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"WN. H. HARRIS, BA, LL BARRISTER, &c., Suecessor to and occupant of: offices of the Jate F. arnold Port Perry, » Ont. tad _ MONEY TO LOAN. wnils_at 4 per cont. Jno. W. Crozier, aRuispeR, SOLICITOR, CONVEYANO! Bi 'Office at residence, Oth Con. h (ome mile west of Port Perry, )-- Moxxy To Loan. Issuor of Marriage Licnees. ae JE FAREWELL, K.0 LL B., 3) , Crown Atto " wing Court-House, Ont. A » oh an DR." R. L. GRAHAM Successor 10 Dr. F. D. McGRATTAN DENTIST PORT PERRY, -- , -- .ONT. J. A, Mu ay, . DENTIST, Office over the Pont Office. "PORT PERRY. All bragoles of Dentistry, Crown aid Bridge Work euccessfully Aiba] Feo God, L eth on G Silver, Ale Th Gl, Sl Prices to'suit the times® North Ontario Observer A Weekly 'Political, - Agricultural and Family Newspaper 18 PUBLISHED AT PORT FERRY, ONT. EVERY THURSDAY M ORNING BY H. PARSONS ERMS.--$1 3 ae Sant ped nade six discontinued ~ months; sod ar aidan. awe LETTERS eontaintg nfoney, when ADV TB iired charged according to the on ar 'occupy. ADVERTISEMENTS received for out instroctions, will ment ith be taken out.until Tadd for, A LIBERAL discount aionsd toMerghauts and ord the year or oar. THESE term will in all cases bo siriotly adhorad A JOB DEPARTMENT, Pawphlets $iand Bills, ; a jorney, Barrister, County So - sitor, &c,, Notary Public and Conveyander. Office--South including Aluminam addressed EOhos, prepaid sud roghlored will bb a oe Hake, alt Bm wel Y BRANCH N, Manager, ." PORT PERR Son oo tH Gy Coulson, Manager), Man: id Het, aud his arms dropped oulders. jor, never agali-uotll you have "10 love me," she repeated. bight, Brother Jan!" js the open, through the thinned | i the blrek spruce, deeper and | to the cold, unquivering life of the forest, Jun went frow | that closed Letwepn him aod fier last words still whisper: | ge, ICENSED AUCTIONKPR 1 County of Ontario, SHER te solicited" the Opariy kn Office Putr, Manaksster, Jan, ig 10,1899. yw iu not fail to satisfy purchasers. peer this or any other country. Before purchasin don't FENCE. J. H. Brown, MENTS AnD M. = re T= returning thanks to the public for & p 3 tended to me for over years, I wouid tespectfally intimate tha am, as neal, Yow ready : business, a 3 © haves Largo & A or tw As an inducement to Cann purchasers A Ju TOF an. 1st noxt. All work being" MADE BY HAND§3 factory work kept in sie of wy gooda will at hasers will find il Hofore pe hae ber prurchnted, my line of and and repairs neat ded 4 Dillon Hinge-Stay Fence Manufactured by the Owen So : 3 un Wire Fence Uo. Ltd., and = Apiepsred to supply this whole mniunity with the very BEST WIRE FENCE pro duet on this Continent and at prices that can The Dirron Fence is without a r ltis the BEST. because it is flexible ; it is a square-mesh ; it is a perfect hiuge-stay fence, therefore It is impossible to bend the stays in fact it is the best fence made in } ) g a Wire Fence fail to inspect the DiLLox DEALER IN AGRICULTURAL Tapia. ssot ted Stock OF DOUBLE AND SINGLE HARNESS which I ant determined to sell very CHEAP I pk allowed on all Sules from pow until Je: REAPING A HARVEST OF SORROW can look back on their estly life and regret their misdeeds. 'Sowing their 'wild oats' in various ways. Excesses, violation of na- and sow 7"--all have their victims, Vou have re- formed but what about the about the harvest? Don't trust to luck.. If you are at present within the clutches of any secret habit which is sapping your life by degrees; if you are suf- our 5 lood has been tai! gre | m acs we. dtly private disease and you if you are married and live in dread of symptoms Aah Pie BRE KK. ARE YOUR REFUGE. Lay your case before d -- « . . our case before them confidentially and they will tell you honestly if re Te curable. YOU CAN PAY WHEN CURED We Treat and Cure VARICOSE VEINS, NERVOUS DEB! | BLOOD and URINARY COMPLAINTS, KIDNEY and BAD hg * eases and all Diseases Peculiar to Men. for an TRBATIENE 1 mable'l seh wee Drs. KENNEDY & KENN Cor. Michigan Ave. and Griswold discretions; if dare not ms 3 used for corr 1 Address all letters as follows: 5 os fre DNS KENNEDY & KENNEDY, Windsor, Ont. SOWING HIS WILD OATS) How many young men Ff ture'd laws, "wine, women § « seed you have sown--what § ferhug from the results of [i st in : ears, the warm tonch of ber this day bad meant for him surging upon bim, ¥éut on until be came to where | ten trall swept up and away swamp. Bis tangled way until be stood | trom J | plekh upop fia glapt ridge, from which He | { tool | out through the white night lute | the fifaftless barrens (o the north, | sShelwils no longer the little Aclisse, | bis wifter, be thought. Aud yet-- | He as aimost suytog ber last words | alo x | Godd night, Brother Jan" | She pd come to him that day to let | him ki4 ber as she had cowe (0 bim a times before, but he had pot in the old way. It was a and even) vow fhe bot blood surged ogain fut what he had done. stirped bis\ blood, thrilling him strange joy gs be beld fer th his arms, he saw more than the shadow of sin-- sucPliege against a thing which was | | move precious to hiw thau life. | CHAPTER IX. | , The New Agent and His Son. | bell them crimpled In his fngers. | while for many minutes he stared "fil ht ont tuto the gray gloom of the bl An. Jedin de Gravois had ead. Then K 10 § i un it last they rested upon a glant uce which bung out over the pre fipitous wall of the ridge, its thick top kouiug and sighing to tbe black ka that gbot up out of the snow 500 Pet below ry. luv the first autuwo of the wo- E. A. ADAMS, H. G. HUTCHESON, Bell Phone Office No. 6 Bell Phone No. 41 Residence, No. 4 ADAMS:& HUTCHESON SUCCESSORS TO DAVID J. & DOUGLAS ADAMS FIRE ve INSURANGE Real Estate Mortgage Loss Steamship Tickets MARINE ACCIDE! Mails Olose. The mails are despatched from the Pos Office Port Perry as follows : Going North-- 9.00 a, m. Going Sonuth--11.20 a. m. Going North-- 5.15 p. m, Going South--10 p.m. CANADIAN PACIFIC Central Livery PORT PERRY. HEsRny thanking the public for the liberal patronagy received during the many. years EXCU R; SIO N : MANITOBA, ALBERTA ach ra Dd Winnipeg and Return Edmonton and Return points in Return Limit two months. y- have kept a Livery Establish . | ment in Port Perry, Ihave mach pleasure in :- announcing that I have removea HOMESEEKERS® TRAIN leaves 4:90 p.m. sach esday, May to Au inclu: est to take, as Winn] Toke all branch line connections. trains to to West Pacific M. oS MURPH D.PA., CP. Ry., Tt Particulars from write: tion Sale Season to re- n osnon a ain Lt ate 3 © effort or. pal or esteemed HOMESEEKERS' x Thrust In the Papers, Crowded om Down and Filled the Hole With iChunks of Bark. ¥ Hfe at Lac Bain he and Per-ee 4 climbed tbe old spruce, lopping off & branches until only the black cap i 'and after that it was known le as the "lobstick" of Cnun- It was a volceless ceno- signified that all the honor 10 the wilderness peo: fiven to ber. B storing food in the butt two or three summers be: yw bis fingers groped for hen he found it be so crowded them own 10. bole with chunks of bark. my sister, and never any. to Jan Thoreau," he said ench as if he were speak: rit in the old tree. 'That ¢ of these snows; it Is what ' to be. 1 swear for tis cheeks aud the knowledge | He plunged info It | | different Jove that his lips had given, | nis face as he thought of | In that which bad | with | AN thrust a band loside his coat | and clutclied at the papers that | be drew them forth slowly and | hol dan, Julling into her ge Makee had told Jan Its | 5 | | | | % bringivg | "ff 8 torment which racked bim to | | Copyright, 1011, bp the Bobbs- | Merrill Co. | corse wil make a Dew man of me. | You make the best coffee in the world, Melisse." "What are you going to do today, | 'Brother Jau?" she asked "Drive out on the Churchill trail | ledoq wants supplies, and he's too busy with bis trap Nnes to come ig." wf "Will you tnke mel" "I'm afrald not, Melisse. It's a twelve mile ruo aud a heavy load." | "Very well. I'll get ready Ilmms- | | diately." 8be jumped up from the table, dart | {ng fun at bln with her eyes, and run | to ber room. "It's too far, Melisse," he called nft- er her. "It's too tar, und I've u heavy | load" -- g "Didn't 1 take that twenty mile run with you over to- Oh, deart Jan, bave you secu my new Lyns skin eap'" =1t's out bere, hungtng on the wall," NDE G0 "ee "Are the dogs read) she called. "If they're dot I'll be dressed before | yoti can haruess thew. Jan" | | "They'll be here within fifteen min- utes," be replied, surrendering to her. Her merry fuce, laughing triumph at | him through the partly open door, de stroyed the last vestige of his oppori- | tion, and be left her with sometlilng | of his old cheeriness of manner, whis- | tilng a gay forest tune as he barried | toward the store. When be returned with the team Me- lisse was waiting for him, a gray thing | of silvery lynx fur, with her cheeks, lips ahd eyes aglow, her trim little feet clad in soft curibou boots that came to her knees, and with a bunch ef the | | brilliant bakneesh fastened jauntlly in Ler cup, | "I've made room for you," he said fo greeting, pointing to the sledge. | "Which 1'm not going to tll for five miles at least." decinared Melisse. | "Isn't it a glorious morning, Jan? 1 | { Ledog's!" With a crack of his whip and a | shout, Jan swung the dugs ucross the open, with Melisse runnivg lightly at bis side. From their cabin Jean and lowaka called out shrill adieus. | "The day Is not far off when they | two will be as you and 1, my lowaka," enid Jean In his poetic Cree. "1 wager you that it will be before her next birthdny!" And Melisse was saying: "1 wonder if there are many people as bappy as Jean and lowaka!" She caught ter breath. and Jan crack. ed on the dogs in a spurt that left ber panting, a full duzen rods behind bim. With a wild halloo be stopped the team and waited. * "Puat's unfatr, Jan! You'll have to | put me on the sledge." He tucked ber in among the. furs, and the dogs streined ut their traces, with Jan's whip curling and snapping over their backs, until they were leap ing swiftly and with unbroken rhythm of motion over the smooth trail. Then Jan gathered in his whip and ran close to the leader, his moceasined feet tak. ing the short, quick, light steps of the tralned forest runner, his chest thrown g little out. his eyes upon the twist ing trafl ahead. ; Mile after mfle slipped behind, and not until they reached tbe mountain Lon which be had fought the mission: ary did Jan bring bis dogs to a walk. Melisse jumped from the sledge and rap quickly to bis side. ; #1 can beat you to the top now!" she cried. "If you catch me"-- There was the old witching'challenge In her _She sped up the side of the ridge Panting and breathless, Jan pursued with the dogs. Hor advantggé was ot too great for bim to overcome time, and she stood lsnghlng ridge. ; ; "Yoi're 4s pretty a8 Hissar" he exclalmed, bis "trom a fos skin R flown at face | bim when he cae to the top of the up in front of his cabin. n he saw the dangbter of the factor at Lae Balp with Jan be jumped briskly to his feet, Sung hig cap through the doot of 'the shack tint began bowing and scraping to ber With all his might Melisse laughed merrily as Ledoq | continued to bow before her, rattling [away lo a delighted torrent of French. "AD, thes ees wan gr-r-reat complee- man, M'sclle Mellsse," he sald. Then he turned to Jan. "Did you meet the strange team?" "\Ve wet no team." Ledoq looked puzzled. Half a mile away the top of. & suow covered ridge was visible from the cabin. He pofot- ed to It. "An bonr ago I saw it going west | ward along the mountain--three men | | and six dogs. Whom have you out trom Lac Bala?" "No one," reptied Jan. "It must have been the new. agent from Churchill | We expect him early this winter. Shall | | we burry back, Melisse, and see If be has brought our books and violin strings ¥* "You must have dfpner with me." objected Ledoq. Jan caught a quick signal from Me- lisse. "Not today, ILedoq. we have a lunch for the trall. What do you say, Melisse?" "If you're not tired, Jan." "Tired? Me tossed the last package from the | eledge and cracked hls long whip over the dogs' backs as they both cried oot thelr farewell to the little Frenchinan. "pred" he repeated, runuing close beside ber as the team swung Nghtly hack into the traft and laughing down {nto ber face. "How could 1 ever gel tired with you watching me run, Me lisse?" "1 wouldn't mind it youn aid --just a little, Jan. Isu't there room for two" She gave a coquettish little sbrug of "1 tier shoulders, avd-Jan leaped upon the | moving sledge, kueeling close bebind her, "Always, always, | bave to ask you!" she pouted. "You needn't get too near, you know, if you don't want to!" The old, sweet challenge in her volce was irresistible, avd for a moment Jan felt himself surrendering to it. He leaned forward until his chin was buried in the silken Iynx fur of her | coat, and for a single breath he felt the soft touch of ber cheek against his own. Then he gave a sudden shout to | the dogs--so loud that it startled her-- and his whip writhed and spapped twenty fect above their beads like a thing filled with life. He sprang from the sledge and agaln ran with the team, urging them on * faster and faster until they dropped | foto a panting walk when they came to the ridge along which Ledoq two hours before bad seen the strangers hurrying toward Lac Baln. They did not lunch on the trail, but Jean de Gravols and Croisset came forth from the store to meet them. "You bave company, my dear," cried Jean to Melisse -- "two gentlemen fresh from London on the last boat and one of them younger and hand- somer than your own Jan Thoreaw They are wafting for you in the cabin, where your father Is getting them dio. per and telling them Low beautifully you would have made the coffee if you were there." "Two!" sald Jan as Mellsse left them. "Who are they?' "The mew agent, M. Timothy Dix- on, as red as tbe plague, and fatter than a spawning fish. And bis son, who has come along for fun, be says; and 1 believe he will get what he's after if lie remains here very loug, Jan Thoreau, for be lovked a little too boldly at my lowaka hen she cume into the store just now. "Can you blame him. Jean? I tel you that 1 look at lowaka whenever get the chanée" , she. Jet os gd : look that you can Jsa But the forelgner--} will skin him alive and spit him with th@ dlevil thorn it be so much as peefis ad her out of the wrong way of his eye." Croisset sh his shoulders. where are two of the foreigners at Nelson House, and iwo on the Whol dain, aud one"-- . An bour later Jan the opeu to Cun paused for an lust heard a laugh that and when be weit slowly across ¢ cabin. As be t at the door be "Mr. Dizon, "The stravger turned inqul uh deepened to At's early and | "Mr. Dixon, this is my brother, Jans the words with cool precision. "Only! we have lived under the same roof since she was n baby, and so we hyve come to be like brottrer and sister." # "Miss Melisse has been telling mg about your run this morning," ex< claimed the young Englishman, his face reddening slightly as he detected the girl's embarrassment. "1 wish { had seen It." td f. There will be plenty of it very soon," replied Jan, caught by the frankness of the other's manner. "Oud | tuuners will be going out Among [i] trappers within a fortnight." "And will they take mer" "You may go with me if you eatf I leave the day after tomorrow." "Thapks" said Dixon, moving to ward the door. 7 Melisse did not lift her head as bi went out. Faintly she said: + "I've kept your dinner for yofi, Jaf, Why didn't you come sooner' ' "I had dinner with Gravols," he red plied. "Jean said thst you would? bardly be prepared for five, Melisse, 80 1 accepied his invitation." F. He took dowp from the wall a fust sledge coat, in which Metisse bad mended a rent a dny or two before aud, throwing it over lis arm, turned to leave. "Jap!" He (a in spite of Lim vess In not unde "Why are pfler tom - rin p A ced her slowly, knowing tha off there was a stra; nner which she woul solng away the day' weeks before the others? Y 1't tell me." sg "I'm going » hundred miles into the gouth," he unswered + "Over the Nelson House traf?" "Yes" | "Oni" Her lips curled slightly as she | looked at him. Then she laugbed. and a bright spot leaped iuto either cheek. "I upderstand, brother," she said # p ly. "Pardon me for questioning y go. 1 had forgotten that the MacVeigi | girl Hves on tbe Nelson trail. lowaks | pays that she is as sweet as a wild flows: | er. I wish you would huve ber come up and visit us some time, Jan." ] Jan's face went red, then white, bub Melisse saw only the first effect of hee' random shot and was bfiskly gathering ap the dishes. "I turn off into the Cree lake country * | betore 1 reach MacYVeigh's," he was ond bung 0 | feel as if I can run from here to | drove Into the post fo time for dloner. | the point of saying, but the words | upon his 1ips. and he remained silent. | A few minutes later he was talking: | with Jean de Gravois. The J Frenchman's face was ominously anrk," | and he puffed furiously upon his pipe: | when Jan told him why he was leaving at once for the south. ' "Running away!" he repeated for 19: 3 tenth time in French, his thin Hps Ing in a sneer. "lam sorry that § gaves you my oath, Jan Thoreau, else 1 Ww! go myself and tell Melisse what 1 rea In the papers. Pisbl Why can't you forget?" > "I may--some day," sald Jan. "That» is why [ am going into the South two: weeks early, and 1 shall be gone untils after the big roast. another week I shall tell Meilsse, then" -- He shrugged his shoulders Ingly. "An then what," LF «1 should go away forever." Jean snapped his fingers with a laugh. | i -", despatfe ay wil Towakas and little Ji "I am going the day row." The next morning Jowaka to Melisse that Gravols was as as a bear, te [ro BE connvomn]. : 'By running your plow énough into the gropud you u keep your farming from if 1 remain heres