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The lady was there attended by a very .is for an unfortunate woman to be both· AGRIOULTULAL AND - JUS JUST OPE:SED $1000 WORTH OF:Mr. Montagu M,ountf.ord was a bar- w&ll·turned-oul! footman, l&earmg r~s ered with all these money matters. " rister who had started in life with £10,- and other necessaries. She was passably "If I could only take these worries off 000, a fair snare of ability, and a very good-looking, and to all appearance, not your lrn.nds !" 1-;;;;rmur')d the barrister, a<I considerable belief in his own powers. more than five-and-thirty, so Mountford he took his leave. He knew the bar was a slow profession, promptly got introduced. " You will come a~ain to-morrow 1 " sho We are now doing every clas' of ENGINE, . 9 but he never had any doubts about his The steam launc.f). proceeded on its repliitd. - $1,500 WORTH OFM itL,MACHI NE,FouNDUY, AGRI CvLTu1 .& ',, Mountford cordially wished Mr. Dockit 11.ltimate success. Give him the usual course, accompanied by the usual curses seven years, he used to say to his inti- of boating and fishing men. The stock in hades, but he could n ot help feeling CARRIAGE and W AGON WuRK · . mates, and he would be making two or ex.::Iiange young men indulged in boister- that the game was · pmcticlly won. In- Call and see ourAnd is bound t<? sell them at Rf'n11c11d Price1 three thousand a year. Meanwhile Mr. ous horse-play and violent flirtation with atead of Canada or New Zea.land, the en1Ur to get rid of the entire stock. liountford devoted most of_his energies the riparian young ladies ; the curate, ticing prospe·c t of spending the fortune of .&.1 , ..[\. .&.ll .W. Plea~e call and inspect our stock before pur· towards amusing himself in the be11t way when he w11s not singing his songs, de- t he oil and color man, dazzled his mental ,. . . ' cho.smg els.. where, as ynu wiJI fl'ld them the I~ is the maolune every farmer wants- Light, Cheapest goods in town, he could afl'ord. He was a man of g0od voted himself to the hostess; Baynes was vision, and he arrived at hi.s cl1ambers in family, of tolerable looks, and considerable occupied by the cares of hospitality, and unwonted high epfrits. But as luck S1mp lo. Durable and Good-none better mo.de in all th<.' lo.teat social advantages. He could sing a good Mountford was left in undisturbed po11ses- would have it, h e found a tel egram waiting - 0 U R. styles, a<;mg, take a -part in private theatricals, siqn of Mrs. Binks' attention. F 0 speedily for him wl1ich conveyed the news that his p · i Remen;ber the Stand- 4 doors west of ahoot, and ride fairly straight, and was found out that her special weakness was only wealthy reln..tive, a rich and ~ccentrie . , j Martyn s Grocery Store. an undoubted proficient in the art of the question of 11ocial position and conse- bachelor, was lymg dangerously ill at his I ·- -- - -··· ·A large st_ ock. '.!.'heir merits recommend iirting. Gradually, while his invitations quently he chatted freely 'about the I coun~ry house, and that his presence was - them. Our.grew in number, his attendences at the_ y_~rious titled individuals with whom he required at once. . temple during business hours became was in ,the habib of associating. The 1'q.ountford was not by any means a rarer. Re )lad an occasional brief, which. widow was evidently ·interest ed, and in- dutiful nephew, but h e ~elt t hat. not only he held without achieving either distinc- quired abeut hill own people. common decency, bubfos own mt~r~sts, So; long and favorably ;known need no COQI. To every Fanner, Thresher tion or disgrace ; and though his prac~ice · "TheMountfords are /l very old famil ,, commanded that he shoul.d start without ment. E very kind of did not perceptibly increase, he alway,s he said, with perfect truth, for Debtetl'ia d~lay So h~ wrote a hurrrnd note to Mrs. and Mill owner-Use P L OW J POINTS consoled himself with the reflection that. a· terribly certain avenger of this species B.mks, and ma couple of hours was on one of these days he would really give up of falsehoods. ";I.'he peerage became e:i::- his way nort~ by an evenmg express. UsAd wo keep on hand, 'made from ToNBD.ALE all frivolities and take b serious hard tinct by the execution of the last lineal Mountford a depar~ure was somewhat H AME U LT , work. That day, however, did not arrive, descendant . . We have alwa.yr1 been loyal ~nfortu~ate. The_widow only half ~e We a re prepared t o su pply the Farmer and as Mr. Mountford 's festive disposition and conservative " h eved his ex planat wn, and could n ot imwith every impleme11t he needs. Buy your got noised abroad, his few clients,,drcppe4 · "())h yes !" she aiahed "all the best a~ine t hat h_ci _was ju_ st ified in leaving _her 0 machines at home w-he~6 you can have .them ! ' off one by one, and· his practice becarne a people 'are." ~ide at so critical a JUnct~re at the b~dd - repo.1red. rapidly-vanishing quantity. This did not '"B inks must hiwe been a tQrrific cad " mg of a c?mparatlvely d11Jtant r elative, greatly disturb him,for he had a tempera.- mused Mountford. · -.- .. · ' whom , he mformed h er , he had. not even ment that was not easily depressed, and "Good family . t d t . set ey1:s upon for years. F or the next ~ 0 ure th~t ·ometh' Id t is a grea a van age, m d t h· .t ·.- . e a ·~.,... h e W""'" .. mgwou evenu- spiteofwhattheradicals sa7, " shecon- aJ:or wo er en'11Jer. wM ~;g,e_.1,.~1.r 11lly turn 1'.lp. tinu_ed. " Now, neither my husband's trymg to the long-suffering :M:ll!a Br-;wser, )·" --"'--.. ___..,-::.--..,. ~ So the seven years well.t by, and Mount- family !1-or my own are anything but who_~ore t han onc.e. ~vas o~ t he polnt of ford discovered t hat, far from making two bourgeois, and Binks .iB such a t errible thro.wir1 g up her !!ltuation. Ho,wever, a ·r three thousand a year, his sole capital name I" · tJouple of days after Mountford s tlepar~ ~:..::!i) consisted of £1,5.00 worth of Egyptiali . . 1 _ luro, Lord Slumly called- this t imE) ac- Par~on. ' " bQnds, while his lia. bilitfos were representMrs. Bu;ks Fr.e~ich accent grated upon companied by Lady Sapphira P olkington " Got a lot of names, has he 7" said ed by a forbidding heap of unpaid bills of Mountford 8 sensitive ear, but h e gallant - and t hat celebrated philan thropist Miss Mountfold, absently starin g very har d at infinite variety and unknown amount. Ly ~al!ped: . . Fli11t, and this distinguished and onthu- the presiding magist rate : ·· t he deuce he .A.s he sat one morning in his dingy cham· After all, family is n owh ere compared siastic companY.-for the time, at all has. l say, J obson, do you think you GlJA RAN 'l'EED bers in the t emple, he suddenly realized ~o personal advant ages ; and at for n~mes, events-r eco.nciled Mrs. Binks t o t he cvuld manage t o let me have five minutes' 86 that he had made a most particular fool the ~~ would smell a11 sweet , you tempor~ry loss· of h er admirer. , Lor d conversation with him-private con versathe B E S T in the World. of himself, and that, unless some specific know. . . . . Slumly enlisted h er aid as a patroness of tion, you know 1" for restoring his fortune could very . The widow ugh~d, 'and waa evidently the society ov.e r which he presided, and And Mountfo1-d slipped a cein into the apeedily be found, there would be nothing impressed. . Mrs. Binks ·ndortook te tah a r~ular officer 's willing fingers. before him but the bankruptcy court or In the course of the day M.ountfo~d course of district visiting in the parish of " Dessay I could, sir. You 'd like to say a clean bolt to Canada or New Zealand. ma~'? an excellent uae of his oppor- the Rev.,Septimus Cruciform. ; a fe\V words for h im t o the magistrate, This did not at all suit his views, and h e tu:uties, and whem the l~unch stopped at Accordingly, during the n e:x:t few days p erhaps 1" answer ea Jobson, with a grin. cursed his follies ·fondly and long. What Kmgston to l co.ve Mrs. Bmks, they par ted &he visited some t errible slum11 smelt ex- And he conducted Mountford to a select the under~tanding that he was to call ceedi:ng bad smells, subscribed' largely to apartment wh ere the "Fleet street P arbusiness, he thought to himself, had he in the extravagant set he had~been thrown at her hou~e m Portman squarE? and renew th e society of which the Rev. Septimus SGn," along with several ot her gentlem en among 1 Of course, when he went to As- the . acquamtance at the earliest oppor- was secretary, presented old women with in misfortun e, was wait ing his t urn to aplble 11o1raTiaa ttprtHnte tho t.uDp in a Dtr.lLhJ' ata.ttJ cot with the Hon. George Fitzpunter and tumty. · · . sundry h alf crowns, talked an immense p ear. Lady Violet Yeriphast he could not in Mountfo~d wa~ _as good as his word. amount of philanthropy, and became .TiiE REMEDY FO'lt C'CJRING Mountford'a interview with that worthy se, filled with the proud and happy eoriscious- seemed to be highly sat isfactory, for after coinmon decency bet in less than tenners. H e ~lso paid a VIBlt . to Somerset h ou_ When a roulette-table was produced after ai~d mspected the will of _the lat e J osi~h ness t hat she was doing a vast amount of it was over, as he walked along t he Strand, . aupper- '.'just to see how: the thing work· Bmks-t~e pe~usal of which afforded him good in most arist ocmt ic company. She he could scarcely refrain from bursting ASTHMA, CROUP, ed, you know,"'--h e could not, as ladies every satisfaction. So far as h e_ coul~ see, inquired of some of h er new friends .as to into mysterious fitll of laughter, and wh en ,·-, AL.L. D I SEASES OF THE THROAT, LU NGS, ANO were present, refuse · to try his luck there was no very formidable riv~l m the what manner of ni.an Mr , Mount ford was, a cabl.'l.311 n early ran over him, splash ed PU LMONARY ORGA NS. Boxes at theatres wer e expensive, so wer e field. ~her,e were several old friends of and r eceived somewhat urnatisiactory h im with mud, and then swore a t him, B Y lTS trAITUF tJ L US E bouquets,andlittle dinnersresultedinvery Mr~. Bn:iks hus?an d, wh? woul~ have ans wers. Mountfor d answered with a bland;if somebig bills. His speculations, too, in El glaoly,consoled his ·sorrowmi;:· r elict, but Mr. Se'pt imus Cruciform, in t he mean - what unmeaning smile. · CONSUMPTIO N HAS :BEEN C UBED , Dorado bonds and India gold -lnines- li!o- none of t hem found. favor m her 0.}'.e~, time, paid her assiduous atten tion, and Mrs. Binks was by no means : an early ! · ' Vhcn other Remedies and Physician:; have confidentially r ecommended by p eople t~.ey were all of t he city, and h er asp~ra- lost n o opportunity of impressing h~r with riser, and usually had h er b reakfMt, t he ~ failed to effect a cure. WILL CU RE: OR RELIEVE' who had been there and knew-somehow trnns were all towards the west. i5he a sense of his profoui:i\l. admiration for her Dail· Recommeiided by PavsICIANS, ~ltNJSTnRS,AND y _D elirium, and a church paper, . N unsEs. ln fact by e verybody who has GJ/L!OUSNESS, DIZZIN!88, ~ turned out dismal failures. But h e was knew very few people in her neighbo~- goodness and virt ue. N ay, more, he specially recommended by Mr. Cruciform, ~~ given it a good tria l. it nevtr.fails DY8PEHJ!A, DROPSY, not the man to despair, though he could ~ood, so M o;intfor?- had ~any 0 PI!0 rtum- occasion.a.Uy hin ted at th e duties which aent up t o her b edroom. The morning !( 1 ··: t o lwinr relief. INfJiGE'iTION, FWTTER/N(J not but admit that his affairs were terribly ti~s f?r privat~ mterviews, which t~e atte:nded t he possession of great wealth, but one after M ountford's visit to the As an EXPEC TO RANT it has no Equal. &loomy. widow s.compamon, the elderly and a.i s- and gave her t o understand t hat , under police court was n o except ion to the rule, JAUNDl<Jt; OF THE HEART, ERY8/PELAS, IClOITY OF . It is harmless to the M ost Delicate Child. Ile turned over his letters impatiently ; creet M iss Bowser, was too astute to m - proper direcLion, she might attain a posi- and the faithful Miss Bowser, after s.;eSALT RHEU) i, THE STOMACH, bills and invitations wer e-alike distaste- terrupt by her presence. . . tion but lit tle inferior to that of t he ing t hat her mistress wants had been ff contains no OPIUM in any form. HEARTBIJ.'?N, DRVNE88 ful to him in his present frame of mind. Mountford had made up_ ~is mm~ to B11oroness Burdett-Coutts. abundantly supplied, had retirQtl to h~ tar' Directions accompany ea ch bottle. HEADAC HE, OF THE 8K'N, At length h e came upon a modest-looking propose,_ and was only waitmg_until a 1t was. at this junQ ture t hat Mountford househ old duties, wh en she was r e-co.lled And ev<!ry t f""r: ies of d ls e..'\9$ arlsJng . f,,, f. missive in an unkuown hand. H e opened dec?nt . mterval . had el~p11ed Sl!lce .the returned to London. H e had buried his by a loud shriek and a furious r ing at the e ' For-salc by all Drug~i·ts. d i.ordered L VCH, K!DNEYS. SIOlllA 1-\ it carelessly. It was a note from an .old be.gmmng of their acquamta!1ce ~n order ~ncle, who had' caused him great -incon- bell. sowrr-~coor~ . .lilchoolfellow,one Baynes, who had n1arried to ta~e th e plunge. He was m thi~ frame venien ce by lingering n early t hree weeks She rushed up t o Mrs. B inks' bedroom and been lost sight of for the last half-a~ of mmd, when oi:ie day, on entermg the after his ·s eizure. The old gentleman had and found her in an alarming state of &0,1 ProprlT~~ d ozen years. Baynes hoped that his old well-k'.1?wn manswn, h e ~et a couple of left him t he in.Significan t lei::o.cy of £ 1,000, mental perturbation. It is ex tremely friend would look him up at their cottage un~anuh11r figures descendmg the ample and ail the l l hole of his creditors imme- difficult, for obvious r easons, to faint, or on the river Should b e delighted if h e stau case. The one was tall and meagre, diat ely threatened strong measures, even go into hysterics, in bed, or there is could manage to drop down - th ere from t he otl~er st out_and short. The t all man Mountford was rather worse off than be- no doubt t hat. l\'lrs; Binks would have Friday fill Monday ; h ad not much to was evidently a parson, and wore ~ som~- for e. Hence h e reaolved to wa.11te n o availed herself of on e of t he otlier of these ___"°"___ effer a man of his extensive acquaintance what ·~ eek and, downt~odden air ; .his time, but t o settle his fate at once. He specifics t10 dear t o distressed ladies of and engagement!!, etc. compamon -seemed bustlmg ~nd self im- att ired himself in faultless mourning, and middle-age. As it was, she lay speechless Meat S old in the Shop for Cash "I almost believe he would b e glad to portant. Mountfor d stood ~ide as t hey dr oTe off to P ortman square the day after wit h pa.~sion, and very red in the face, VERSUS see me,"' said Mountford, cynically. " It left the house, and promp tly mterrogated his return. pointin.i:: to a column of the Daily D elir~ Peddling and Cr edit. will be quite a 'n ew sensation. A couple the butler whose good offices h~ had "You see, I lose no time in comin g to ium . M iss B owser picked up the offendof quiet days on t h e Thames may give me ta~en care to s~cure, .as to t hemeamng of call on you," he b egan. T he widow, ing journal, and r ead under the heading , this unwonted incursion. I n answer, the however, was n ot to be takell' by atorm. of ··Police Intelligeme :" · an idea ·or two " · We having been solicited by a So h e went. Baynes' cottage was a man handed him a couple of cards. On "You have been out of ~own, I think 1 " n umber of our citizens to commence ies.-The Rev. A Clergyman in Diffi.cult very nice little place and Baynes him- the on e he r ead, "Lord Slumly F itz- she answer ed, somewhat coldly. Septimus Cruciform, who said he was a on the above system, we have now self was a very agr~ea.ble host. Mrs. fudg? ;" on the other, " R ev. ~eptimus Mountford was not easily discouraged, clergyman of the Church of Englan d, was decided to fall in with their request. Baynes was scarcely up to the mark in Cruciform, Curate of S Gemim, The and so went on : ' 'I have, I am sor ry to charged wit h being drunk and disorderly ,.,,. f d' · " 1 b h f It · V ocka S E " This plan will enable us to sell TWO ..._._ounG or s critica eye, ut e e m an · · · . -say It seems o.ges since I saw vou ." in the Strand about 12.30 a.m. Police unuaually meek frame of mind, and so " The devil !" murmured Mou.atford, as ,;Only a week or t wo I t hink " replied Constable Jobson , X 000, said the defencents per pound cheaper. As you made himself pleasant t o both. h e hurried upstairs. the widow. ' ' will see by the new system we dant was exceedingly drunk, and, when .The widow gr eet ed him as usual with She was eviden tly indisposed to give ask ed to go h ome, made use of· the most J ust befor!:l they retired for the night, shall not require half a dozen horses m uch cordiality. him an opening, o.nd Mountford was disgusting language. H e t hen took h im a not e arrived for Mrs. Baynes. and rigs and men to run them, for " Mary,fs coming t o-morrow, aft!'lr a~l, "I have had t wo such interesting visi- rapidly b ecoming desperat e, when the in to custody. H e was well known to t he which tl1e public have previously m~. deai:, ~he ren;iark~~' on. readmg it. tors, Mr. Mountford. Lord Slumly Fit z- footm:m announ ced M r. Cruciform. 'l'here police as a disorderly character. The Oh, that s all right, replied h er hus- fudge and Mr. Cruciform. They have was a sort of familiarity about the very magistrate said it was a sad thing to see a paid. We being the first t o introba~d. . . ,, been talking _ so charmingly abou t t he man ner in which tha&rever end gent leman man of defendant's station in such a posiduce this great saving ask your My sist~r-m-law, h e added, by way poor creatures m the E ast end who have entered the room wl1ich irritated Mount- tion, and fined him 40 sh illings an d costs, liberal support. ef explanation . . . such horrid places to live in, an d nothing ford profoundly. He looked, moreover , or fourteen days in default of payment. Yours truly, Mrs. ~":ynes r etired, and th~ men went to eat. I r eally feel quite guilty in not more prosp erous t han befor e, the h ollows The fine was immediately paid. to the dmmg-room to have a cigar. having done anything for them with all in his ch eeks _were less marked, his smile "Good heavens !" said M iss Bowser. · "She's a fine . weman, . Mary," iiaid my money. Of course you know at l east less sdintly and more complacent , and he " And this is the man," cried t he out" Must have a pot one of my visitors I· J vou who kn ow had evidently invested in a new coat and raged widow, finding her voice at last , Baynes, thoughtfully. 1 Market Squ·are. » f "t o money, oo. . . everybody 7 " . hat. Mountford greeted him with as much " wh o has been deceiving me with his . N. B.All orders promptly atMountford pricked up hIB ears. "I t hink I have heard of F itzfudge," civility as he could master, and waited professions of sanctity, and self-sacrifice, tended to and Meat delivered to all " The siste1··in-law r' h e inquired. r eplied Mountford , who had a VE)ry dis- patiently for his departure. But t he Rev. o.nd what n ot I- Outcast London, indeed ! parts of the town. "Yes, slle married old Binks, whole- tinct recollection of t hlt eminent noble- Septimus showed not the least sign of Oh, the viper ! Miss Bowser give orders sa.le oil and color man, you know ; h e man's name in connection with se reral ex- moving, and th e widow evinced such an to James that Mr.· Cruciform is not to be We also pay Cash for Farm and died about a year ago, and I believe left tremely doubtful companies. " But, of obviou~ pr eference for his d etails of t he admitted here again on a:ny pr eten se what· Dairy Produce. h er a couple of thou. N o youngsters, course; they did not appeal in vain to proceedings of th e philanthropic society, ever , and remember that if he write to either." your generosity, Mrs. Binks 1" th at Mountfor d was at length constrained me you are to send back his l etters un"Nice littl~ pile, that," said Mountford, " 1 gave t hem all I h ad- only ten to take his leave first . opened." concealing his horror of oils and colors. pounds; but I have promised to attend a "May I call again to-morrow 1" he Miss Bowser lost no t ime in carrying , " Yes, isn 't it 7 Sh e's a n ice woman, meeting next week to discuss what we ask ed, half aside. out Mrs. Binks' inst ructions, for she was t oo ; a trifle silly, but some people don't ought to do. Lady Sapphira Polkington " Thu rsday is my usual clay," she re· by no means an admirer of the saintly min d that. Now, if you 'd been on the is coming, and very likely t he duke of joined, blandly , without lowering her curate, and when the Rev. Septimus aplookout -eh, old chap 1" Mewfor d will be t here. They all seem Toice. peared at his usual h our he was me.,!; with "I'm not a m:;irrying man, I'm afraid, t o. be ch!l'rmin~ people," concluded t he Mountford felt· utterly clumfounded. a cur t "Not at home." . B ayn es," ans1 vered his guest. " Thanks, I widow, with a sigh. Something was clearly very much amiss; Moun tford, h owever, was more fortunwon't have an y m or e, it 's about t imG to . Mountford looked at her with some- and t he news h e extracted from the butler, ate, and succeeded, mainly through the thing like alarm. The prospect of associat- th at Mr. Cruciform, or some oth er emi- good offices of t he companion, in obtain· t urn in ." The next morning was fortunat ely fi ne, ing with a. lord and on meeting with a n ent philanthropist, had called nearly ing an interview, at which h e consoled t he and Baynes h avin g ordere,l a steain-laun ch real, live duke, to say nothing of minor every day during his absen ce, by no meo.ns widow so effectually for t he cruel decept o b e ready bet imes at the bottom of his per~on ages, was evidently a dazzlin g one tended to reassure him. tion of which she had been the victim that, . _garden, the party proceeded t o embark for the widow. B ut it was full of danger He walked moodily away, rumin ating when he left the house, it was with Mrs. for a trip up the r iver. Th ere were two for Mountford's plans. Mr. Cruciform on this n ew and unpleasan t feature in h is Binks ' promise to make h im a happy man or three yeung gentlemen,apparently from was a needy curate, Lord Slumly was by love-making. H is affairs were r eally des- at the earliest convenient opportunity. The undersigned being about to retire from business, the stock -exchangA, as they talked of no means well off, and was a wi dower perate, and he was certain t hat noth ing, I t is hardly necessary to say that Mount:mmarried daughters. Th e t ime in the absence of hard cash, would quiet ford took good care t hat Mrs. Binks never · nothing else, two or three riparian young with five 1 is now selling off at gr eatly reduced prices. ladies, a l~vely curo.t e who sang comic had come for action. h is more obstreperous creditors unl ess it set eyes upon the indignant disclaimer songs" and an elderly maiden relative of "How long have I known you, Mrs. were the news that he was on th e point which the Rev. Septimus Cruciform wrete The Stock, is one of the largest in the Count}, Ba.ynes, who was popularly supp osed to Binks 7 " he inquired in his most insinua.t- of making a rich marriage. He felt ·more to the Daily Delirium. He married tl o be well off. . ing manner. th an half in clined to intrust the collection relict of the oil and color man in due consisting mainly of Staple Goods, suitable to the every"About t hree mon ths, 1 th\nk," she of his legacy to some faithful friend and course, and his wife i11 still convinced As he was introdu.c ed to she company, Mr. M ou.n tford fall'ly shudder ed. He answer ed, "But why do you ask 1 " make a clean bolt to th e colonies, B ut that the unfortunate curate was an imday requirements of the public, and will be offer ed at_ '·I was only wondering why it is that h e th ought he h ad better have a poster of the deepest dye. · ·h ad never seen any of t he people before, and he had not t he least inclinat ion t o 11ome acquaintances ripen so quickly. I n ight 's rest before arriving at a definite prices giving indu cements to buyers to purchase liberally. regr~t h is l oss. A trip up the river in seem to have kn own you for years. For - decision . .auch company presaged a very torment of give me, but do you not sh are 'this indesThe next morning found him very much Rea&on is but analyzed faith. . This being A REAL CLEARI NG SALE preparaboredom, and he began to wish h e had cribable sympathy in some small degr ee 1" in th e sam e frame of mind. To distract' F irst western desperado- "Well,did you pleaded illness, in which case he would At this highly inter esting juncture h is thoughts, he decided to tak e a sharp kill old Col Rich J " }le~nd des:peradotory to t he closing of the business, purchasers will find have escap ed t he party, and have had a Mountford h eard a rustic and distinct walk in t he course of which h e happen- "Yes, Ifotch ed him. How did you dG quiet spin in a sculling-boat by himself in "Hem l" which warned h im of t he ap- cd t o' pass a certain police court, vrhere h e it 1" " I found him riding on his hor11e it to t4eir advantage to make an 'early call. the af&ernoon. H was therefor e, with a proach of Miss Bowser. · had frequently spent an idle hour in along a lonely road, and hr.d plenty of " Mr. Dockit wi&lles to see you, Mrs. listening t o a. catalogu e of offences . not time to aim ," 1 \But where is his horse T" faint sensatio~ of r elief h e heard Baynes t ell the capliam of the launch t o stop .at Binks," she said. ' 'His business is very 'without a charm for a student of human "I did not touch that:' ~ "Didn't you take Kingston to pick up some more p eople. importan t. " nature. He went in, an d more than one the h orse 1" " Certainly not. I n tH1 Bowmanville, J uly 11, 1883. Any change, h e reflecte~, must b e for the "Dear me, how tiresome !" replied the of the attendant constables acknowledged 11ection they will hang a man for atealinr b etter, and h e was curious to see Mrs. widow, with a sympathetic glan ce at h is familiar nod . · a horse." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ THE FLEET-STREET PARSON, J Po~k~d o~tt wfJing~~~~ld:.:~bf:i~~?e~e~~ ~~~~~tf;~~ ca~~t0:~rn~t!:a~8:~~~~:n~~1it ·= A *II' LSM"£"4** h 4 4lQ &B ti I 0 D " Anthing particular on , J obson 1" h e inquired. " No, air , " ans·wered that officer. "Sarne as usual ; dr unk and disorderly, cruel ty to -'osses, and so on. R ather a heavy list to-day. By t he way, there's one rum-looking gent; says he's a parson. Hawful drunk , he was, last night!" " Indeed, they do get into trouble n ow and then, " said Moun tford, n ot much in terested. And he sat down and again mused upon his melancholy condition. It was clear enough t hat h is unfortunate absenee had gene fa.r to ruin hia ehimcH with Mrs. Binks. .S he must have succumbed to t.he wiles of the saintly Cruciform, and, as he t hought of t hat exemplary young clergyman, Mountford cursed him with intense fervor. The prospect of becoming a lead ing p hilarithropis·t in the company of dukes and lords had t urned her he?.d. Mountford had discovered that Cruciform's r eal name was Croos, and that he was the son of a fonkrupt tailor but he fenred that it was usdess t o toll the widow that . She woulcl only th ink him jealous, and would not believe th e From Crucifor m, Mountford's st ory, thoughts unconsciously t urned towards the parson who was about to be charged with the unseemly offeuso of drunkenness. "By J ove," he mutter ed, "I wish I could make my friend Cross screwed, and send him round t o Portman square !'" Somehow or another, the di·unken par.son in terested him. 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