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ner martyr., V. 8., honor graduite of Ontario
Veterinary College. Ali diseases of Domestic
*stated. Cali Oromptly attended to and
et moderate. Vete rinary Dentistry a specialty
Ofliee turd reildenee en Godericth street. one door
Wore elDr. Scott's office, Seafortb. 1112t1
.Beattie,V. S., nate of ()ataxic Vet
College, Teton Mena* el the Vet
nwear3r teal Society, eta., treats all diseases or
.Domesticated Animals. Ali °alb promptly at
tended to either by day or night. Charges model-.
Me. Special attention given to veterinary deal-
liy. Office on Main Stree, setorth, one door
tenth of Kidire Manlware store. 1112
BOOR= ROB8E INYIRILARY--Oorner i Ju.
via and Goderich Streets, next door SO the Bre.
rutin Chuch, &eolith, Ont. All air see of
ories, Cttle, Shep. or any a/ the de u sticated
animals, mumeiefully treated at th inirmarr or
elsewhere, on the shortest notice. .hrges m der
ate. JAMES W. ELDER, Veterinary Surgean. P
�.-.A large stook of Vete& ary Medicines hoot ton
nimbly on hand
LEGAL '
fl S. HAYS, Barrister, Solicitor, Conveyancer and
Notary Public. Solicitor for the Dominion
*Bank. Office—Cardno's block, Main Street, Seaforth.
Marley to lean. 1285
HIGGINS & LENNON,
Barrifitent, Solicitors, Notaries Public, &e. °Sloe -
120 Tonga Street, Toronto, Ontario, and Sealorth
Ontario. Seaford,. Offiee—Whitney's Block, MaIn
Stret. Money to loan. MMUS MLIIVON Mans&
Istris LiNNON. - - 1291
ItArATTHEW MORRISON, Walton, Insurance
III Agent, Commisldoner for taking affidavits,
Coneyances, &o. Money to loan at the lowest rads.
M. Mammon, Walton.
•
T X. Barrister! Solicitor, Ntary, &o
11001, 100°61;81 wd dr:ortrothef let? mg:It!
jetwela7 itore, Main street,, Seatorth, Goderich
agente--Cameron, Holt and Cameron. • 1216
aLBROW & PROUDFOOT, Banisters, Solicitors,
Goderioh, Ontario. J. T. %maw Q. 0-;
Phantom 684 .
filAMRON, HOLT & HOLMES, Battistero So -
V Honors in ObancerY,10-Andorkffis Oot M. 0.
•Clainneat, Q. C., bazar Hour, Dunmire Howls
AMONG & SCOTT, Barri/Arno, Solloitere Con
veyancers, fko. Soliellere for the giant of
J Tisdale & Gale. Money to loan Office—
Bach B Clinton, Ontario. A. H. Kamm
Jams Soon. 781
HOLMESTRD, trucoesser to the rale BM
NoCaughey & Hohneded, Banister, So
Ater Otervveneer and NotsrY. tiolledter for the
Usnadian Bank of Cmmerce. Mo try to lend Farms
Borah. Moe In Rooth Slick Maim Street,
Seleterthr
W. OAMERON SMITH,
BARRISTER.
Belie/kw of Superior Court, Commissioner for
taking Affidavits in the High Ceurt
of Jutice, Conveyancer,
Money to Lend
• can be chastilied after office hours at the Commet
cial HoteL
HENSA.LL, — ONTARIO
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should be rich to
health. Poor blood
Aneemia ; diseased
means Scrofula.
Insure
means
blood
Scott's
Emulsio
the Cream of Cod -Hier Oil,
enriches the blood; cures
Anaemia, Scrofula, Coughs,
Colds, "Weak Lungs, and
Wasting Diseases. Physcians,
the world over, endorse it.
Don't be deceived by Subsiltutul
scat& Bowne Belleville, All Druggists. Gao.
ed her with passionate wo ds of endearment
and fowl embraces, but these expressions
.seemed coupled with o self4reproach that al-
most trembled on her lips.,
She rarely roused from the lethargic mel-
ancholy which seemed a part of her exist-
ence. She spoke but little as she performed
the few household cares she had assuMed.
She rarely went beyond the limits of their
small enclosure except • te visit the little
Church on, the hill, and always seemed
to shrink from any contact With the neigh-
bors.
There were many things that
not understand, but to whom mi
for explanation?
Her mother evidently had no
her child save in the mechanic
once of their heaviest household
Babette did not dare break the s
nothing.
had fallen upon the past, of it:hic
Sometimes she wondered tif
cure knew all she longed to ak,
would-persuae herself to go
pray an answer to an these endles
ings. But an undefined sentimen
held her -in check. She could no
the good cure to reveal what I the
mother guarded so cautiously.
One thins she missed, perhaps
all, and this was the easy intercourse of 'the
village, to which she had been accustomed.
At first she had scarcely hotieed the change
in her relation to the neighbors, or, if she
did, it was easily accounted for on the
ground of her recent loss,
They all loved the old soldier with loyal
. hearts, making of him their village hero.
was natural that they should xriourn for him
and shrink from speaking of their grief even
to his grandchil. But when the summer
had ended, when all the flowerso3tems in the
garden held only cups of ripened seeds,when
the trees had turned from shades of bronze
and gold to the dead dry tone of decay;
when Babette had had time to ;gather and
weave her wreaths of iminortelles to hang
upon the cross that marked the grave of
Paul Laroche—then there seemed no reason
to consider her sorrow too fresh for words of
sympathy.
--She could not but long for the 'companion
ship of her old friend. Where were .Elsie
and Victor? Why did they no hanger con -ie
to gather and eat the apricots that hung
against the southern .wall? This was the
first year that she had feasted on them
alone. Had they forgotten the Old romps
under the chestnuts?
'Why did they only nod and look with
serious eyes when she passed them in the
narrow street or met them at the 'threshold
of the little church? She had altnest a mind
to go straight up to them and take. them by
the hand and ask.
• One day such an opportunity occurred,
and Babette could no longer refrain.
With wistful eyes upraised to her old
playmates, she spoke in pleading tones
What is this that has come between
Babette and her old comrades?: What
draws them away, leaving her desolate.
Has she forgotten hew to laugh merrily, or
is she not as fleet of foot as in the old days?
Does she not remember all the old games,
and long to join in them once more ?"
Elsie was a soft -eyed, timid little maiden,
and she visibly shrank from answeriim the
appeal of her former companion; but the
boy was older, tall and lithe and well- grown
for his years, and to him Babette appealed
by the challenge of her eyes.
Babette did
ght she look
heart to aid
al perform -
labor, and
ilence that
h she. knew
onsieur Id
and almost
to him and
s question -
t of loyalty
t ask even
sad -eyed
more than
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people to pipeoini:;:
even,-thze who ne1,7/-
u5ed tobacCo' before.
J. B. Pace Tobacco Co. Richmond,
'Va., and Montreal, Canada.
DENTISTRY.
TJ W. TWEDDLE, Dentit, Office overRichardson
&Mantles' Shoe Store, comer Main and John
Streets, Seaferth, Ontario. Nitrous Oxide Gas ad -
red forth° painless extraction of teeth. DAN
-FIR. FRANK BELDEN, Dentist. New loca
.1,/ anaesthetic for painlese extractim of teeth.
No unconsciousness. Offioe—Over Johnson Eros.
Hardware StoreSeaforth. 1226
-Ebi AGNEW, Dentist, Clinton, will
J. visit Heiman at Hodgens' Hotel
every Monday, and at Zurich the •
second Thursday in each month 1288
et,
e Huron Hotel, ONLY en the
Tr KINSMAN, Dentist, L. D. S.,
Ul Exeter, Ont. Will be al Zurich
LAST TIMILSDAY in each month and
at Murdock's- Hotel, Ifensall, on the mar FRIDAY
in each month. Teeth extracted with the least
vein posdble. IAB work first-class at liberal 'Mee.
971
BABETTE.
BY AVBRY MACALBINE.
CHAPTER III.
11 est uue heure etronge oti ron sent Verne naltre
Un jour rens commie un chint d'aurore au fond du
coon.
Scut, pensai-je., avancona, partons ! c'est l'intant
d'etre Vain queur !
For a time the new conditions of her life
absorbed Babette almost to the exclusion of
that poignant grief which is a usual part of
youthful mourning. She did not forget the
old days. Her grandfather had filled her
life, and in his loss she missed all ties.
But there was still much to be done, and
she had early learned the lesson of self -re-
pression:
With this outward change came also new
duties and other cares, and the assumed
their burden with no thought of the injestice
of the weight. It hichnever occurred to her
to bestow a sigh of pity upon herself, and
so, with uncomplaining endeavor, she ac-
complished. each day's tasks.
Time does notstand still even when we
cry out for a little space in which to weep;
the sun rises and sets, following its even
course, though our lives seem shorn of all
MONEY TO
1/101'41EY TO LOA.--Stright loans pa;
oent., with the privilege to borrower of
repaying part of the principal money at any fdme.
Apply to T. HOLYILSTBD, Barrislier,Beatorth.
MEDICAL.
R. MoTAVISH, Physiin, Surgeon, &o. Office
ler corner southwest of Dixon's Hotel, rucefield.
Night calls at the office. 1323
• DRS. SCOTT MACKAY,
OFFICE, Gocierich Street, opposite Methodist
Church, Seaforth. RESIDENCE, next Agricultural
Gounds.
G. SCOTT, M. D. C. M., (Ann Arbor and , Vic.torlit,) M. C. P. S: 0.
13 MACKAY M. D. C. M., (Trinity,) F.'1. M. C.
M. O. P. S. O. '
TIP E. COOPER, M. D, M. B., L F. P. and 8
.LX! Glasgow, &c., Physician Al
O000llr. Conss:noe, Ont. urge" "d1
12
b W. BRUCE SMITH, M. D , 0. M., Memb I of
....K, the Collee of Physicians and Surgeon, &c.,
IPaforth, Onta.rio. Offiee and residence same as
tgoupied by Dr. Verooe. 848
LES. BTHUNE, M. D., Fellow of the Royal
College of Physioians and Surgeone, Kingston.
13 seer to Dr. Maoid. Offiet lately occupied
by Dr. Mackid, Mak. Street Seaforth. Residence
—Corner of Viotoria Square, in house lately occupied
by L. E. Dancey.
1127
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AUCTIONEERS.
CIEORGE TAYLOR, Licensed Auctioneer for the
la County of Huron. Sales promptly attended
to /2 all parts of the County. Satisfaction guaran-
teed, Charges moderate. GEO. TAYLOR, Kippen
P. tf,
13574. f
41. BRINE, Lioeneed Auctioneer for Mt Conn
ty of Huron. Sales attended ha eel parte of
e County. All orders left at Tea Exmarroa
Office will be promptly attended to.
WM. MICLOYe
AnaMeer for the Counties of Huron and Perth,
and 4ent at lieneaLl for the Massey -Harris Manu-
factu4ng Company. Sales promptly attended to,
cher* naoderste and satisfaction guaranteed.
Order* by mail addressed to Hensall Post Office, or
left at ins residence Lot 2, Concession 11, Tuck-
ersmith, will revolve prompt attention. 1298-tf
Ideltillop Directory for 1893,
JOH/tBENNEWIE Reeve, Dublin I'. 0.
JAMR8 EVANS, Deputy Reeve, Beeohwood.
DANtith MANLEY, Counoillor Beeohwood.
WM. CounWor, Leadbury.
WILLIAli ABCHIBALD, Cotmoillor, Leadbary.
JOHN 0. MOItkISON„ Clerk, Winthrop. .
hothmeeN .T. SHANNON. Treasurer, Winthrop.
WM. EVANS, .Aseessor, Beeohwood.
CHARLE/I DODDS Collector, Sestforth.
RIOILVID POLLAD Sanitary Inspector, Lead.
bury.
., •
'earthly intrest: Babtte was young and
bounded from the first shock of her grand-
father's dath. •
No good'avould come from mdulg
ruitless grief, and so she ceased
_At first she bad wondered that the
hone quite - in the old days; th
irds sang with unabated sweetness in
°yeas notes; that even the little
eemed to bloom and thrive the same
ut her grandfathr's care.
To be sure even in those days, the
hat had tenaed and trained and coax
ny plot into fruitfidness had been her
ut this she didnot realise. It was
nt when she had been able to turn to
tting in the sunny corner, watching
ove she made, and criticising wi
Babette could remember how some
hen she had weeded the beds of
rrots or trained the scarlet runners ag
e poles, her grandfathe's voicehadr
her, instructing, reproving, or. care
she skilfully or with clumsy fingers,
tried her task.
Babette, my little on.e," he would
what work you make of the weed
hat would be left of fruit or flowers i
grandfather was not here to stay
nd ? Surely we would never know a
as to have an onion in our soup di
warn you of their value."
hen again it had been,—
Take off your wooden shoes, Babe
re is not room for you and the articho
veil. They look like little feet ind
1 they find a place among the crow
s of vegetables. But then, mon di
poor peen. things must draw th
ading leaves close—quite close—if t
ld not feel the tread of Babette and
r her wooden. shoes." e
is had been a favorite pleasantry w
gradfater and as Babette went alo
m the beans and artichokes she cou
et hear the sound of tremblitag laught
which be never failed to conclude th
s of tender rebuke. All her though
of that time, but no word of confiden
d her lips to the silent Woman w
oda her only companion.
eed, there had grown up in Babette
almost a feeling ef resentment towarc
range new mother, who had come t
her grief. What right had she in
ir that -in her own case was hallowe
memory of all her childish confi
? Why had she boine from out th
ess on that last rirght and claimed th
place of daughter to the dying man
ho of his words, You have no no -
had
scarcely died hri the sultry air be -
hey were contratlieted by her very
e beside them.
e had she passed those long years,
asked herself, thit her grandfather
ed without a daughter, and she had
1.0 mother
randfather's last Words, "1 forgive
axle," had been heard by the child,
-withstanding all her youthful inex-
she realised that where there had
in the clying must cehry it to lay at th.e
he Cross the fault eed been
grave. Wh had I • le
vigorous in mind and body, and soon re -
ti
si
itt
st
ca
th
ed
as
for
You are the same Babette," he answer-
ed. "We have missed you sadly. :There
is no one like you in all the village; you are
not changed. • But some change there must
be that we cannot understand, else why- are
.we forbidden to go and fetch you when old
and young are gathered in the twilight un-
der the trees? There is something wrong
and cruel that we do not uhderstand. But
I will tell you, Babette, what I shall • do,"
and the boy's eyes grew eager with his
thought, "when all the others are dancing
and merrymaking I will steal away ' and
come and sit beside you in the garden, if
you will let me."
He had dropped his sister's hand,andwhispered the last words close to Babette's
ear; and she; nodding and smilinge rani
home with a lighter Ifeart than she had
known for many a day.
ing in
weep.
unlight
at the
their
garden
with -
hands
ed the
own.
differ -
him
each
thout
times
ellow
ainst
each-
ssing
per -
say,
ing.
f the
'our
diet
d I
tte.
kes
eed
ded
eu !
eir
hey
die
ith
ne
Id
er
the
ts
ce
ho
ls
a
old
ha
it w
not
The
as 1
unti
row
the
spre
wou
uncle
Th
the
arnot
alrno
with
word
were
escape
was n
Ind
heart
this st
share
sorrow
by the
deuces
darkii
nearer
The ec
ther,"
fore t
presen(
Whet
Babette
had liv
known /
Her g
thee, M-
aud not
perience
been a. s
foot of t
,
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ITTER
CURES
CONSTIPATION,
ILIOUSNESS,
SOUR STOMACH,
DYSPEPSIA AND
BAD BLOOD.
It Purifies mad 'trertthetas the
- entire System.
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IR MON EXPOSITOR OFFICE
CHAPTER V.
How chances mock? and chang, s till the oup of al-
teration with divers liquors!
Since the summer of Pa -ti haroche's death
several years had passed yen times the
grapes had budded, grown'gree changed
During as many summers th great chest -
to purple, and hung heavy :m the vines.
nuts had blossomed, borne 1 af, and spread
their grateful shade in t e xralley of the
TaTrnhe village bad known bu few changes in
all at time, and they had left but little
sign. Some years were good and some were
bad in the vineyards; but blight and even
the ravages of the petit puc4on were soon
forgotten in the successful ruita,ge of an-
other years
On the grass -grown square )efore the open
door of the cafe ahnost the sane faces might
have been seen as in the days of Paul La -
roc e The same voices discussed the pros-,
peas of the vintage, or gossiped over the
scant news the commune afforded.
But those who were childien then had
grown to man and womanhood. Alreadyi
they were promoted to places in field or on
hillside which their fathers or mothers had:
filled before them. Elsie had been married
in the summer to Henri, the son of Michel
and Seraphine, and such a merry marriage
fete had not been known in the village for
many a long day.
Only one cloud had risen to mar the en-
tire brightness of the day: Victor had not
followed in the bridal procession to the
church where his favorite sister was to be-
come the bride of his friend Henri, nor had
he been present at the feasting which pres-
ently followed under the great trees that
grew about the inn.
It was very extraordinaty, and the neigh -
bora could scarcely find sufficient reason for
his absence; but when another was missed
from the fete, it got whispered about that
Maclaine Veuve Marguerite, the mother
of Victor and Elsie, had sternly forbidden
Babette's presence aniong them.
Victor was high spirited, and perhaps he
had said more than a dutifol son should.
Usually Marguerite had no reaSon to com-
plain of her children, but to-dy words had
passed between them that could not easily
be forgotte, and so a shadow rested on the
otherwise joyous day.
One other thing had happened to mark
the day of Elsie's wedding, which set all
tongues agog, and made plenty of specula-
tion and comment for many days thereafter.
As the portly landlord was about lifting his
bi•imming glass of famous good red wine to
his 1ps, proposing for the twentieth time at
least the health of the blushing fair young
bride, and all the people were answering
with the hearty " Vi‘ 0, vive !"— their
throats were sore with shouting—suddenly,
far away on the hard white road, they
wheels.
heard the sound of a,pproaching carriage
A visitor was always an event in the vil-
lage ; but to -day these simple countryfolk
were prepared to make much of even triflin
thine
lei grandfather denied
bis daughter almost with his last con.scious
breath, and then in dyi orgiven her?
'hat was this sin that on y death could
move hitn to forgive ?
The child re -volved this cptestion over and
over as she went about her namely occupa
t. s , and even when she planted and wa-
tered the bed of inunortellei she could not
separate the living from the dead.
Whatever e secret was that had caused ,
her grandfather such pain, Babette did not -
find its solution inthe compapionehip of her
Mother. Sometimes, indeed,'Marie ca.ress-
,
narria,ge was one they hag
long looked -forward to. Henri was a favor-
ite with them and Elij;'
o had been
augmentingyer by year since the days of
her babyhood, as 1VIadame la Veuve Mar-
guerite was never tired of intimating, so
there had been -int of red wne—not the
shadowy, sour piquette to which they were
most accustomed, but a life-stirrng vintage
fit to pledge a bride so fair. With some of
the Id ones a tiny glass of something
stronger had added fervor to heir good
wishes and excitement to their b ood.
The landlord paused with his glass sus -
ended in th 1th of the
e air, and the he
OSITOR.
bride Walt for &moment in danger of being
fohgotten ; for, with rattling of harness.and
chirrupingto hores, the heavy travelling-
earriage swung up before the door of the
cafe, while many of -those whe were gather-
ed there recognized seated therein their
king -absent Seigneur the Count du Val,
their landlord and proprietor, the lord of
the castle and of all the vineyards far and
near.
So long had he been a stranger to his peo-
ple that many of the younger men and wo-
men scarcely knew for whom they were
cheering as they added their shouts to the
greetings of the blder men. It was only for
a moment, however, that the Count waited ;
only long enough for the host to offer his
unexpected guest a rare good glass of Medoc,
while the latter raisecl it courteously, pledg-
ing the bride's health. Then, with a cheer-
ful "Chirrup, chirrup, allez !" the coachman
whipped up his' horses, and they were soon
out of sight in the Winding road which led
to the chateau.
So this was a remarkable clay. Almost
was Victor's absence forgotten in the excite-
ment of the Count's return.
AY
1,
•
FOItili OF
IAHJ GRACE.
...orome••••!.
CHAPTER V.
------for grief was still
A separate sense untouched
Of that dispair which had become
My life. Great anguish could benumb
My soul—my heart was quarrelsome.
Only faint echoes of all this unwonted
stir reached the innaates of the little cottage
on the outskirts of the village. There sat
Babette as of old, with the sad-facedmo-
ther, and beside them leaned Victor, their
accustomed visitor.
The few years that had passed had scarce-
ly left the faintest trace upon Babette; still
she resembled the serious -eyed little maiden
who had helped to buckle on her grand-
father's sword that morning long ago. Still
she went about her duties with womanly
thought, fulfilling the precocious dignity of
her childhood. Not many events touched
their quiet lives, and those few hadi passed
leaving little outward sign.
They had found as time went on that the
grandfather's small savings would mit long
prove sufficient for their maintenance, and
so Babette had joined the baud of vintagers
in their labor on the Count's estate. This
was the common lot of men and women born
in the village, and she took her place among
them naturally.
But the shadow which had rested upon
her ever since the day of her grandfather's
death was not lifted by daily contact with
her neighbors. The old men—these who
had known and loved her grandfather—wee
the ones she sought for companionship. They
always had a smile and a kind word for the
young girl; but even this was chastened
when the closer intimacy of son or daughter
was involved.
Babette had long ago ceased to explain or
find a reason for this reserve. With her
older intelligence she had traced it to the
day when her mother had returned to her,
but further than this she had never pene-
trated.
During all this time there had been one
who had openly stood her friend—Victor
had never failed in his whispered compact.
Often he could be seen working by her side
among the terraced vines; sometimes, in-
deed, performing her part of the labor as
well as his own, He was alwayri near to
raise the heavy baskets of grapes for her,
and it was he who fastened the thugh belt
of plaited grass over her shordders and
around her pliant waist. The old men look-
ed on andsrniled, nodding their trembling
heads and -speaking knowingly.
"It would be better for the Child so.
Why should she not have the protectidn of
his strong arm ? There is not a maiden in
all the valley with half the beauty of _Paul
Laroche's grandchild, and why should she
be made to atone for the sin of another ?"
But when they ventured such words be-
fore the matrons of the village they were
met with :—
"For shame' ! You would not choose her
for your own son's wife—a, girl without a
name, a child with a stain upon her birth,
one who may not speak of the mother who
bore her, and who cannot call by name the
one who is her father. Bah! that is the
power of a pretty face! Had Babette been
ugly, with stunted form and beady eyes,
you would soon enough have forgotten that
she was Paul Lareche's grandchild, and re-
membereclonly that her metler brought his
grey hairs in shame to his grave."
to Your
Honorable Wi1e"
Wirt
sends
rightly
ter alai
lees e.
adapt in
the nee
the
loseet iv
retre-42:
Its ea
the
alit to ti
bcneficirpdllih
ative ;
nttd
pei
haz
met wit.
profesi.
neyst L
ening
every 0
Sprt!
gists in
facture
Co. only
-Pr4a
and bei
heeept
,-AfercAant ofVenicr•
and tell her that 1 am compoSed
of clarified cottonseed oil an&e-
fined beef suet; that I am :Ole
purest of all cooking fats; that
my name is
It was usually Madame la Vein
guerite who spoke in this wise, for sh
not forget her handsome, lithe son,
gleaming eyes, and locks that shon
polished ebony. She no longer wen
the others to the hill -side to work
the vines, and so she was ignorant of
that others knew.
But rumors had not escaped her co
her son and his old playmate. There
plenty of gossiping tongues in the
and, -besides, Victor was honest, with
pleasant to look upon. Moreover, he
sessed a wonderful gift which was the
of all the village. With quick, s
fingers he could fashion. out of the
rnonest clay curious and beautiful im
There was scarcely a house where he
known that did. not contain some spe
of his skill. Old men's faces he modell
all the lines of weakness and decay
Time had left upon them. Little chi
alinost laughed again shaped by his ha
senseless clay. And, neverhince the o
could remember, had such an linage , of
Blessed Virgin been fashioned as V
wrought with reverent care to place in
Chapel of Sainte Eulalie ; evetemonsieu
cure—and he had seen many places, the
knew; some said he had even journeye
far as the Eternal City—had pronoun
this a -marvel of holy inspiration.
Whert Babette knelt before it a strange,
feeling of reverence mingled with the old,
time sentiment of good. fellowship with
which she had ever regarded her old com-
rade. In her thoughts she lifted him quite
outside their common life, and dreamed of a
time when Victor might leave the village
and the work on the hillside. Possibly he
-Would go out into the wonderful vast world
she had caught glimpses of in her journeys
with her grandfather; and perhaps—who
could tell ?—he might become famous.
But this thought always anaccountably
saddened Babette. She did not perceive
what was plain to every one else—that the
Madonna looked clown upon her with her
oven pathetic lovliness, and that Victor had
unconsciously embodied in the image the
thought of his heart.
Although there were but slight outward
change noticeable in Babette, Time assured-
ly had not stood still with Marc. She had
visibly weakened and wasted since the clay
of her home -coming. Almost all trade of
youth was gone, leaving only the shadow of
her former self. She scarcely seemed to
posSess life enough to perform the few duties
she still undertook.
Seated all day beside the casement, or,
more rarely, in the sunny garden, she held
her knitting in her hands, making a pretence
of industry. But when Babette was not be -
Ode her, the needles would lie for hours un -
regarded on her lap. She appeared like one
who, being stunned poet sensibility, still
lives and breathes. Only once had she rous-
ed from this benumbed
-e Mar-
e could
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t with
among
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pos-
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which
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nd in
ldest
the
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the
✓ le
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a so,
ced
State of passionless
existence int something a,pproaehing an in-
terest in her daughter's welfare. That was
one morning about two years after she had
come home, and soon after Babette's first
Cemmunion.
The child had come, and was kneeling be-
side her mother in the little garden where
she had often seen her grandfather seated in
the old days.
" Mamais,"—she always spoke caressing-
ly, as though their relation was reversed,
and the elder woman but a child,—" little
mother, they are wanting more workers in
the vineyards. Victor was here last even-
ing, and told me that if I could be spared
ottQlene
that I am better than lard, and
more useful than butter; that X
am equal in shortening to twice
the quantity of either, and make
food niuch easier of digestion.
I am to be found everywhere in -
3 and 5 pound pails, but am
Mettle only by
The N. K. Fairbank
Company,
Wellington and Ann Stay
NONTREAL.
TRIM AND SLIM
Is the proper style for a 1ad3s waist
all the world over. Not too slim, but
just comfortable and shapely. We have
Corsets that just mould such figures.
They come in all sizes—long, short,
medium. This week we are selling
The Flora, at 47c.
.The Beta, at 70c.
The, Leda at 72c.
The B. & O. at 95c.
A LaBelle Taille at 95c.
390 Featherbone at 95c.
391 Featherbone at1.20.
M'sieu Timbale would be glad to have me
come and join the vine -dressers. I should
soon be able to work with the best, and
could earn enough to kee ,the hungry wolf
awaiy." MIER
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11, arie listened, but made no response te
her daughter's proposition, so Babette took
her mother's hands in hers, looking up at
her as she knelt.
"The vines hang laden with fruit this
year; there has rarely been such a harvest,
they say. M'sieu Timbale will be able to
give a good account of his stewardship to
Misieu le Comte, will he not, Marnan ?"
Marie started strangely. Seizing Ba-
bette's hands in both her own, she spoke "The vineyards of M'sieu le Comte du
Val, you are speaking of? It is in them
you ask to go and work ?" she demanded,
vehemently. "You are wanting to become
one of his people—one of the laborers who
are but as chattels or bits of useful mechan-
ism in his sight? To make one of the hun.
dreds who appear in the steward's pay -Poll,
and once a year are feasted at his lord's ex-
pense ?"
"You, Babette,"—she hesitated—" Ba-
hette Laroche, Marie's child, shall not go to
ti)ork on M'sieu le Comte's estate. You
shall not eat of his bread or be dependent
on his bounty. You are my daughter, and
I forbid you to join the company of 'vine -
dressers."
She was trembling violently. Babette
had never seen her mother so moved, not
even on the night of her coming home. She
could scarcely find areason for Marie's ex-
citement. All the young people about her
hadgrownup to follow the one occupation
the place afforded. Most of them as babies
had toddled between the rows of sweet-
ented vines that lined the hillside, imbib-
ingse with their mother's milk a knowledge of
their future toil.
Babette had never questioned the -pro-
priety of doing what all her neighbors did.
Moreover, from the few words that Marie
let fall from time to time, Babette had
gathered that she, too, had once worked
among the grapes. She did not answer the
unusual outburst of her mother with argu-
nil but asked quietly :—
me
"How, then, are we to live? You know
as well as I, that we have little left of the
dear gran'pere's hoard. He was always
saving and denying himself lest I"—she cor-
rected. herself—" lest we should be left in
poverty. But surely he expected me, when
it should be needed, to do as others do. He
would not have me fold my strong young
hands, and wait for charty. That would
be doing him dishonor."
"There is no diehonor save in my child's
acceptihg money at the hathiz of Wsieu le
Comte.'
"How can you say that ?" Babette
sisted. "Of hvhat consequence- am I
are you to him? Would I not be like
ninety-andnine others of whom he • has
knowledge? What disgrace can there b
joining our neighbors as they go about ti
work each day, and by honest labor gain
the few sous needed for our existence?
sides," she added, "do we not owe eve
thing we have to the Count? The het
that shelters us is still a part of his gr
estate, and only allowed us year by year
recognition of the dear gran'pere's bra
deeds. Even the rich have obligati°
sometimes, dearest," she said proudl
thinking of the old soldier and his right a
given for Franee. her mother made
reply, she continued. :—
It is many years since our seigneur h
known anything of the chateau or the IT
i.
lage. They do say he went away whe
quite a young man, many years ago befor
I was born; when you must have been
young and beautiful, little mother. Onl
the old people remember him. Even yo
may never have seen him," she questione
doubtfully.
Marie shrank from her.
"You know not of what you speak," she
said. "1 remember M'sieur le Comte as
thotzgh I had seen him but yesterday. He
is still a young man," She added coldly.
After that she said no more, relapsing
into that silence with which she guarded all
her past life. And in the matter of Ba-
bette's joining the band of vintagers she
soon gave way, being easily wearied into ac-
quiescence by the younger nature's quiet
persistence.
(To be Continued.)
Temperance Notes.
Through the agency of the Missions to
Seamen society over 5,,000 sailors have been
enrolled as total abetamers in Cork harbor
alone.
The statement that suddenly enforced
abstinence kills is not borne out by facts.
The death rate in prison is only 8 in every
1,000, a much lower rate than in town.
Gout is largely caused by the introduc-
tion of stout as a beverage. It is also stated
that from 50 to 75 per cent. of the same
cases are hereditary.
At Chafe City, Virginia, the citizen'
temperance nominee was lately elected
mayor over the citizens' liberal candidate.
In Washington a company of gentlemen
counted the young men in the 10 largest
prayer meetings. They found 168. They
then went to the 10 largest saloons and
fouud 365 young men. They then went to
10 theatres and counted 815.
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Long Waist,
Correct Shape,
liest litraterlal,
a
Combined with the best filling in
the world, makes the " Fe4therbone
Corset" -unequalled.
%TRY' 111,
CANADIAN BANIZE OF COMMERCE„
ESTABLISHED 1867'.
HEAD OFFICE, TORONTO.
CAI3' ITAL (PAID UP) SX MILLIgN DOLLARS - $6,000,0011
REST - - - - — S1100,000
B. E. WALKER, latENERAL MANAGER. ,
SEAFORTH BRANCH. '
A General Banking Business Transacted. Farmers' Notes discounted, Drafta
issued, payable at all points in Canada and the principal cities in
the 'United States, Great 13ritain, France, Bermuda, (tic.
SAVINGS BANK DEPARTMENT
Deposits of $1.00Aiad upwards received, and current rates, of interen
allowed. garinterest" added to the principal at the end of May and Novett-
her in each year. ..
Speatil attention given to the collection of Commercial Paper and Far
niers' ziles Notes.
F. LMESTED, Solicitor.
M. MORRIS. Manager.
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have got, but drop in and see for yourselves.
We can self better Furniture cheaper than any
other Retail Furniture Store -in the West.
Furniture of all Rinds at all Prics.
—Mr. John Archei, of Peterboro, was
drowned Monday of last week in the river,
about five miles below Peterboro. The
deceased had just come out from Ragand,
where he had been pursuing his studies at
Oxford University
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The most seep tical convinced.
to see, the deaf to hear, the lame
tation free. -
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THE GREAT
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IS NOW'AT THE
Royal Hotel, Settfort
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internal condition of the diseases of pa-
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No case hopeless. The blind can be made
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