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tens csrssteed or no ptntd inttractiwit i ta vetrx i jnsr earope hi- ge send jor acf ia opitkn- grist vvuvt nids meciinicxi engineer sohritxcf pstenit snd dnagbtsmii j- 0 maihesokiijapxexerat lit- solicitor in ciinperyic office next door fcf wsuoet hetsi knton- dainxiax hotel afflerprorriftor fitted no infirtclmi ttjfc tnre cotmerdii trsvtui semmcdxtiail scd com pyitrrr speril stttntiott- ot the trcvclling pablic the best lnars tnd gg tnc attentive hostlen j ix eobert mi hotel is to ner finii- rs tck end good icdiocx simple idtotbenntt rapplicd tttii ooodsubling baeby confectjqneryi utmttt b e kickltn oud mi mite thsi they hive opemd op their new bake shop os tttc corner of mul and mahtsta aoton and ihst uwf o lnys b supplied with a i brtid besides bans kc putty it tc ie a luuje stoce or cttxhct oonfeattonery- ittb fosmd etthisd hich s sit ner sod croh- 0atheal i ooshmeal buqkwheatfl0ue 0ba0ked wheat c tlttysil stock this will be found to be the pltce ihere the best roods kill be tept st the lowest prices ts tszxs cist b 4 kfoklik acton shingle mills edward moore wishes to snnonnce tathoie h ltend bailding or rsptiria thst be is sfcont to commenoe the msnn- ftctere of sll cujes o pdte and cedar shingles which sail be sold rrrrmt for o wtft eim aflcfqafc staves and baaswood reading of the best qniity iso mshncsctared snd jeurensd v o b the g t r an here st the lowest possible prices rrsatoubs uie iiwirs ok hid custom logs cut to order on the shortest notice sad stresonjole rites sktirfuhi ftaauai oijat sasciiei edward moore acton april 2nd 1879 f to k toung ofcl il khi pan ihr bnrfa ijtctlon ii ihoq umi out tbom rplrtl is trota dross nalnd wnpui wao kbat ui mar crowd ud it hu met with strwtui uij swlmest uu st lm ihj- rala d aisroosjlrjtlloitst wsrock i i shsll laoll tails snd t4uur a fsbrie ttisl osa stsnd the twipms ifaoct- with issrss vmch stull not in uts winter die andhakllolhntlvi i smtndinitinhirtindnirs so ksp ir ma tr lotfl lit sll lulsros and utsnn thtu htou thm srlititnia lupincic bultnanld it nersr be un- jot a jsots jwms- uirsssr uib dsstpiu w lot scans oourod ft doom t toy iots bat ctn u lsri to msnkitid oa dotsrljr oa lonstlsess crinsiie hvz hnh uir leodsnwss ua kll us ow and tasar uesstucs shavtrd apoa thy nsae basil ahr thm la ui isst m deesumvhu tbaa bsst tshoa meeting with no msrd thst aars hind itull taids lh i aad twit la utstot thjr lunlar hour sntirius nosmes 1 llwts agh the list ihort nussitsllbe ro t al exchange hotel ilr e clsrfc proprietor one of the most commodits hotels in the county good commercil rosin- tieihtr is slwsjx snp- plied with te choice tbknds of liquors nnd cigsrs firstcks sablin snd stten- tire hostler house stimted in the busi- nets psit of the rillsge m k cls k proprietor hash for- sktxs i s3 prepsed to pty ie hghest cub price for sll clseses omb snd sheep skins delivered it my tinnery lice leather constsnlly oil hsi l iy ja3ies ifoobte a rictioxsale sdrerisementa inserted htthe acros fttccltfesas stlonnter the best ioesl fsper oesltott co births uirrisgel s free intte acroxei locil piper of hslsan co desihi inserted j vs2 the best ffxbxsibssiadttai j tfcseriptxotiettwrteo fprr peek office the hiliastca 03d5tuxicatioxs vj interest irir gsdly bereeeitedbyjthe acips feie peeb the hsftimco aiix ot erery stryittheactos sstbcil piper pf it ioesinue local piper of per ot tjxyelopes printed ihthe neitestiyle ji snd st thelosrest pncesfc the acms feu pezss the belt ipesi piper of hil ton co i t- ts yoo hitefsims or sdverfisefhemntthe the jies of ilrerchaxtsind jipners slfke sionld f idvertise ind support the acrcac peess thetwit locil pipt r of ssjttm harness harness i nyjeittoa in isnt l s good sett of ft wuaaf either sisqle oe double shooldcillst creechs saddlery aqtoit where they cut get better nine for their money thin tny psfleitt the county a good sssortment of t rachkstalto vatxtses on bind ill otiiriick vsl be sold chap jsreistt s3 repijrinsptwnpuy stteaded to i r creech acton feb 2c1st nxeayed or stolen laivertisei n fhiinstnrs iniertai serf cheap acror eeee pethi fi best locslf il hkltonco tjetrts guide d ritin ontario businessjottege btnur o mhe iespls ttissore insfatiiiopltftl j htetroit plishixtg is sbovn in the grelt success of itt gndnites thronghont the country it to praj psre boys sad young sad middle iged meu for cumin pursaiti- by ptingtnems thoro0qhnd practical eduauon in bobtkeepinjiaiuiti fbnns peamia- ship arithuetic correspondence o sjid spellingbsaking methods ho to desl wth notes drsftf bills of eichsnge checks sad ill kinds of basmfss piper ceaduaies of th2 college who iiive four monthi course tad taken their diptanst re ech week stepping into good jositibns in which owing to the com- pleteaenof their knowledge they speedily stisin promotion i j among our students ire those who hive beea through the giimmsr schools snduni- rersetiea is well u those whose ednation ineirly life mw been neglected theformer come to receive i pnctieil edaeitiob i such m is needed in everydiy efe the utter jo remedy put neglect sad oil to secure tilt knowledge whieu witt helptheotto tuccsi inthewou the viilege jourasl oantaiamg full psxticulit nd specimens of penmmship sre senfc on appticstiotc addresi s g beauty co belleville ont sept 1st 1878 ah insurance tale i int 1 lolicitor of cpniidenble itiading sad pnetice id s urge proriociil town in inliad the ntmt of which it u here unite- oeoiryta nusttioo on the evening of the 3 1st of december some twenty nv yesrs igo i wu in tha iforesiid town sitting in my study the dsy hid been one ofun uiuii iacletsency nut hid iltermted vth imt sad snow sad the cold sad cutting wind hid blown with 1 radf strength which mide its chilly touch it oooe incisive as the ihidcs of night hid begun to fill the storm instead ol lilting bid ineresied in turbulence tud height sad it the hour of which i im ibout to speskj the spsemodic energy of the elements seemed like the list conrulsioni ot the dying yr i bid been raiding some legal documents during the evening 2 bat perceiving from gbuce it my witch thit it wit fsst ipproiching twelve oclock i uidmy piper hide ud nrew my chsir nesrer to the fixe i the hsil belt rlolenlly igsicst the windows he wind sighed among the trees oaude sal the keyhole of my study door expressed its feeungi in tooes if potable more melsncho- ly l j the feeling of which i was ooasctoux is i sst thus gscag into the hlinng comfort be fore me wit eat of selfuh sstisjietioq that i tu not st the mercy of th tempest do tside forms of nrioni hnmia tnfierew presented themselves to ay nenttl tonob sad seemed to ukt the ships of tha rid coils in the ere while the wind tad my teurowing keyhole seemed vocal with the burden of their woe i wis soon plunged ial dp morsliiinr on the misery which wo see ifoand us on thit itnnge invisible line between sorrow sad im sad the list moments of the pusing yesrwerejast landing imejin one of those good resolutions which weire told form such eioeuent pivingstonet when i witmrouied front my mors reverie ijyi knock it my stuaydoor pushing myjchiir bcfc 1 little distance from the fire sua ittamiug 1 more profsssionsl sir i srbcabued the well- known come in ind xhii msndite wis duly obeyed by 1 servsnti who infarmed me thit 1 gattlemin outaide wu pirticulirly snxions to see me jj a moment sfterwsrd ii figure which in sll but sire resembled jir old friend the drowned rit entered my j study snd miking 1 courteous bowjjssidii leirthis is 1 verr unseiwnible hour to intrude upon you sir iff risitor wu till hid t pile thoajhtfnl fsoe snd when he unbattaaed sis coit which covered him fromheid to foot i perceived u he jtu 1 elergy- msn m wont yon tike t wit by the fire 1 i said for yon must be very aold snd wet such 1 night it this i i thitiyoa sirherejiuodiinttoo wet to sit down1 i hid better tell yo it once the ctuse of this unseasonable- visit i hiv been tttesding iajmy tapscity u si cbristisn minister 1 yaaog isdy who hu been very il snd itndw ibaliere dy ing she sent for me tonight sbont tea oclokv itd when i went to her ihe entreated me to go for t solicitor i had hesrd of yoa sir mm w ttinding in thit profession sad 1 1 hive iccordingly come to uk you to drivel over with me to hert i i suggested thit htj isdy very probsbly wiafodto msie htrj wul wishii for ptofessionil ssshrtmct i os side door wmon ha knocked vory gently alter he hid nootedtwo or three times uie doot ww il length opened tt by in elderly wnin jwhon i ifterwird letraed 0 be the nurse nd who oondsoted ui by the ild oi i isnten up in old wiod- itgstsirintoilcbgoottlor stopping be- fore tdool it the cod of it lbs motioned to ui to wiit while she eatsfe 1 the room 8h hi4beeuoolyt iewtaonds inside whta i boird 1 low moin tod femile voloe tz cliim iltoostinicryi oh hu tha time cotnal- a oottrent afurwird the clergy man and myself bad enteral the rood tad ijiagon a bed in iha- middle of it i saw the form of syoanggirl ippirently tbout twantyfcrar or twentyfir yesrsot sge as we ipproiehil the bedside the clergyman ssid to berr hive brought the solicitor with me 1 but the did not tniwer him sod gently wired her hud for the nurse snd himself to jeivtthe room after they hsd left she looked it me ear nestly for 1 minute tad than told in 1 flint voion ar yon 1 aalieljbiv i sirv i tanraredt i im ttd dudii inppoae yoo wish ma to drtw your will for r tfy will i she uid with evident ror- prise ah no 1 i hive nothing to ltlre except parispa my heart she ramiiaad for some time after without speaking her silence being only broken by moms after little while i hesrd her murmur ob my fither my poordeir father must it oe then duping her two almost fieshlea hinds she closed her eyes for 1 few mo ments at uit with evident effort she turned round oa her pillow sad looking straight st me said in 1 voice trunn ions with weakness snd emotion 1 i wiht sir to mike t stitement to you which i feel it to be my duty to nuke before i die it hit tortured me for mouths snd i dire not meet my ifiker if i did not tell ill though if breitsmy very heart to doit t fearing thit she wit going to confess to some crime or make seme other important criminil deckrttioa i said to her if you are about to mike say statement which may be of importinbe if ternrd i hiibetter go for 1 miirfttrtle and you cm mike it before hia oh no sirj no tnagisttile shacried out esrueatly whit i hive to tell oon- c frar mypcot filher ihd i dire not ttlte it toraj mizhrtrite for it might ruiahim if yok oriuaot heir me sad try to uve my poor fither i slnll die with aealed up 0 my fither 1 my good kind fiiher i it la too cruel that imutt ell of your tin t the list words were proaouoed almost in 1 cry fesrt filled her eyes snd she begin to sob piteooslr her racking oongh soon follow ed sad i feared that she mutt indeed die with sealed lips u she hid ssid for to me it seemed u i ever sacceeding coagh must be her iut alur 1 little while how ever 1 respite came sad she tried to resume hersttterntnt shegupedout the in surance the blink insurance mentioning the mme of t wellknown oompsnyl its not my- but before she could get iny further the cough sgsin wiitdher ind this time with such terrible power thit the poor creature fell back utterly exhausted keoriaz thit her life wu now reilly win ing i wont to the door of the room for the nurse who si once ctau in when she hid settled the loheree in t more easy position e is plxis asd elslscl72ojnhii young peopl eity rind- bsintaln tecieiiwill find thej rtmctor hniidredsii wrketi ftrohghont fl united statetv by mna bconsirt of 1 aerie r of copti sure of utolbegiaaiafi wj rs s gndsally pnbecur jg ta acquire npid iwritingvwitooat otbi perfect m- beooiningiehtirnl dominion mthe it e- o53p iss u 4stu itrt sad b3n ihuropired cue to wmtiin tha wnole prictoopottiu a odtibojconegv belleffll out sept 1 1878- i i esanct tail he replied i isked her if no one but 1 solicitor would do snd she ssid not she slid she must see t so licitor before she diedj she seemed terri bly distressed snd pressed her request ao earnestly upon methst i aire not neglect it i howfsritthe yotng lidya residence front this il ukedj iahiag to bring the matter toidrietfcil t7 abouttai m3erv kij the clargymis tea mueicnvnlghtsufcltoi thit is no jokev c- ij tv- it it- sir a long dnveiad t know tint the night it very sever batlwwdd ttke it u 1 great ftvour if yon would come with me i knowl iot where to go or whit to do if yoa rliyline i will drive yda there sadsedd my isirwitb you and you will of course hotl me responsible for your feet ij lie lut sentence deeded my wivenag resolution and giined the clergymias ob ject for whit iftoruby ever remiined- in- ictiv where he hid good mirk for eoats sn shrugging my i ahouldera i aaid-j- well suppose hid better go with yon tnoughrshouldninch prefer going to bed -i- i hunk yoa he replied itiarsry rood of yoato oonseai hiving provided fayielf with the writing nufercsneoeaiirj wdraft 1 williiidliiy- ingwappedmyulf from head to loot m wi- terproof i iccomotaied the clergvmsa to thstutldoot there we taoended to the conveysnee which wsi to take 01 to our de- tinstiou ind aoon wej were cntuog onrwiy 10if i how lost how eestoaed rhive recently published new edition of dr oolverwella oeletakted rmy on the eaotcai asd raookbi ensx without medicine of nervouf de bility mental sad physical incipicity impedimenti to hfirriige etc resulting from excesses ja price in i sealed envelope only sir oentt pr two pottage atimp the celebrated author la thit adnuribl essay clearly demonstrates from thirty years ancoeaaful pfictioe thitsliriularooa jeoaenommty be ridieiur enred without tha daagerooi uae pflaternil medicine or the ippueatioa ol theinifa pomtiag out a mode of cure at r afrnple pertainsmd eftectail by meaai of which every inflerer no ait whit hit condition ffliv be mas cara himself cheaply pnntely ind ndicsl- toia lecture anonld beiathahindaof very 1 tmiverf the land ailtlrtn n obiviu vfflgofc h port office box vm of- dtoambw they thanked me warmly id theythought i bid only don my dnty in duowng the mitter to tbem sod went awiy k- what use the oompany made ol this in- formitiooj or what means they adopted to probe tho mystery to its source i do not know bat aboutlix months after my iater- riewwiib the aeoretsry sad solicitor when i wu beiinning to hipethat i should never hear of the cote again i reotiredi summons to ittendiitlnsuiies to be ahortiy holden in the oeunty sows ol a northern ahire there wn no means of refusing this com mand thbngh t wonld hive given 1 good deal to ha vu been able to evade it i there fore found myself about a fortnight after its receipt quietly sitting in the crowded court house of the aforesaid town a witness in the one of jlfarlttt vs the blink insnnnce corunioy v i had but little doulty u i looked round the court in identifying the plsintin for myeyes soon rested on a mealy form bearing an nnmlitikible retegiplttioa totae yoong gw by whoa dthbd i hsd stood about ayeir before the beuty of her faoe wu there moulded in lines of maaonline firmnefa and power and though her father erpreulon wu far fromflieuing there wu nothing about him at ill indieatlvi of the eharacter nbaeqiently exhibited to the court he appeared to be a geotlemin of good birth sad position 1 and u i looked at eim before tha cue begun i wu very ouri- oua to know what wis his real position with reference to the insurance and how far it would be ditoioaed on the evidence his counsel in opening the plaintifia tut said that it wis one ot the simplest cites ever ushered into t court of justice the iaota hu laid were simply thaw two years previously the lite mia unlet in to red her life with the defendants the blank insurance company in two policies of 3000 each a year ifterehe bod effect- id theaw policies miss mirlett hid died without hiring usigned or disposed of the policies in sny wty her fither the plain tiff wsa her only next of kin ind her ad ministrator and wu now entitled absolute ly to tbia 10000 which the oompany how ever hid refused to pay to in uainitiit- ed spectator the evidence for the plaintiff seemed to bar out the counsels statement but when toe plaintiffs cue hid dosed the counsel on behalf of the oomniuy rote and said that they were in t poutton to prove by i connected chain of evidence that every word of the plaintiffs case wis vslneless snd thit this insurance hid been effected under circutnrtinoss of the grossest frond snd caut i i i myself wu the first witness called on behsllof the company and after much ob jection wu allowed to give a plain aad un varnished description ottho scene which i hive already depicted on that sad night you could hive hesrd 1 pin drop while i wu speaking ind the senntion which wu produced in court wumiaifest i wu of couriej severely croueximined ind u i hid nothing to conceal my testimony wu not shaken ttjenert witneu for the company wis sn eminent london physiaia who stated thit in thejoegihuing of march two year previ ously mr mirlett had coma to him in lea- don ssid brought with turn 1 young lady who tje ssid wu his dmghter to hive her examined by him he then mide 1 careful -ilj- u t- 11 1 i i she tnrnad to me sad whispered very- jifimrhstion of the young lady and found little longer sir l however remained uv jier fa be in npid contamption of which re- w elicit tion front the olergytuan ibont the yoong lady- whose wilt i thonght i wit ibont to driw tad with thifi viewi began to exa mine him l however jound that ho pould teu me very little ha only knew that she wusmiujftrlettj that she hid been staying with in laatr of hen who lived in his clash out she hid beoome diager- onily ill some foorj or fito days pren oualy l daughter that he btiievedjahewu an only tery that her nothir wu deicland that her father had beea talegrihedfor aad- thit he u erpeeted to arrive m tie inorkiag ihe added earneatiyhe wfllaaveta hit daighier alive poor man 1 while wo were speaking the joybells had begun to ring out their merry peals wel oomiog in the now year la a few ainutei howa ver af ierthe elergymiita list remark tw ceased ind cssd silence ensued how irpnieilwai the tone oa those belli i siid the olergy mia with a ilgb if the last peal wit dying awy t answared half ua- consciously ye y bht i littl knew how rnlly i would comprehend h meaning be- fore- rainy houra bad puaediwiy i after a long aad bftter driv theoonvey abo it list drew nb st a amsu old faahion- be th reaideoo of an old lady of property though i had never bees iaaide of it tha clergymin 00 alighting brought me around suit he told ua mtrletl snd added at ihe same time that aha ootid not in his opinion hvetpr iiz months the eompsays own doctor wsi aext called and stated it toe end of thessme month of hircti afr alir- lett hid come to him inl london snd told him thit his diughter wu tnxions to effect an insurance on her life with the blink company ind uked him to ippcdnt 1 day to examine horj he hid known mr mirlett for many years but hid never seen his daughter mr mirlett however told him thit the wu 1 healthy country girl and that he would have no difficulty in passing her for the oompany it wu then agreed thit he should call upon mr mirlett the next day it the hotel it which they were staying and examine his diughter h did so sad mr mirlett then introduced to him as his diaghter i handsome healthylooking girl with ae the appearance of having uveditu the country the girl looked so very healthy that ha did not think it necessary to mike any minute examination of her ud merely questioned her it to what dis ease 4f any she hid she seemed very much oonf but this he attributed to her aataeil tbjne he recommended the wmptny to insure her life at the ordinary rat for her age which wu then 2s tha doctor aria told to look round the court and say if ho saw any one like the yoong girl whom ou that ocouioa be had siamuiea 1 and afters whe pointed to i yoong girl ind said he bolievedane was the person whom ha theaesunined the excitement in court at this announce ment oia scarcely be imagined every eye wu tamed on the young girt who a few miniitet ifterwirdt asatiovd the witness- table as i gated it her i wu painfully re- toiidod of the poor young creature whom i hid teed lying m nca trouble leu thin a year before for the likenfws of her wu strsagely great there was however a robustnoss a glow of health shout tha young girl whom i now taw for the first time wwdn wis udly wsating iij my young friend and which served to conceal a resem blance otherwise manifest she said that she lived in the south of england with her fither who wu 1 wedtodo firmer two years and half previously mr marltttand hi daughter had come to lodge it their firm joe the benefit of miu marletti health u aha wu then very delicate every one no ticed very strong likenesi between herself ahdiscin jfarlott and 1 firm friendahin arose between them mr sod mist mirlett stayed about six months it the firm sad sihen they were about to go away to london sfril mirlett proposed to her that she should go np with them u a companion to his daughter wbioh he did on the day before tney left london miu morlett went out with her fither to piyt visit ind she wu left to heraelf in the hotel she wsi sitting alone in their private room reading when suddenly mr mirlett returned alone rushed into the room and said in a threat ening manner yoa mast lay yoa ire my daughter t there it a gentleman coming in now aad mind yoa mast eiyyon are my danghter i if yoa dont well all be rained remember i he hastened back ind in leu thin a minute reentered with the com pany 1 doctor the lut witness she wis so completely taken by surprise aad overcome with alarm that aha did not know what the wu doing bat nevertheless felt completely under the influence of mr mirlett he in troduced bar to thedootor asjilsdaaghter j the dsotor shookhiids with her aad uid the room in the hope thit in t little time- she migtro have strength it resume her statement but whea nearly hilf sa hour had eapsed without bringing with it sny sign of returning strength i uw that thb statement moat remain in it unfinished con- dition i therefore wrote down carefully sll hat had occurred put it insn envelope scaled it placed it in my pocket and pre pared to go iway before doing so i took one look it the form that iiy oa the bed before me to describe her lice cannot though i aeeo to see it u distinctly today u i saw it then one of those strangely ex juisito flowers whose tender growth so of ten kindle the selfish cttraig of the old resperdeiut i had stood by many a death bed my prof easioa bad inured me to soenu of sad paid but u i looked on that pile beautiful woman tad trad oa her fea tures the inpressum which told me only too plainly of 1 conflict of ricking reality with in my cold heart softened and mywhote natnaieatioriltiaoae great yearning to comfort and sooth her i breathed 1 prayer fotthoedthitwu ipaiing earnest u i bid never known earnestness before tod with feeuagt sad to poortrsy but too real to be forgotten i left the room sad the house i two dsyt after thit eventful night my friend the dergyman whom t subsequently diaoovared to be theaewly appoiatocf rector a a nrighliemring parish sgiln entered my study he told me thit the poor young girl wu dead tint she ihtd passed any about half sa hoar liter i bid left the room never hiving spoken 1 word liter thit tenihlefit of coughing to which tu beea trittuisvv thequeatioatheacimetobe deaded u to the meaning of tha broiteastatemeat made by the girl aad whit wu my- dnty with regard to it iiaveiinoefrequently questioned the wisdom and propriety of the course i then porsned but whether right or wrong my action wu the result of muoh deliberation i wrote in the first instaice to the insurance company siting them if by would kindly inform me u solidtor for the late mia mirlett whether soy ins ranee had beea effected on her life with thit company s ind if so when snd by whom it ws effected whit wu the smouniof it md to whom it had become psyible by the fill of hilt mirietts life i received 1 letter in reply from thesecretiry of the compiay ia- forming me thit my young friend had her- sefihoat a year previously effected ia ja- lunnca on her own life in two policieiof csooo each aod thit if ihe had not other wise aasigned the policies in her lifetimey the sum of 10000 wu payable to herjeh- ecatort or idmiaiitritors u the cue might the e of this information iodine to believe what hid smpected before that there was something wrong about this insur- aace though i could not exactly tell the na ture of that something i therefore wrote second time to the oompany stating thit i had reason to believe it would be wise for the company to make careful inquiries with reference to the policy before surrendering ita value the seoretaryitoabeirrotobaok to me saking me to state the information which led r to form thia belief jdut i replied- thit i war- not in of any informatioa whatever beariag oa the matter but that from what took place at in interview which i had had with the lite miu mirlett a short time before htf death i hid been led to its port thst there wif sojneihing wrong about lie wu glad to see her looking ao strong and the ininranoe morning tern wo orthre t modtha after ward wwaiwu honpnwd iritn i tint from the secretary and solicitor of the lainr anoe oompany they told toe thit the fa ther of my poor young friend had threatened them with legal prwseidingi they did not pay the amoaat of the iniurnooe at once and asked me to tell them exactly what had patted it thiatview to which i had tl laded is my letter at nrst i bedutod to whether i onght to do or not bat alti mitely invt tfiem the true account of all that hid taken place on that fatal 31it msrlett when his dsugbter came home she told her ill tbout it sad saked her whit it meant bat mlti mirlett uid that she did aot koowthit perhaps it wu a joke of her fathers she however forced miu msrlett to premise never 0 uy inything ibout it what the effect of thia evidence wu on the oup tnta of the court t eia hardly uy for i wis too much absorbed in my own thought to notice sny manifestation of feel ing in others the truth wis now only too plain tbia father of my yoong friend knowing that his daughters health wu fail lag had resolved to profit by her death tad with that intent hid secured 1 simple coun try drl and brought her np to london to be the unwitting means of accomplishing hit unfeeling design in london be had learned on the nest authority thit hit diughter could not live six month and within s month he had insured her life is her own mme without her know for a lsxge sum of money which be knew mast be pd to hlra at bt sdisiitftjawilwtw for which he craved be had pitied off for his poor dying daughter a healthy country girl he had lied to hit old friend and caused in innocent girl to perpetrate t fraud as fktu facts name home to ay mind in then- horrid reality i gated acre the court to tee the man who hia concaved this mighty in- humanity the coil of truth at it aad been gradually unravelled by the witness seemed to hive wound itself serpent- like around the frame of its foe for the una which a little while before had beat erect and defiant was now humbly prone the eye which hid glanced restlessly round the court wu now fixed on the groondrind deathlike pallor uy on hia oooateaaaoe the jury without leaving their box pro nounced their verdict for the company and the iadgs thrrtupon solemnly announced that ha wonld direct 1 critsinai p to be instituted tgsinit the pliintiit far the crime disclosed in that most painful caai at tha tnaoohcement i roe sad entreated the judge not to adopt that course i re minded hia of th dying anxiety if the poor daughter to have her father saved ind urged thit the plaintiff would be sufficiently punished by the loss ef position which must be consequent on the verdict but my soli dtations were til in vsiu 1 the judge uid that he ut there to protect society sad that if such crimes u had been that day disclosed wen allowed to pas uapaniahed he wosdd fail ia the dnty which he sot there to cbj- charg a few rainnte after mr mirlett left the court in custody aad u i nw him that committed to the pitheu mercy of the aw- oompissioa wfajeh oaa look oa the wicked u wellu the d eeeaied to rite within me sad i almost regretted ihat i had put the ihsnrsnce company on the track which they had followed with such fatal ac curacy the uw however though very powerful it not omnipotent tad in this esse it power wu destined to be futile it wu foond not to be convenient to try mr mirlett at the time suites snd bis trisl wu therefore postpoied ttli the following one aad he himself allowed out en bail the next a sites came round ind everything wu ready far the trisl but the prisoner wu nowhere to be found they colled him in the court and they called him outside bat ia vi it wu soon found that the prisoner hodh toondod viaished no one knew where and the individuals who hsd been kind enough to stake a partial of thw worldly goods on his reappearance were uked to show their affection for him by paying tie penalty which the law so properly attache to such misplsced philanthropy the fol lowing comment on the case appeared a day or two afterward in the local newspaper we en only toy that justice hu beea de feated sad 1 very bid type of criminal hu eacaped unpunished the inscrutable wisdom of providence baa reserved hit pun- ishment for snother world mure thin twenty years after the events ibovenarnted the coarse of my professional business led me to eroet the ausntic and visit the city of kew york it happened in the course of that visit u i was ntarning to my hotel it 1 lite hour one night thit 1 became conscious thst i human form wu following me i it once looked round sad saw within a yard of mean old mia with 1 long white beard ind wettherbeiten face dressed in ragged tttire thoelete and stock- iagless something inthe ace caught mj attention and on looking at it mort cloeelyi reeogmoedit u one ihad seen bsfore though i could not tell where when i turned round the old hud mattered in aa earnest almost uvsgs tone give me some moaey j i wiat it badly very badly but 11 1 did not feel quit easy at finding so jneatiababla a creature so clou to me st such aa hoar of the night tad in t strange city i made do reply to hit request but haatehed my steps he however followed me and again craved for money sid this time i anfwered tnm hi odr stereotyped english form i hive aothlhg for you my goodma i suppose however that he did not catch my reply for he added sharply what do yoa uy to which isaswered i say that i have ho money for yon do yoa indeedr he uid with fury then keep it end perish with it i hope it may drag yoa dostu u it did me with these words he turned away and i heard hit stew behiadme n6m6re but i bid sot gone fir whea i recollected on whit former occasion ii hid seen the old msai face i remembered that it wu the time fsoe which twenty yeirs before 1 had seen ia that northern courthouse the face that bid shown a dtatadike pallor when the heavy ehitn of truth clinked forth its tale of hid den guilt i at once stopped aad toned round but i could only distinguish faintly the outline of bis figure in the distance and u lgued at that ragged form retreat ing i knew aot whither there aosned with vivid reality through my mind the events which i have endeavored here to relate and i remembered the words of t thoughtful moderir writer j the secrets of mens lives are rarely held inviolate till eterni tythere is 1 reckoning here without the udofeterau books he wu 1 new bootblaei but ilrtidy tettw oita at kaw it the old itmdae j 0 o o ajiadm a1ltsttt ta-lvwwyyatri- 7fjeyii 1 down ole mjaaissin jji misa4ipaht fsseoi stmt uk itwwloured paella hare appaar to be qoite u happy as in any put ofui wiru we ventured to remlrk j sbj i begjeave to diffah j joha not on de inside ash dar s too much alawa- tion data whiti de mitter give you in inltinoe lu week you know liah do culled folks hid a ball qoite a hightpaoa affair tab well laangada yofinj udy for de party air one dot i it dst tfo looked on u da pride obdoouuy sib i im not indiflerent to dress and i pat ob- clothea ash clothe dat dont every day tee de light ib d ana and went to de resi dence ob de tl i rived at de pinted time d gal wit in da bet room aa in her ties clothes wiitin my arrival on de seeaa de ole man wu dar an de ol tfotnaa itlao figgered ia de tableux wid few juve nue sopernntnersry member obdefitnily mil augusta smiled on me in dat meltrn any ob de eyt dat alien guv me movement ob de heart i wu interjuced to de more h members 0b d house- hold nl dsutoosu srsawstt p titr i twgntotttt woal4e wu to b movm for de party atf miu augusta rote in ill de pomp and oircanattase of her highprioed attire w arrived oa de stoop ob de door b offering bit arm i suppose we ahoew progress no sob not t bit of it dat gal needed she roaa erio to aa a- tonishin height aa u ah transfixed se wid bar late she attend dese metno- nble word j what de tntstpoutioo f de whit v say l fedindat aoma wu again wrong de tranapotatioo 1 whirs de treks- potatiaeiy v whats a trmspotation f uys l de wehiole whars de wehlcle t she says- i dont know nuffia boat no wehicle yl 1 whiri de kerridg f uyrtbe dekerridgeruyti i havent seen ao snicjger i- mistah berry do you pretend to tell m dat yourfl come to take m to de ball widout 1 kerridge v aad the became of a still greater hetght wnrofoosnesajail i thoaght w could walk dctrn in ole missisip d got think nnffin of goin nue aa mile soyodexpectometo hoof it mistah berry j you tell mt vot de gsls in mis- ri mi barry dodestus in m-ip- know anything tioat propwaitir uissan berryv an she guv a aort of a tack aai lliag of her body an trailed out- aboattoar yard of train deole aua aa da ole warned an all da rest bow put ia dorraianee in says de ole mm whiti sll dia ceafnsioa off tongues mistah berry doeint boaaiderde boaia snmoiant to warraat him ia de oatlay aaeea- lory fordo furiiishingotpropih traatpet tion said miu angoata sah f said de ole una sab aaid de ole woman sahf skid all dehwe membefs j r wv- it i said nuffin r do de nlggah specthe gwtoe to lead our dorter off 6a de hoof like showis a cow f said do ole woman ioyoaciu aiggah ok wowaiv uy l- why rae drove better loikmv- helffen nor yours to de plough in ole missis- aapv liegiritoiekt v dar you talk to me iur -m- darter iti ditbltuminoa maatswnssjd ltrt aust a he guv me a lift wid hia nleifngaa dat raited me offa do atocy aa fcljered it np wid numerous of do same dit wu much as- tistsnee to m in gittin out de gate dar toomnci elewatteti aob eretpin into enllud society i turns my back to it n sshr y j the plaffue ia yiaiu terrible bsvacee of tha djieatia among the chlneeelw spread at the list meeting of the french geog raphlcsl scmae sonsac formerly an officer ia the french nary bat now in the service of the chinese governmeot read a very interesting paper on thia terrible pid- tone he mentioned a rmmber of facta which teemed to prove that the diaeaae ia originated by certain e from the earth to which the rata in the ftnt to tall something in the faoj caught my victiaiav the chinee aoediotlmeb white well i he uked her whether the hid lived i heard no more of the matteriuatii onej nrnnhih theeoantry tad slid he thbnghtlt would be a man farce to gotaroaghtht urn of examining lay one who looked to oqmpletely the eaaeaoe of health u aha did hejmentiosed 1 great number of djaeat aad aakad her if she ever bad any of them aid after tome other remarks he concluded with well i think i may nawu ahem that you are not going to die yet awhile he then began to 1lk to mr mariett 1 they bid wine togethar he bade sdien to her ud th two gtstlemea quitted the boue all wu myitery to her 8b now begin to entartain a conhsed tort of dread of mr bad grstmnoar v ii the londia fferm it to be believed this ii the way in which thing ire dose in that city a yonsg lady wu sitting with a gallaat ciptara in 1 ohirmlhary decorated recess ontier knee mi 1 diminutive niece puoed there to pliy propriety in tha ad- adjoining room with the door open were the rest of the company says the little niece in v jealous aad very tndibl voloe 1 auntie kits me too w leave yoo to imagine whit had just happened yen should uy twice ethel dear two it not grammar wu the immediate rejoin der j l- i thrsxitwu ia september if i rightlj now remember that i heard kaooking knocking it my door yet i knowtwu in septomber for quite well i now remember he aad been there about fifty ton before j had beea thew knocking at my door i bat i opened not aor- wondared u ontt th door he tomvlttid ior ta yaped say now will yoa settle this ere bill i bring yout u he battered oh the door 1 aad i answertd eataly laiwerad evemore i pharmpoanatia is geserady to tsimpllnttonj do not appear to posse aby remedy against tbiifoemrge rendered more terrible by the nrptntitioaipnctiom of the people the credulous populations of this nuncio prov nee inugiae that th unfortunate rictimt who sucooutb to this frightful affection t poeedot aa evil spint aad they leave the bodies exposed to the sna in order that the iafetkael ocowpant may i obhfd to leave ii that custom frdnoeabovrioly pestiferous stafe of the atmosphere tuffi- cdint sloneto-tstnie-saraemlointhepla- giieatrioktfviljaiia aad to read tm pre viiliagdiseueihuadredtimusuocstdly thia it might otherwite he if proper taalury measure were adopted thefirst syniptons of iafeotko are rnsaifuted by 1 vnilatit fever iccompinied by ta inextinguiihabu thirst then follows toe appearaaoe of red- dish tumors of ill parti of thejioay bot partacolary under the armpits aad they rapidly ittain the tiu of 1 heaa egg waife the pam they cause it so intense that the patient speedily loses censdousnes by the time hi reontart his senses the develop meot of the swelling it oompleto if they have remained hard aad pro the irafferer has some chance of surviving but if the con trary ia the cole death it inevitable the progreuof th diseaie from village to vil loge has beentrooed overa distance of toon thin 1 thonsiad miles 10 that the fictot tha miteriil oymmnniratinn or the coougi- out prmdple it inconteetable fromyun- an the epidemio wu- tnatmhted to metopo- tatnia aad thence to the region in which it is now raging but in all ctta the infecticm wu unquestionably communicated by means of ooatict j i v 1 taj lut pea aketch of midim grtry detcritet herj u 1 ud oommooplaoe elderly lady she talks flnently bat then u little ta what she says her foot is not cmesy to remember for apart from an ex- presaucn of wearia aad ateuaoaoly it hi attlhirt ttuohtiaetor she tells her f the doe not fed at 1 home is the police la which thonition hu mregrevyhudriottoomneh she puts ocjhcr clothe with admirable taato aad know exkouy whit becomes her bright colour suit her jetbltok hair ind eyeeaadolit cbeplexiod ud the wean them she a in ihe habit of making ber ctrettetwith thesnirtsnotof antim v- chtmht i ii- h tr leveu marytniag wospt a mios back he hump that up aadldoatiee why either it cteetnt appear to rnake the bask iai atrmr had it certainly doesnt make it iny prettier but i reppot time knows hit staines quirk victoria lut year received is80- 000 from ber dnchy o lancister at the beginning of- her reigskth revtnm didat exooed if ourth of this a wsfrxwi editor ia refpoato to 1 rab scriber woo grumilei thit bit paper is lotol- itbly damp tin it ia because tl ere is 10 much due on it vasikmkklha mm mm