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mclrar g r goctdvallix birritcr jkifer xotmy public gizorgltowx a actok aato iu mr scris block t our scotcri tweed fall suiilncs hare now al arriv and onieos forsaits are respcotfully olicited shaw grundy j gneiph- i arc aechitetl oataho jj3kv hotel block hauket w b bragg practical jtlllwbight of riocr fill- t riiciiity p oaiir lr iu liocssom fop 1 vkntions i1expv grist oimcvall virtr pructie no patt no pe ptkakclir scsa- aciscr to t f ciiipitai booitbikdkk mkiiciiakt tailors cuelph sf60g worth or christmas cards i aiu 83000 worth -ay- new fancy goods pur 3 fopvy a story of christmas day cuiulnv frvn lit i- 1 by 500 worth of oolls -upknkd- days at bookstore the oldest drug store n gvelph farmers railway men i st george square on- pk luzilt booki pf ail kind made to order peri-siicl- of ever description carefully boii eaiiihttatlyaiid promptly dane vt ii he3ktreet licensed inctioneer for ttic ojuiilieit of wtlliltatoa and halt- orltri ief- it the itni pkes offics actoi j 5r t utt- rsilettce in actjn wih i sijysttlllejt f trrar roaona r ai3lu uy atiora at tltl- lttt favorable tanna aiii ut tio lowest rates of mtereat in stuci cf kj fd npnarde t otl fojfsale- ltlui cat ir iiad at the ivottiv titite aj-pfv- latill or ta caiiaala l or urgtf- qnentities at auy tho kihc near toitonv h hlvglei siimi br 17 iii hioiik afros iok riale see odh the afaeriialcd li rjow in ioct firtt- valas par- cedar 5c aah shinflrj staves ad torurf itiiidj call and eiamine ttoct if yos rcjufreanjthtdc iji he line th0s c 5100ee acton po 1 gtvujf im ii rtqceiuj to call at 0a aoi 8-ftl- their mconola otherwise the cjun vill collect tliem tbuffaek fabms for sale f u f u ttr kcrt i- 0 hekorickt beii uuit hzmx atoumwav delaware jjoese farms are improved with bnildirigg w friit treee and berries of all kinds pw wtier plenty of timber laflil ood m aehools ami charches fiood marketb outsa miles from pauladelplua plenty of j yterj and game very productive umi clunate mill and pleasant come and jwr yourself and be convinced x am ed with team and carriage to take ioiee tie fprms tree of chiwe pttahtea juttuavaift9 patent oustproof case with waitham movement b savace gdelph tames hattuehs aent for fire insurance gos life accident insurance tiokets 3000 for 25c per dav agent for the dominion steamship co refnrn tickets issned or tickets to brinront yonr friends chiateii otax ilvroax axt itbeblrxe j a jtoney to loan good joint or endorsed short date notes discounted agent for the canadian loan k savings co toronto cosvetaxczu or deeds morfeaees discharares ohattle mortgageg farm and house leases agreements c- cleric dit coart cornrinqneensbsnch i tc lstaer of marriage lieonata j oa9h for orain and pork best gakaoiah goal oik only 20o a gallon nov is the time to buy rour coal oil- hicinbothams condition powders havt livu irivcrii satitf actin aud nil who hsie uid them for hrss ard cttttle teatify to their ex- ccileccc prflpaicd only hy wg smith co flllltfcr fluid an clant prvpara- tion forroiighutsi of the shin chapptd hand- sore lipr kcr iites ac- pre- pared ouly hy v g smith co tuorlejs fforcc niidcatue food sold in any qjanaity to mil ptirchaicr iriauloild ijyes the liest end cheapest in the mhihoi w csmith 8c co dispensing chemists gutfpb i0di dec s3 l wiil prove all that i haw s eobr dya said the woiuau juittlv you ate a coaraeous man aud tu it bravely well 1 cau eave tlic cccr thctrojlile of comiaj ian coing to the biue bell yoa ciii uud him there come lay poor pet and nclliu the golden head of ihe child on hci- fchoulder the wotaau tiasacd ot carniug the sympathy of all with her robert djsoas faraio whirled rud was dazd by the finormily and sudden ness of the accusation recovering himself contjeeriug his agitation ho said quietly i itel that my simple denial save to thoc who cau trust me and he glanced toward helen dalmaine who fctood her hca i averted leaning against a rww will be but a waste of words but the con- fciwiou kliall be wade as publicly as the charge has been i shall not rest till i have fcoen to that- xo one came forward orsjxke to him ail looks were averted robert dyson got his hat aud walked to thtj door helen dalmame he stopped helen he said in a low jtone yoa know me yaa i hope frask me vou do not believe this shq paused a second hi en looking up the answered holding forth her hand ko robert i cannot btit there are others vota must satisfy my father lcforc i can bo yoar wife tiiia iuyerv must be romove i i jt hhail irc he rejoined fervently and hasteucd from the church tiiis is your won john buchanan he reilocted fiercely thin is vhatyoi thrcafjixd this is yoarreveiitv to cat a temiprarj slur upon my character but it shall fall upon you and the inauu- nrit of your plot- i will motyi ifccr- lv lttvtiin shall bo rtivded l hi- widkcl over tliu sowto th iti town the first step he saw fi hv troen was to secure tb vvottani jnhji ihudianans accflinphr the qnstiori was had she really goic to the lihiu dell or had sh el which was mat nohihlu talea flight i he piofdi to the inn v tho j vjuiu dinil jut htepped out fcr a mo- lkiit air in thutj the would return i oh vrtainlv for she hid iai her little gir s- kir remarked the smiliug iid u- lifting a shawl from two chairs ijit lic the prettiest love you wtr saw tlolhif dyson gazwl ia ilouoe at i meenio losily flushed with iletp end uitbmt k word quittel ilia inn j th woman ha fled leaving the child hcic he rcflectid shcmut ix found and he proceeded to the i nlicestatiou to lay infonnkt as i he uciit a parishioner wished him the kcaffus gruetiutr j f a merry giristma forlritn ho uiuttcrtd with a hitter laugh and j yet how few hours ago i deemed it would h the happiet and ixnt so it j iniqht had give u that scoundrel the money ho wanted bnt no resolutely i am glad i did not i willhravehim and john buchanan at a court of jutco eh ill crave my mercy not i his but the ghdng of john bnciiauau aid i the woman proved no easy task both had disappeared j j robert dyson put the matter in tho liands of a detective bnt with no lm- mediate result i meanwhile tlia little f orlop aband- oned waif meenie remained at the inn i j what wan to be done with the child the goodnatured landlady decided a bit and sup coaldatbci much for such a mite she would take care of j it until matters were arranged when perhaps she might be rewarded for her i trouble by them to whom tbe little thing belonged in her owiii mind she j referred to robert dyson redlands was divided ia its opinion regarding him i if only for tho sake of opposition and oulv told his story how his toother a rather weak vain pretty womau had been inveigled to uer misdry into a marriage with a scoundrel jwbilo he robert was at cambridge jto helen dalmaine ead her father hot he let it be known to all redjandsjaiso how foolishly be had paid joha buchanan to keep silence having a nervou iread of disgrace and also of that last meeting at the manse gate with john buchanans throato mr dalmaine said he swtao reason to disbclifivo robert dysons i tory yet enemy to maker and until everything wv- aiisfactorilymadc clear to the pub lic ho could not consent to receive rob rt dyson as nrcviouslv much ies as itdcns affirmed husband theiuinisjtrk position was bitter to bovr those wlio once had been friends turned cold aud even those who showed no outward chaiige he knew mistrutd liiut iu their hearts while he berime mi oliject of curious interest and gosip 1j the poorer clashes more than occ john buchanans wards had come true he wished he hd given him the ftfivpotmds but it wns a nujacmtiry weaifuess xo he cxclaimcvl firmly what ever corner ill live it down it is i not he who shall conquer so the days went by christmas eve came robert dynou passed it alone ifc had had invitatious but refused them how could he be gay with this dark clocd around him a cloud which if he could not disperse it must separate him from helen christmas morning dawned the heavy feuowfall had melted a wild wind blew oyer the iaad but the sky was clear and bright fur the first time since the event robert dyson acended the pulpit hi- glance round showed many scats vacant there were those who had judged aud condemned him already he bit his lip then abruptly he put aside thesonnou he liad prepared aud fronting the con gregation calmly gave out ihe text 11 judge not lest ye be judged it was an impromptu sermon coming from his heart it touched the hearts of otherv but it exhausted robert dyson reaching the vestry he dropped info a beat his head bowed on ins bauds the fight is too dimcaltbernoaucd i mast saccuiab i caunot bear it 1 lie waited until the groups that im pred iu the churchyard to talk over tic startling and powerful sermon had gone then went to his solitary christ mas dinner at the manse he had but one consolation helen bad met his gauco from the dalmaine pew with a bright encouraging smile never was day more dreary to robert dyson who had rechoued upon it beiug ol the merriest while it was light- he remained at home not caring to meet mens glances bat when the early win- tor night set in be wandered forth too retci3 too wretched to remain longer still the evening wa gray the pale gleam of the moon breaking occasional iy through the filmy canopy of cloud giv ing a weird aspect to the sceae the fierce wind yet tore throagh the leafless branches while when it subdued a space the rush of the river turbid and swollen from the melted snow was heard as it roared aud leaped along its coarse robert dvsoa involuntarily bent his stops to die manor entering the grounds by a private gate he proceeded through the trees until he came in front cf the house from- every window issued ravs of hghf figures passed and repassed the blind- of the lower rooms occasionally strains of music rcachcdlum bnt for john duchmin he might have been there there with helen his betrothed who now he kacw moura- cd in her heart ay did he bnt for john j buchanan robert dyson throwing up his arms in his bitter indignation cursed him then after a space maddened by being so near helen yet unable to join her he tare himself from the spot and wander ed across the fields he had not observed m he quitted j the mo groands a man emerge from j lio su duwaudfouowhim apparently j in had lic intention of overtaking the i other oly the latter walked too fast j nevertheless now and again puffing i at a cigar the man kept on ids track where was robert dyson going j would lie turn soon it was a wild night for a walk abruptly tho minister rvaclung the bank of the river slopped gazing into the whirling waters the other by a few quick strides waa by his side well bob dyson be remarked bghtly what do you say now have i kept my word the minister leaped at the other villain he exclaimed i have you now yoa shall not escape not quite sec i am prepared and stepping back he presented a small pi tol coward but i will snnirnou aid difficult to find it here i reckon tut tut listen to reason i have come to give yoa a last chance a hundred pounds and i clear your character ill en the plot 1 xt a hundred pence was the reso lute letjionse t give you five minutes i do not require oae i refuse i leave all to time robert dyson saw him tarn and walk up the river bank should he call him brick x hundred pounds was little never he would be free of this man at least he watched him turn at the narrow rustic bridge and glance back robert dyson made no sign ho saw him step on it then all was rapid as in a dream the bridge undermined al ready by the swollen water yielded beneath his weight a wild cry then bridge and man were whirling in the stream together just one moment robert dyson pans- cd tho next he bad sprung down the bank and seizing an overhinging tree leaned far over the waters if he could yon arc a brave cood fellow i bid all hen- know that the charge made against hum li dvkju is false the woman was my nun wife it was my own child dont jet people bhune roor carrie i forced her to say what she did out of rcveiigf and to extort money from him in return he risks his life to save mine it is not his fault i die i am sorry for wha i did boh as i said i am a bad p uy but i shiut turn up again can cu forgive me uhii iim preyed his hand thanks bob stay will you be a friend to mv poor little menuie i will thank yoa you you may have a merry christmas yei mine is ended it was for with the words the sod took its flight tiie revulsion fiom misery to jov made after ail that christmas the mer riest to the young minister who pased it by the iuc of helen dalmaine his be rothed years of prosperity and happiness have cuucd but they cannot quito efface from robert dysons memory the buheruig of that one christmas day ctrfer th mecalit tetveu n thoijca irl- tcivf rcy iwi rr wrtchedablxiks sur ucpciuiki i i lrlfclacj pnnd a fcv lrit j liiffa t the ealcm wlrc tt ra tcm iiettr pile or die he fore tliciu covir- iu te viinl and vcairous to okwcrc cii ia irrrr imrii br tla- c vlca lovi fcr im wo- tl tiecrdie tlo loan omort mji ci u- rl i2kid i i 0 clique chnfidasthea til do elect j td kcl p hiiilorc- icf iovt ji l ifusc comicg udt irit nce cojpee j wiov ccain i ngvt ft to uaii 1iqgi gi to mlkt low ise eufiitifian argument people always do divide as to the minster himself ije had not j catch john buchanan as he passed ho tho charge made n gainst hinifwas aj max i linow it bnt a few minutoir daring and ftaserous 00ft ia ereft an wjubncatooich tlinjipjb might save him it was his only chance here he came helpless whirled here and there ah too far no no he had seized his arm the bridge and tbo waters rushed on bat robert dyson had saved hir enemy 1 the spine is injured be 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 the origin of diristnins christmas looks out at us from the dim shadow of the groves of the drds wlui knew pot christ and is dear to liiose who now renounce the name of christian the christmas log which herrick exhorts his merrie merrie boys ty bring with a noise to the firing is but the saxon ydelog burning oa the knglisli hearth sqd the blazing holiday temples of saturn shine again in tho illuminated christian churches it is the pdgan mistletoe under which the christian youth kisses the christian maid it is the holly of the old roman saturnalia which decorates bracebridge hall on christmaseve the huge f racking baron of beef the flowing ocean of ale are but the survivals of the tre mendous eating and drinking of the scandinavian walhalla the christmas and antechristian feeling blend in the happy season and the christian observance mingles at every point with the pagan rite it is not easy to- say where the paganism ends and the christianity begins the carols and tb wassail the prayers and the games the geueroas hospitality hobby- horse and the lord of misrule maid marian and santa claus are a carious medley of theold and the new asthe religious thought of all ages and couutrics when it reaches a ceruui ele vation flows into an expression 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 biace- bridge hall musing by the glowing hearth on christmaseve as he watches the romping revelry beneath the glisten ing berries and listens to the waits cauliing outside in the moonlight or as he h wakened oh christmas morning by the hushed patter of childrens tcvtin t passage and the shy music o ilrens voices at his door may well vv tu hear a more celestial strain and o catch a deeper uxairiug iu the words before abraham wls i am rules for tiie journey of life never ridicule sacred things or what others may esteem as such however ab surd they may appear to yoa never show levity when people are en gaged in worship never resent a suppose injury till ycr know the vew and motives of the aether of it and- on no occasion relrde t always take the part of an absent person who is censured in company so far as truth and propriety will allow never to think worse of another on ac count of hia differinc free yoa in political andreligfoo- subjects not to dispute with a man who is more lhan seventy years of ace nor with a wo man nor with any sort of an enthusiast not to effect to be witty or to jest so as to hart the feelings of another to say as little as possible of yourself and those who arc near you to aim at cheerfulness without levity never to court the favor of the rich ly flattoring their vanities or their riches to speak with calmness and deliberation on all occasions especially of c ire oru stances which tend to irritate frequently to review your conduct and note yoar feelings i o wise words when yoa fret and fume at the pretty ills of life remember that the wheels which go round without creaking last longest we have a vast number of gingerbread young gentry thrown upon the world who remind one of the abandoned hulls some times picked up at sea with only a monkey on board young men attention did young men who are in the habit of drinking intoxicating liquors ever stop to think what such a practice is doing for them it not ouly threatens to destroy health and manhood but it shuts them out from the better positions in the em ployment of those who conduct the busi- neea of the country the old year and the new tbi htnpl unaal fettt u fpnod sober thfl ffunti and tew that ber with grave but cordial cbr hare nut to o cot the old yoar am welfcomo id tbo nvw the 0 j year dieidioi in our bearu- diea on tbo btormiul lea dioi on tbo wintry moon that gleam diea inoog tbo flying coad that wca hii pasting tklzu to be and faere in preiedc of tho dead lot all our quarroli die woro porting witb tbo part a reach handi to the future and ou wxh fatei tbidowi dwper lie tfcecal thcapokindnemhife- and bark frbm tbe church tower tieoo witb bia iron hammer ilw anvi with a iigh twiit etery blcrw boata out tbo midnight boar a good kew year and happiness to you atd you and you a kies the girls dtroog ban js c grajp th ojvsgrow uuder with the ch i betaujc tit ltuw ire trje hv tru the firattoots at i doer aej whiic tho wijicruj bells pjiig iu ihe year with lv ii chime jicged of sad and trerry rhymas 0 ttcttiags jil fjircwflie a heritl to the alscst lot un drink wh uajty three tncs -ihret- k ei iajv fo knew wh waving liaiids the ai ils hisses from ar lanii aej eighs from oer the seaj j daicuiiax smitil joining a lodge a woman who has been married four weeks to clerk in an agricultural imple ment agency in a country towrrites to know what the sun thinks about ber has bnd joimng a masouic or odd fellows iodge slie says they have tailed it over themselves and he ia twentyone years old kets fourtetu douars a week and tliey are boaxding with her auit and they hive ag- reed to leave ft to th sun this paper does no wsh to encourage or dim ourage vuy ooup man from joining an oriler that e feeis it liis duty to join but the indeci- on cf this young married man is te beat njencu in the world that the tine has uot arrived for him to join a lodge lodges tre not made any more powerful by the addition of young fellows whohaeouiy ozczi married four weeks and w 10 are hoarding with their wives aunt atttan can join a lodge when he is twer tyone years old but lodges are not search ng the birth records to see when a man anives at that age in orderlopet hah to join when a man becomes of age and gets mirried he has other duties to perform tt e first year which are more important thai join ing a lodge several things are lh ble to occur that will make the fourteen dc liars a week look tired without joining a ijodge the girl that the young man has n arriecf is liable to wunt something beaiss day board she may wnt a dress or tw o or a hat and a time may come at le ist we have known it to come in a great many families when the bride is as well ai could be expected and the fourteen dollars a week bridegroom has to pay a docto she is the only bride he ever had and she ia the dearest brido on earth to him and the best doctor is none loo good ond seme of the best doctors l knock a serious hole in fourteen dollars a week so it k best not to burn- about joining a lodge ar y well regulated lodge will wait until you get the doctors bill paid then the young bride- crooni should begin tothink about tlic time when he does not want to board with his motherinlaw or anybody else ahd has set to furnish a house out of that fourteen dollars a wetk it will take two wieks of that to buy a cooking stove to say nothing of things to cook and one weeks pa r for a bed room set- but it is uot tight o ckv coe young people by telling cf the tjms they need a great ded moi e than they do a membership to a lodge i baby wagon codd be bought for about what it would cost to join a lodge and a young couple always want the best baby wagon that can be bought the first time tiny bay one of coarse the young parent imight get trusted for tlie baby wagon baft it is awful hard to pay for it after the boiby has pot so it can walk and the baby waou is stored away in a pigeon hole iu th attic for future reference and the parent is al most ashamed to bring the baby waj on out fjr a second addition before it is pt id for so fliat it can be readily seen that oiuing a lodge is the last thing to be thouht of mi t j the candidate has the necessaries of idtipaid fur and is not cramped for money the trouble with many yoaag mem who join lodges is that they want to tike all ihe degrees in sight before tkay have a ecoud surt to their backs or their wives nave much more clothes thau they were married in they se uieu who have taken dttees above themand they want to pet there and it takes money after a man has got a home to shelter him and his ultie ouea he feels comparatively at ease liiancially aud the children are not bare- iootel and ther pants out of their knees and vice versa th sun would nit dis courage such a person from joihiug a lodge i he felt like it and after he joiuaif he can afford it he is at liberty to take a thousand degrees but as long as hej owes every man that will trust irini an3 hasnt got credit enough to bay a sack of jfionr and his family are pinched for the neces saries of life if he yearns for expensive degrees they ought to be driven into him with a club the young wife who irrites to tht sun for advice as to her husbands joining a few lodges can gather from few casual remarks that it is deemed to postpone the goat cavalry busine 3 till next year pcckt sun i these wise queer gambling the gambling spirit is universal ai d ths ingenuity shown in making occasion for bet is amusing the spanish races in south america frequently vary the rr onot- ony of their midday siesta by playing fly in this game a pool is made and each player furnishes himself with a pie of loaf sugar and the possessor of the pieoe on which a fly first alight takes the pool the newest gambling institution s at bombay rain gamliidg then are certainshops near the mombadevi c low- sky where rain gambling goes on regn lad during the monsoon this specie oi dis sipation consists in betting that rain will or will not fall within a certain time and kaiiohii4iiey changes tundi afi l i 10