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The Clinton New Era, 1890-01-10, Page 24,UT101f. p>r. Ff 4 PJaiac' ," gTc. cQIfTINUED, "But not 0444, surly! crxtld She haskilywrote a few lines in Xialtrfr,, , "Sister Anna, is not fit tai pencil upon scrap of paper—the go ;out In the night air, even sup only available writing materials th'e ping it did not rain." house afforded.• 'Mite rain will do pee no harm ,° ,,n not come away without see- Xm ra and the woman needs me." .c"$he must wait until morning," ing him," she said. "Give it into ¥ar�garet said, with quiet decision. his own hands. Even if he cannot will see that everything needful come at once, he will tell you what ie sent her. If you are better in I to do, and send Proper medicine." ,the morning, you shall go, Anna; She sat down beside the sick wo- ''7if`fiot, either Laura or myself will man when he had departed, and go in your stead." took from her pocket the little book "But indeed, Margaret," Sister which always accompanied her now -.Ana pleaded, "I could not rest wherever she might go; but she only content « to send such a message read a few lines, and then the book . lust dropped into her lap, and her thio While I am really able tq go. ''think of the poor woman, sick and white hauds folded themselves over `sorrowing. and no one tq render her it. There came again to her face the the least assistance!" expression it bad worn earlier in the evening, in the pretty drawing "There are neighbors." room of Greystone House—an ex— "True, but the poor know so little of nursing and of the proper reme- dies for sickness. I must go." "Indeed you must not, Sister ,Anna—either Laura or I will go." "Not so; I cannot be happy if you forbid my going," hilia' slf; alai iti is WS- triie_ive. g to any other without rat), At the h But ytch ODS. t n1 ee ' ; teles •bee, 'low — elle MA, xl�deckl ,... ,gives ou. six note to, •take to Doctor Dent n: l e >4s 1, iss 'i aiyl• lens 0104 '1041 atteud: ti he will • come if 1 sand for hini. It was hard to r silt her earnest pleading, hard to esist those sweet blue eyes and th clinging fingers. rgaret Haller* turned to her sis- leith a little gesture of despair. hat am I to say?" she asked. , k'pan put on thick boots and „golosiies," Sister Anna urged, "and wrap myself warmly, and keep off the rain with a waterproof cloak.— I shall take no harm, Margaret. It ...wi11 do me more injury to remain here, knowiug that the poor woman needs my presence, than to go." "The man bas brought a lantern," Jane remarked; "he says that th' river is rising fast, and that he is Y_ afraid there will be a flood." "I hope not, I can just remetnI•er pte the last, and the ruin and desolation it brought with it," Margaret Hallen -cried, in evident alarm. "The de- vastation at C'edarbourne was some- thing frightful." "That reminds me," remarked Laura, "that it is some days since we saw any one from Cedarbourne. 'ope that nothing is wrong." ope not; we will call to -mor - Jane, you may put a few together for Adams to take with him. I suppose, Sister a, you are quite resolved to go?" But Sister Anna had left t a room. Presently, however, she '.' came in, cloaked and veiled. "I cannot bear the thought of your going out, and in such a night!" Margaret Hallen said to her. "] t ,:..appears something like standing ;!• quietly by while another commits suicide." "I shall take no hurt," Sister Anna assured hen "Thank you, k; • the ugh, a thousand times for your x\'' ilaie and solicitude." *. She bade them good night, and ,`',then went out and joined the man Adams, and together the two step-„ ped out of that warm, well lit house into the • -darkness of the winter ',,h"t -into the beating, driving ain, and the wailing, soughing wind. CHAPTER XLIV. _.Xliti•^rfi°gl�t was miserable in the xtreme; -and bitterly cold, and the ,eating rain and pi@rcing wind pene- rated even the tiick wraps with hich Sister 4nna had enveloped erself, bringing on the deep, hol- ow, racking cough which had so ;% excited the fears of Margaret Hal- '• len. Sister Anna found, too, that ';she h.vri estimated her powers of trength and endurance too highly. ',Again and again she thought she •must sink down by the roadside, and again and again the man Adams f! expressed the regret which he felt ;,;:;for 1- sing the cause of bringing her ,„•out r, such a state and on such a ry `,,night. "But to all -his words of rough r sympathy she returned gentle,cheery :answers, all the time pressing on- ard with footsteps which, if they wallies faltered, were yet brave, nd had no thought of turning.— And at last the Closes are reached. For a few moments Sister Anna ;,remained exhau d upon a chair— `Or a few mounts strength and ;couage, and firm purpose of will, see ed to have deserted her—she felt weak, so utterly, hope'leiisly, bel I se'y weak. kettle was singing upon the ; and a cheerful little fire was ning in the grate, and the man, full of concern, hastily prepared a cup of tea. She drank it eagerly `...she was grateful for the simple, refreshing stimulant. . A neighbor rd been in�durin the mans ab• gnee, rendering what little assist - 2, she could. Thepoor, scantily- , 'furnished room was cean and tidy; stile children were in bed; nothing '•otnained for Sister Anna to do but „: be nurse and watch beside the sick woman. o Presently she arose from r seat, strengthened and cheered b r the warm tea, and, laying aside r `Tier bonnet and waterproof cloak, She Went upstairs. The woman was in a' heavy umber now, but Anna . .. need eyes saw front the flu: il, lverish face that therhelp than hero would be need - here. dams,” she said, quietly, "have oti had the doctor?” The man had follo wed her into sielt room, and now stood beside bedy looking down with hopeless Upon the form lying thereon. Via," a," ho replied. "The parish masa only to Ini'd'nigllt! lght SisterAnna's foot.. ie quicker, Dlt-^014. • The light feotiltepo reamed scar l • to, touch:.thet; crud ee ;deet and rapid were their fotign, On . rani• r -in spite of raalfing.cough and short, labored,gasping breath --in spite of piercing wind and pelting, drenching, pitiless , rain 1 On -•°--on! 0 toiling, earnest brave heart, with flail and fading bodyl Not for a moment did she halt 9r linger. She was without the town now, on the road leading to Cedar - bourne. Hers was not the only f':et, by hundreds, that had trod that road at a late hour upon this night of wind and rain and darkness. "I, * if if * Sister Ann% had reached Cedar - bourne. On through the lodge -gate she presses, without a moment's thought or hesitation. Through the portal which she has never before passed, and down the long carriage drive, her fleet, rapid, light feet bear her. What is that which she hears— pression of peaceful dreaminess, of I which she sees ? She bears the din sweet restfulness. f and clamor of many coarse, Marsh, brutal voices; she sees the flash of many lights. Ah, dear Heaven, have pity! Too late—too late! Yet she presses onward! Now she stands within sight of the house, from nearly every win- dow of which lights are gleaming and flashing—gleaming and flashing upon hundreds of upturned faces— faces degraded and brutalized by low, bad, wicked passions. Sudden- ly the loud clamor and cry of many voices cease, and one is heard to speak in a hoarse vehement shout. She pauses for a moment to listen. "The first who attempts to leave the house is a dead man!" That is what the hoarse, strained, vehement voise asserts; and they who stand around the speaker shout their ap- proval. There follows then a shower of stones and othitr missiles, and a great noise as of the crash of break- ing glass. The woman still slept that deep, heavy sleep. At present she need- ed no attention from Sister Anna; and so in that dreamy, peaceful restfulness the moments lengthened into hours all unheeded by her. She was warm and comfortable enough, for a little fire had been kindled here as below, and she still retained one of her warm wrappers. Without were the rain and storm and driving wind, and dense black darkness. Sister Anna thought of many things as she sat there during that lonely night -watch, but through them all—as a thread of silk in a cotton fabric—ran the words upon the old tombstone. One, two, three, four, five, six, seven. eight, nine, ten, eleven. Eleven! It could not be possible; and yet such was the hour which tfte deep toned bell from a church hard by proclaimed. Eleven! Ah, no, surely sit,, must have been mis- taken! If it were eleven, Adams must have been absent two hours, and that was not probable; other clocks would be striking presently —she would count carefully every stroke. Eleven! Eleven! There was no mistake, it was eleven; and Sister Anna began to wonder what detained the husband of the sick woman—why he tarried upon his errand. And still the rain fell in tor ents, and the cold, gusty wind urned and wailed. recently the woman moved; with a feverish tossing of the arms she disarranged the bed -clothes, and awoke, but not to consciousness. "Water, water!" she cried. Sister Anna went to a jug stand. ing upon a small table beside the bed, but it was empty. She won- dered not a little at her own thoughtlessness in forgetting to see to tbs replenishing of the pitcher, as she groped her way downstairs and through the small, dark out- house to the pump. There was not a nook or corner in the whole of the houses in that poor, close, wretched street that Sister Anna did not know; her years of labor amongst the poor of King's Minster had made her so thoroughly conversant with their customs and habits. 'Ihe pump was not a dozen yards from the back door; yet the pitiless rain and searching wind made ex- posure to the open air a thing not to be desired; the woman in the room above kept repeating, with a loud, moaning cry, "Water, water!" nev- ertheless a full` quarter of an hour had elapsed before Sister Anna— usually the most tender and atten- tive of nurses—returned to the house—a full quarter of an hour; and even then she did not respond at once to the pitiful cry, and satis- fy the craving, burning thirst of the sick woman. She Set the jug upon the table and stood before the hand- ful of fire which gleamed so brightly in the little grate. The firelight shone upon .a white, scared fade, from which all peace and restfulness had vanished—a face full of terror and pain, strangely mixed with doubt and perplexity—upon hands clenched together tightly, almost to pain. She stood so for a few moments, so absorbed by her own thoughts that she appeared entirely unmind- ful of aught else besid@;, until an- other cry from thewoman, louder and more fretful 'than any that had preceded it, aroused her. She moved to the bedside and held wa- ter to the parched lips, and bathed the hot hands, and laid cold, wet cloths upon the burning forehead; but Sister Anna moved mechani— cally, and the expression of her fea- tures never altered. Suddenly she appeared to have formed some firm resolve; although her face had lost none of its pain and terror, yet the doubt and per. plexity gave place to decision.— Without another glance at the wo- man, whose plaintive cries had ceased, and who had again sunk in- to heavy cumber, she turned from the bed aild left the room. She went downstairs, snatched up her bonnet free) the table where she had laid it upon ber arrival, and tied its strings and adjusted her thick veil with fingers which trem- bled with eager, nervous, excited haste; she threw her warm cloak hurriedly about her, and then she opened the front door of the house and stepped out. From the church hard by the olook proclaimed the hour of night. It was a quarter to "There he stands," shouts another voice, evidently that of a wornan— "the white -headed enemy of the poor!" The words are caught up by a hundred voices; they swell into a deep, bitter, vindictive chorus. "The enemy of the poor!" "The persecutor and oppressor!" "The man who has brought fa- mine and fever upon us.In "Corse him! Curse him!". The woman who has journeyed hither with so fleet a foot—Sister Anna—entertains no thought of turning away; she draws still nearer to the house, her eyes ing the direction of the ed hands and upturned faces until they rest upon the balcony of one of the upper windows. • Philip Rainsforth is up- on it, his face calm and unyielding, standing out, clearly from the light in,the room behind. "What want you? What do you here?" he demands; as the voices die away. Clearand distinct falls his speech, forming a strange contrast to the Rebel of sounds which has preceded it. Again a hundred voices are borne to him upon the night air. "We want justice and we will have it! We want work for our- selves and bread for our- children!" "It is your own fault that work and food are scarce among you." "It's a lie! Who brought a lot cf new inventions among us that we could not understand? Who robbed us of our work and gave it into strange hands? Philip Rainsforth —curse him!" "Your trouble and poverty are of your own seeking." Then there arises a derisive yell, and again there comes a shower of stones followed by a crash of'glass. "What we want"—and the loud, coarse tones of him who has first spoken again rise above those of his fellows—"and what we intend hav- ing is fair play, and we sha'n't move until you have promised it l We want works for ourselves, as it was in old master Ralph Barton's time, without newfangled inventions or or machinery ! We want the strangers sent away out of out town, and those of our fellow work -hands whom you have sent to prison re— leased ; and then we will come back to the factory and serve you ytiell and faithfully. That's what we want!" And with a great cry his words were echoed—"That's what we want!" "And suppose I refuse?" "Then we shall take the law into our own hands, and you'll repent it!" There is a great hushed silence, a silence of breathless expectation, lasting for the space of about a min- ute, and then Philip Rainsforth s answer is given to them. "I do refuse," clearly and un- hesitatingly; "I moat decidedly re- fuse to comply with your demands." Another yell follows his words— a yell of rage and disappointment, mingled with groans and hisses. "We will burn down your fac- tory!" comes the cry of many voices, but speaking as one man. "You will repent it." "We give you one more chance," shouts the one who has before at. tempted to dictate terms. "We give you five minutes to consider if you'll agree to do what we want!" Calm, firm, and immovable, Phil- ip Rainsforth stands in the sight of the raging mob—in the sight of Sis- ter Anna; calm and quiet and firm are the tones in which be makes them answer. "I need no time to reconsider my Children Om for toad*. ?'Irl'use to li;bsn ." - • • k 'A Mr ian t1i a the conaequenc lI Ye1low•work , ,bat shall berdone to the latah''loge heart''* $ et000x who I - *OW lx �ef . lis r qi{e�( A .ten to ot} for ru!ltice, who lecke quietly Oil While circ' wives and .children die of starvvaationaround uli,wlfo hits` cwn rich.; through our sufferings, and gloats over our misery—whet shall be clone with, hirci" 'The voices rise with a mighty shriek of fury. ~"Kill hunt Let him die if we hang for itl" There comes a faint cry—*the cry of a woman—but it passes all un- noticed by that crowd of people, blinded and maddened by their pas- sionate fury. A slight form forces its way through that infuriated mob, gasping and panting with every step; only those with whom it comes in immediate contact notice it, and once a familiar voice is heard to speak. "It is one of the 'Little Sisters,'" the voice says; and Sister Anna knows that it belongs to a man whom she has nursed through a tedious and dangeroud illness.— But she never pauses, she pushes her way through the tarong until she reaches the steps leading to th principal entrance of the house. "Set fire to the house?" "Burn it to the ground!" She ascends the steps; she stands beneath the great heavy portico, between the massive stone pillars; she has thrown the thick, conceal- ing veil—little cares she now if the whole world should see and recog- nize her; her eyes glitter with a strange, gleaming fire, her face is flushed, her hands are clasped and uplifted before ,her. The many lights gleaming from the windows of the house fall full upon her, and reveal plainly both face and form. The hissing and groaning and shouting die away; to the Babel of sounds succeeds intense quietness; a groat solemn hush falls upon the multitude. And in this hush, this breathless silence, Sister Anna, speaks. "People of King's Minster," she says—and hor voice, clear and piercing, reaches even to those farthest from her—"people of King's Minster, among whom I have work- ed and labored, whose interests and joys and sorrows I have made my own, whom I have loved to serve in season and out of season, what do you here?" • e Not a voice is uplifted to answer that piercing, indignant, passionate inquiry, but a murmur passes from mouth to mouth, "It is the Sister Anna—Heaven bless her!" "What do you here," she repeats, "and for what purpose are you come? Is it utter ruin and destruction for yourselves and for your families that you seek?" But again silence alone answers her. "Why have you congregated to- gether as a band of midnight ma— raudet•a, and, like cowards, stolen upon an undefended and -unprotected house in the silence and darkness of the night, when no help is near?" Still again, when her voice ceases, there is not a sound to be heard.— All is silenco—utter silence. "Did you think," she continues, "that in the shadows and darkness •your actions would pass unnoticed —that no eye could see you, not a voice be raised against you? Have you forgotten the Eye which neithelr slumbers nor sleeps, which perceives your every thought and deed, and will surely puninsh violence and wrong?" The crowd stand before her as if spell-boand, tongue-tied. Every eye is riveted upon the fi'veet, eager, flushed face, which is grand and beautiful in its excited solemn ear- nestness; every ear is strained to catch her words. But the flushed face grows very white; the hands which were before uplifted are press- ed to her side with a convulsive movement, and Sister Anna leans as though for support against one of the great atone pillars. Philip Rainsforth has listened to her every word as though fascinated into forgetfulness of everything in the world beside that voice. He can hear it distinctly; but the por tico partly conceals the figure, and the face is turned away from him; still he sees that staggering, faint- ing movement. He leans over the balcony. "Sister Anna," he cries, "come inside, and take some rest. We will contrive to admit thee." With an effort she stands upright, and, turning round, raises her white, beautiful face. The light falls full upon it; Philip Rainsforth sees it plainly. Sister Anna's lips move, but her words do not reach him. And at the sound of the voice of the man they hate the people cast aside the spell which has bound them—the spell of a weak, fragile woman's voice, and the cries and clamor break forth afresh. But Sister Anna's tones are heard above all other sounds—tones which are hoarse and gaspingoand quiver- ing now. "Have fay years of toil and self- denial been as nothing in your sight? Has cry labor been so light, my life -so vain and useless, that you • will not heed me now?" - There comes faintly to them, as though from a distance, a great and terrible cry. "Fly—fly for your lives! The Carnleigh dam is broken and the flood is coming!" And the man is seen running towards them—a man whose face and manner bear the impress -of terrible fright, and who wears neither hat nor coat; And Pitcher's Casts la. .:. i bra Ivied bowbl. d, rooms,. Tina ma . repeat* the cry`« -the grafin and •rrible cry. • rF 1y fur. your Ilpee! 'ilia f c1Dd as. cCA►i•ug•• 4he food i4 -oorn- ing,«" , - , , • Sinter Anne,fepo glees the voice, it fa that .of Ade* the husband of the sick wowan le the Qfoaee;' Then ensues a orene'of dire. dis may and terrible 4-of04914. the groans and yells becttfue. wild eries of fear and alarm. rho crowd do not doubt the man's words for a moment; he is one who shogI4,1iave been in their midst this night. 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BENMLLLER NURSEAT FRUIT AND ORNAMENTAL T1 EEI; NORWAY SPRUCE, SCOTCH AND ASTRACHAN PINE, THS LATTER OF WHICH WIG MAKS A SPECIALTY, LARGE STOCK ON HAND, The above ornamental trees and shrubbery wt • be sold at very low prices, and those wanth,• anything in this connection will save mon@• purchasing here. t. Orders by Mail will be promptly1 attend ed to. Address, JOHN STEWART, Benrnlilera tr • Mc�illop Mlltaal Ilsirallce Co. 'r; NEILANS, HARLOCK GENERAL AGENT. Isolated town and village property, as wel as farm buildings and stock, insured. Insur- ances effected against stook that may be :i killed by lightning, If you want insurance drop aoard to the above address. ' PAINTING. PAINTING. The undersigned desires to intimate to the people of Clinton and vicinity that he has returned to town, and intends to remain here pe'•manentiy, and is better prepared than ever to do anything whatever in the painting or paper hanging line. All orders entrusted to him will receive prompt and careful attention. GEORGE POTTS, Kirk St., Clinton. J. C. STEVENSON, 1 —THE LEADING— The Molsons Bank. UNDERTAKER- EMBALMER. Incorporated by Act of Parliament, 1855. CAPITAL, - $2,000,000. REST FUND, - $1,000,000 FIEAD OFFICE, MONTREAL. J. H. R. MOLSON .. Pres. F. WOLFERSTAN THOMAS, General Manager Notes discounted,Collection8 made,Drafts issued, Sterling and American ex- ehang e bought and sold at lowest current rates. Interest at 4 por cent allowed on deposits. FARMERM. Money advanced to farmers on their own notes with one or more endorsers. No mortgage re- quired as security. H. C. BREWER, Manager, January 1887. Clinton A FULL LINE OF GOODS KEP. 111 STOCK The bestEmbalming Fluid used Splendid Hearse. ALBERT ST.,CLINTON, Residence over store. OPPOSITE TOWN HALL FARRAN &TISDALL Clinton Post Office Time Table Malls aro duo for delivery and close for despatch at the Clintou Post Office as follows:— _ BLUSH j DUB Hamilton, Toronto, Strat- ford, Seaforth, Grand Trunk east and interme- diate offices 7.00 a.m. 1.60 p.m Toronto, Stratford, Sea - forth, T. and S. east1,55 p.m. 8 a.m Ooderich Holmeeville and Grand Trunk west 1 p.m. 8.10 a.m Ooderich, 8,46 p.m. 2.40 p.m Hamilton, Toronto, 4.15 p.m., 10.25 a,m London, L., H, Si B. south a.m. p.m. a.m.- p.m and intermediate offices 7.00 4.15 10.257.00 Blyth. Wingham, Kincar- dine, Lucknow, north and intermediate a.m. p in. a.m. p.m offices 9.30 6.15 8.10 6.00 British malls, Monday,Wed- nearby, Thursday 7.00 a.m. Bayfield, Varna, Herbison, 2.80 p.m. 12.45p.m. Summerhill, Tuesday and Friday, 6.30 p.m. 5.30 p.m Money Orders issued and Deposits received from one dollar upwards. Office hours from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. Savings Bank and Money Order Office close at 6.80 p.m. THOMAS FAIR, Postmaster. Clinton, April 29, 1889. BANKERS, CLINTON. ONT Advances made to farmers on their owe” -- notes, at low rates of interest. A general Banking Business transaotea Interest allowed on deposits. Sale Notes bought J. P. TISDALL, Manager. RICHLY Rhis ewaardednd are those who read tthen act; they will find honorable employment that will not take them from their homes and families. The profits are large and sure for every industri- ous person, many have made and are now making several h undred dollars a month, I. is easy for any person to make $$ per day and upwardsf vho is willing to work. Eitbe sex,yonng or old ; capital not needed we star you. Everything new. No .special ability required; you, reader.can do it as well ae any one. Write to us at onee for fullarticulars which we mail free. Address Stinson & Co Portland, Blaine. (7LINTON HURON AND BRUCE Loan & Investment Co'y This Company £8 Loaning Money or, Farm Security at Lowest Rates of Interest. MORTGAGES .PURCHASEI SAVINGS BANK BRANCH. S, 4 and 5 per Cent. Interest Allowed on Deposits,according to amount and time left. OFFICE—Corner of Market Square and North 8 HORACE HORTON, MANAGER. GOdorleh, August 5th 1888 Planing Mill FALL GOODS Just Arrived �ATl�I3ES, CiL.00JIKS, Silverware. J. BIDDLEOOMBE, CLINTON —AND— DRY KILN! THE SUBSORIBER HAVING JUST 00M PLETED and furnished his new Planing M with machinery of the latest improved patter ie now prepared to attend to all orders in hi lino in the.noet prompt and satisfactory rammer and at rens amble rates. He Would also retur thanks to all who patronized the old m before they worn burned out, and now being in a bot• ter position to execute orders expeditiously feels confident he can give satisfaction to all. FACTORY—Near the Grand Trun Railway, Clinton. THOMAS McKENZIE ROBERT DOWNS, CLINTON, Man,.faoturer and Proprietor for the beat Saw Mih1 Dog in use. Agent for the sale and application of the £ 'Ftatii,i PATENT ADTom,ene Bonen OLEANER. STEAM FITTINGS furnished and applied on %hart 'notice. trailers. Engines. and all hinds of Machinery repaired espedlttoogly and in a satisfactory manner. Yarm implements manntegared sndrepel Steam end water Pipes bssoiabe position. Dry 1