The Huron Expositor, 1893-11-17, Page 66
VETERINARY.
• TORN GRIEVE, V. S., honor graduate of Ontari 0
ei Veterinary College. All diseases of DOniebtle
Aninisls treated. Ctille promptly attended to and
charge. moderate, Vete riflery Dentistry a specialty
• Office and residence on Goderieh street, one door
4 leer of Dr. Scott'e office, Seaforth. 1112t1
VEANK S. Beattle,V. S., graduate of Ontaric Vet
X erinary College, Toronto, Member of the Vet
erinary Medical Society, etc., treats all dleeases of
the Domesticated Animels. A1L oath promptly at-
tended to either by day or night. Charges moder-
ate. Special attention given tc veterinary dentis-
try. Office on Main Street, Seaforth, one door
eouth of Kidd's Mardwere store. 1112
SXAFORTH HORSE IN cf Jar -
via end Goderich Streets, next door to the Pres-
hyterian Church, Seaforth, Ont. All die see of
Horses, Cattle, Sheep, or any of the do n stioated
animals, sumiessfully treated at In- Wismar, ns
elsewhere, on the shortest notice'. -barges in )(ter'
ate. JAMES W. ELDER, 'Veterinary Surge P
S. -A large stook of Veloric ary Medicineept con
straitly on hand
LEGAL
Anti S. HAYS, Barrister, Solicitor, Conveyancer stud
jai Notary Public. Solicitor for the Dominion
Bank. Office-Cardno's block, Main Street, Seaforth.
Money to loan. ' 1286
HIGGINS Ila LENNON,
Barristers, Solicitors, Notaries Public, &c. Offices -
120 Yonge Street, Toronto, Ontario, and Seaforth
Ontario. Seaforth Office -Whitney's Block, Main
Street. Money to loan. THOMAS MILTON HIGGINS.
JAMBS LXNNON. 1291 '
ATTHEW MORRISON, Walton, Ingnrance
Agent, Commissioner for takinr affidavits,
Conveyances, &o. Money to loan at the OW061 rates.
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.
Office --Rooms, five doors north ofeommercial
xfotel, ground &�r, next door to C. L. Papet's
jewelry store, Main street, Seaforth. Ooderich
agents- Cameron, Holt and Cameron. 1215
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' &o., Goderioh, Ontario. J. T. %Lagos, Q. C.;
X. PROUD700T. 684
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Odd veyanoers, &a. Solicitors for the Bant of
Johnston, Tisdale & Gale. Money to loan Office -
Elliott Block, Clinton, Ontario. A. H. KAMM"
LIMN" Soorr. 781
"ti HOLMESTED, 'cameras to - the, Ate firm
X McCaughey & Hohnestod, Barrister, So .
'icebox, Conveyaneer and Notary Solioltor for the
Canadian Bank of Commerce. hi ney to lend, Farms
forage. Offies in Soott's Book, Maio Street,
Seaforth. x •
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• BARRISTER.
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taking Affidavit* -in the High Court
of Justioe, Conveyancer,
Monev to Lend
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cial Hotel.
HENSALL, ONTARIu.
DENTISTRY.,
MI W. TWEDDLE, Dentiet, Office over Hamilton
X & Molnnes' Shoe Store, corner Main and John
Streets, Seaforth, Ontario. Nitrous Oxide Gas ad-
ministered for the painless extraction of teeth. 1169
T'doe FRANK BELDEN, Dentist. New loca
If anaesthetic for painless extraction of teeth.
No unconsciousness. Office --Over Johnson Bros.
Hardware Store, Seaforth. 1226
R'AGNEW, Dentist, Clinton, will
., visit Hensall at Hodgens' Hotel
every Monday, and at Zurich the
second Thursday in each month 1288
Ty KINSMAN, Dentist, L. D S.,
111Exeter, Ont. Will be as Zurioh
at iihe Huron Hotel, OD the LAST
THURSDAY AND FIRST THURSDAY IX
•XACH MONTH, and at Murdock's Hotel, Monsen, on
the FIRST AND THIRD FRIDAT in each month.
Teeth altracted with the least pain possible. All
work firet-cIass at liberal rates. 971
-11-1,R. 0. H. LNGRAM, Dentist, (siideessor to H. L
Billings), member of the Royal College of Den.
tal Sargeona, Ontario Teeth inserted with or with-
out a plate in gold celluloid or rubber. A safe ancete
thetio given tor the painless extraction of teeth.
Office -over O'Neil's bank,Exeter, Ontarle. 1204
N. B. -Plates Bemired firmly in the Mouth by
Yeinens',Patent Valve.
MONEY TO LOAN.
ONEY TO LOAN. -Straight loans at 6 pin
cent., with the privilege to borrower of
repaytag part of the principal money at any time.
Apply to F. HOLMESTED, Barristet, Seaforth. -
MEDICAL,
T‘R. C. SHEPPARD, Physician and Surgeon Bay -
XI field, Ontario, successor to Dr. W. H. 'Wright.
•1225-52
DR, MeTAVISH, •Physician, Surgeon, &o. Office
corner southwest of Dixon's Hotel, Brucefield.
Night calls at the office. 1323
-TAR. ARMSTRONG., M. B., Toronto, M. D. C. M.,
.1./ Victoria, M. C. 1'. S., Ontario, successor to Dr.
Elliott, office lately occupied by Dr. Elliott, Bruce -
field, Ontario. 1324x52
T MITCHELL ARMSTRONG, M. B., M. D., M. C.
„ P. S. Ontario, Physician, Surgeon,Accoucheur,
etc. Graduate of Toronto University Medical
Faeulty. Member of College of Physicians and
Surgeons, Onteeio. Office next door to McDonald ,&
Co., Walton. 1352
DRS. soorr & MACKAY,
OFFICE, Goderleh Street, opposite Methodist
Church, Seaforth. RESIDENCE, next Agricultural
Grounds.
3. G. SCOTT, M. D. C. M., (Ann Arbor and Vice
toria,) M. C. P. S. 0.
C. MACKAY, M. D. C. M., (Trinitye) F. T. M. C.,
M. C. P. S. O.
To E. COOPER, M. D., M. B., L. F. P. and S.,
1.1.4 Glasgow, &c., Physician, Surgeon and A°.
ootioher, Constance, Ont. 1127
DR. gr,uorr, Bruoefield, Licentiate Royal
College of Physicians and Surgeons, Edin-
burgh. Brimfield, Ont. 080
MD W. BRUCE SMITH, M. , C. M., Member of
1%). the College of Physiolane and Surgeons. &o.,
Seaforth, Ontario. Offiee and residence same as
occupied by Dr. Verooe. 848
A LEX. BETHUNE, M. D., Fellow of the Roy
1-1. College of Physicians and Surgeons, Kingston
Successor to Dr. Maokid. Office lately ocsoupi
by Dr. Mackid, Mein Street Seaforth. Reeiden
-Corner of Victoria Square, in house lately ocoupie
by L. E. Danoey. • 1127
AUCTIONEERS.
T P. BRIN-E, 'Licensed Auctioneer for th, Coun-
fel „ by of Huron. Sales attended in a1 parte of
the County. All orders left at THD Exeosrroa
Office will be promptly attended to.
WM. M'CLOY,
Auctioneer for the Counties of Huron and Perth.
Sales promptly attended to, charges moderate and
satisfaction guaranteed. Orders lby mail addressed
to Chiselhurst Post Office, or left at his residence,
Lot 2, Conceseion 11, Tuckersmith, will receive
prorapt attention, 1296-tf
McKillop• Directory for 1.893.
JOHN BENNEWIES, Reeve, Dublin P. 0. I
JAMES EVANS, Deputy Reeve, Beechwoodi
DANIEL hiANLEY, Councillor, Beechwood ,
WM. hfoGAVIN, Councillor, Leadbury.
WILLIAM ABC111l3ALD, Councillor, Leadbury.
JOHN C. MORRISON, Clerk, Winthrop.
SOLOMON T. SHANIK1W, Treasurer, Winthrop.
WM. EVANS, Assessor, t000liwood.
CHARLES DODDS, Colledor, Seaforth
R. W. B. SMITH, M. D., Medical Health Officer,
Seaforth,
RICHARD POLLARD, Sanitary Inspector, Lead -
bury.
Dr. McLellan, London,
497 Talbot Street., Specialist on the
EYE, EAR, NOSE & THROAT
Graduate of the New Yerk Eye and Ear Hospital,
• 1889. Post Gradtate Course at the New Yotk Post
Graduate Medioal School and Hospital on the Eye,
Ear, Nose and Throat, 1892. Eyes Toted. ffl
stook of Artifice.' Eyes, Spectacles and Lenses. Will
be at the
RATTENBURY HOUSE, CLINTON,
ON FRIDAY, DECEMBER let, 1893.
HoUSII 10 a. au. to 4 p. rn. Charges Moderate
1312,52
"Shorter Pastry
'(Shorter" Bills.
• We are talking about a so shade& -
iing" which will not cause Judie
gestion. Those who 'know a thing
or two" about Looking (Marion
liiarls.nd among a host of others)
:are using
COTTOLENE
iinstead of lard. None but the
Invest, healthiest and cleanest
Ingredients go to make up Cote
tolene. Lard isn't healthy, and is
not always clean. Those who we
Cottolene will be healthier sad
wealthier than those who us
lard -Healthier because they will
get ' "shorter" bread; wealthier
because they will get "shorter!
grocery bills -for Cotiolene costs
no more than lard and goes twits
as far -so is but half as expensive.
Dyspeptics dolight lit it!
Physicians endorse it I
Chefs praise it
Cooks axtol it
Housewives waioomo itt
Altnv• Grooira soil it!..
• r
Made only by
N. K. FAIRBANK &
Wellington an(' Ann Streets,
• MONTREAL. • -
11 flavor. purity, mild-
ne.5.5 and aroma have
n� welOt ,with you
when
selecting sinoY,,ing ro-
bacco5, why not .511-ohe
cabbaqe leave5 or brown
paper? J vou 3pprecjatc
quality you will 3.51-‘ ((Yr
A5TIFF
,T,. B. Pace Tobacco Co., Richmond„
Va., and Montreal, Canada.
immeeeemeweameema
"DICKY."
BY LEE WYNDHAM.
CHAPTER I
It was a cold night in March. A bitter
east win d had been blowing all day. Even
thwic h jolted were chilled -to the many
poor w were compelled to face its biting
blasts ,tbrought absolute suffering. A grey
and sc mbre sky overhung the murky Lon-
don steeets, and not 'n star was to be seen.
It was about eight o'clock; I was hurrying
down the High -street, Kensington, When I
was stopped by a tiny, elfish creature, who
thrust some dying primroeea into my hand,
and urged me in a clear, but somewhat
trembling voice, to buy them. Generally I
had small patience with these juvenile ven-
dors of flowers and matches, who always be-
set me when I had least time to spare ; but
this boy's voice was unlike the whine of hie
-profeseional brethren, and he pleaded no
tale of domestic misfortune, but said, rather
imperiously:
I wieh you would buy Borne. They will
all be dead to -morrow."
We were very near a street lamp (electric
lightwere to gladden the future, geotle
reader,) and I inspected by its rays the
small merchant who would fain have enter;
ed into business relations with me. ,
He was very small. His age might be,
perhaps, six or seven. His head looked too
large for the frail body, but that might be
because his shook of nondescript -colored
hair wanted cutting very badly. Hie eyei,
however, were remarkable enough to atone
for other deficiencies. They were large,and
of very light grey -and they shone with an
almost preternatural lustre. A sharp pain
thrilled roe from head to foot as he lifted
them to my face. Once before, in the
spring -time of my Youth, such eyes as his
had looked into mine. For a moment the
sombre sky and the whistling wind vanish
ed, and I stood again beneath the swaying
branches of the, linden trees. A flood of
summer moonlight streamed around ue. I
say us, for a Woman stood beside me- a wo-
man with dark hair and large, light eyes.
Again I heard a sweet, imperious voice
Ing:
"No, I will give no explanation. If you
cannot trust me, leave me."
How came this little London beggar with
the voice and eyes of ' my proud Welsh
• swedtheart ,?
"Where do you live ?" I inquired, ignor-
ing the mercantile interests of the hour.
He jerked his thumb over his shoulder in
a gelture that gave me about a' quarter of
London to choose from.
" There," he said, explicitly, " will you
buy some? They will be dead to -morrow."
"1 will buy thorn all, if you come with
me into this shop to have some coffee," I re-
plied.
The sudden darkening that I had expectd
ed -that I had seen so often in her's-came
into the, Child's eyes. A smile parted hie
lip ii and dimpled hie 'left cheek. I took
him into a confectioner's near by, and Boon
we were vis-a-vis over steaming coffee and
white rolls. I believe that usually when a
middle-aged gentleman is attracted by a
waif or stray, and takes him to a hotel or
restaurant to cement the new-born friend-
ship, the waif or stray behaves in a manner
that indicates his noble birth. I regret to
say that my waif did nothing of the sort.
He gobbled his rolls, and nearly choked
himself with hi o coffee. But he had nearly
as much excuse for theee breaches of eti-
quette as poor Otway. The child was al -
Most famished. Long before his hunger was
appeased, all doubt was at an end forever in
my mind. In spite of dirt, in spite of rags,
in spite of the language and manners of the
London street -arab -this boy was Gwyn-
neth's child:
The primrose merchant had arranged his
flowers upon the table.
"There are seven bunches," he remarked.
Children Cry for
"but you have treated ma
have the lot for sirpenco."
.1 was not base enough to
handsome offer.
"No, I will pay the seve
plied, handing him that
change the waiter brought
ing to walk home with you,'
• and taking his hand. The c
the cheery warmth of the eh
ter cold of the March night
My little companion shivere
late to buy bim an overcoat
bab.
"Now, where do you live
wrapped my overcoet ro
named a street unknown t
man, however, proved to be
the matter of topographical
we drove away.
In a few minutes I was 0
intimate terms with my gue
"What is your name ?" w
quiry.
. "Dioky," he respond d. • " What's
yours ?"
"Mark Ford," I answere , almost invol-
untarily.
"Mark -that's easy.' sai
, Dicky, mus-
ingly.
"Who takes care of you ? ' was the next
step in my catechising. • Di ky looked puz-
zled. "No -body," he said.
" Well, who lives with y u ? You dordt
live aloud," I persisted. 1
"Oh, mother and I live alone-4in that
house," replied Dicky. " ell hind to tell
i
his horse to atop." 1
I obeyed, and followed Dicky up the
stairs of a London lodgi g -house of the
very poorest kind. At last we reached the
topaaostianding. My guid thread to me
and said, gravely but polite y, " You can
go home now."
"But I want to /lee your mother,
Dicky," I remonstrated. I could not let
this add go -and if, inde d, my haughty
Gwynneth had sunk to this I mud see her
before I slept. Could it be that I was to
meet her here. -in this • ordid, poverty-
stricken place ?-Gwynnet , whose bright
beauty I had last seen se off by riddling
silks and glittering jewel.. I waited with a
beating heart whileDicky ent in.
• "Mother, a man wants o / see you --his
name is Mark -he gave me ome coffee and
a bun -he's bought my owers-he says
you've got to go out and se him." (I had
said nothing of the sort) I beard some
words in a low tone. Thn Dicky reap-
p
e
a
r
e
d
.
"You come in," he, Rai ; with careless
authority. "She ain't corn ng out."
I walked in. I saw a oman past the
prime of lide-haggard and wasted, but not
-not Gwynneth. I do no know whether
I felt relieved or disappoint d. I was oon-
scious of one definite purp se -to take my
flower vendor back with m .
"Thank you kindly, ar, for buying
Dicky's flower', and bringi g him home."
She held the seven -pence i her hand and
looked towards the door. .
"1 want to ask you a fe questions about
him," I said, decidedly. "He is not your
child; whose is he? and ho» did you come
by him ?"
She turned fiercely upon e, and began a
string of asseverations,whio I soon checked:
A barrister hear. too many ies not to recog-
nize them. -
"That will do," I said at rnly. "1 knew
his mother. Tell me truly ow you came to
have him, and I will make it worth your
while. Don't waste my tis e with lies."
She was silent for a few moments. The
subject of our conversation lifted his small,
surprised face to mine, an said re-assur-
ingly :
"She ain't telling no lies ; she's my
mother."
"1 knew your mother, D cky," I said,and
then the woman spoke.
- "Yea, he's . Miss Gwyn
she oould not keep him; she
me have him."
"She trusted you with h
him be out on a night like t
ars," I exclaimed furiously.
him away at once."
" What will Mies Gwynn th say ?" asked
the woman, sullenly. "h -may come back
for him any day."
li Where is she? Come, you had better
speak," Vitale]. "1 will give you five
pounds to 'mike up for the 1 se of this child's
earnings, and twenty more if you find his
mother for me."
I took out my purse. er eyes gleam-
ed, and she stretched her h nde towards it ;
then suddenly she sank do a on the narrow,
wretched bed, trembling so violently that I
saw it was no time to press her for informa-
tion. I gave her half-a-cro ni "Get food
with timed", I said, "and I ill wait till you
can tell me."
She walked unsteadily t the door, and
called to a neighbor. , Afte the exchange of
a few words she came back.
I had tried, meanwhile, ti talk to Dicky,
but he regarded me dietrus fully,
"You ain't agoing to tak me away," he
said, with calm determinati n in his voice.
"I'm going to stay along w th here"
"Do you like to stay wit her, Dicky ?" I
said, studying eagerly the 1 nee of the deli-
cate features and wasted limbs. "18 she
kind to you ?" Dicky nod a ed.
" She never hits me," he replied, briefly;
and then the woman retu ned. In a few
minutes a girl entered wit some deals in a
bag, a small bundle of woo., a loaf of bread
and some tea and auger, in basket, I was
anxious to get away, , and ti have Dicky to
myself ; so 1 buidt up a fi e in the rusty
grate, in a very brief space of time. I was
glad to find that she\want d tea, and not
gin. When she had taken e me food, Dicky,
to my astonishment, came with no small
appetite to this impend b nquet. I drew
from her her story. l3riefl it ran thus :
She had once been Gwyn eth's nurse, in
Wales. Her- marriage wi h a dissipated
scoundrel left her a wid • w, at about the
same time that Gwynneth's ithstarred union
ended in 'her desertioo by t e roue for whom
she.had jilted me. They et, by one of
those strange chance, wh oh daily prove
the truth of the old adage a out truth and
fiction, and for a tine li ed together, till
both sank into poverty. T en, when Dicky
was about four, and 1 this partnership had
existed for a little more • ban two years,
Gwynneth had left him in Mrs. May's
charge, while she went into the country to
ask aid of a distant moan. Her quondam
nurse averredithat eh had ever returned
from this pildrimag . My own opinion,
however, whieh subsequent events proved
to be correct, 'was that Mrs. May had left
their lodgings during ' Gwyn eth's absence,
and taken good care to leave behind her no
clue which should guide the unhappy mo-
ther to her whereabouts. She loved the
child and wished to keep hi . But, falling
in the social scale from the ank of seam-
stress to that of char -woman, she had, dur-
ing the last few months, grown too week to
work at all. Hence Dicky' career as a
flower merchant.
When I was convinleed tha she had told
me all she could, 1 ghee her t n pounds,and
the name of a charitable institution in Lon-
don. Then I addressed myse f to the diffi-
cult task of overcoming Dick de reluctance
to leave her. He p rted f om her with
tears furrowing little hannel down his be-
grimed cheeke-bnt 1e left her -and in a
few minutes we had fo nd another cab.
lam more fortunate in my domestic ar-
rangements than many ba bolero. My
housekeeper is a woman whe as the rare
good senedto understa d that pay her for
services, and not fo advio . She put
Dicky, at my request into a hot bath (I
f
heard him objecting furiously to the pro-
cess), and then brought him t my room,
where herassistant, a good-tempered coun-
try girl, had made up a bed on the couch,
I hardly knew him, rosand w [*0from hie
THE HURON EXPOSITOR.
and you can
profit by this
pence," I re -
from the
e. '1 am g�-
1 said, rising
ntra4 between
p and the bit -
ad very great.
. it was trio
but I bailed a
?" 1 asked, as I
nd e him. • He
nie ; the ()A-
my isuperior in
nowledge, - and
,
corn pared vely
t.
s my first en,
eth's child, but
was glad to let
m, and you let
is, to sell flow -
"1 shall take
Pitcher's Ca; tori
tub, his hair out olose to his head, him woad.
seal eyes flashing He so by the fire
and warmed his tool, and ina little while
became more friendly.. Then, exhausted by
exoitement and his both, he fell asleep. I
sat watching him for a long time; and when
I, too, sought my couch, it was to dream
that Gwynneth and I-estrangecl no longer,
parted no more -walked hand in hand be-
side a summer sea.
CHAPTER II. ,
Some three years went by. Dioky, dear-
er, surely, than many sons to many fathers,
still lived with me. No one knew more
than that I had adopted him -he himself
knew that for his mother's sake I had taken
him from his life in the London streets. He
never forgot that life; nor did I desire par-
ticularly that he should. When we met
any pallid, sad -eyed child, vending little
wares in the street, it was as a man and e.
brother that Dicky hailed him. Hie pock-
ets were usually heavy with pennies board-
ed on behalf of those whose life he had once
ohered, and whose hardships stilt inspired
his sympathy. (I have known hired how-
-ever, to be lees strictly impartial than I
bould have wished; he kept the bright
coins always for two especial favorites.)
It must not be imagined that I had let
these years pass without making strenuous
efforts to find Gwynneth ;but she had gone
"below the surface," as Mr. Baring -Gould
would say.
I kept her memory as greeo as I could in
Dicky's heart. In his little room was a plc-
ture of his young mother as I had known
her. It was copied from a miniature in my
poseession. Hie father's whereabouts I
knew, unfortunately, only too well. He
kept one of the most disreputable public
houses in London. I feared so much a
chance meeting with him that I often
thought seriously of leaving London. The
tiny imp who had thrust hie fading flowers
into my hand on that stormy March night
had grown up into a princely and beautiful
child, but like -so like -to Gwynneth.
Those large, light, haunting , eyes alone
would have betrayed his parentage to any
one who had known her.
• It was a soft April evening -even in Lon-
don, spring sights, spring sounds, .spring
scents met us. My day's work was over.
Dioky and I were sitting at a first -floor
window that overlooked Kensington Gar-
den,. His bed time was drawing very near,
but, his nurse having gone for a walk with
a "cousin in the army," Dicky took advan-
tage of ber abeenee to postpone the dreaded
hour.
He had just thrown a penny down to a
little, dark -eyed, elfin -looking match seller,
with whom he was on more intimate terms
than with any of the others, and had been
thinking silently, hie chin upon his hand,his
face upturned to the evening sky.
" Will some one take them all sway some
day, as you did me?" he questioned, sud-
denly.
" Someday," I replied.
6' Who will ?" persisted Dicky.
"God will," I answered, "or He will tell
NOM one to do it for Him,
• "Why did you - only take -me ?"said
Dicky, in a dissatisfied tone; "there are so
many more -could you only take one ?"
"1• could not. have more than one now,
Dicky," I said, a littie conecienetastrioken.
"'When I am a tick man, and you have
grown up and can w rk, we will build a big
house and have as m ny as it will hold."
Dicky Was not esti fied. He looked out
into the crowded streets in silence for some
time, and then pressed his hand hard on my
knee, as he leant against me.
' " Uncle," he said, apeaking with an effort
so evident that I exp cited to hear the con-
fession of some ohildish peccadillo, "sup.
pose we took it in tuns?'
"Took what in tur1a, Dicky ?"
".1 could sell mate1es for a little while,
while Jimmie came here, and then some one
elsi,o,ould come, an then I could come
back.!"
-
Dinky spoke in a v ry staccato fashion,
and the proposition, made in all sincerity,
cost him a good deal.
I put my hand und r hie chin and looked
into his earnest eyes,
"No, Dicky," I said, gravely, "you were
bother enough when you first oame-I don't
want any one else bowling in his tub every
morning as you used o do -at least, till we
are in a bigger house But if you like to
have a party at the VI otoria Coffee House,
instead of the railway I promised you for
learning those deplane ons, you may."
Dicky's face fell. Le shared our fallen
humanity after all -a d he had wanted that
railway so much. ,
"You need not ecide now," I added.
"1* is ten days to Ea ter week. You can
decide then. Now yo i must go to bed."
Dicky stood still, his grey eyes darken-
ing, an Gwynneth's nit d to darken when she
Was much moved.
"Could we have six, unole ?"
"Twelve," I answered.
Dicky drew a deep breath. "I'll have
the party, uncle," he said firmly. And
then his nurse came in, and he went to
bed.
He had the party, bit only eleven of the
invited guests put in an appearance. The
absentee was Jimmie. ' The next day we
learned that he had been knocked down and
hurt while watching dime drunken brawl,
and carried off to the nearest hospitahl
Thither Dicky and I repaired on the follow
ing Saturday afternoon.
The large, light ward, fragrant wit
flowers and radiant with spring sunshind
looked very attractive. Dicky looked at al
the little white beds and their wan -face
occupants with eager interest, but we di
not stop until we reached the one at the an
in which, very pale nd hollow-eyed, w
SSW poor Jimmie. 1e was cheerful, end
not in much pain. He nd Dicky had plent
to say to each other, a d after a time I lef
them and went to talk o the other littl
patients. • At hot I w4it back for Dicky.
"Oh, uncle, where's your stick ?" he ex-
claimed, when we reale ed the vestibule. I
remembered to have pu it down by Jim
mie's bed.
"Run back for it, Di ky," I said. "
-no; you will think of a hundred more
things to say to Jimmie. Wait here whil
I go."
The nurse, a tall, g aceful woman, wa
bending over Jimmie. She turned round a
I came up, and I knew Gwynneth !
Even after twelve ye rs' separation, peo
ple do not fall into e oh other's armsooff
the stage. I said " Gwynneth," and she.
said "Mark," both very quietly.
• "Let me see you agein," I said, " and
soon."
"1 shall be off duty at seven," she replied
"but I cannot see you Jeered'
"1 will call for you, then," I answered
and came away. We did not even touch
handle
I do not know how those hours went by.
But at last I saw her come out of the grea
door, and went to meet her. We walked
on in silence until we reached a little
Square, filled with nurse -maids and their
charges.
"Now," ehe eaid, "you have something
to tell me."
" No ; something to ask you," was my
reply. "You had a child, Gwynneth.
Where is he ?"
She turned her large eyes on Mine.
"1k
-Derad !" she answered. " Oh, why do you
a
"You left him with Mrs. May," I . went
on, "and then-?"
"1 went to ask Cousin Jane for help; I
found her dying. When I came back -pen-
niless -my boy had died -and Mrs. May
had gone.
" Gwynneth, it was a lie. Your child
lives."
I had no need to say another word.
Children Cry for
THE WAY SHE LOOKS
troubles the woman who
Is delicate, run-down, or
-overworked. . She's hol-
low- cheeked, dull - eyred,
thin,. and pale, and it
worries; her.
Now,the way to look
well isto be wen. And
the way to bo well, if
you're any such woman,
le to faithfully use -Dr.
Pierce's Favorite Pre,
scription. That is the
()Atli medicine that's
guaranteed to build up
woman's strength and to
cure woman's -ailments.
In every "female complaint," Irregularity,
or weakness, and in every exhausted condi-
tion of the female system -if it ever fails
to 1.P:R4It or cure, you have your money
back.
There 13 only onc medicine for Ca-
tarrh worthy the name. ,Dozus aro
advertised, bat only the- Proprietors of
Dr. Sagv's (atarrh Remedy say this :
" It' We can't cure you, well pay you -
OW la cash 1"
"Take me to him," sheosid,with the old
imperiousness.
I hailed a hansom, and in a few minutes
we were at my home. During these min-
utes Gwynneth did hot speak; she sat still,
concentrating all her strength on the one
effort to control herself. I took her to the
door of the front room upstairs, and left her
to go in alone, and then went back and sat
on the eteir s. I think the strongest feeling
I WAS conrcious of at that momeat, was a
hops that she might not tae away Dicky.
In about half an hour the door was open.
ed, and Dicky, rushing down the stairs,
nearly tenor/0r me. '
"Oh, unole," he cried, "come up and see
my mother."
Gwynneth was standing by the window
as we entered. Dioky flew to her side. For
a moment I did not speak -I saw for the
first time the cruel ravages that time and
grief had made in that fair face.
" Well, Dicky," I said, at last. "And are
you going to leave your old uncle ?"
"No," said Gwynneth, " Dicky is going
to stay with his uncle, if mother may see
him sometimes,"
"1 have tried to find you, Gwynnetb," I
said, putting . her into a chair. "Dicky,
you can bring up the sherry from the dining
room; don't fall down stairs. Do what you
like about the boy," I went on, "he is
yours
-I shall befriend him always, but you
must see him when you can -and if you
want him-"
"If I want him." said Gwynneth, almost
fiercely -then she oheoked • herself-" No,
keep him, Mark, and God reward you, se I
never oan, for fell that you have done."
"Reward me -for having Dicky," -I
laughed, but mirthlessly. " Gwynneth,you
know thet he is still alive ?" Gwynneth
elluddered.
" That is why I say, keep Dicky. He
thinks him dead. He found me out two
years ago, and came for him -to take him
away --and I was thankful to say he was
dead." :
I scarcely restrained an oath.
"Don't, he is Dicky's father," she en-
treated.,,H
e
shall never see him," I said, be-
tween my teeth. "But about yourself,
Gwynneth-oan you stand your present
life ?"
• "Stand it -it is heaven to what I have
nown," she answered. Dioky came back
at this moment with the Sherry, and my
little cloak struck eight. G-wynneth rose to
er feet and caught Dicky in her arms.
"Drink thie." I said, pouring out a glass
f wine, "and I will leave you for ten min -
tee. You can get back to the hospital in
wenty in a hansom,"
I put her in one a few minutes later, and
then,returned to Dicky. .
"Well. old man," throwing myself into a
chair, and pulling him on to my knee.
"Are you glad to have a mother ?"
Dicky looked at me gravely.
"Uncle," he _said, hesitatingly, "1
thought you would have asked her to stay
with us,"
"1 wish she would," I answered, my
heart aching at the picture his words con-
jured up. "But she has all those children
to look after, Dicky."
"You did'nt ask her,though," said Dicky
wistfully, and', face was very.sober, as he
'went to bed. '
I wrote to Gwynneth that .night, telling
her that Dicky should be taken to the
square near the hospital any day she was off
duto.
These, I found, varied weekly; she was
therefore obliged to write to me to appoint
the times, but I did not see her, nor attempt
to see her.
The summer went by. At the end of
August she had a fortnight's holiday, which
she and ;Dicky spent at the seaside. But
she did not desert her work, and seemed
content to leave him With me on her return.
Dicky Was very unhappy at first, and, I be-
lieve, never quite forgave MI not urging her
to come and live with us.
CHAPTER III.
Autumn went by. Christmas and the
New Year came and went -and it was again
March -four years since that eventful night
when I had stumbled upon Dicky'. We
kept this day always as a festival, and I had
taken Dicky that afternoon to the Polytech-
nic. We had dined in the City, and were
now sitting in our favorite seat near the
window, looking at the people hurrying by.
Gwynneth had been on specialaluty, and
unable to see her little son for nearly two
weeks. Dicky missed her. I knew what
vision was constantly before him -one in
which I dare not for a moment indulge.
We had been silent for some moments, when
the maid brought in a telegram. It was
from Gwynneth.
"Bring or send Dicky at once; his father
is in the hospital -dying,"
"Get your coat and cap, Dicky, and come
to see mother," I maid, springdng up.
Diteley's face flushed with toy. In a mo-
ment we were on our way.. Picky, delight-
ed at this unloaded dor ending, to his festal
day, chatted gaily on as we were driven
rapidly away.
Suddenly he turned to me. and said :
" Uncle ! Would you like mother to
come and live with us ?"
"Yee, I should like it, Dicky," I said.
"But we can't always have what we like.
Try not to think of it, boy." For I was
trying very hard, indeed, not to think of it
myself -trying to crush the riotous hopes
and thoughts in which I dare not indulge. -
The long rows of white beds in the hospi-
tal ward sobered Dicky. He flew into his
mother's arms. She was standing by the
last bed in the ward, Another nurse, a doc-
tor and a clergyman, stood near it -and on
It was the saddest wreck of humanity I
have ever seen. His head was bandaged,
and his face looked ghastly against the
white wrappings,
"Richard, look !" said Gwynneth, in a
eoice that trembled with -emotion. "Look,
here is Dicky."
But Dicky shrank back and clung to me,
" It is your father," I said, seeing that
Gwynneth was speechless. "Go to him and
say good -night.
Dicky had been too well loved, both by
his mother and1 me, not to have been taught
obedience. He went forward reluctantly,
but unhesitatingly, and said in his clear,
childish treble, Good.night, father."
The dying men turned towards him ; and
for the first and last time on earth, father
and son looked into each other's eyes.
" Gwynneth's child -little Dicky," he
murmured. "Baby Dicky, come here,"
Pitcher's Castoria:
"Go, love, goddimid Gwynneth, who had
sunk upon her knees beside the bed.
"Pray," said the (Vie.; man .feebly. We
all turned to the clergyre =n, a noble -looking
old man with white 1 fr and beard. He
put his hand on Dick) d head, and said
gently.:
"Say a prayer for your father now, my
child.' ,
Dicky looked bewildered for a moment.
Then he knelt down beside his mother, and
said the Collect with which , his evening
prayers always ended:
"Lighten our darkness, we beseech Thee,
good Lord, and by Thy great mercy defend
us from all perils and dangers of this night:
for the love of Thy only Son, our Saviour,
Jesus Christ, Amen."
Then the clergyman's voice followed upon
our amen with some of the prayers for the
dying; and before we rose from our knee3,
the palid clay was tenantlese, and the trou-
bled, guilty spirit had returned to God who
gave it.
* * * * * *
Twelve months later Dicky had his wish.
I did ask Gwynneth to come and live with
us -and she came.
[THE END,3
CARD QF THANKS.
1 tender nay sincere thanks, on retiring from busi-
nese, to my many customers and friends for their
very liberal support in the past and hope they will
still continue their liberality to my successor, Mr.
George IL Smithers, who is well and favorably known
in Seaforth and its vicinity. I remain Yours Truly,
• A. G. AULT.
And would intimate to those who have accounts
with me that I, will be in the store for about two
weeks, to receive money on accounts from any who
wish to settle their !mounts, and after that time I
will be in my room; directly over the store.
1351 A. G. AULT.
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Great Excitement
STILL PREVAILS.
7,000 , LIVES • LOST
Annually for the want of good, sub-
stantial Winter Clothing, but it need
not be so'as you can get a good, out-
fit, from head to foot, for very little
money. I have on hand, and I am
receiving weekly shipments, of Men's,
Youths', Boys' and Children's Cloth-
ing, which I am selling as cheap, if
not cheaper, than any other house in.
the trade.
In the Ordered (nothing line I am
prepared to makte up Suits of the
latest style, best quality, and at prices
to suit the times.
In Shirts and Underwear I take the
lead. A full line of Gents' Furnish-
ings always on hand, and the place to
get those bargains is at the South End
Clothing House, in the Beattie Block,
near the station, Seaforth.
NOBLE
T. CLUFF.
ILLE T TS
PURE
°POWDERED (1 0,G:f.
PUREST, STR NCEST, BEST.
Readyfor use in an', qtintity. For making Pogo,
Softening Water, Ditdrife Ling, and u hundred other
uses. A can equals 20 po nde Sal Soda.
Sold by All Groe rs tend Druggists.
WI. W.C3r3ria ITT, Wicoa-mmatcs.,
Wellington
dome NORTH-.
1Cthel
Brothels.. ..... -
Blnevale„ -
Wingham
Goole Boum-
Wingham _
Blnevale
Brawls.. ....
, G ey and
P nger.
00 P. N. 9.30
813 9.43
8 27 9.57
8 37 10.07
Passen er
6 25 e.s.11.20
• 6.37 11.85
" •6.64 11.69
4.08 .12.14
Bruce.
Mixed.
9.0O,,
0.45
• 10.10
11.20
• Mixed.
A. N. 7.80 PAL
8.15
900
9.30
Genie NORTH -
London, Huron and Bpru...) onege.r.
-
, , London, depart............. -8.2r.u. 85.158P.m
9.2
Exeter '.
9.42 • 6.31'
Nippon.. .. - ...... ....... 9.47 6.8e
Brustefield 9.65 6.44
Clinton- .. ....... .. ... .... 10.12 7.00
BLolynthdee,boro .
10.88 7.28
10.29 7.19
" Bel
nggrahavem arrive. /0.52 7.42
vn
11.10 8.05
GornifelingraBgohamar:-Passenger.
, depart........ „ 6.40A.x. 8.45p.x.
6.65 4.06
Blyth 7.08 4.20
Londesboro
Clinton' . . ..... - ..... .. .. 7.7:1 455 4.28
4.48
BErUipplin...
neid"895 5.06
. .... .. - ".... 8.13 5.13
.
Hensel 8.22 6.18
follows ;
TrExainesigerlear.zve Seaforth ' and Clinton station as
... ... _ IIAPORTE. CLINTON. _
8.40 . .5.80
Grand Trun)x Railway.
GlopplwaoseuseeedWnneer.
MLI TrahT _ 1.12 P. m. 1.28 P. m.
Mixed Train.. ........ 699.:88°005-tr.:mmil.: 191..70155 PAP. : Lim:.
Gonte Emir -
Passenger. .. -• _ _ 7.54 A. D.
74.60 P. Y.
2:4867 a.r.i.
i
• Mixed Train- .. - - 6.26 r n.
Passenger .. - - - 8.05 r. if.
Freight Train.. - - 4.25 r. u. 8.85 r. x
NOVEMBER 17, 1893,
HAND -MADE
Boots and Shoes
D. McINTYRE
HAS on hand a large number of Boots and Shoe" of• hig
own make, best material and
Warranted to give Satisfacti0n.
you want your feet kept dry come and get a pair ch,
, _ our boots, which will be sold
CHEAP FOR OASH,
Repairing promptly attended to. All kinds of Beets.
and Shoes made t,o order. All parties who have not
paid their accounts for last year will please Mill and'
settle up.
1162 •McINTYRE beaforth,
J. C. SMITH & CO.,
33_tata\TICMIR,S...
A General Banking business transacted,
Fenner? notes discounted.
Drafts bought and sold.
• Interest allowed on deposits.
SALE NOTES discounted, or taken for
ollectimo
OFFICE -First door north of Reid &
Nilson's Hardware Store.
SEAFORTH.
REMEMBER
[ifl thelatest triumphinpharms,ey_for the cure
of al! the nymptonie indicating KIDNEY AND
terren Complaint Upon are troubled with
costiveness, Dizziness, Sour Stomach
MEMBRAY'S
-Headache, Indigestion, Ron ApPETrra,
Tiim) FEELING, RHEUMATIC PAINS, 81080
Nlibts, Melancholy Feeling. BACH AM,
Membray's Kidney and Liver
KIDNEY AND
willglve immediate rellefaudErizoTaVare.
Sold at all Drug Stores.
• Membray Medicine Company
of Peterborough, (Limited),
PETERBOROUGH, . . ONT.
1.11/ER CURE
For sale by 1. V. FEAR, druggist, Seaforth.
SEAFORTH
Musical Instrument
EMPORIUM
Scott Brothers,
PROPRIETORS,
SEAFORTH, ONTARIO.
Berl acIACNo.periluelp-hD;uhrtnomamin,New
ionr Yiaourok W
co; m:
any, Bowmanville.
Dominion
ORGANS. -W. ompBeanly1,8cCo.,ph
BowmaGnavelilu
D. W. Karn & Co., Woodstock.
The above Instruments always on hand, also a few
good second-hand Pianos and Organs for sale at
from $25 upwards. Instruinents sold on the indsli
ment plan, or on terms "to suit customers, Violins,
joncertinas and emal instruments on hand also'sheet
music, books &e.
SOOTT''BROS.
NERVE
BEANS
NERVE BE arejs, new 41:
°every that cure tb, weivst Otralt of
Nervous Debility, t Vigor end
Failing Manhood; • reetoree the
wealmeas of body or mind sawed
by over -work, or the errars or ex -
ceases of youth. This Remedy 5b4
solutely cures the most obstauthe corms when all other
TRIaTinnsTs have failed even to relieve. Sold eydned
gists 14;1 per Dockage, or six for 165. or sent by mall ou
receipt of price by sctdreasing THE JAMES MEDICINE
CO.. Toronto, Ont. Write for pamphlet. Sold in -
Sold in Seaforth by J. So ROBERTS,
FARMERS,
A TTEN TION
All pat ties requiring Farm Machin-
ery, Implements and Repairs, would
do well to call at
Ilugh Grieve's Wareroom
• -OPPOSITE-
The Dominion Bank,
Before purchasing elsewhere, as he
keeps repairs for the Massey -Harris,
Patterson, Wisner, Gaudy, Mason and
Coleman machinery and irnplemento,
and he is also agent for the Bain
wagon, Massey -Harris binder atta
mower, drills, rakes, &c; the Coleman
roller and a full stock of Plows con-
stantly on hand.
HUGH GRIEVE, Seaforth.
John S. Porter's:
Undertaking and Furni-
ture Emporium,
SEAFORTH, - ONTARIO.
OUTSIDE OF THE COMBINATION.
Funerals furnished on the shortest n
and satisfaction gut anteed. A large moo
tnent of Caskets, Coffins and Shrouds, &o.
always on hand of the beet quality. The
f Embalming Fluid ailed free of charge and
prices the lowest. Fine Hearse,
S. T. HOLMES, Funeral Director. Bee
ence - GODERICH STREET, directly O.
ioalte the Methodist church in the how.
orraerly occupied by Dr. Scott.
The Old Established.
BROM:TOOT'S
Planing Mill and
Sash and Door Factor'',
SM..433E101RITT=T-
This old and well-known establishment is sliii
running at full bleat, and flaw has better facilitith
than ever before to turn out a good article for
moderate price. Bash and_doors of All patterns el -
ways on hand or mode to -Order, Lumber dreisedes
short notice and in any way desired. All kinds of
linnber for be on reasonable terms. Shingles kept -
constantly on band. Eetimatee for tbe furnishing'
of buildinge in whole or in part given on application..
None but the best of material used and -workman-
ship guaranteed. Patronage solicited.
1269 J. if BROADFOOT, Seaforthe
41110110.11111diddlimm
• Both the.,
syrapoi.ri
and re
gently yet
Liver and
tem idled
aches and
constipatiol
irnly re3n%
• (Need, pleal
ceptable to.
its action. a
-effects, 'Fel
lealthy an
=an excel:
to and
To War re;
• yrup of
. 'bottles by
i:
Any relia
lave it
promptly
to try it,
CALIFOR
101116VILLE,
This wori
head of all La
• for (polity an
Used ace°
with all the
day. it;T
SU1TLIG
Windsor Cast
Inanuiraturer
SO'
•A TERRI
Eight Low
A Well Kuowi
Health at
• Had Fade
the Put*
From the Godert
The marvell
place in the,
Culloden Priv
the past tweiv4
topic of ton
friends and ao
who know of t
she has been*
to have been d
Fraser has a v
Goderioh and
this town for 4
her husband, '
geld, retired• 1
dittoing heard
e had been brou
• dition, a rept
upon Mrs. Fr
congrotulate f
her health, a
the happy ch
was graciousd
statement 'JO
Fraser : 1
6 " It IS now'
morning as 1
and when pe
I experienced
that which is
penetrated t
. continued aft
all over my f
it went to th
lip, then to tl
to the eyes, 1
which I enifel
my hair an
like veritabl
aO affected t
rny.food,, on
from lack pf
so contracte?
that ray best
• me and the
elers./ and t
local physic'
efforts to ha
further for
hopeless.
suited one of
in that town
maid he eoel
'would bane
broken down
I had read i
venous rem
Dr. William
placed much
eine* so Wid
more on the
' ere, I had ti
them much
ever, 1 dete
triad, and he;
drug ,etore
first box 1
any netieea
MC
, ,
MILaii