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x ¥ ~ Advertisements recel without Shevifie instructions raity; uw Josytiate DR. E. C. McDOWELL, " SUOCESSOR TO DR. HAM! + D,, Master of Surgery, Victoria Uni- . versity; Licentiate of Royal College o oma ng. Member of Gol ege of Physicians 3 ntario, -- Late attendant of Soho Hospital for Diseases of women, and of Great Ormond Hospital) for Diseases of Children, London, Eng. wk Physician, Surgeon, &e. r Office hours--8 to 104, ni: 1 to 4 p. m,, and evenings, . Office and residence, Dr. Hamill's old stand, Queen St, - - Port Perry. mii co SER Sy Se ae Joa BILLINGS, Solicitor, Notary Public, Conveyanicer, &eo. Solicitor or the Ontario Bank. #2 Office over the Ontario Bank, Port Perry. Jan, 20, 1887. J E. FAREWELL, L. L. B., Count: « Crown Attorney, Barrister, County Sol- citor, &c., Notary Public and Conveyimer, Qe South TE Court House, Whitby, nt. G YOUNG SMITH, L L: B., Barrister, + Attorney-at-Law,Solicitor in Chancery and Insolvency, Noats Public, &e Office--McMian's Block, Brock Street, Whitby, J. A. MURRAY, DENTIST, now putting in Upper and Lower Sets of Teeth at from $4 TO $75 EACH SET. Having just purchased the largest stock of teeth ever brought into North Ontario Iam satisfied I vai suit you both as to quality and price, Come and see, Rooms in the ~ Blong Block, over Messrs. Forman & Son's Store. Port Perry, Oct. 28, 1891, full Course at the cial Veterinar, College and obtained a Diplomu as Veterin- ary Surgeon, 'would annouuce that he has opened an office for the practice of his pro- fessionat Port Perry, whereall callspersonal by letter or telegram; by day or by nigh will be promptly attended to. All eta of animals treated in the latest and best known system 4ar Telephone connection--free of Shargs: ORR GRAHAM. Port Perry, April 8, 1884, 6 L. ROBSON V.8. RADUATE Ontario Veterinary Col- lege, Toronto. Office and residence EverRareeN Corrack, two miles south of Manohester. 14 "years practice, Tele phone in the house--free communication with Port Perry, Manchester, and elevator. Telegraph calls to Manchester will be for- warded by teleplione, All Veterinary Medicines in stock. Evergreen Cottage, Jan, 2, 1888. } North Ontario Observer. A Weekly Political, Agricultural and «Family Newspaper, # "IS PUBLISHED AT PORT PERRY, ONT. EVERY THURSDAY MORNING, BY H. PARSONS, TerMS, --$1 per annum, if paid in advance; I not $1.50 will be charged. No subscrip- tiontaken for Jess than six months ; and no paper discontinued until arrears are paid up. Rates of Advertising: For each line. first insertion ........ $0 08 Subsequent insertions, perline ..... 0 02 Cards, under 6 lines, per annum .... 5 00 Letters containing money, when addressed to this Office, pre-paid and registered will be at our risk, Tas Ad d by N i . + and charged according to the space they oc- enpy.. |: or . will be inser until forbid and charged accordingly. No advertisement will be taken out until paid or. J lieral discount allowed to Merchants her who advertise by the year or SE len ry ] ARTMENT, Licensed Auctioneer (Sittings of the Division Courts i ie Port Perry Agency. | pg rates. Interest caloulated an each depositor semi-annually. W. McGILL,. MANAGER, Port Perry, April 4, 1888. DAVIDJ. ADAMS, BANKER AND BROKER Good Note Discounted. credited to Has any amount of Money to Loan At 8% per cent. on good - Mortgages. INSURANCE effected at the Lowest Rates in Good Linglish Companies. EZ Agent Allan Line of Steam- ships. Port Perry, Oct. 17, 1889. THE Subscriber is prepared to LEND ANY AMOUNT on Farm Security # . AT 6 PER CENT, - #2 Also on Village Property. AZ" MORTGAGES BOUGHT. TA HUBERT L. EBBELS, Barrister. Office next to Ontario Bunk, Port Perry, May 10, 1885. LLCOX, W. M. WI I ATL. UA - . 'y "3 REAL ESTATE A SPECIALTY. TAKE this opportunity of returning thanks for the very liberal patronage which I have rccelved in the past. The increased expericuce and extensive practice which I have had will be turned to the ad- vuntage of patrons, and parties favoring me with their sales may rely on their interests being fully protected. ~ No effort will be spared to make it to the advantage of par- ties to place their Sales in my hands. Sale Bills made ont and Blank Notes furnished free of charge. Satisfaction guar- antee or no pay. Terms liberal, Port Perry, July 13, 1893. GEO. JACKSON, j Licensed Auctioneer Wishes to inform the publigthat heis pre- pared to attend with the utmost care all sales entrusted to his charge io the Town. ships of Reach, Scugoy and Mariposa. A register of dutes of sales will be kept at the office of Mr. Orr Graham, V.8., with whom arrang may be made for sales. All correspondence addressed to me at Sengog P.0.. will receive prompt attention. #2 Sale Bills made out and Blank Notes furnished free of charge. I would' also inform those interested in Poultry that I have on hand and: for sale upwards of 100 fine, pure-bred Plymouth Rock Chicks. If you want anything in that live please write me for prices or come and see stock, GEORGE JACKSON. Scugog, July 18, 1893. T. SWAIN, Licensed Auctioneer OR THE COUNTY OF DURHAM.-- Satisfaction guaranteed and terms liberal. Office and residence at Caesarea. Orders eft with Messrs. Moore Bros., Blackstock, will receive prompt attention. P.S. Auncti in any other County, Omsarea, Nov. 15, 1892, * Licensed Auctioneer, Yaluator &c. OR the Joxnships of Brock, Uxbridge, Scott, Thorah, i Rama, Mariposa and Eldon Partiesentrusting their Sales to me may rely on the utmsot attention being given to tl heir intrests. 7 Ea 3 WM. GORDON, Sunderland, H. McCAW, » MARRIAGE LICENSES, Port Perry Ont. , LO] erry Port Perry, Dec, 19, 1888, © ONTARIO. 189: COUNTY OF Od. Deposits received at the highest current No 'charge made for selling for 3 Hupsox, of the James ¥ Bumith Woolen Machinery Co,, Philadelphia, Pa., who certic the blood, ete., none impress me more than my OWN Case. Tiventy years ago, at tho age A of 15 years, I had Ek swallings come gon my legs, which broke snd became run- ning sores. Our family phy- oe sician could do me no good, and it was feared that the bones would be affected. At last, my good old 'Mother Urged Me to try Ayer's Sarsaparilla. I took three 'bottles, the sores healed, and I have not been troubled since. Only the scars remain, and the memory of the past, to remind me of the good Ayer's Sarsaparilla has done me. I now weigh two hundred and twenty pounds, and am in the best of health. I have been on the road for the past twelve years, have noticed Ayer's Sar- saparilla advertised in all parts of the United States, and always take pleas« ure in telling what good it, did for me." -Ayer's Sarsaparillae Prepared by Dr. J. C. Ayer & Co., Lowell, Mass, Cures others, willcure you "When | was a Boy," Writes Postmaster J. C. Woobnsox, Morest Hill, W. Va,, "I had a bron: chial trouble of such a persistent and stubborn character," that the doctor pronounced it incurable with ordinary medicines, and advised me to try Ayer's Cherry Pectoral. I did so, and one bottle cured me. Tor the last fifteen years, 1 have used this preparation with good effect whenever I take A Bad Cold, and I know of numbers of people who keepit in the house all the time. not considering it safe to be with- out it." "I have been using Ayer's Cherry Pectoral in my family for 30 years, with the most satisfactory results, and can cheerfully recommend it as being espe- cially adapted to all pulmonary com- plaints, 1 have, for many years, made pulmonary and other medicines a special study, and I have come to the conclusion that Ayer's Cherry Pectoral occupies a position pre-eminent over other medi- cines of the class."'--Chas. Davenport, Dover, N. J. Ayer's Cherry Pectoral Prepared by Dr. J. C. Ayer & Co., Lowell, Mass, Prompttoact,suretocure flies as follows: WEBSTER'S INTERNATIONAL ne. DICTIONARY few, breast Time. Hdneator: The successor of the 'Unabridged.' Ten Were ¢ revising, 100 tors employed, meaning A Library in Itself. Italsogives facts concerning eminent 3 I a nr noted ficti Ho parsons and places; the countries, lobe Me OF Tash. qrmcasionm 'words, phrases, and proverbs ; eto., etc., etc. This Work is Invaluable: inthe Totmtonal iam at pelt Tain AT) Jr The Globe, Toronto, says :-- / i the best book of Its kind in the English age. ¥or every family, tho ig Proven profiable vesment Timbs, fb Er ra oe 'and family in Canada. JHave your Bookseller show it to, G. & C. Merriam Co. ORT PERRY, PROVINCE OF 0 ee Ths is Basier to- Mi; To make a sp 'to raspberry and bl. ckberry canes is SMALL FRUIT FARML a) t Yo : GREAT RISK IN IT AND SOMETIMES GOOD PROFITS: : i + Importance of Early Work=The #8 & Savings Bauk-Encoursging Hoys=1ihne tg Trim Vines. £2 do" hot. un opens, but bein work as soun us the condition of the ground permits, If numure is. to be used; nothing tuat is course is placed on tae greuad, only the finest und most perfecuy rotied nimteri:d being used, If Teriiligers are vosored to they ure used Leiore Lhe young pans, begin to shoot outy aud; if "possivie; the rons are cultivated, tue object bein w have the plant food within reach of the young plouts ut a time when they need the most. 5 NEW PLOTS. In order to give the young plants a start the innd is made rich, and vey are trunsplunted as carly as 14 sivle; so us Ww give tiem the adviuinges of tho spriiig rains, A dry spefl uot only iu- terferes with their growth, but cuts the c.op from the old bed stout, Tne great esl enemy of the strawberry is the weeds, 10 1s casy enough to keep them down between the rows, and if the bed 18 ued in a wide row hand-pulling must be resorted to, but if the young plants are well worked the first year, will the spues between each plant kept clean, tie weeds can be kept down sp us to protect the matted rows the second year. The young plants nay ve put out in rows wide esvugh to perinit of Lorse culture, and should be u foul apart m the rows: Luter in the season tucy will turow. ont 1uvuers, which will cover every square iuch of spage in the rows, The plants that are set out this spring will veur a full erop next spring, OTHER SMALL FRUITS, Raspberries und blackberries will soon fill up thie spuce between the plants, aud plenty of room, therefore, snout be alowed them. Ounce esiablishied t.ey will remain for years, und if the pints nged in the rows 8 w per e clivek-row system of cultiva- tion a great saving of Inbor will eo of fected. Tne best murket blackberry-- the Wil-on--has been nearly eradicated by thie attacks of the borer, but some other vurictios seem™to escape, though the blackberry crop is not as large us in former yvurs, but there has been an incrense in the urea devoted to straw Lervivs aud raspberries, The best variety depends pi the climate and soil, aud ean only be known by testing several vurie- ties, us experiments show thay the best varieties in some sections ure uluwosi worthless iu others, Winter Work of Various Kinds, A poor farm need not necessarily re. muin so. A good furmer will miuke his farm a suvings bank, It muy require several years to bring it to a high degree of fertility, and tie tarmer way be coms pelled to live in a frugal manner, but ia a few years the firm will be more valu: able and the furmer wealthy, Bogie ning at the bottom, and gradualiy ime proving is a sure road to success Notes of Oue of the best modes of educating the hoy to tne importance of pure-bred stock is to buy him a few pure bred fowls and allow him the prog wiilmot be loug before ne wil ize his Af with te **points," and begin to advertise bis birds and egis for sale, He will then be disposed to study the poirts and characteristics of annals, aud take a great interest in all classes of stock, This is an excelient 1ime to turn the manure beap over, throwing the conrser frortious to the center. It will be of great advantage to huve tne niure ferment ed and thus made wore available for distributions Silipos Ou many fields wuere manure has been spread on grass. lauds tue straw that was mixed witi the litter seems to predominate. The straw is uiterly worthless so fur as its value as manure is converned, us it eannut be of seivice until iv has become theroughly decom pused. It will pay to rake the leld over, collect the straw und take it buck w the manure heap. Very fat pigs will-gain but little in weight compared with the fuod cons sumed at this season, us it is ole costly to mainiain them now thant any ullier seus, All sows are affected in the flow of milk when any sudden change is made in vie 1vod. Cuunges should be made gradually. Grape vines should Le trimmed in the winter while the ground is trozen, It will not do to postpone such work until the sup begius to rise, Old wood Irom also best renioved during the winter, Ir ud permits spread wi grou L | rotted manure on the aspuragus beds . and chop it to the topsoil, Asparagus 15 a croup that comes very early in ine season ail all work on it must be done soon, The best stalks ire from rien beds, on which manure has been used iiverally. Fertilizers also give good re- suits on such a crop, and soapsuds may also be used to advantuge ou Lue aspara- gus beds, Cauliflower should be grown in hot- beds now, being transplanted © frames ater on, preparatory to being set out in thie open air. The same plan avswers well for early calibage, » hoon shoud be gotten in market as early ss possible, in order to secure the best prices. oat Among the crops that should have a place in every garden is salsify. lu grows during the wuole season aud 1s 50 nary that it can be left standing in the ground ail winter, requiring no sworage under shelter. e i A Onions may be i {rom seed in th npen prowid. but in this section the ses ed. 1{ grown for sets (for us rear), sow the seed thickly in the vows, but ir a crop of onions Is desired ais yeur the seed should e used spar- aly, ur the plats thinned out alter Liey The Pine Forests. EEE + thera Was i ---- ~ A KEROSENE CURE. | im Suid to be Wonderfully Kf fective In Diphtheria, ervant and thoughtful country the French village of Neuville Osel, about nine wiles from nade au important experiment «which may be the miewis of tiuny live if t e knowledge of $ (0 be widely diffused, A ule of diphtheria Broke 1 tion Ly teruiing the ex) Franoy ical Og F iment, aud at needs swabbing the throat with etroleum. Ile was careful How tophuy&an excess of the mater ul on lis bRh {us a drop to meh might strange in fhe disaoled condition of the toroat aid fevux, To his ustualsument roveiueut AFTER THI FIRST APPLICATION, He coutinagd the treatinent, aud the child résovered; aud he used it suce es: fully with wisn) patents afterwards--in lost youve, Lest tvs should tu lig two good news Wo be true, Bhiould piove that ue had been faiseahiphe @ i ywiica so closely Is Lhe fue Lhat only exis inas ull expert laciericlogise can de: its Buture, he sent portions of peciofeied niembrane wo Prof. is 1iue, bacteriologist of the Mod lege of Rouen; ard he reported Banoe of numerous bacill? or duph A litte observation and retlec- tion shipw how the potent hid works, Tire mdmbrine of uiphiberia consists of i rowin; plang, and among\tile other elements in petroleam is u lon of sulphur, waich is y nical to diphtheria membrane, Dud youlever notice bow effectually bandiul bf conton salt wili kila tult of thrtity gruse? There is somoihig in this oil vat is just us TO THE DIPHTHERIA PLANT: at viige the membrane seems to become thinner, Le, it ceases Lo grow, and that whiclthall attuned its growth breaks down tinder the softenivg of the ol, and evenbithy disappears. We are this Carel in detuling the use of this remedy, for supposing a person, far frou kb physician, is attacked witn some nludy sehieh produces tue tipoat." Whether it ulse or true diphtheria, it is an undesirable wmmate, very liable to be communicated to uiherd for it only wants a taroat slight Iy Lifemwd by a cold to find iw ural habitig--a soil © it will thrive. O. courgelthe (umily hus kerosene in tie housegfund a bit of soft vld clotn wrap ped abbut a smooth stick will answer in tue ubsence of {THE CAMEL'S HAIR BRUSH, alwats recommended in regulation articles bu pplication to suriuces, the polit in fogot tat oil on to the white 5 and kdl the bacteria grovta thea e ith ol 1 ar jus drops prevents choking. The Mon u; plying tne ol siould Le care to stand a little av tie side, so thut fipuld the patiens cough. uo particle of gpeclorated malerinl ican get inio the Ye of the operator. us the human eye f ail colture mediums for diphtheria gilli about The most fuvoravle, aad to- nimy a lost eye is owing to want of gatelessiess. Lu 1s said thug "HE PATIENTS EXPERIENCE RELIEF. atthe first app iication, and if the brush dk! erly siiken before using, the only ® difcoiiiort they experience is a aisugree- able taste for a sh re time, We wish tit o warning word might mike people | wigilan as to the care Ww keep tay dis. | ese confined 0 tae original sufferer. Aony tue izuorant and poor, where om forts ure scarce, it 1s spread by using the same handkerchief lor tne sic and well, ullowing them all to drink from the same glass, ete. A German family Of five c..udren were swept off within fine days by slnpld carelessness in tiese matiers, but let every owe remember thiatt J.phtheria is the most easily com- wunicated of all the 'catchmg" dis- eps, that its period of incubation is very short, not generally more than two daxs, and that it fusteus on the very tes of life--the breathing apparalus-- and that iv is oneof the most rup:dly pro- gregsive of Maladies, No barn can gone of the use of the remedy ubove re- commended, and its proinpt use way Bave soe precious life, Puillp D, Armour's Charities, There is a business side to real philan. popy. No genuine appeal ever reached | ilip Armour without finding an im- iute response. But this fuce has led 10 a duily mundation of requests for aid, A private secretary has been appointed to deul with these cases, to sift and sort hein, Lo relieve them according to lus Ee i and to pluce beiore Mr. mout-only those which actually seem need Lis personal attention rather "than the witention of an intermediary, t hot even his secretary knows tue extent of iw private Lenelactious, for Aron gives much of which no oue er hears, snd he gives much of which never hears himsell, But every case ell examined tiist. The man who, 1 i, knows ham best, said to me : 8 not the word. Armour 1 that my honest be- I nr re." mn should do good while he said Mr. Armour hiwseli. ** Wills ly broken and set aside. I buile 'mour Fiaw' to yield a yearly re- 10 the Mission. Tuerv's an en- work that' ciunot be altered by or by mi-unuderstavdings among or by bickerings of auy kind. # nian can do souietlitng to carr; 'ideas while lie lives, but he can't ter he is m his grave. In those the street we've tried to carry home iden, as I call it. Build nt hoes for pe ple «f smali in- and they will leave their ugly ndiugs and lead brighter lives," 's Maguzine. These Are Curious. placed under blue glass will gcause they cannot absorb car id from the atmosphere, , West India Islands, Nubia and whistling trees are found, Pe- shaped leaves aud pods, with a edge, whensplayed on by produce the strange sounds, R10, THURSDAY, FEB. the deaths were app.liiogy | EA pa Lia nite spots on | hood ¢ The following is a list of the 2% Py. EI Relief in Six Hours. --Distressing Kid- ney und Bladder diseases relieved in six hours by the "New Grear Sovrn Agr. 10ax Kipxey Core." i a great surprise and delight to pliyaid ans on account of its execeding promptuess in and ever, rt of the urinary male or ale, It Selibven Fessntin of water and pain in passing it almost im- mediately. Sold by A. J. Davis, Druggist. The Sonya Correspondent of the any. Ly arder 1~ On the after-| the bridal party entered the parlor, the bride leaning on her fathers arm, | where & Iurge number of relutives abd friends were assembled to witness the ceremony, which was perfortiid by the Rev. P. A. McLeod, B D., assisted Ly Rev. A'Currie, M.A. The bride was handsomely attired in a dress of ereaw henrietta, with lace and veil, caught with natural flowers. She carried in her hand a beautiful bouquet of lilies of the valley and hyacinths, Her sister, Miss Mary McTaggart, acted as bridesmaid, and was beconingly dress- ed in cream cashmere and lace with 1894. This new remedy is | relieving pain iu the bladder, kidneys, back | Wu fo Anthor os ", 0 tain street of that town stood a large, old-fashioned residence witli nepaéious lawn in front. Well-kept flower Leds lined the gravel walksjwhile ehus,ncacias and maples formed a hack: ground of dark green folinge. In a cool arbor among the shrubbery-- could the eye have penetrated so far--might have been seen a young man of about twenty years listlessly reclining in a rustic chair. He Seen- ed to be deeply absorbed in sore subject, as he sat poring over a chart "natural flowers, while the groom wad | ably supported by his brother T. H.| Watson. After the congratulationsall | sat down to partake of the wedding dinner, which was served in right good Highland style. In the evening the happy couple left mid showers of rice, accompanied by a large number of | guests to Seagrave station, where they | hoarded the 7.45 train on their way to | Trepton and other points east, The gists spent the remainder of the even: | ing in singing and other amusements, when "Auld Lang Syne" and 'God Save the Queen," brought this delight- ful meeting to a close. As the ball is started rolling, what's the matter with keeping it going where there are lots of | material to work on in this neighbor- | presents which the bride received; show- ing the high esteem which tlie young | couple is held ; Silver cruet stand, Samuel Thorburn and family ; hanging lamp, Dan McTaggart; silvar pickle cruet, D, and Jeanie McPhail ; fancy clock, J. A. McTaggart ; carving knife and fork, Robert McKnight; silver sugar bowl, Mrs. Robt. McKnight ; set tea trays, John and Annie Innis; half dozen silver knives and forks, Mrs. and Ellen Currie ; $20 Mr. and Mrs. Alex. MoToageart : Ja D. butter dish, Kate Stevenson; oup saucer and plate, Miss E. Taylor; banging lamp, Robt. McTaggart; bible Mrs. P. A. McLeod, 2 cups and saucers, Maggie Nicol ; ladies traveling com- panion and jewel case combined, T, H. Watson ; china fruit dish, J. A. Me: Kinnon ; carving knife and fork, Dr. and Mvs. Gillespie; table drape, Arch and Jennie McMillan; $20 bill, Mr. and Mrs.iWatson sr., head rest, Susan McCracken ; lemonade set, J A. and Oassie Ferguson ; half dozen silver spoons, Alex. Mair; lamp, Thos. Carn- ochan ; -silver cake basket, Mr. and Mrs. J. Watson, ji; silver pickle cruet, Alf. Gorst ; 1 doz. fruit dishes and tray, Hector McDougall ; glass cake dish, Katie Thorburn ; lamp, Wm. and Mary Real jy egg stand, Mary McTaggart ; bedroom set, Mr. and Mrs. J. Mec- Kinnon ; china chesse dish, Mr. and Mss. 8. Rundol j child's silver knife fork and spoon, A well wisher ; silver butter dish, Charles K¢Kinnon ; lamp, 0. and Katie Thorburn; bread board and knife, Annie Beatty; fruit dish, Lochlin McTaggart ; pair japenese candles, Maggie Reid ; china fruit dish, Mr. and Mrs. Becroft; lemonade set, D. and Bella McDougall § table cover, Mary Mair; silver napkin ring, Han. wah Ferguson; silver pickle cruet, Wnt. and Maggie McDougall ; carving knife and fork, Wm. Thorburn ; lamp, John McLean ; table cover, J. M: and Annie Thorburn; glass butfer dish, Mary A. Thorburn: Brings comfort and improvement and tends to personal enjoyment when rightly used, 'The many, wholive bet- ter than others and enjoy life niorey with less expenditure, by more promptly adapting the world's best products to the needs of physical being, will attest the value to health of the pure liquid laxative principles em! in the remedy, Byrup of Figs. Its excellence is due to its presenting in the form most acceptable and pleas- ant to the taste, the refreshing and truly and permanently curing' constipation, It. has given satisfaction to millions and met with the amprorsl of She medial ofeasion, because it acts on ths Kid- 3 iver and Boirels withont weak- A. Vaicoe cull) aan ah 2d : nn previous BIE Oey of the lake'region of Northern Ontario. Leaving him to his reflections, we will endeavor to give a brief summary of the events which led up to the com mencement of our tale. James Warnock was an only son. He, had spent all his life, with the ex- ception of three years, in Port Perry: For the last three years he had Leen in Toronto in a wholésale house, which position he had obtained through the agency of a certain Dr. Hunter, with whose nephew, William Hunter, be wus on terms of the most intimate friendship. In fact the two young fellows occupied the same roows ou Gerrard street in that city. + William Hunter was also a native of Port Perry, He was some twb years older than Warnock, and had left his native town about a year be- fore him. His home was not far from that of his friend, situated, as it was, on Union Avenne, that thoroughfare which connects Port Perry with its southern suburb, Prince Albert. Both were enjoying a menths' well-known spent their holidays eamping on Lake Muskoka. While there they had learned from a farmer--Luke Henshaw by name--of the existence, or suppos- ed existence, of a large treasure, hid- den by the Indians somewhere in the neighborhood. According to Henshaw, the secret of its whereabouts was at present locked" in the breast of an old squaw, who was afraid to divulge it lest the spirit of the red man 'should return and haunt ber. The Indian who had confided to her the secret had exacted this promise of secrecy from her. Both were fond of adventure, and as soon as they heard of the exis- tence of u treasure they resolved upon prosecutiug a vigorous search for it. Henshaw, however, had been some. what late in communicating this intel- ligence, and it was with a* firm resolve to return the following summer and sift the matter to the bottom that the two young men set out for Toronto. Before leaving they arranged watters with the farmer, who, for a eonsideru- tion, promised to obtain for them from the old squaw the particulars which they needed. On the afternoon in question, Hunter started in the direction of his friend's house on OC, street. Jumping the fence, he made his way across the lawn and found Warnock in his favorite retreat, * Hullo, Jumes, what are you de- vouring £0 rapaciously this time--ove of Rider Haggard's1--oh! a chart is it? as Warnock held up the paper. "Yes, a chart of the Muskoka Dis- tricu I" teplied his friend, "and look here, Will, I have a letter from that fellow, Heiishaw; with whom We ar ranged the affair last season." "Well," sail Hunter--as he pro duced a cigar and commenced to light it, handing another to Wis friend--and what bas Luke Henshaw to say 1" "Here is the letter : read for your self," said Warnock, handing him a somewhat blotted and illegible epistle. Hunter took it and read the follow- ing: Bala P.O. July 27, 1889. Mister Warnock : Dear Sir.-- I rite this to tel you thac 1 hav found ott the hiden place of that there trezore. Cam to my place and I wil tel you all about it. Fours tools; Luxr Herxsuaw, RD OF THE RURDN, * % % warm be in the st of thie year 1 sod i g Vir By J. 0. Fueromrr, Port Perky. ay vy So A Tile of Texas," "The Mystery of Willowdale," efe. b utensils--_and, by the way, don' t your Winchester. You the moruing train on the morrow for and Peterboro canoe were, and fronf that city were to proveid to Magkokr by rail, . For the past year James Warnock had Leen full of his project, During his waking hours he Lad done little but, reflect on thie vast Wealth hich his iinagination told him was stored somewhero by the shores of Lakd Muskoka. In his dreams his distorted vision sw nothing hut the gleaw of gold ahd the sparkle of precious stones, hidden, perhaps, Ly oine Huron war: rior of a long pas generatioh to sective it fiom the prying eyes of the li-bon- quering Ircq ois. Could he Lut secuie © it, what weulth would not be his-- what fame, perbaps, as a discoverer of valuable relics--and ast, but not least; how much Letter would Ué fis chances of winning for his own his Gilby id Evelyn! He was working on a salary of $400 a year, and the prospect of gnining sowe two or three thousand perhaps five thousand--in a lump wad aliuring. Hunter, on the other hand, was some- wlat skeptical as to the existence of a treasure, Still, from pure love of ad. venture he was Willing (6 Gndertukd the search. ; ; The next day saw the two on board the early train for Toronto. Arrived there, they repaired inimediately to the bonthouse, and soon had the satisfaction of seeing their outfit on the way to thi Union Depot. . ; On the following évening n Poterhoi ver the moonlit Waves or J o Muskoka. Two young mien were paddling mn it, and the regular dip of the blades and the musizal plash of the water at the bow, as the craft skimmed the wave, made a fitting accompani- ment for the songs which ever and anon Joated on the bosom of the lake. The reader will probably have re- cognized in the two canoeists: our friends, Warnock and Hunter. War! nock was in the stern, and was beguil- ing the hour with songs; to w hick Hunter joined a lusty chorus. They were nearing that part of the lake Where the Muskosh river makes its exit, and here, in the neighborhood of Bala they pitched their tent. Bright and clear dawned the morn" ing of the following day. The sun rose in a cloudless sky, and the songs of birds enlivened the hearts of the trea: sure seckers. After breakfast War! nock took the canoe and paddled along close to the shore until the home of Luke Hepshawhove insight, Leavirg the canoe in a small Lay; be struck ucross the fields and rapped loudly on the door. It was opened Ly an old woman, and soon he was ushered into the presence of Luke himself. That worthy was seated on a chair in the kitchen. He was a bronzed, lanky specimen of humanity, with small black eyes, and whiskers of the paint brush style. A soft felt hat reposed pou' the back of his head, his feet rested comfortably on the table, while a cloud of smoke ascended spirally from an an-. «cient and odorous clay pipe which Li held firnily between bi: i Mr. Henshaw, T belfete ! said W 'nock, advancing and holding out hand. ev 'Your servant, sir!' replied the farmer, grasping the proffered, band, and placing a chair for his visitor. +1 suppose you know me,' coutinued Warnock, 'and the nature of .my bus ines here this morning: ; ; + I do, Mr. Warnock,' teplied Lake, and the ghost of a smile flitted across his weather-beaten countenance. "Well, if you can spare the ti said Warnock, 'you might come over to the camp with me and we will dis- cuss business and come to some ment as to terms." "I'tn with you,' answered "Well, that seems to be satisfactory," operations," | | "That goes without saying," said Warnock--"now for our equipment. guess I can spare the time af know the | full can might it be » learn Toronto, where their camping outtit,