The Clinton New Era, 1889-05-31, Page 21: RIDAY, MAY, 81 1889.
COLONEL QRARITCU, V. C.
A TALE OF a'aRINTRY LIFE
BY H. RIDER HAGGARD.
CONTINUED.
C.ol.},i„Itt and published by arrange-
n,ent with the Rose Publishiug
Company.)
"It may as well stand,” he said,
aloud; "if anything happens to me,
she'll take about ten thousand under
it, and that was what she brought
me," Taking a pen he went through
the document carefully, and wher-
ever the name of Belle Quest oc-
curred, he put an X, and inserted
these words, "Gennett, commonly
life a misery. And now what was " May I kiss you before I go?"
to be done? He was ruined. Let She looked at brim in astonish -
him fly to the utmost parts of tbe went. Her first impulse was to re -
earth, lot him burrow iu the recess. 1 fuse. Hee had not kissed ber for
es of the cities of the earth, and his years. But something in the man's
shame would find hint out. He face aroused her. • It was always a
was an impostor, a bigamist, oue refined and melancholy face, but to -
who had seaueed an innocent wo• night it wore a look which to her
man into a Mock marriage and th au seen.ed almost unearthly.
taken her fortune to buy the silence "Yes, William, if you wish," she
of his lawful wife. More, he had said, " but I wonder that you care
threatened to bring au action for to."
divorce against a woman to whom "Let the dead bury their dead,"
he knew he was not really married, he answered, and, stooping, he put
and made it a lever to extort vast his arm around her delicate waist,
sums of money or their value. and, drawing her to him, kissed her
What is there that a elan in this tenderly, but without passion,on the
position can do ? forehead. "There, good night," be
He can do two things—he said, "I wish that I had been a
can revenge himself upon the author better husband to you. Good -night,"
cf his ruin, aril if he be bold enough ar-d he was gone.
When he reached his room he
thing himself for a few moments face
downwards upon his bed, and from
the convulsive motion of bis back
an observer might almost have be-
lieved that he was sobbing. When
h.e rose, however, there was no trace
of tears or tenderness upon his fea-
tures. On the contrary, they were
stern and set, like the features of
one bent upon some terrible endea-
vor. Going to a drawer,he unlock-
ed it, and took from ita Colt's re-
solver of the small pattern. It!was
loaded, but he took the cartridges
out and replaced them with fresh
ones from a tin"box. Then he went
down -stairs, put on a large ulster
with a high cellar, and a soft felt
hat, the brine of which he turned
down over his face,placed the pistol
in the pocket of the ulster, and
started.
It was a dreadful night, the wind
was blowing a very heavy gale, and
between the gusts the rain came
down in sheets of driving spray.
Nobody was about the streets—the
weather was far too bad; and Mr
Quest reached the station with-
out meeting a living soul. Outside
the circle of light from the lamp
over the doorway he paused, and
looked about for the clerk Jones.
Presently he saw him walking back-
wards and forwards under the shel-
ter of a lean-to,and,going up,touched
him on the shoulder.
The man jumped and started
back.
"Ilave you got the ticket, Jones?"
he asked.
"Lord, sir," said Jones, "I didn't
know you in that get-up. lies,here's
the ticket."
"Ie the woman there still?"
" Yes, sir ; she's taken a ticket,
third-class, •to town. She has been
going on like a wild' thing, because
they would not give her any liquor
at the refreshment -bar, till at last
She frightened them into letting .her
have six of brandy. Then she be-
gan and told the girl all sorts of
tales about you, sir. --said she was
going back to London because she
was afraid that if she stopped here'
-you would murder her—and' that
you wore •her lawful' husband, and
that she world have a warrant out
against you, and I don't know what
all. I sat by there, and heard her
with my own ears."
"Did she—did.s'lie indeed?" said
Mr Quest, with an attempt at a
laugh. "Well,she's a common thief
and worse, that's what she is, and
by this time to -morrow I hope to
see -her safe in jail. Ah,here cofhes
the train. Good -night, Jones. I
can manage for myself now."
" What's his game ?'' ,said Jones
to himself as he watched his master
slip on to the platform through a
'gate instead of going through the,
• booking-oflico. "Well, I've hard four
quid out -of it, anyway, and it's no
affair of mine," and Jones went
home to tea.
Meanwhile Mr Quest was stand-
ing on the wet and desolate plat-
form quite away from the lamps,
watching the red lights of the ap-
proaching train come rushing on
through the storm and night. Pre-
sently the -train drew up. No pas-
sengers got out,
"Now, main, look sharp ifyou're
going," cried the porter, and the
woman Edith camp out of the re-
freshment -room. a •
"There's the tbird,for ward there,"
said the porter, going to the other
end to see about the packing away
of the mails.
' On she came, passing quite close
to Mr Quest, so close that lie could
hear her swearing at the incovility
of the porter. Thera was a third-
class carriage just opposite, and into
this she got. It was one of those
carriages which are still often to be
seen on provincial lines, in which
the partitions do not go up to thee
roof, and was, if possible, more vilely
lighted than usual. Indeed, the
light which should have illuminated
the after half of it had either never
been lit or had gone out. There
was not a soul in the whole length
of the carriage.
As soon as the Tiger was in Dir
Quest watched his opportunity, and,
slipping up to the dark carriage,
opened and shut the door as quietly
as possible, and took his seat in the
gloom.
The engine whistled, there was a
cry of "Right, forward!" and they
were off.
Presently he saw the woman
stand up in her compartment and
peep over into the gloom.
"Not a blessed soul," he heard
her mutter, "and yet I feel as
though that devil Billy was aroop-
ing about after mo. Ughl it must
bo the horrors. I can see the look
he gave mo now."
A few minutes later the train
stopped at a station, but nobody got
in, and presently it moved on again.
"Any passengers for Effry?"
shouted the porter, and there had
known as Belle Quest," Gennett he can put en end to himself at a
being Belle's maiden name, and ; blow.
initialled the correction. Next he Alr Quest rose and walked to the
gland ad. at the statement. It con- i door. Halting, he turned and look-
tained a full and fair account of his ed round the office in that peculiar
connection with the woman who fashion wherewith the eyes take
had ruined his life. "I may as well
leave it," he thought; "some day is
will show Belle that I was not quite
so bad as I seemed."
He replaced the statement in a
brief envelope, sealed and directed
it to Bello, and finally marked it,
"Not to be opened till my death.
W. Quest." Then he pati' the en-
,velope away in the safe and took
up the will for the same purpose.
-Next it, on the table, lay the deeds
executedF1,y Edward Cossey, trans-
ferring the Ilonhan) mortgages to
Mr Quest in consideration of bis
abstaining fioru the commencement
of a suitfor divorce in which he
proposed_ to join Edward Cossey as
correspondent. "Ali!" he thought
to himself, "that game is up. Belle
is not my legal wife,therefore I can-
not commence a suit against her in
which Cossey would figure as corres-
pondent, and• so the consideration
fails. I ail sorry for that, for I
should have liked him to Rise his
thirty thousand pounds as well as
his wife, but it can't be helped. It
was a game of bluff, and now that
'the bladder bas been pricked, I
haven't a leg to stand on."
' Then, taking a peri, he wrote on
a,:sheet of paper which he inserted
in the will,
"DEAR B,—Yon must return the Hon -
ham mortgages to Mr Edward Cossey.
As you are not my legal wife the con-
sideration upon which he transferred
them fails, andyou cannot hold then]
in equity, nor, I suppose, would you
vish
td do so, W. Q."
Having put all the papers away,
he shut tbe safe at the moment the
clerk whom be had deputed to
.watch the Tiger , knocked at the
door and entered,
"Well?" said his master.
"',Veli; sir, 1 watched the woman.
She stopped in the passage for a
minute. then George, Squire De la
Malle's mare, came and spoke to
her•. I got close, so as to hear
what he said, and he said 'You'd
better get out of th'is,' -
aWhere to?' she, answered' 'I'm
afraid.'
" 'Back to London,' he said, and
gave her a sovereign, and she got
1Ip \vit.l,out.a word and slunk off to
the stn',ion, followed by a mob of
people. 81se's in the refreshment -
room now, .but George sent word to
say that they ought rat to serve her
with any drink."
"Whet time does the next train
;o---7.15, duos it Pot?" said Dir
Quest.
"'i'es, Sir."
"Well, go bao,k to the station and
. }icer, an d'ye i:pon'that woman, and
when the tittle col.. ».‘:, get file a first -
;Ilea return tin'. -''t to London. I
;:hall go np re stall and give her in
charge ti ' ra , I t g t o i.s some .money,"
e
and ho ;:dcu Lila a 11ye-pound note;
"ancl I,.,,•l; I„ r i' L.es, you need
not cro,ltrli ,t :,,it t.;.' change."
"Timid( n . 'rir, I'm sure," said
ranee, t,, •'? of I, les s;tla•ry being a
guinea o weak, an which be sup-
ported a wit' Lnd fouily, a &aile f
lout pounds was stellar wealth.
"1)on't thank. me, but do as 1 tell
you. I will bo 'town at the station
at 7.10. Meet nu• outside and give,
me the tic]«e 'I'hnt, will do."
When Junta 1i, d gone Mr Quest,
tat down to think.
,;o it u' :s f r•r , tt ho had loosed
their adieu. Then, with a sigh, be
went.
]leaching his own house, he hesi-
tated whether or no to enter. Had
the news reached Belle? If so,
how was lie to face her ? Her
hands were not clean, indeed, but
at any rate she had no mock mar-
riage in her record, and her dislike
of him had been unconcealed
throughout. She had never wished
to tarry him, and -never for one
single ,lay regarded hint otherwise
than With aversion.
After reflection 'he 'turned and
went round ley the back way into
the' garden. The curtaius of the
French windows were drawn, but
it was a wet and windy night, and
the draught occasionally lifted the
edge of one of then, He crept like
a thief up to his own window and
looked in. The drawing -room was
lighted, and in a low chair by the
fire sat Belle. She was, as usual,
dressed in black, and to Mr Quest,
who loved her, and who knew that
he was about to bid farewell to the
sight of her, she looked more lovely
now than ever. A book lay open
on her %nee, and he noticed, not
without surprise, that it was a Bible.
'But she was not reading it, her
dimpled chin rested in her hand,
and her viulet eyes Were fixed on
vacancy, and even from where he
was he thought that he mild see
the tars in them.
She had heard nothing ; he was
sure of that from the expression of
her face'; she was thinking of her
own sorrows, not of his 'shame.
Yes, he would -go in, -
CHAPTER XXXVI.
HOW TILE DAME ,ENDED.,
DIr Quest entered the house by a
gide door, and, having taken off
'his hat anti coat, went into the
drawing -room- He had still half
an hour to share,before starting to
catch the train. v ' •
" Well," said • Belle, looking- up.
" Why are you so pale ?"
"Ihave 'had a trying day;' he
answered. " What have you been
doing?"
" Nothing in particular."
" Reading the Bible, I see."
" How do you know that 1" she
asked, coloring a little, for she had
thrown a newspaper over the book
whe she heard him coming in. "Yes,
.1 have been reading the I3ible.—
Don't you know that when every-
thing else in life has failed them,
women -generally take to religion?"
" Or drink," he put in. " Have
you seen ;1Ir Cossey lately ?"
"No. . Why do yoti ask that? I
thought we had agreed; to drop that
subject."
As a platter of fact it had not
been alluded to since Edwaid left
tbe house.
"You know that ?lis:i De la Molle
will not marry him after all."
" Yes; 1 know. She will not
marry him because won forced him
to give up the mortgages."
" You ought to be much obliged
to m.e. Are you not pleased 1" •
" No. 1 no longer care about
anything. ' I am tired of passion
and sin and failure. I caro for
nothing any more;," •
''It seems that • we have both
reached the same condition, by dif-
ferent roads." - •
this women , u l,'.ne and that 'was e ou?" she answered, looking up;
the reaming c.f 1,i, 3 ) nterious warn- ",it any rate you aro not tired of
ing3 IIow lea,) 1.,, fe•inc her) That Money, or you would not ,do what
111d not matter ho !lad found her, you have done to got it."
And in rieseige 1'ua the Action taken "I never cared for money itself,"
grlinsi_ Ole I )" 1 : 'merle family he In sail, "I only wanted money
gut,1 brut: ill, h , h, r'; to denounce that 1 might,he rich, and, therefore,
lint. 1a, 1l,1,1 1+„1, (1', ;erly managed respected.”
`.on, Mr I,,iel,t rrl','.'','ted to himself "And you think any means justi-
'hat he Simard never have given the foible so long as you get itl"
(tan ere it t•o the brains. Well, "1 thought so. Ido not think so
!!int lea., it'll..' r ln;g` 'If underrating' 110w."
people. "1 don't understand you to -night,
An I ,.) ,l,is v•as the end of all his William. It is time for rum to go
anpc. ;L'1:1'il1015,.-Oats and strug- to dress for dinner,"
gles. The story would be in every "Don't go just yet.' I'm leaving
paper in England Lafora another ill a minute."
twenty-four hones were over, head -1 "Leaving? Where for?"
041 "!.enark-ai,le reale-ranee at Bois - "London; I have to go up to -night
ingliam Qtarte' Sesigns—•Alleged ' about some business."
bigamy of a Solicitor." No doubt, "Indeed; when are you coming
too,thotrcasnrywonl,l take it upend back?"
uifltitute;L1'r se:u1ton. ThisIwasithe "I don't quite know—tomorrow,
end of his strivings after respecta- perhaps. I wonder, Belle,"he'went
bility and the wealth that brings it. on, his voice shaking a little, "if
Ha had oven nacaie,l himself. He you will always think as badly of
had pluttcd 1+n•1 schemed, and hard- me as you do now."
one(' his heart against the De la "1"1" she said, opening her eyes
Molle family, .and fate had made "who ant I. that I should judge you.
use of Lis s'Preess to destroy him.' however bad you may be, I am
in another few r.;onths ho had. ex- worse."
pester] to be light to leave this risco "Perhaps there aro excuses to ho
a wealthy and respected man—and ma le for both of ns," 11e said; "per-
eow, lie laid his head upon the haps, after all, there is no such
table and reviewed his past life— thing as free-will, and we are noth-
tracing it from year to year, and ing but pawns moved by a higher
seeing how the shadow of this ac• power. Who knows? But I will
ursed woman hal haunted him, not keep you any longer, Good -by.
bringing disgrace end terror and Belle--"
mental ng,)l,y will+ it—making his! "Yes."
•
rein Cry fo t'itcher'8 Gastoria-
stop at Effry thele would be no lean, hands were'gripping his wind -
stoppage for forty minutes. Now
was bis time. He waited a little
till they had got up the speed. The
line here ran through miles and
miles of fen country, more or less
drained by dikes and rivers,but still
wild and• desolate enough. Over
this great fiat the storm was sweep-
ing furiously—even drowt ing in its
turmoil the noise of the travelling
train.
Very quietly he rose and climbe l
over the low partition which separ-
ated his compartment from that in
which the woman was. She was
seated in the corner, her head back,
so that the feeble light from the
lamp fell on it, and her,eyes were
closed.
He slid Limself along the seat till
he was opposite her, and then he
paused and looked at the fierce,
wicked face on which drink and
paint and yeat'a of evil -thinking and
living had left'their marks, looked
at the talon -like hands and the long
yellowish teeth, and the half -dyed
hair hanging in tags beneath the
gaudy bonnet of peacock feathers,
and shuddered. There was his bad of which the foregoing is a record
genius, there was the creature who had echoed through all the land.
had driven him from evil to evil and Numberless articles and paragraphs
finally destroyed him. Had it not bad been written in numberless
papers, and numberless theories had
been built upon them. But the
echoes were already beginning to
die away. Both the actors in the
dim event were dead, and there was
no pending trial to keep the public
interest alive.
The two bodies, still linked in
that fierce dying grip, had been
picked up upon a muclbank. An
inquest had been held, at which an
open verdict had been returned, and
they had been buried. Other tra-
gedies had occurred, the papers
were filled with the reports of a
noted and remarkably full•flaaered
divorce case, and the affair of the
country lawyer who had committed
bigamy and together with his law-
ful wife come to a tragic and nips•
terious end began to be forgotten.
In Boisinghaiu and its neighbor-
hood much sympathy was shown
with Belle, whom people still called
Mrs Quest, thou"h she had no ttlte
pipe before he knew that it had
been made. Back she bore him,
though he seized her round the
waist. She was the heavier of the
two, and back they went, crash
agair.st the carriage -door.
It gavel Oh, God, the catch gave!
Out together, out with a yell of
despair Trite the night and the rag-
ing gale, down together through
sixty feet of space into the black
river beneath. Down together,deep
into the watery depths—down into
the abyss of death.
The train rushed on, the wild
winds blew, and the uight was as
the night had been. But there in
the black water, though there was
never a star to see them,there, lock-
ed together in death as they had
been locked together in life, the
fierce glare of hate and terror yet
staring in their glized eyes, two
bodies rolled over. and over as they
sped silently towards the sea.
CHAPTER XXXVII.
SISTER AONES.
Tendays had passed. The tragedy
been for her he might have been a
good and respected man, and not
"what he was now, a fraudulent,ruin
ed outcast. All his life seemed to
flash before his inner eye in those
few seconds of conteniplation,all the
long weary years of struggle and
crime and deceit. ' And this was
the end of it, and there was the
cause of it. Well, she should not
escape hitn, he would be revenged
upon her at last. There was noth-
ing but death before him,she should
die too.
He set his teeth and drew the
loaded pistol from his pocket and
cocked it and lifted it to her breast.
What was the matte' with the
thing? lie had never known the
pull of a pistol to be so heavy be-
fore.
No it was dot that. He could
not . do. it, He could not shoot a
sleeping, woman, devil though, she
was; he could not kill her in her
sleep. His nature rose up against to that name; but she received it
it. coldly and kept herself secluded.
He placed the pistol on his knee,) — As soon as her 'supposed busy
and as he did eo she opened her
eves. He saw the look of wonder
gather in them and grow to a stare
of agonized terror. Her face be-
came rigid like a dead person's, and
her lips opened to scream, but no
sound came. She co;Ild only point
to the pistol,
"Make a sound and you aro dead,"
he said, fiercely. "Not that it mat-
ters though," he added, as he 're-
membered that the scream mast be
loud that could .be. heard in that
raging gale.
'"What are you going to do?" she
gasped at last.- "What are Yeti go-
ing to do with that pistol. And
where .do you come fronn?"
"T come out of the' night;' he
answered, raising the- weapon, "out
of the night into which you are go•
ing. '
"You are not going to kill me?"
she moaned, turning up her ghastly
face. "I can't` die. I'm afraid to
die, It will hurt, and I've been
wicked. Oh, you are not going to
kill me, are you?"
"Yes, I ant going to kill you," he
answered. "I told you months ago
that I would kill you if you molest-
ed me. You have ruined me now,
there is nothing but death left for
me, and you shall die too, you
fiend."
"On, uo! no! no! anything but
that. 1 was drunk when I did it;
that man brought me t1,lere, and
they had takeu all my things, and
I was starving," and she glanced
wildly round the empty carriage to
see if help cold be found, bat there
was none, She was along with her
fate.
• She slipped down upon the floor
"of the carriage and clasped his
knees. Writhing in terror there
upon the ground, in hoarse accents
she begged and prayed for mercy.
"You used to kiss me," she said;
"you cannot kill a woman you used
to kiss years ago. ()h, spare rne,,
spare me!"
Ile set this lips and placed tho
muzzle of, trio, histol against her
head, and at the I"ontact she shiver-
ed and her teeth ?)erran to chatter,
Ile could not do it, He must let
her go, and leave her to iter fate.
After all, she °could hurt hiu4 no
more, for before another sun bad
set be would bo beyond her reach.
His pistol band fell against his
side and he looked down with loath-
ing not unrnixedewith pity at the
abject human snake which was
writhing at his feet.
eye, caught his an 1 her fac-
ultiei, sharpened by the imminent
peril, read relentment there. For
to I was so
the moment at any ra re
ened. If she could master him now
while ho was off his guard—he was
not a very strong man. But the
pistol—
Slowly, still groaning out suppli-
cations, she rose to her•feet.
"Yes," he said, "be quiet while I
think if I can spare you," and he
half turned his head away from her.
And for a moment nothing was
heard but ,the rush of the gale and
the roll of the wheels running Over
and under bridges.
This was her opportunity. All
her natural ferocity arose 'within
her, intensified a hundred times by
the instinct of self-protection. With
a sadden blow she struck the pistol
from his hand, and it fell upon the
Iloo' of' the carriage. And thon,with
a, frightful yell, she sprang like a
wild cat' straight at his throat. So
been no response. If they did not sudden was the attack that the long,
gtriiidrnrt 4(:a'1►1ot • Pitcher's Cri tor'ia,
•
band's deatli was beyond a doubt,
Belle had opened his safe (for he
had left his keys on his-. dressing -
table), and found therein his will
and others papers, including the
mortgage deeds, to which, as Mr
Quest's endorsement on his will ad-
vised her, she had no claim. Nor,
indeed,'ltad her right to them been
good 'in law, would she have -re-
tainea- them, seeing that they weie
a price wrung from her• late lover
under threat ocf aa1 action that Could
not bo brought.
So`s'he made them into a parcel
and" -saint them; together'' with a
formal note' of explanation, to Ed-
ward Cossey, -greatly wondering in
her heart what course ho would
take with reference to them. She
was not long in doubt. The receipt
of his deeds was acknowledged, and
three days afterwards she heard that
a notice calling in the borrowed
money had been served upon Mr
De la DIolle on behalf of Edward
cossoy.
When Baby waa sick, we gave her Castor*
When she was a Child, she cried for Cwtgria,
When she became Mips, she clung to °motorist,
When she had Children, she gave thorn Castori8
TO BE CONTINUED. •
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and Dispensaries, New York. Coroner for
the County of Huron, Baylleld, Ont.
12 W. WrI.LIAMS, B. A„ M. D., GRADU-
18 ATP, Of ro.r41n11, Uuivorslty; member of
the cortege of Physicians and Surgeons,
Ont. OFFica: k Res11,ENCE the house for-
meriy occupied by Dr Reeve, Albert Street
Clintab.
DR woRTHINuroN, — PHYSICIAN,
Surgeon, Accoecher, Li&5ntiate of the
College of Physicians, and Snrgeens of
Lower Canada. .and Provincial Licentiate
and Coroner for the County of Huron. Of -
fico and rositlonco,—Tho building formerly
occupied by MrTbwaites, Huron Street.
Clinton, Jana°, 1871.
elHARI.ES F. M. McGREGOR, VETER-
lJ i5Anv' Physician and Surgeon. Honor-
aryMomber of Ontario Veterinary Medical
Society. Treats all diseases of domoatic0ted
animals: Veterinary dentistry a specialty—
Charges moderato. Oilieo, one door east -of
the News -Record Printing aloe, Clinton
JE. IILACKALL, VETERINARY SUIt-
• moON, Honorary Graduate of the Ontario
Veterinary College. Treats all disoasos of
domesticated animals on the most modern
and scienti0e principles. Office — itnmedi•
ately west of tho Royal Hotel, Residence—
Albert St., Clinton, Calls night or day at-
tended to promptly.
D1t7. ELL & GUNN.
t W. Gunn, M.D., L. it,
C,P , Edinburgh, 1, rt,
I •aI h1 -
i1. it, Elliot, M. D.,
1 Jt.C.'1'„ i,dlnhurgh,
1',.11,0.6,. Edinburgh,
Licentiate of the Mid-
w•it'e1•y, Edinburgh.
Office et itroeMleld.
ecntiate of the airier•
wife•y,Edin. Ofncc,on
corner of Ontario and
William Ste., CliutOn
(t
FiNER THAN EVER.
SEE
T.
B.
IN BRONZE ON
EACH PLUG AND PACKAGE
IAre taking the lead in Gristing and Chop-
ping, which will be done at all times, on the
shortest notice. CHOPPING only 5 cents, a
bag, Give us a trial, aid you will be con-
vinced that this is the right place to get your
'Gristing done, ae everyone gets the dour
manufactured from his own wheat. Farm-
ers can depend on getting their stuff home
with them,
FLOUR kern FEED.—Flour and feed kept
constantly on hand,
D. B. McLEAN, Happen Mills:
ntto
a al EL
I,IJ
KIPPEN MILLS
G. H. COOK,
Licentiate of. Dental Surgery, Honor Gradu
ate of the Toronto School of Dentistry,
Nitrous Oxide Gas administered for the
painless extraction of teeth.
Office over Jackson's Clothing Store, neat
to Post Otlice, Clinton.
Cr Night bell answered 15'
MONEY! MONY f MONEY I
We can make a few good loans from private
funds at low rates and moderate expanse.
Terms made to suit borrowers.
MANNING & SCOTT, - Clinton
E. KEEFER,
DENTIST,
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NuRFOLK VILLA, 137 COLLEGE STREaT
TORONTO.
5.. WILSON
GENERAL' DEALER IN TINWARE,.
. HURON STREET,'CLINTON.
Repairng of all kinds promptly attended td.
reasons:Me rates. A trial solicited.
BIBLES & TESTAMENTSAT COST
The Clinton Branch Bible' Society nave for
Salo at DR WORTHINGTO:d'S DRUG
STORE, Albert Street..a tine assortment of
Bibles and Testaments.
TESTAMENTS FROM 8cts. UPWARDa
BIBLES FROST 25cts UPWARDS.
COME AND SEE. DR WORTHINGTON, De-
pository.
J. T. WILKIE, SURGEON, DENTIST
Holds the exclusive right for the county for
the Hurd process of administering chemi-
cally pure Nitrogen Monoxide, which is the
safest and best system yet discovered for
the painless extraction of teeth. Charges
moderate, satisfaction guaranteed. Office,
ELLIOTT'S BLOCK, over Ranco'S Tailor
Shop, Huron Street,^.11nton•.
EXHAUSTED - VITALITY.
r11HE SCIENCE of Lilo
the great Medical
Work of the ago on Man-
-hood, Nervous and Physi-
cal Debility, Premature
Decline, Errors of Youth'
and the untoldmiseries
consequent thereon, 300 •
pages 8 vol., 125 prescrip-
tions for all diseases.—
Cloth, full gilt, only SI, by mail, sealed. I1-
lustrated,ga mlipleseree to all young and niiil-
dleaged nate. Feud now, Tho Gold and
Jewelled Medal awarded to the author by
the National Medical Association; Address
P.O. Box 1895, Boston, Mass., or Dr- W. H.
PARKER, graduate of Harvard Medical Col-
lege, 25 years practice in Boston, who may
be consulted confidentially. Specialty, Dis-
ease of Man. Office, No. 4 Bul8nch St.
The Molsons Bank.
Incorporated by Act of Parliament, 1855:
CAPITAL, - - $2,000,000.
REST FUND, - $1,000,000
HEAD OFFICE, MONTREAL.
THOMAS WORKMAN,, President.
J. H. 11, MOLSON.--,...,Vice-Pres-
F. WOLFERSTAN THOMAS, General Manager
Notes disconded,Collections made,Drafts
i.se.ied, Sterling and American ex-
ctange bocght.and sold at lowest
current rates. -
1ntetest at 3 per cent allowed on deposit,,
FA. R,D1iCIZs-
Money advanced to farmers on their own notes
with one or more endorsers. No mortgage re-
quired as security.
Ii. C. BREWER, Manager,
January. 1887. Clinton
Clinton Post Office Time Table
Mail: are due for delivery and close for despatch
. at the Clinton fast Office as follows
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CLOSE. 1n'e
Ilnnmilton, Toronto • t. —t.• -_.
ford, Soaforth Grand
Trunk east an interme-
diate offices 7.00 a.11. 1.50 p.m
Toronto, Strati() 1, Sca-
forth, T. and S. set-- 1,55 min. 5 1.re
Goderich, Holmes' le and
Grand Trunk west 1
Goderich, 8,45
Hamilton, Toronto, .... 4,15
London, L., II, & B, south a.m:
and intermediate offices 7.00
Bleth, Wingham, 13Meer-
dine, Lucknow, L.,H,sCf3.
north and intermediate
ntfices
British mails, Monday,Wcd•
nosday, Thursday
Bayfield, Varna, Herbison,
daily
p.n1.' 5,10 a,m
p.m.' 2,40 p.m
p.m.' 10.25 0,1)1
p.m, a.m, p,m
4,15 10.25 7.3)0
a.m. p no. a.m. p.m
9.30 6.15, 8.10 5,00
7.00 a.m.'
2.30 p.m, I2.4'5p.m.
Summerhill, 'Tuesday and
Friday, 5.30 p.01.1 5.30 p.m
Money Order, issued and Deposits received from
one dollar to wank.
arose boors from 8 1.110, to 7 p,101.
Savie.;s (tank and 5100053 Order thrice 01065
at 6.30 p.m.
THOMAS FAIR, Pustnuds(er,
Clinton, April 20, 1880, - - —
HURON AND BRUCE
Loan & Investment Co'y
This Company is Loaning Money or
Farm Security at Lowest Rales of
Interest.
MORTGAGES^ PURCHASEI
SAVINGS BANK BRANCH.
3, ¢ and 6 per Cent. Interest Allowed
on Deposits,according to amount
and time left. 1
OFFiCI-i—Corner of Market Square and North S
HORACE HOIRTON,
h1ANAGRR.
Goderich, Auitust 5th 1885
J.
BIDDLECOMBE.
Watch & Clack Maker
JEW ELLE ft, &c.,
OPPOSITE THE MARKET SQUAitE, Clinton.
where he keoPn a /sled assortment of4,
Watches,}} Clocks, Jewellery
Silverware.
Which wn will sell at f(asonableiat.+s.
ilepolring of ecCry rieseriptlen promptly
ntTRntrd to, and gilwork warranted.
l, I31it)LE12051BE.
Clintml Not ISIP.
OLINTOE MECHANIC'S INSTITUTE, -
Library and Reading Rooms, Town
Hall, down stairs. , About 9,000 volumed,
in the Library and all the Leading New,
papers and Periodicals of the day on the
table. Membership ticket 81 per annum
Open from 2 to 5 p m„ and from 7 to 9 p.
M. Applications for membership received
oy the Librarian in the room.
BENM(LLER NURSERY
FRUIT AND ORNAMENTAL TREE;
NORWAY SPRUCE, SCOTCH
AND ASTRACHAN FINE,
VIE LATTER OF WELCH WE BURR A SPECIALTY.
LARGE STOCK ON IIAND —
The above ornamental trees and shrubbery tv1
he sold at very low prices, and those wantin
anything in this connection will save atone
purchasing here.
Orders by Mail will be promptly attend
ed to. Address,
JOHN STEWART, Benmiller.
IYIcKillop Icslrancc Co.
T NEILANS, ..HARd.00K
GENERAL AGENT.
Isolated town and village property, as well
as farm buildingsandstock, iusurod. Insur-
ances effected against stock that may be
killed by lightning, If you leant insurance
drop a card to the above address.
PAINTING. PAINTING.
Tho undersigneddesiret to intimate to the
people of Clinton and vicinity that he has
returned to town, and intends to remain
here pe manently, and isbetter prepared
than ever to do anything whatever in the
painting or paper hanging line. All orders
entrusted to hire will receive prompt and
careful attention.
GEORGE POTTS, Kirk St., Clinton.
J. C. STEVENSO\
—THE LEADING—
UNDERTAKER
—AND--
EMBALMER.
ANP—EMBALMER.
A FULL LINE OP
GOODS KEPT ill STOCK
The bestEmbalming Fluid used
gp1endid Hearse.
ALBERT ST.,CLINTON;
Residence over store.
OPPOSITE TOWN HALL
FARRAN & TISDALL
BANKERS,
CLINTON. Sal' N A-'
Advances made to farmers on their own
notes, at low rates of interest.
A general Banking Business transacted
Interest allowed on deposits.
Salo Notes bought •
5. 1'. TISDALL, Manager.
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RICHLY Bewailed are those who read
this and then get; they will ffud'
honorable employment that will not take
then from their homes and families. Tho
profits aro largo aid sure for every industri-
ous person, many have made and aro now
waking scvOcal hundreddollars a 010,1511, I!
is easy for any person to make 08 per day
and upwards,who in willing to work. Eithe
sexy dung or old; capital not neoded,westar
you. Everything now. No special ability
required; you, resder.ean do it as woll as any
one, Write to us at once for full particulars
which we trail free. Address Stinson & Co
Portland, Maine,
CL.rN'I'OINT
Planing Mill
—AND.--
DR,Y KILN"
I11HE SUBSCRIBER HAViNG JUST COM,
Mute and furnished his new Planing Mil
with machinery of the latest Improved patterns
is now prepared to attend to ail orders in his
line Inthe .nest prompt and satisfactory manner
and at reasonable rates. He would also return
thanks to all In% patronized the old in before
they worn burned out, and now being Ina bet.
ter position to execute orders expeditiously
feels confident he can give satisfaction to all.
FACTORY—Wear the Grand Trun
Railway, Clinton:
THOMAS MaicEN7,1R
ROBERT DOWNS,
CLINTON,
Man,,facturor and Proprietor for the hest Row
Mitt Door in use. Agent for the sato and
apptdcatinn of the rtarFisii P,R PATENT Ai'TnsATIo
BOILER CLEANER. STEAM FITTINGS furnished
and applied on sh-irt notice.
Millers, Engines, and all kinds of
Machinery repaired Prpeditlongly
and tat a satisfactory manriOr.
Farm inl31610-fts manufactured and repaired,
Steam and Water Pipes furnished and put In
pnsitien. Dry Kilns fitted tip on application
Charges moderate