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The Wingham Times, 1903-12-17, Page 71 9tc • A LAST WIFE ....� , B. a t!i A NOVEL; BY MRS, FLa LOVETT CAMERON, Author of 44 Worth Winning;" Etc. • �h} :Anna Leith will tell us; she always lends out overythiug. She is a walk- ing Morning Post. it makes her so amusing. She really is very good :company." 1Evidently, my ideas of "good com- pany" and Clara Featherstone's dif- fered widely. I prudently, however, forobore saying so. Wo continued 'thus on admirable terms together, Mahe discoursing affably, and I. listen - submissively to the infarination ;rsie imparted, with a running coir mentary of thoughts to myself the 'while, until about six o'clock, when I retired to my room tee avoid the arrival of the rest of the company, who were expected about that time. 1Vhen 1 Mlle downstairs in my ev- ening dress, the long drawing -room was still empty. I wont and sat in -ono of the low window seats in the .cleop recess made by the thickest o the old walls which were sheltered by heavy brocaded curtains, and looked out of the window through the fast -gathering twilight. Close below the windows lay the smooth velvet turf of the bowling -green, which no desecrating tennis not had ever invaded, nor over should, I men- tally vowed; but over which a cou- ple of stately peacocks were slowly ,parading with conscious dignity. Beyond was a flower -garden, and the tall, smooth trunks of giant beech trees. As I sat and gazed de- lightedly at the fair and lovely :scene, women's voices, and the rustle of their silken gurmonts, broke in upon my solitude. "Is she the right. sort." This enigmatical question was -spoken by a shrilly -pitched voice. "Oh, no not our style at all," re- plied the deeper tones of my sister- in-law to be, "Very slow, and knows nobody, which makes her ex- tra dull. Howover, I am hound to be civil, as my brother seems bent on marrying her, and it won't do tor me to quarrel with Eddington. She hasn't a dress to her back, my dear, except cottons. You should have seen her the day I went over to .call; she was a perfect scarecrow! as black as if she had been up • the .chimney. She was sweeping the room, I believe." "Good heavens! Have they no orvants?" "Apparently not. I wonder George ws it." •" Is she pretty?" Oh, dear no!' not what I call ety at all. Oh! decidedly not; only the men are so queer, one nev- er knows what they will admire; a may -polo of a girl, with round, gray •eyes, a little turned -up nose, and 1 • with reddish -brown hair—very t y ug y I consider it—and I think she dyes it." I laughed aloud, and jumping up from my low seat, stood before the •discomfited pair. "No, no, my dear Mrs. Feather- stone, that is going a little too fart -It may be ugly; but I assure you it is quite guiltless of hair dye." I don't think i ever in all my life •enjoyed myself so intensely as I did at drat moment. Every variety of ,.expression; dismay, confusion, and .rage, swept across my opponent's :face, whilst I stood confronting her. renith all the beaming radiance of tri - mph in mine. ''Really, Miss Clifford," she stani• merod at last, summoning up offend - .ed dignity to her aid, and forgetting to address my by my Christian name -"really, I could not have be- lieved that a lady could do such a thing as to listen to what she was not intended to hear." "How could I help listening when you spoke so loud?" I retorted, shrugging my shoulders. "You should have gone away." "Not very easily. I could not get -out of the window, and there was !no other method of retreating. Pray do not distress yourself, Mrs. Feath- erstone. It was quite refreshing to ;me, and very amusing, to hear your .opinion of my appearance. I am not the least offended, I assure you, Let us forgot this little contretemps, :and please introduce mo to Mrs. T.etth," Coughs, Colds Il and Croup The mere mention of these ail- Inents suggests Dr. Chases' Syrup •of Linseed and Turpentine as the most reliable and 'roost satisfactory treatment. Mr.ohn J* Benson, Brookholm, J writes '.Gro Co.,Ont., teWe have used Dr. Chase's Syrup .of Linseed and Turpentine for our .children when suffering with croup, .coughs andcolds and find it si splendid medicine for all throat and lung troubles." SYRUP DR.CHASESSOF LINSEED AND TURPENTINE. 25 edatt a bottle, family site (three times -se rgtuch) 60 cents, At all dealers, er Edrnenw., Batter & Cts„ Manta To prated yell' lntltatictwt the doer, .trait and signature a lee A. W. ChM*, thi lana ilia rti+etpt bee* aasb" are Ott cacti bottle, The introduction was gone through awkwardly enough, and then Mrs. Featherstone, turning to her friend, said: "Wo must be very careful for the future, Anna, what we say when we come into empty rooms. One never knows who may bo hiding," There was a dangerous look in the woman's eyes as she said this, that should have warned me. But strong in the knowledge of my position, and flushed with any triumph over her, I forgot prudence and became foolhardy. "Yes; I would be careful," I said, with a mocking smile, "especially at Eddington." After that speech, my reader, if a woman, will readily understand that my fate wits signed and sealed. My character was as good as gone, and my reputation already torn to rags. From that hour there was to be war to the knife against me! CIIAPTLlt VIII. The gentleman had by this time as- sembled in the room. Some sort of introduction took place between me and the new -com- ers; and dinner being announced, I found that I was told off to the caro of Mr. Featherstone, Mr. Featherstone answered perfect- ly to his wife's description of him— he was very uninteresting. Ile began by affably informing me that he had won a "pot of 'money" at Brighton and Lewes races. "I don't mind telling you, you know, as you are going to marry the old boy"—with a sideways nod of his head in the direction of our host; "and a deuced good spec for you, too! And that you see makes you and me relations, after a fash- ion. Now I can put you up to a good thing. Tell mo"—lowering his voice to a confidential whisper "how do you stand for the Cam- bridgeshire?" "IIow do I stand?" I repeat, mar- velling. "Yes; what are you on?—the favor- ite?" "I have not bet anything—if that is what you mean," I answer. "I don't know even the name of the favorite, nor when the Cambridge- shire races will take place." At this astounding admission, Mr. Featherstone actually laid clown his knife and fork to turn round and stare at me, "By Jove!" he ejaculated, softly, below his breath. "What a runt sort of girl you must be!" After that, considering Inc doubt- less deficient in intellect, he wasted no more conversation upon me, but devoted himself assiduously to his dinner, with a serious and abstract- ed expression upon his face, as though revolving in his own mind the extraordinary physiological problem, thus for the first time pre- sented to his notice, of a fellow - creature who did not know, nor even apparently care, when tho Cam- bridgeshire comes off. I was thus at leisure to observe the proceedings of my neighbors. Mrs. Featherstone reigned at the top of the table, with papa on her right and the man She had described at Dick Macdonald on her left. Alas! for papa. II was as her sporting husband would have said, "nowhere!" Mrs. Featherstone's "nods and becks and wreathed smiles" were all bestowed upon her left-hand neigh- bor. This gentleman, whose figure gave one the impression of being stuffed and subsegtuently trussed for roasting, had dark hair and a luxur- iant beard, which had been carefully anointed with subtle -scented washes and briiliantines; whilst a mingled flavor of Jockey Club, Ess. Bouquet, and other perfumes irradiating from his person, surrounded him, as it were, with an invisible nimbus of fragrant odors. In fact he appear- ed to have beer} lately translated from. Messrs. Truofits' shop window, where, as a living and practical ad- vertisement of the art of the hair- dresser and perfumer, he might have been of considerable use to that highly -eminent firm. IIo is turning his face, which is •permanently flushed—let us charit- ably say with exposure to the wea- ther—towards his neighbor, and from the voter, low tone of his voice; and the carful way in which ho shields. his mouth with his hand lest any one should catch what he is saying, and also from the fits of laughter with which they are both convulsed, I should judge his conversation to be of a very racy description.scriPtion. Mrs, Leith; at tete other end of the table, looks longingly towards ♦thein, and seems dreadfully bored by George Curtis' somewhat prosy civil- ities, under which she yawns openly. An evil chance has delegated her pro- perty, "young Flower of the Blues," to my side; Whilst Major Heywood, as belonging to her friend, is not, I presume, available for herself. More- over, that gentleman, whose dis- tinguishing features are long, fair moustaches and an eye -glass, has fix- ed _that implement firmly into his right eye, and is staring through it persistently at ino. "Who tho douse is that lovely gal?" 1;, hoar very plainly across the table. Mrs. Leith says "Irusht" and pro- eeeds to whisper the desired infor- mation with a Bide -glance at the master of the house. "Awfully reit -re ular trailer 1" replies the tinabnehed warrior, in a perfectly audible voice. Whereat Mrs. i+'oatherstone, in the distance, pricks s ea.,.. TII1 VINGITAI TIMES, DECEMBER 17, 1903 More than half the battle in cleaning greasy dishes is in the soap you use. If it's Sunlight Soap it's the best, tlli up her ears, and flashes a- swift, scowling glance upon me. Young Flower, whose looks I rath- er like—ho seems a quiet and harm- less youth, with an honest boyish face—hero comes to my rescue, with a laugh. "Poor old Heywood is deaf, you know, Miss Clifford; he never hears anything he is saying himself. It's rather trying .for you," "Vey," I answered, laughing too. "But I am glad ho is an unconscious offender, as I need not bo angry at his too open admiration." "He is a lucky fellow, I think. We others, who can hear our own words, may only think our pretty speeches, we mustn't speak thein." "[ wish he wouldn't starer -an eye glass always gives me cold shud- ders," "Horrible things—they always glit- ter in the wrong place! Look at tioy- wood now, ho appears to be squint- ing diabolically. I look up; the unshielded eye of my opposite neighbor is wandering anxiously up the teblo towards his offended divinity, whilst the eye - glassed optic, by a vagary on the part of the chandelier, appears to bo still fixed thoughtfully upon my- self. The effect is so ludicrous that we both laugh immoderately, and I am altogether beginning to enjoy myself somewhat, when suddenly I become aware that Mrs. Leith is regarding Inc severely. It strikes the at once that I am guilty of piracy; for have I not been specially informed that Mr. Flower is appropriated to her„ and is therefore notto be tampered with! There is a new version of the Tenth Commandment, well understood among the women of the present day, and which it is death and anni- hilation to transgress—"Thou shalt not flirt with thy neighbor's admir- er." With her husband—yes, by all means, if it amuses you; but with one, bo it the very least, of her followers—no, not at your peril! I was becoming rapidly initiated into the mysteries of the new code of laws, and judged it prudent, if I valued my peace of mind, to submit to them. So I left "young Flower" to his own devices, and Mrs. Leith smiled upon me once more. I did not altogether dislike Mrs. Leith. She was loud -voiced and prononceo in her manners, and het; conversation was singularly mean- ingless and silly, but she did not look bad-tempered, and unless I act- ively interfered with her, would not, I imagined, make herself in any way disagreeable to me. Without being in tho least pretty, she had certain at- tractions in the shape of a small, well -shaped head and a perfectly neat and not ungraceful figure; and, more- over, she was very well dressed. Good dressing, I have noticed, goes a long way towards making a woman thoroughly amiable and at peace with all mankind—and woman- kind ' t o o —bi en entendui No woman is ever awkward and ill at ease when her clothes are thoroughly well -made and suitable to the occa- sion. She has a comfortable inner consciousness of being "a success," which imparts a serenity to her mind compared to, which the satis- faction of an unsullied conscience is utter disquietude. When a woman is easy in her mind about her dress, it follows generally that she is dis- posed to be indulgent and affable to- wards the peccadilloes of her less well-dressed sisters. I think Mrs. Leith might possibly have pardoned .me for absorbing the attentions of young•Flower; but silo never would have forgiven me had I cut her out in tho matter of dress. Dinner over, without further con- tretemps, we three ill-assorted wo- men, complying with the customs of a barbarous country, adjourned to- gether to the drawing -room., Talk about the nl.auvais quart d'heure of the ante -prandial season, it is noth- ing to the misery which we wretched females have to endure when we are thus left alone to each othor's tender mercies, in that dismal hour utter the feast is over. Then it is, that upon the heads of the younger and more attractive among us, are poured out the full vials of Wrath. Then it is, we dis- cover by little sneers and sarcasms, and scarcely veiled innuendoes, how far astray we have wandered in search of our own amusements from the beaten tracks which it is never safe to abandon. The general conduct of young girls at a dinner party is pleasantly dis- cussed between Mrs. Featherstone hoccasionally and � �f i s. Leith, who turn slightly toward me as though to, include me in the conversation— thus: "Lady Snobbington never asks girls to her dinner -parties now—she told me she considers them out of their place." "So they aro, dear„" rejoins Mrs. Lith, who generally echoes her friend's observations verbatim. "Nevertheless girls must dine," l: hazard. Mrs. Featherstone looks over my head as thdugh she had not heard ate. "I can't bear to see girls engross- ing the 'attention of gentlemen at a dinner -table," she says, pointedly. "Dreadful]" tries Mrs, Leith, with a holy shudder. "A, girl ought only to speak to the Man who takes her down•• -'don't you think so, Miss Clif- ford'?" liffford'?" "That depends on the roan;" i eta Hever, .. h u Ola i 1 tic ane C0‘111 owellver satm t saki ay of inc beforti I mar- ried that X made myself cot ltpicuaus at d t1 partial," „coptitttlee it p for -in-law to ane, irrelevantly. "No, indeed., dearest,,, rnurraaurs 1►lrs. Leith, who was probably in short frock aud pinaforis at that somewhat antediluvian period, As I dislike beang "ttdkod at," I retire to the piano, and amuse my- self by 'playing "Ten Little Nig- gers," with one hand, whilst my two companions, paving succeeded in chasing ane from the Beene, a.it down together and begin a long re- cital of the sayings and doings of all the women of their acquaintance, whose c harneters, by the time this dreary dispensation comes to an end, and the anc•n re-enter, they have Com- pletely torn into ifi'hous. '1'he evening passes away dully. enough. George Curtis, at the far encs of the room, has spread out a perfect feast of some rare old manu- scripts, which he has lately picked up in an out-of-the-way little book- s(ller's shop in the adjoining county town; and over which he and pasta remain poring together in a. sort of literary paradise, unconscious of tee sayings and doings of us lower- mor- tals. Mfr.. Featherstone goes to sleep In an arm -chair, with his legs spread straight out, his hands in his trouser pockets, a'id his mouth wide open, and altogether looks such an ug'y and revolting object that I wonder how his wife can bear to allow hint to remain so. Major TIey- vvood, anxious probably to atone for his ill-starred admiration of myself at dinner -time, makes for Mrs. Featherstone, and seating himself as nearly into her pocket as the capa- bilities of the centre ottoman will admit of, begins • an animated and low -voiced conversation with her. My friend, .Mr. Flower, is also "on duty," and Mrs. Leith, having com- fortably secured him in a snug cor- ner, is evidently resolute not to lot him escape. Under these circumstances, Mfr. Macdonald, wafting sweetness as he approaches, bears down upon Inc. no draws a chair close in front of the music -stool, upon which I nun idly gyrating, and turning his back to the rest of the company, so as to make. his attentions more point- ed, stares up into my face with odi- ous familiarity. "Well, Miss Clifford, I am coming to have a little talk with you," he begins, condescendingly. '.'O1" I reply, not encouragingly. "You know I really am very fond of girls though they aren't ;the thing' now at all. No one talks to a woman unless she is married; but I think we all carry that too far—it's a mistake. Now I really quite en- joy a chat with a pretty young girl occasionally." How kind!" I answer, suddenly returning to the tune of the "Ten Little Niggers," every one of whom 'I envy from. the bottom of my heart at this moment. Of us two, how fervently I wish that one, and that ono Mr. Macdonald, would "choke his little self•" "Yes, that's right, play some- thing, and then no one will hear what I am saying to you!" says this atrocious man. As suddenly do I stop short, bringing the "Niggers" to a prema- ture end, and throwing up my hands from the keys as though they burnt me. "Why do you stop? You are a charming creature!"—this in a whis- per, with a leer, which Mr. Macdon- ald evidently supposes will captivate Inc. How shall I get rid of this detest- able man! I look down the room, hoping to catch Mr. Curtis' eye; but alas! no rescue is to be expected from that quarter—.only the top of his bald head is visible, stooping over the manuscripts. Papa's hands aro tearing his own hair, by which token I perceive that there is a dis- pute between them, and that it is as ' vain to hope that my signals of dis- tress may bo seen and answered by either of them as though I were ship- swrecked upon Arctic seas. But if the two old gentlemen, my !natural protectors, are in blissful ig- norance of my situation, Mrs. Feath- erstone is evidently most painfully • alive to it. I find that lady's eyes fixed upon me with a mixture of rage and disgust that is absolutely comic. She cannot attend to the soft nothings of the swain -in -wait- ing, owing to her intense disturb- ance at tho attitude of the one who tTo bo continued) SURRENDERED AT CHICAGO. • Cananian who will Test the Extradi- tion Law. John Armstrong Macdonald Robb, who is wanted at Toronto to answer a charge of stealing between `71,200 and $1,500 from the Mutual Reserve Life insurance Company, has taken steps to test. the extradition -law by giving himself tip to the police at Chi- oago. On his behalf it is contended that She extradition law does net cover his case, and he proposes to sec that his liberty is not interfered with so long as he remains in the United States. Nearly a month' ago Robb was ar- rested in i11nneapolis at the instance of Inspector Stark, of the Toronto de- tective department. -Winn oef his ar- rest reached Toronto on the morning of Nov. 10 and in the afternoon anoth- er telegram canto announcing that he had been, released again by habeas ooipus proceedings, h1 which it was successfully c•ontexided that the pa- pers in poss^ssion, of the Minneapo- ljs police were, not sufficient to hold Hint . Robb was not heard of again till he ,gave himself up. Provincial Detective Greer will institute the ex- tradition. proceedings at Chicago. ' Robb was the eomlxany's manager. The ruartt3 o. I.s .1" Toronto. y treasurer e a s r awl r 9 lu is charged with lri � was as re - or at the co iotty's otfire dui•• W,CT!UPLATFORM. Alcohol and Health. Few questions tat the present day are capable of arousing more bitter- ness of dispute than that coaacerning the effect of alcohol upon the human. system. Some assert that itsdaily use in aucd;ration is, if not essential at least beneficial to health, while oth?vs hold that the word "Madera - tion" is inapplicable to the use of wine even in. the mast minute quantities. Science, which is impartial and seeks facts alone, without regard to their possible application, does not Bold to either oY these views in its entirety, but inclines rather to the side of the total abstainers. It does not regard alcohol as a focd in viae sense that it can be taken regularly as a substitute for the albumens, the fats and, the starches of ordinary food, but it does say that it may not as such in the absence: of other food, for a short time, and that its use may in an emergency be life-saving. This is practically placing, alcohol with the drugs—substances that may be useful in sickness, but are injuri- ous in health ; and that is really where it belongs. It is a common, belief that a drink of whiskey or brandy is warming, but the reverse is the fact. Alcohol di- later, the blood -vessels of the surface, and so makes the skin feel warm, but at the' same -time ,eradiation of heat• from the surface is increased and the temperature of the body is lowered. The action of alcohol is also to lower the vital prccesses by causing a slow oxidation of the waste products. The very fact of its interference' with the oxidation bf the tissuee of the body causes a depression of the vital forces and so of the resisting power of the organism to the invasion of disease germs.—Youth's Compan- ion. The Common Enemy. It may seriously be questioned whe- ther the people generally have any correct idea of the awful results of the liquor traffic. 'We have become so accustomed to hear of its work that little thought is given to the tragedies that are happening around us every day. Not long ago UM Toronto papers announced that a young man had fallen from the stair- way in the city hall and had been kilI- ed. In the most matter-of-fact man- ner the papers added that "the man was intoxicated when the accident oc- curred." A woman was found dead one morning in an outhouse. The on- ly explanation, that could be gleaned was that "two black beer bottles were found lying close beside her." The report of the execution of a man for murder states that "the murderer was drunk when the crime was com- mitted." And so ft goes en. Every day brings tidings of the awful deeds that are being committed by men who are under the influence of liquor. It seems strange that any man can read the daily paters without becoming •a sworn enemy of the liquor traffic, the cause of so much poverty, misery and crime.—Canadian .Epworth Era. Bow's TI,IK? We offer One Hundred Dollars Re- ward for any case of Catarrh that can- not be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. F. J. CHENEY & Co, Toledo, O. We the undersigned, have known F. J. Cheney for the last 16 years, and believe him perfectly honorable in all business transactions and finaucially able to carry out am obligations made by their firm. WEST & TRUAX, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, U. WALDING, FINNAN & MAR - VIN, Whelesalo Druggists, Toledo O. 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Tho Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the Signature of In Use For Over Thirty Years'. EXACT COPY OF WRAPPER. 1 THE CENTAUR COMPANY NEW YORK CITY ee tIl►7y'yyyyVyyVVVYVYYVYVVVVV♦ 'Pyyvo'V0yovvvvvvvvyvvvvvvvv 4 e e s e i 4 4 4 4 4 1 4 e r� ' T. A. MILLS has de3ided t) clear out 4 . e all his stock of 4 4 Boots, Shoes and RuQ e 4 inside of' 30 days. 1 e Every pair is marked down to a clearing price. I 4 • e e THEY MUST GOlfr 3 Call and look through the stto3k, and I am I sure you will buy your fall and winter supply at prices never heard of before 1 in Wingham. e 4 g,4 4 COST IS NO OBJECT ►'Must be Cleared Out in Sixty Days ! slrue .. lave rots affecttn., the fruit. Ap- ples 'tent to the station late in, the season from a cold -storage house were found to be rotting en'the surface from the attacks 61 a few fungus. to general appearance this rot was very similar to "pink rot," and it always occurs on scabbed swots, as does the latter. It is a sleeper rot, however, sometimes emending to the core, While the "pink ,rot" areas are rarely more then an eighth of an inch deep. "rink rot" spots .are marked, by the occur- rence of white or pinkish .growths at the centre ; .but the neer, rot does not show in! this way until made to dose by artificial conditions—the heat and moisture of a culture chamber. This rot also gives very little taete to the affeetcd tissue, while the pink rot cause:,• a tloeideei bitterness. Tins am- ount of *Image to stored apples by this trscuble is probably not large, but sem• linens -have been, ,received from mo }oealities. it has been ob- served nn brdivary; conditions only Iolan' And •Ithodo Island green - A full line to select from. i 4 C i ' A. . AA AAAAAAA/AAAAAAAAAAlla1AAA AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA story on thirty-five varieties of apples and five of pears. It grew, well upon any apple or pear into which it was introduced through a puncture, but has Pio power to break the akin of sound fruit. It is due,'to the growth of a Tungus o`f the gentle IlypeChnus, a species altogether (Wallet troln the one. ceasing "pink rot," and one be-- longing to an entirely different group, Like the latter, the /aligns has always been regarded at a harmless one, growing t en lead •\v t>Gttterttld tut the condilione��, ii ril 1902 them, far the time at least, clanger. ous diseases. Since they can enter the fruit only' through such; ,ruptures er similar injury, they need not he feared in orchards-uItore scab is controlled by thorough spraying. -- New 'York Agricultural l::xperinten1 Station 23ulletin. S1'eent Ptltt`IT cl attd similar 12 Men's long Il* is .. weather to!(t, Ectal leu • •bo•tha•mintttr. l c� T treiVeller;e rosea . i'e Overcoats.