pictures cf all shapes, sizes and kinds, are e shortest of notice and at the most reasonable charges. A. large 'lids of moulding kept constantly on hand. satisfaction framed at t stock of all MAN Furniture t Has ori had a large norther of Booth and Shoes of his own make, best material and Warranted to give Satisfaction. If you want your feet kept dry come and get a pair of our boota, which will bo oold CHEAP FOR CASH., Repairing promptiy attended to. Alt kinde of Boots and Simee made to order. Alpartial who have not paid their accounte for bet year will please call and settle up. , • 1162 D. MoINTYRE, Seaforth. Tavern and Shop Licenses. REPA ture; try us. UNDE column of t BUS! FACTURING.—In this department we manufacture all kinds of order,as well as the most of that ior sale in our retail department. RTNG.—First-class repairing guaranteed on all classes of furhi- I` TAKING.—Notice of this department will be found in another is paper. Notice tween the u in the Coun Innis, was t Dated a AppheatiOne for Tavern and Shop Licenses for the License District of South Huron must be filed with the undersigned on or before the fint of April next. Blank forma furnished on appliostion to WM. BAL. LANTYNE, Inupeotor, Seatorth. 1206.2 — E88 CHANGE in SEAFORTH. hereby given that the partnership which heretofore existed be- dersigned as Boot and Shoe merchants in tho Town of Seaforth, y of Huron, under the firm, style and -name of Hamilton & Mc - day dissolved by mutual consent. Seaforth, thin 28th day of January, 1892. DONALD MoINNIS. W. J. HAMILTON, We, th undersigned, having purchased the businees of the above firm, the business will be continued under the firm name of Richardson & McInnis, and haying nlarged our stock, selected from some of the best houses in. Canada and he Sta,tee those favoring us with their patronage will find our stock complete in every line, and at the VERY LOWEST PRICES. UR CUSTOM WORK Will be und4r the supervision of MR EDWARD LATIMER, who is favor- ably known o the people of Seaforth and vicinity. Customers will find him competent tc1 give satisfaction to those gettingl ordered work done. rr_H ving taken the accounts of Hamilton & McInnis to collect, parties Indebted to hem will please call and settle at once and save further trouble. Rich rdson & McInnis, Seaforth. You are.rnaking A wrong impression Wherever you go. is not the 1:4ttern THE HEEL Or TINE GRANBY HUBBELL on your Rubbers and Over- shoes. APPLICATIONS THOROUGHLY REMOVES rrDANDRUFF A"Diltj GUARANTEED D. L. CATV(. Toronto. 'frowning P.ascriger Axunt. c. I'. It.. goys: Antl-Dandru fits 3 pUrelEt rellOYI/r DfUl• druff—LW *anon to marvellous—in ray owe aoPto * icor oppticanuan nal:only trhorotignlyre,00wad exce lvo datid td" ataturnilation bat otomod faint; of tins mado :boa and itilabi,› un/ proinutod a vhfbto grongia. %stems Fading hair to Its original color. Stops falitag of heir. keeps tke Scale clean.. Makes h* sett and Kale Promotee Growth. -------- - -- - • • THE SEAFORTH - FOUNDRY. ONIO ENJOYS Nth the method and results when Syrup of Fir is taken; it it is pleasant and refreshing to the taste and acts gently yet promptly on the 'Kidneys, Liver and Bowels, cleanses the sys- tem effectually, dispels colds, head- aches and fevers and owes habitual constipation. Syrup of Figs is the only remedy of its kind ever pro- duc,ed, pleasing to the taste and ac- ceptable to the stomach, prompt in its action and truly beneficial in its effects, prepared only from the most he:Ithy and agreeable substances its manyexcellent qualities commend it to all and have made it the most pop, kr remedy known. Syrup of Figs is for sale in. 73c bottles by all. leading druggists. Any reliabledruggist who may not have it on hand will procure it promptly for any one who wishes to try it. Manufactured only by the CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO., SAN PEANCIS00, CAL. LOUISVILLE, KZ. NEW YOBJE, N. Sold by J. S. ROBERTS, Druggist, Seaforth J. C. SETH & CO., 33.11_1\TTCM A General Banking business transacted. Farmers' notes discounted. Drafts bought and sold. Interest allowed on deposits. SALE NOTES discounted, or taken for collection Having somplated rebuilding and repairing the old foundry, and introduc- de tir latest equipments.and tho most improved machines, I am now prepared to do Ali Kinds of Machine Repairs AND GENERAL FOUNDRY WORK. LAND ifot-LERS. OFFICE—First door north of Reid & Wileon's Hardware Store. SE AFORTH. $1.75 0.000 MUFF BE LOANED AT PER CENT. an First and Second Mortgages. Old Mortgages paid offs NO 00MiV1ISSION, Agents Wanted. Call taw send See stamp for CIRCULAR. Ell -REYNOLDS ,7 RICHMOND 5TW TORONTO Loans can be arranged with my lo- cal agent at Seaforth. !‘ALLETInis PURE POWDERED 100Xli PUREST, STRONCEST, BEST. tem Jy for USG in any quantity. For making Besi 'Letting Water, Disinfecting, ar,d u hundred or-. s. A can equals 20 pounds Sal bOda. Raid ley .1 11 Grocer* and Drtmulsto. . ":".7c-torszomo-t.ci SEAFORTH Musical : Instrument MILCPOJEZ,TIZTIVE Scott Brothers, PROPRIETORS, SEAFORTH, - ONTARIO. pri:PnilyrBcoNow.pmGaSurievripihieD.;upnhoarimlin, ANS,o--.W. Bell & Co., Guelph ; iNronewPYianrok Ze4e.ea. W. ORG Dominion Organ Company llovemanville ; D. W. K.arn & Co., Woodstock. The above instruments always on band, also a few good seoond-hend Pianos and Organs for sale at from 926 upwards. Instruments sold on the inetal- merit plan, or on tonne to suit customers. -Violins, Concertinas and orciall instruments on hand aledetteet music, books &o. SCOTT BROS. 1 M. ROBERTSON, LeadingUndertaker MAIN STREW, SEAPORTIL My twilit -lea are unsurpaseed. I am pre- pared to oondoet burials in a most satis- factory manner. All modern undertaking appliances. Competant management guar- anteed. A full line of bt -111 gam% on band. I sios to be prompt, considerate and reliab1e. 1ff Charges moat ressonab1o, RESIDENCE, NORTH HAM STREET. 1228 11111111111111111111MMINNIMIIIIMINMENINIM ALLAN LINE ROYAL MAIL STEAMSHIPS, REDUCTION IN RATES. Steamers Sal Reguiarl., from PORTLAND and HALIFAX to LIVERPOOL via LONDONDERRY !AMMO 'MS MI= TOOTS& Cabin, 840 and upwards. Second Cabin, V.6. Steerage at low rates. NO CATTLE CARRIED. STATE L IsAW8 N 11 STEAM:ELM LINE NEW YORK" Ss GLASGOW, We are stow turning out some of the) beat improved Land Rollers, -stand ti"°1141.11derTY' e4'urf Mrthiglit 111T1W the farmers to see them before buying elaewhere. Cabin, 940 aad upwards. Seriond Cab* 926, eerage at low rates, T, T. COLEMAN. Batitafg ww. G. 130CFP, Seater*, Aotlir to U. h A. ALLAN Moatrade ar Inn 1 ,