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and promptly due j farmers railway men i 500 w0rtf0f dolls at days bookstore cairn the oldest drub store ik cuelph w tnn in t2m u heilnthekt licensed auctiofaper rjoaities of wcuiajjtoa and hi to a leit it the fic pni osce acton cy reiidene- it an will le jy attiided vj t rcasnibl iiolcv to ioac on the most favorable ni at the lowest ratea of interest f i7x aid cptrardif t ime for -salk- liiit cautjc had at the canada lime orci in i3isii or iargfi quantities at any time apply tt the kiln neir toltonv icill crt- c h sillth ilhy i- lijvi box 172 acrok iiingles iitn- xki kniiiys for sall tijfi cedtrtined ha now in stock firtt- dass plo cedar and ash s wastes staves and tcrted lleajltoo call ftod examine tiock i voj require anvtbiog in the line thosc koi re acton eo tiiot gwjjijr me are rtqaested o call at oace ani sttdc tbeir accoantf otbenrise the ciart will collect them a story of christmas day cttiiit jrvui h wl i will jiruvo ill tlulj i lixvt said robert dysou said tlie woruau ijuictly yoa arc w coarajcoua man- cad incol it bravely well 1 cau bivc the officer the trouble of coming i am loing to the blue bell yoa cau eud him there come my poor pet and cstliug the rodea bead df die child on her fdioulder thewomaa pisal oat carryiiifr the sympath o all with her robert dysons brata whirled aud was dazed by the enormity and sadden- ncsa of the accusation j recovering himself conqaenuj his agitatiouho said quietly 1 fccl that my simple denial save to those vliocaa trust me and he gliaccil tou- helea dalmainc who stood her he ul averted leaning against a new will be but a wate of words j but the con- feisioa rhall be made as publicly as tlie charge has been i shall uot reit till i have seen to that ko one came forward or spoke to him all looks were averted robert dyson iioi ins hat and walked to the door by helen dalmame he atoppccl helen lie said iu a ibw tone yon know me yoa i hope trust me you do not believe tuis she paused a soooad then iooliif np she cnswerel holding forth her hand xo rolert i cannot but there are others you muit satisfyrmy father- before i can ley oar wife ithis luytterj must be removed it fthail be he rejoial fervently aud h listened from the chyreh this is yoar work joliu buchauan he relkcted fiercely tliis i wliat ri thrcatncd this is yoar revenue to ca- a temporary slar upon my ciiaraetor but it shall fail upon yoa aud the iusru neut of ynur plot i wilt meet ynafcar- lnsly even tiling shall be revealed r mmiy iji- walked over the snow to the little towu tlie first step iaj saw ti if tkfu was to secure the wnian lii buchanans accomplice tho aeiim was had she really ffae to the lllie bell or had she which was movc imh ihlc taken vlitii he pijcljdel to tho inn tho wiiu liutl jart stepped oat for a mo- she would return rtainly for she liil uix her sir remarked the smiling v lifting a shawl fmrn i o chairs lie the prettiest lore yow ever tlilicrt dyson ozed q silcir at loiiie roily flashed wtli uip and ithdnt a word quitted the inu th- woman has fied leaving tlsa enemy to maker and until everything wi satisfactorily made clear to the pub- i lij he could not consent to rvaivci robert dyson i lireviouslv much ies as helens affiincca husband j the ministers position was bitter o j hvr those who ouce had lecu friends j turntl cold and even those who h1iow d uo oiitwirl change lie knew mistrusted i him in their fckirts while he hecamo mi ibjcet of curious interest and oasip j to the poorer classes j tdare thuu once jolm buchanans i words hid core true he wihr4 he i lral giwri him the fiftv pounds but it was a monentry weakness u ko he cccliimcvl firmly what- j ever comes ill live it down it is rnot j he who shall conquer so the days went by christmas eve came robert dys m passed it alone he had had invitations bat refused them how could he be gay with this dark cloud around him acload which i if he could not disperse it must separate j him from ii lea christmas morning dawned the heavy snow- f ill had molted a wild wind blew over the land but the sky was clear and bright for the first time since the event robert dysoa ascended the pulpit his plancc round showed many seatt vacant there were those who had judged and condemned him already he bitiiis lip then abruptly he put aside thesertnna hj itad prepared aud fronting the con- i gregation calmly gave out the text j judge not lest ye be judged it was an impromptu sermon- coming from his heart it touched the hearts o i others hut it exhausted robert dyson i reaching the vestrv he dropped into a scat las head boweel on his hands j tile fight is too difficult he moaned j i mustsaccumb i cannot bear it he waited until tlie gtoups that lin- gorcl in the churchyard to talk over the startling and powerful sermon had gone then went to his solitary christ mas dinner at the manse heliadbut one consolation helen had met his glance from the dumaine pew with a bright encouraging smile xever was day more dreary to robert dyou who had reckoued upon it being ol the merriest while it was light he remained at home not caring to meet niuv dances but when the early win ter night sot in h wandered forth too restless too wretched to remain longer still the evemugwagray the pale gleanl of the mooa breaking occasionally through the filmy comopv of cloud giv ing a weird aspect to tlie scene the fierce wind yet tore through the leafiess branches while when jt subdued a space the rush of the river turbid and fewojlen from the melted snow was heard a it roared and leaped along iu course ruben dvon involuntarily bent his steps to the manor entering the grounds by a private pdc be proceeded through the trees until he came io front of the house from every wmiow issued rays of liilh figures passed and repassed the blinds of the lower rooms occasionally strains of music reached him but for john baciunan he might have been there there with helen lis betrothed who now he knew mourn- cd iu her heart au did be but for john buchanan robert dyfon throwing up his arms in his bitter indignation cursed him then after a space maddened by being io near helen yet unabe to join her he tore himself from the tpot and wander ed across tlie fields lie had not observed he quitted yoa are a brave ood fellow i bid afl here know that tho charge made against rib ft dyoo i false the woman was tisy nwn wife it was my own child imit let people burne poor carrie i forced her to say what sbo did out ol revenge and to extort money from him in return lierisks his life to save mine it is net ins fault i die i am sorry for nha i did bob as i said i am a bad nnv but i slnnvturn up again can yoa forgive me ujj itimiii pressed his hand thanks bob stay will you be ft friend to mv poor little mcunie i will- thank you vou you may have a merry christinas yet mine is endcil it was for with the words the sou took its flight the revulsion fiom miscn to joy made after all that christmas the mer riest to the young minister who passed it by the mie ef helen dalmainc his letniuied years of prosperity and happiness hae ensued but they cannot quite efface from robert dysons memory tha safleriug of that one christmas day goda cio tc3cr ih cccnlit 1cjvcj is the cuca aitra ud tltiik icn tim 2 thid ablaiirj stir w c jwmcd erb bnbt aj par1 a rt lruti sar ti tlo cajtcru tkr wicn tkiioi ra- rcum iiercrpaii or lie hitcrc iicu fovicc te ranlaal wenircos ky to icir wiero cii 1 ii iiur lowly uy ti clrst vrlosc lov- f r ua u rr a tvej- jie tl loau of love wili ct to ail diiljuj the jilt lo re iu licak aj ciraiaa tiblad ct glcuut rirwtina dar whea all do meet tjwolip liini trlo-c- zoiic vcwt iii wiute coruuigijiadi- fjr if j rt iore comptcta vuojccaij irsil e l cc4t iitl to ilu from g id taiaifr ljiiplew eurcil jasjx li lit lit th lb tie v uii gl he renecld sli isi- see ocr i best canadfah coal olllj only20cagaon i i now is the time to bay your j ooal oil- i tjetaware fakhs for sale i 0 hendricks w esouos duttuto xoeee farms arc improved with buildingb fnoes bait ire aod berries of ill kinds good water plentv of timber baifl good roads schools aad churches goodtnarkets oalj95 mucs from philadelphia plenty of fuh oyswrs and game very prodactire land climsu iniid aud pleasant come and tt for yourself and be conriuctd i am vparod with team aud carriage to take tmers to tee tha fans tree of ohwse fi sttown ttwwhddmw s patent dustproof case with waltham movement b savage guelpn tamestkattliews agent for fire insurance cos life accident insurance tickets 3000 for 25c per da vo agent for the dominion steamship co return tickets issocd or tickets tobriugont jour friends dzxtzr isix ixuosr axv iimbtdte moneto loan good joint or endorsed short date notes discounted agent for the canadian loan i savings co toronto r cosvetixcek of deeds mortgaees discharses ohattle mortgages farm and house leases afirreements c clerk div coon comrin queens uencli e iasocrof uarriage licenses oath pororain and pork hicinbothams condition powders lijvc ji ii ui iveril stiifucjm und all wlci imvc ut d tlitiii fir imrs and cnle leifv t tl-ii- ctlleiict prspiud lily by v g smith i- co wlllffcl fluid an elcganl ptcpara- tiod fur niiiriiis f tle pliii cliaipfd hands snrc lips ii est l itc pre pared only by v 0 kitlth co tiiorleys fioiccaiidcatic food sold in any qaanaity to suit pnrcbsser uiauiond wyes ihc best mi cbtapest in tlie iiiarkc w c 8mith co dispensing cheinistb guejpb loili dec 63 riiila h bo fauiil and h pricocdli to tli jrilicsstitiou to liy iufdrniation as uiit a ptrishgacr wished him the stisijs rteliti mciry cliristas for mo h4 muurroi with a biltc-r- tuijii and yt t how fev houin ao i dceiucl it would b the happiest and hrt ss it- liiiht had i piven that aeoundrtil tho msjney he wanted rut no resolntly i am lad i did not i will bravo him aud tohu bnchnan at a court of justice el 1 1 ii crave my mercy not i his bat the findjig of john bachauan and the woman proved no easy tak both had disappeared robert dyson put the matter iu the liands- of a detective but with uo im- mediate result ileauwhile thd little forlorn aband oned waif meenio remained at the inn wliat was to be done with the child the goodnatured landlady decided a bit and sap couldnt be much for fucli a mite she would take care of it until matters were arranged when perhaps she might be rewarded for hrr trouble by them to whom the little thing belonged in her own mind she referred to robert dyson rfdlauds was divided in its opinion regarding him if only for the sake of opposition and argument people alwvs do divide as to the minister himself he had not only told his story how his mother a rather weak vain pretty woman had been inveigled to her misery intoi marriage with a scoundrel while he robert was at cambridge to helen dalmaine and her father but he let it be known to all redlasds also how foolishly he had paid john buchanan to keep silence having a nerroos dread of disgrace and also of that last meeting at the jlanse gate with john bnchananb throats mr dalmaine said he jaw no reason to disbolievo robert dysbis story yet the charge made agains him was a daring gjja iftlgetov 004 fp tivep an the 11 ui- prouuds a man emerge from tile svavnnd follow hint apparently lie hal the intention of overtaking the othi only the latter walked too fast nvvorihics now and agiiu puffing at a ciar the mauiiept on his track wliif wib robert dyson going wim he turn soon it was a wild night or a walk aljruptlythe minister rvachiog tho lunk tit the river stopped gazing into he whirling waters the cither bv a few quick strides was by hi side well bob dyson he remarked lightly vhat do you say now have i lqit my word the minister leaped at the other yimiuu he exclaimed i have you now vou shall not escape not quite see i am prepared and stepping back he presented a small pistol coward but i will summon aid difficult to find it here i reckon tut tut listen to reason i have come to give yoa a laat chance a hundred pounds and i clear your character ill concuss the plot 1 nit a hundred pence was the reso- lnti 1 espouse j give you five minutes i do not require one i refuse i leave all to time robert dyson saw him turn and walk up the river bank should he call him iiekl a hundred pounds was little never he would be free of this man at least he watched him turn at tho narrow rustic bridge and glance back ruben dyson made no sign he saw him step on it then all was rapidas in a dream the bridge undermined al ready by the swollen water yielded beneath im weight a wild cry then bridge and man were whirling in tha stream together justone moment robert dyson paus ed tho uoxt he had 6prnng down the bank and seizing an overhanging tree leaned far over the waters if he could catch john buchanan as he passed he might save him it was bis only chance here he came helpless whirled here and there at too far no no he bad seized his arm tho bridge and the waters rushed on bat robert dyson had saved hir enemy s s the spine 13 injured j he can live but a brief space it was the doctor who spoke after ex amining john buchanan who was lying on a couch on the manor library i hear you doctor said the dying ma 2 tjenowit but a few minutes will suffice to clear the bjwoenjbob tlie origin of christmas christmas looks out at us- from the dim shadow of the groves of the drmds who knew not christ and is dear to tloe who now renounce the name of christian tho christmas log which hemck exhorts his merrie merrie boys to bring with a noise to the firing is but ihc saxon yuledog homing on the knmi hearth and the blazing holiday temples of satnrn shine again in the illuminated christian churches it is the pagan mistletoe under which tha christian youth kisses the christian maid it is the holly of tlie old roman saturnalia which decorates bracebrijge hall on christmaseve the hage smoking baron of beef the flowing ocean of ale arc bat the survivals of tbe tre mendous eating and drinking of the scandinavian walhalla the christmas and antechristian feeling blend ia the happy season and tlie christian observance mingles at every point with the pagan rite it ia not easv to say where the paganism ends ancl the christianity begins the carols and the wassail the prayers and the games the generous hopitality hobby horse and the lord of misnde maid marian and santa claus are a curious medley of the old and the new ak the religious thought of ail ages and countries when it readies a certain e e- tatiou flows into an ixprtsiou which makes the scriptures of the most diver gent nations harmonious the history of this happy festival is evidence of the common humanity of the earlier and later races and the stranger in brace- bridge hall musing by the glowing hearth on christmaseve as he watches the romping revelry beneath the glisten ing berries and listens to tho waits croling outside in the moonlight or as e is wakened on christmas morning by e hushed patter of children fet in e passage and the shy muic of rtss voices t id door nay vrc c to hear a nfij celestial strain ad cjvh a docptr ulviirg in the woidt 1 iiefurc alrahaii was i am rules for tne journey of life kever ridicule sacred things or what others may esteem as sach however ab surd they may appear to yen never ehew levity wheu people are en gaged in worship never resent a supposed injury till ycu know the view- ard motives of the author of it and oq 10 occasion relate it always take the part cf an absent perron who is censured in company so far as truth aild propriety will allow never to think worse of another on ac- coant of hia differiuc from you iu political and relicioca subjects not to dispute with a man who is more than seventy years of age nor with a wo man nor with any sort of an euthusiast not to effect to bo witty or to jest go as to hurt the feelinps of another to say as little as possible of yourself and those who are near you to aim at cheerfulness without levity never to court the favor of the rich by flattering their vanities or their riches to speak with calmness aud deliberation on all occasions especially of circumstances which tend to irritate frequently to review yoar conduct and note your feeling o wise words when you fret and fume at the pretty ills of life remember that the wheels which go round without creaking last longest we have a vast namberof gingerbread young gentry thrown upon the world who remind one of the abandoned hulls some times picked up at sea with only anonkey on board the old year and thi new the ilmplt aanoiij tut u iprwd 6obr lbs uhti aiid few bat ijerwtbgrt but cordulcpetr have met to too oat flia old yoar and welcome id the new tho old year die dloi fa our heart diei ou tho tonnful lea die ou tho wintry moors that gleam diet mong the flying clouds that teen his pawing ikjrti to be and here in pretence of tho dead let all our quarrels die were parting with the put we roach ilandi to tho future and on each fatei ihadowi iecpcr ho lc a th is an l1 n i- 4 lime mlh uii iron bju ur nlow an with a 114 iwixi entry llow iieaa oui ttiu midnight hour a good now tear ant haj piueit to joa auj you auj yoa wc kiss ue girls irong baa a c giisp tho oye grtw tender with tbo tin p becam the bcerta are true kcw ere tho iirfitfoof 1 at tl 3 iloor and while the wtijercj bells king in the year with lawus cbimea jingd of tad aau rocrry rbrmei of greetinga and farewellf a beajui to ibe abaent let ui drink witbbtarty thieeunieathioe f kca cot tc know with waving imruin tbcy wail us liases i rom iar lands and eigbjs from oer the mat u siciuur mm young men attention did young men who are in the habit of drinking intoxicating liquors ever stop to think what such a practice- ib doing for them it not only threatens to dastroy health and manhood but ft shuts them out from the better positions in tne em ployment ot those who conduct the buei- npas of tho country joining a lodge t woman who has been married four weeks to a clerk in an agricultural imple ment agency in a country town writes to know what th sun thinks about her hus- bmd joining a masonic or odd fellows lodge she says they have talked it over themselves and he is twentyone years old pets fourteen dollars a week and they are boarding with her aunt aud they have ag- greed to leave it to tlie sun this paper does not wish to encourage or discourage auy young man from joining an order that he feels it his duty to join but flie indecfv sion of this young married man is the best v evidence in the world that the time has not arri ed for him to join a lodge lodges are not made any more powerful by the addition of young fellows who have onlv been married four weeks and who are boarding with their wives aunt a man cau join a lodge when he is twentyone years old but lodges are not searching the birth records to see when a man arrives at that age in order to ret him to join when a man becomes of age and gets married he baa other duties to perform the first year which are moro important than join ing a lodge several things are liable to occur that will make the fourteen dollars a week look tired without joining a lodgo the cirl that the young man has m is liable to want something besides day board she may want a dress or two or a hat and a time may come at least wo have known it to come in a great many families when the bride is as well as could be expected and the fourteen dollars a week bridegroom has to pay a doctor she is tbe only bride he ever had and ehe is the dearest bride on earth to him and the best doctor is none too good ond some of the best doctors knock a serious hole in fourteen dollars a week so it is best not to hurry about joining a lodge any well regulated lodge will wait until you get the jcctors bill paid then the young bride- rocni should begin to think about the time when he does uot want to board with his ihotheriuiaw or anybody else and has ot to furnish a houc out of that fourteen dollars a week it will take two weeks of that to bay a cooking stove to say nothing 0 things to cook ana one w pav for a uu room set lut t s uut right to dis- ourge young people by wling of jho things theyx need a great ded more than they do a membership to a lodge a baby wagon could be bought for about what it woald cost to join a lodge and a young couple always want the best baby wagon that can be bought the first time they buy one of course the young parent might get trustod for the baby wagon bat it is awful hard to pay for it after the baby has sot so it can walk and the baby wagon ia stored away in a pigeon hole in the attic for future reference and the parent is al most ashamed to bring the baby wagon out for a second addition before it is paid for so that it can be readily seen that joining a lodge is the last thing to be thought of unrd the candidate has the necessaries of life paid for and is not cramped for money the trodble with many young men who join lodges is that they want to take all the degrees in sight before they hab a second shirt to their backs or their wives have much more clothes than they were married in they se men who have taken degrees above them and they want to get there and it takes money after a man has got a home to shelter him and his hide ones he feels comparatively at ease iiiiincaally and the children are uot bare- iooted and their pants out of their knees aud vicofersa 7ae sun wpold hot dis courage such a person from joininga lodge ii he filt like it aiid after he joinsif he can affoid it he is at liberty to take a thousand degrees but as long as he owes every man that will trust him and haint got credit enough to buy a sack of flour shd his family are pinched for the neces saries of life if he yearn3 for expensive degrees they ought to be driven into him with a club the young wife who writes to the sua for advice as to her husbands joining a few lodges cau gather from thbae few casual remarks that it is deemed wike to postpone the goat cavalry busineaa till next year ptckt stn queer gambling the gambling spirit is universal and tha ingenuity shownin making occasion for a bet is amusing the spanish races in south america frequently vary the manors ouy of their midday siesta by playing fly in this game a pool is made and each player furnishes himself with a pieoe of loaf sugar and the possessor of the pieoe on which a fly first alights takes the pool the newest gambling institution is at bombay rain gambling thereare certain shops near tbe mombadevi chow sky where rain gambling goes on regularly during the monsoon this spedes of die sipation consists in betting that rain will or willnot fall witbi 1 a certain time and noolunxii oafj i jundt ft i 3 v f i i i 9 fi m ibaia m icissi s3ki8ssp