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prafestin orders left at ilcgarrms ctore will receive prompt attention dri termi moderate r to ati- lii lent- jne i co ct tits it i or kg ed lia w fcrtlj order or st prcrh lir p cektsforixyesiioks-espe- 1 mtrlt end properiy 2cured in can- ii t is cnitvai sct ard iisrope pa- sirarlcri or eocbirge send far priz i irstmcifoiis- agenct in apertim tea tfrr hexeygeist ii cnrinntig oliciliarx of i tntsj scd drtiaghnmi- ftttel tare- boa of the the be 5 nd fp int lau tbj- r bell cigirs wcu cpectftllj 0 hze wbj ssired ice cream parloet- we htvi noropcntdourlcxcrtittpielos and kali uliicirs be prepxred to supply pare ice cvra frait drinks frtut icej cresm sapplied by the qurt if dcsird a cfil solicited j b e 2cicklek actoe ur h iso flour fep lstoeei law son bros qaiipiriuij- inform the people of acumnntt vlcinuytimttlier 1 ve opin ed la tut pteailt otpofio dr ifc- garvlas mjdeuc flour and feed store and will aat eonttantlf on hand a njllnoekof flock of all tlvds incindic 1 familt flour t i buckwheat tluur grabtia floor ueils i corn ifeal oat heal cracked wheat bran coarse shorts j fine short chopped peat chopped uatt lined chops jau and pftas and all kindt of feed usually kept in a fustclass stare fqefsr the stranger there cirac to port lut saaday nigat tioneekit lituft cruft i without m incb of tigxiait on i looked nd looked md implied it seemed 10 carioai thit thai should crow the uafcuana riur aud moor hctuclc witbia my room my tuaghter oh tny diucttcc yet liy tfieac pceioriu wttneu all slio wokome fifty tmtei i ami copies continued o uoofl tad lore- and coraiuou metro rliytneti she his no mnaifet lat this ko fliff flnau oer the inter shes rathtr new for british loydf my daughter ob mv diaglter rfeit ut wild belli uid taru oaei tooj ring out the lovers tnoau purft ia the little wrortted socks ltiqfi in the bib and ipooa ring out th muse j nng i the- none ii jj in the milk and water avra with paper pens and ink ity daughter oh mydaachter the travellers life aad aggtbert ttuc of hartrord toaa tfrlle everythlne trvble n the way of litre and accident insur nee stei lsv- scouritt ttaittasueaci ampjej dnoslt mide witu tiie lcalnioa ctoverimrnl or tne security of cansdjaq folicy humers paid np cah capiul goiocki 00 gross abets 479s 07 7t toul ltibiliiies ji1734 37 sorpnsto policy holders 1s591337 jaiies haltiieiys agent acton ont igpall goalz ddicercd tu any iah of he viuarjc as as unltrrxl 4ga call it rtfikdfulhj eolicittxl lawsok br0 acton jan 15 ikmi l3ah tj fisher il iifhstreet uicensed iuctkjneer e coaaties of wellington and halloa sftsi the fczefeiss qsee actoa 2y reddeace ia eockwcod will be ivttteadtd to oinxrox hotel aciok robt naw proprietors the new hotel is ip in nrstclass style with new fnrai- comaierclal travellers wili find good idaiioa sad commodious sample special atteatioa paid to the wants travelling pchlic bar supplied with of liquors and cigars sood stabl- attntire hostlers caxada bakkikc compart savixgs bak coesee or jakce and vixe sts ec a 1 il to it- sis per ccst iat5t t3id oul2c- pdsits clsl laicstarfii safest axd best security board of directors db cut sun tie eq freitlit wa kress esq of joun ttidle co bar- linfctfin vjr prwidtni j w iikerngir m ii uamllfoa hcgichcekt esq hamilton tikas rlsciiaen eiqxtlson ol jcieti- likd bnon ttotrr dricvas iq- ukiqntoa rkchllnatkliq oatvple wxfeecyjts k hgfcorcetottrn hgklitis kd cb ksdw eq ifttcacr cotion uiiu i dandis i jconaf to bin on fivaf ealc ui tnw o ut iottoiw and on cy ferrtf arijflijo apeacterr eeicdar ftom8 d dexrec hanacrer iuis7js jm dominion boot 4 shoe sto re ualsstneet actok j would iuurakt to the people of aeton and recclvitiff uielrpriccsuct of boots and shoes ax d rix exchaxge hotel acidx campbell proprietor- hr camp- of tke ecic iiotisenear gtr takes pleasaxfe ia aananncinij tahjs iil friends and paironaliiat he has pmrckised ami refitted the royal e in the neatest acd most comfort- and is prepared to iccommodte may faror t im ia tnetnost com- maitner choice wines iiqnore and cool tnanmer drinks always in stable ia charge at an attentive the pafronage of th public ia re- solicfted and no effort will de to give the cerv best attentidn- ro i fop seccs i tc prepared to pay the highest caah fse or hhcs calfskiris deacons lamb and ja eep sfciria delivered at my tannery ice i eather cchstantly on hand jaxes sfooreactojc vhlch tiu be foun1 to consist of an atforuneut sujsrissiaititarial qoality uii stria of kiattfscturs toauyttock iirrtorure received la aeiou everything sold cheap for cash custom work repairing in our caf torn and kepainng depart ment we are prepared- to execute all orders entrusted to u in a most satis factory manner 1 kothiog but the best material used in tne shop a call solicited senn son actstftratch 41u ibiu harness harness anj- penab in want of good sett of harness either sivglc or docblel f uoou cild it i i r creechs saddlery aotobt where they can ct better ralo for tlielr money nan anrrla la the county jl good ajssoktxest of trixkks nd valises amhandallaf vhteh wit be sold eheap for i 1 cath ftfeepalnngprombllr attended io eost csebcb yetonfebjist stoves i stoves i cheap at hills a id p vf vteei iaia done charges set f street ujcp5 pumps pdilps m n mannfactnrer of saperior id cistern pomps which wiitbe pn short notice repairing promptly fnmitare made and repaired moderate also aawa filed and ire him a csll shop on frederick opposite dr lowryt residence weadails xei to loaji jiko to loan on ffntele safari security- at a revjnable rate of interest apply to hp m00pe at fkiz pedu 0gce acton e vnr bi a for try the 2mf aibklu eidde1x cwecetewjr ewine machine and general repairs georgetown xorelty vtorki- arch riddelt main st georgsfown lell 1 qitikles cajteuox main st ibtotu asc for tie orean manafactared by ifrj bell co gaelpb orders left it his retidenc will receive prompt at- teatioaj for particalata tee id on otter tide give him a trial ceas cameeox 5000 wanted this week boot customers at thc czstbx shoe store toc cju hcr hcttelt 8qqt8 xn smqes cctbettcanie7incs ta acton loan to go away from borne to majcejyonx purcfcaiea call ut oftilltb so its cozoaixa oebwsons ooenees u jn pared to do all kinds of j heetewashixg colo cisc on me sbortcst notice and at reasonable rates jar ieavi tainr oedees at the thee press office acton p sctptwnir cleaned ben- orated wh selsov x iaroe 5i o a ciikij o sto fes jiut rtcdzid uuirujattttrtd ooie but quality of iron thz final finish atid the matt hatuuomt store ia tfie marlxt cook stoves of all tizis at tic vary laittlt prices avcdlkledtd stack of j always ox kakd i savbraotohnra i ft ohizses w0h2 ass epeoialtiss una uni 5e aatritd an tlit ikorteit nofice ooal oil a food itock of mpaiar qualili cheap m ooiisaot seeftrt07useiitss j chilu september lath is7s circumstances altar oaiet an old man liy iti the iittli chamber oftlha best rooji of abren linuif uiiireteiitiuun farmhouse listening half unconscious to tb souud of voices now iu stern demand again in humble pleading and prousrattuo his long grey tmir and beard t wept the snowy lineu of the piiiowk agaiust whicb hie bronzed sunken face kerned darker and more hollow his bony sngers licat toe covwilid iu anger aud sympathy as bis ear followed the wards ot the speak ers and a glitt r sparkled iu hit eyes which had for fivo long weary weeks becn glared and palled with fever i wish theyd coiim in be mutter ed tohimshf i wnt to enow all first and it it evi- about it was asleep at the cant gaera raw ic iiegua but dent that- the good people of tbis bouse are in deep trouble he had hardly ceased when the door of the apartment opened and dam linmar atepfied ia with the noiseless foot of the anxious nurse seeing that her patiect was awake aud waulooking eargerly aud inquiringly at ltr rbe approached the bedside and pokc to him in a voice as sad and mournful as sorrow can traiu a womans tones to be awake sirl has the talking in the other room disurbed ygu x it has hat broken my rest but what i have beard hits disturbed my mind what ii it t i only know that tooje- body gives you till next monday marn- ingta leave this comfortable booi it is about a mortgage sir but hero comet ray poor old husband be rill ip bi than lean the yery not a r a -m- coos vtoald intimate to the peoplaos acton ttiat j be baa parcbaiedtbe batcherbasloesllptsir i carrtedon by- mr setorj- and lhat be ha lalwajaonoaada finite lass atck of beef pork mgttokbausage fish c a andboresby itrtct attention to badness ta secure a fair snare or tbepatninaiaorttae prbue meat delivered at any time to any partof tbe town termkcabs- acalisoijolred adam cook at the wod tho door opened again and abram liumar entered with bowed head and firmly pressed lips hes gone janet and taken last grain- of hope i nurtutod even the memory of the servici x ren dered hint twoand twenty years aijoin saving his life when be was metcy of the highwayman availed any thing and we shall have to leave the roof that has shelled ns so long doubly dear to me as the work of diy own bands and the sceuo of genial tions farmer linmar excuse the impert inence of my curiosity said the low voice of the invalid l kuow a little o your troebb may i not know dl v alas sir replied the hopeless boat the ttory ia short as oar future star within these walla will be brief five yeara ago tny son in new york being embarrassed i borrowed from niy next neighbor a very wealthy man the sum of eight thousand dollars and gave him a mortgage on this my farm of one hundred acres instead of gaming re lief my son became more embarrassed failed ulferly and from tie grilf of his disappointment died i have paid two thousand cl the principle and now ten dera third thousand and beg that my creditor will not proceed to extremities but i plead to a stone he acknowl edges that for years he has covked my land separating as it does t6 parcels of his own and indeed he hat nirda me many offers for it now that he has the power to compel a sale he swears that he will force the matter and outbid ny competitor as he has the meant it bis commanj he bays that be offers me in return all the money and interest i taw paid to him in consideration of nly quietly surrendering possession and i suppose i must theres no other way i and i have been a charge pn you in such dire extremity said the sick man feebly it wouh have been better for yoa to have left me to die by the roadside broken down uii fsver parched where you foiindnie many a preoious dollar you must have patted within my long illness for physicians and their nostrums i am too peak to even than fc you properly siynot so -the- little jiit have help to impoverish us it was j tread cast upon the water and it will return the good farmer said this ulwostcueor- fully for be reflected sow much tter off at worst he and hisduine and daugh ter marian wete than tbe honiejejf fricndlsssiola man wluisy iu his care alter many days after manyjdays continued the sick uian finishing the promise but i am ainid farmer that ueithr you uor i will live till it collies back why dont talk uoj sir broke in dame linmar its been a realcomfort for us to do the little we could for you we arefonly paying a debt wa owe uur ljy died away from home anioug utrangeit aid they ere good und kind to him lieu things were so bad thai he would not let us know fearing our great distress the kindness lie got from stringers we are gkd to pay buck iu instalments j would that i could sidyou is i have read of men apparently poor and helpless doinglfor those who have sue eoied or shown kindness lo them imi my poverty is no disuuie i nl poai indeed absoluleir without a dcil ar ii liieiid in the world ciiiuiug this t was only waudrring in much oi death to avuia the alms huie and it grieves nis that i shculd lave julliu ahero i am so heavy uud uufortuuati- a cliaige i sav no more sir or you will tke fixini our irlormauce ill the metit which attaches to it sad the farmer 1 we would be in worse iieed than j ou it we would affird eo little relief grudg ingly or witbh jld it i yau speak like one who knars ouuk constant dejiendence even in his highest fortune but you have not yet told me who is this inexorable creditor tell me that i mar correct good report if such a lie comes to my ears he is rich respected and of excel lent repute his name ia ashael pen- ctwt i no stimulent could have so strength- cmd the wtak muscles of the invalid as the simple dronouncing of that name did he rose to his elbow bis ideep set eyes glowing with the fire of excite ment asahel pencost he repeated do you know where he camu from v yes he settled in these parts nearly ortr yetrs ago coming from near old gloucester iu massachusetts i va heard av though- information ou tiat point is not very definite how old a man ia he i was he married when he came here t j hu is about seventy years of age ha brought a wife and one son with him lut his wife died and he married again j it was th dame true ta her woman ly instincts who vr teadieat when neighborly news were asked or asking yes yes eagerly jwntinacd the sick mat and the eonpwhat became of him f j he quarreled with his stern father asahel pencost some say and went awayover twenty years ago and hu not been beard from since replied mrs linmar he was too gentle and true a ld though to have been bora of such a father triumph and defesfj in single breath marmured invalid sinking back presently he revived and said to the fanner slowly yet with 6nn accent you need not concern yourself further what county ia this f wayne i then you have the ablest man in wayne county to help you for vour debtor i said just now i was tbe poorest 1 was niistikenj when asa hel pencost comes ou monday to leiie ynur farm tell him that ilarcus whit ney is your security for further jdia- charee of the mortgage and warn hiin to accept whatever terms are proiosed monday morning came and with it asahel penooat a deputy sheriff and a serving man farmer linmar and his wife bad spent an uneasy interval not- withstanding the assurance of their involuntary guest and every attempt they had made in their quiet- unobuus- ive way to gain insife into the reason of the strangeci confidence had been net with evasion too tateut t3 be further questioned the fitst they knew of the old mana name was whenjbe called himself whitney of his career connection with tbe rich arroeuht neighbor pencost or his intentions they were as profoundly ignoint as before- they took him into their troubl ed confidence he bad been removed from the bed in the little chamber to the old haircloth sofa which stood be tween the two windows that lighted the best room and sat propped lip with pillows his eyes closed and head thrown lorward while the preliminary demands were made by the creditor previous to turning the business oyer to the sheriffs officer too cant pay and wpni tocede to tny most liberal proposition 1 exclaim ed the great man with an unctuous and bonorous voice then youll baye to take tbe consequences turning tothe officer and waring bis bands in a circle that seemed to bweep already with a creditors grasp the goods and lands of the unfortunate debtor be said mr binible you will please to wail a minute said the invalid sharply giving a termination not in tended for ivncots invocation plstse ia need of your interference and pry sir who are you f de manded ifr pencost security for these good peopled debt aul their protection against the avarice greed and persecution oi asahel pencost whimy formerly of little salem massachunetla who is your only brother interrupted the pule and terror stricken man for heavens lake forbear you didnt lose your memory with your nsme sneered the invalid though jourprtenca of iuiud forsake you you uever exuected to see me again r i knew you would come ome time smeaa death but not so very soon soin cxi youeightand thirty years soonl you have enjoyed the fruits cl wrong doing fraud are theft ivngvi than ileaveu permits moat men to do i thought i was under its ban not to rise tiin when i sunk fainting into the ditch a mile or so flint here fix weeks ago but now i se i wna mtnply object la its wihh iut and foitulate drcies be i akliel wilitnej cili- iug yauisrlf pejiecm here u a paper ikarmg your delic i in money to im- volt took overyihiuj i iiiin the motid ud if t ctu suip yjn lll do it ilea is the amount cnipouu jtj iiiiuuliy ix tne cut it auioaiit to tao littit jnd and eighty six thousand uujluij dolurit cin joa pay itc hye you no likrcy t will you not hear uie 1 iwgged the now humble aisu in teals farmer linmar plead you to him to listen to me he will grant you so much ill say thuf much returned mr linmar he that hath no mercy oil his fellows will hardly get it la his direst need yob almost steal mv purposs while you do dissuade me said jfatcus- whit ney i need mercy and ill show it tboagb i am afraid it is misplaced thirty eight years ago my brother standing there was trustee for tuyrpor- lion of my fathers estate i was taar- ried and awsy si sea my wile and child in his care as well as the money that had ben left to me i bad been gone for five years during all of which time my letters to my wife were suppressed and lhoe lo me were falsified when i came back to little saletu tt7 watib find my family til gone my wife bad been persuaded to my death and mar ried my brother who had sold out and gone no one knew where from that day i have waudered up and down in the land seeking my own till my foot- atp were led bithek another time will- do then to talk of money repara tion tell me now where is my son f this demand tfas made in so earnest a tone that it told of no compromise that debt at least was to be atnediu full i dont know rcpliedlhe shrinking man he recognized that he might be forgiven many of the paltry dollars claimed but this claim for flesh and blood would not be forgone a jot nor tittle t you are telling metrue f it ia ho time todo otherwise now ha i make t compkint ots plaguey pest thats knuwu by tbe nauis id tin treat north wett fur this wnndrobi laott of the setting sao ku taken uiy uiui awayevery oue ietno oyboe they ban all slearl oat thinking to better theuiselvtw no doubt carint bnt little bow far they mar k from the poor lone girl iu ontario first i was sweet on johnny j brown the nicest feuasf tallow in all tha town bat be sid geodbye add he sailed away and sow hes settled st thunder uir kelt t was fishing for farmer lees dick j thought bin so aall that he couldnt cat tick bat be vs red his hat with a hip hip immh and said he tu going to manitoha that long leaa draggistfwith specks on his nose i thoaeht the felloa would soon propose he told oat his bottle shop be wan gone clean to the river of saskatchewan fat little plooip little juhnaygrav 1 biated hed better vet spliced and stav fie said to tne that was ratber too thin and he torued his toes to keewatio t liy patchman lover haas rittsr voa krout- jo latne he conld scarcely escort me oat with magic oiuttoeut be greased his leg and slid to the city of wuiuipeg jim bilnbride the bucktimthv too of all my beaux the rerybeat otic j bat ou so excantioo got ap by prittie tie has gone off to rapid city 111 sliag ciy goods in a cariet sack ill off to the west and 1 wont tum back ill hare a hagbaud and a nod cue too if 1 have to fullowto cariboo hit i fnmui t rm bii fould bad in money or attandanoe i 1 never fo waitjliule mr bimble till there no oa of mine and he swore he would not bear my name heleft and left no traco to trees him bv though i tried hard at the lime some ten years ago i heard ho had taken his mothers name and iu calling himself lambert morrison whelhertho information wa true or not i cannot say but true or false that ia the last i beard go you out into the world iindseek mv boy till you find him aek him as i sought you in poverty hunger dirt sorrow and madness for weary weary years bring biih to me onlyand iil forgive you every peuny that you wronged me of the father spoke aud shaking totd the sole object of his lifvg aecretv money ia nothing to a man going down to the grave but love and kin all f already the bread bar returned said the farmer detaining asahel pen cost who waa turning to leavo the house your son be continued addresfing the invalid on the sofa ia in new york if lambert morrison and he bsndsotue bright boy morris pencost i remember be ono and tbe same wile get those letters it was he who nursed our boy in his last illness andclosed his eyes i might have known it they were playfellows and be would not see his friend suffer uncared for and he had too sorrowful remera- briuces to allow him to disclose bis identity to us in wayne the farmer was right and within ten days the missing son was clasped in his fathers arms and tore the third name of his life the right one- at last lambert morrison whitney the fall of the proud squire was generally haileiin wayne for he was one of those men whose temperament won few friends and whose station repelled them ha received at his brothers hands enough to yield him a modest income and boated himself in the indistinguished throng of tbe great city marcus whitney lived on in wayne and gladly bestowed bis bene diction on the marriage of his son and farmer linmars only remaining child marian that i9 she was child to the farmer and dame though turned of twenty six and peace and happiness bayeucrowned tho succeeding days of the warm hearted people so strangely thrown together 1 trials of a tramp im hungry std rnej and bslf sick mid dead liofce trutvrd a tramp aa he it down frr u aw uuhon a birf but is jnst niy fu- last fall i go i ii lo lomi jctt t e0 ijuius too uu to sell my voie kibodr to luiue fmnd allg vallet ou the street- in uciir tu1 ifjr mli caia np lifutc i ciild bide it licl uaii gil kuvck i diil 1v ft rrtet car but there no ojauilig for a suit and dmngis bvcaiihoi ras drunk juat ha way ust full uatla wci wu down i knew thered be a rise i but 1 didnt buy and hold for- the advacce lost 430000 out and out alius lhat way with me glass went up 25 ier cent bull hadnt a pane on hand excepting the pain in my uek never knew it ta fail now lomberi gone up aud i dont even own fence picket lo realiffl on just me again fell into ihe river tother day but instead of palling me out and giving mo a bet whiskey they pulled ine oat aud told mo to leave own or id gefcthe bounce thats oie ftgatu nowjifo got settled down here fori bit of a su coze bat ill ba routed otftialess than fifteea miaales and- i know it itll be just my be- hanged luck he settled down slid his hat over his face and ins just beginning to feel aleepy when a brad red pounds ot col rattled down on kim hcnew it 1knrw ittshoated toe ramp as he sprang np and rubbed th dust off his head jiaaid so all the time and i just wish the durnsd old hogshead bad come down along with the coal end jttuuied lie through the wharf a true incident make tbe bed easy mr b said old tjncie abeto uie undertaker who was preparing the coffin tor hu aged wife make the bed soft and easy for uut old bones are tender and soft and a hard bed arill hurt them jie forgot for a raomentthat old grey haired mun that she xras dead tbatlni oil bones had done aching forever sixty- four years bad she waited by bis side true and loving wife sixty four years f just think of it iu this age of dittrbe ye h dwelt under the same sorrows of life together moarnod over the cofha of their first born together rejoiced in the prosperity of their sons ana daughter and now 6be his left him alone no wonder he forget her loying hands had so long cared for hliu for he had been the feebler of the two until death do ns part said the marriage service that had unitfcd them so many years ago death had parted them but the love sciluntvivej tenderly hsd he cared for her all these yeara aud now did he tendeily watch the making of this last bed of ibis still loved wife he had bravely bieastod the storm of life with her bybisside but now that rhe was gone he could not live and in vjewdays theylaid him by her side nets orleans picaiuiii how tcordle succeeded tfeordie tamaon a sand carter was remarkable for bia greed and drouth- fulness aenicht ho wis returning hame frae the tood an as usual stop- pit at tbe halfway house he bad had a bed ot foaulougb4i6 bad bbouted yeji satj yellow sand uu jbe was hoarse lie bad made next to ncthiug only one sixpence lay at the bottom of his pouch two things were needed he wanted a gill and the boras needed its supper thoy ouuldna baith be got off a sixpence he resolved to ton bia horse for it now then he eried its wbetber youll ha vo your corn or imi bae the gill til cry beads an ool mak the- game the best o three he tossed ana the horse won he tosad attain and the bona won the beat ofiiraoo made it cried oeordie the beat o five up went the sixpence again and the horse won eh 1 ye squintineyed tickle o banes 1 cried geordie angrily yere eheatlni i ken by the cock- o yer lug o wer again ower again 1 an qeordie tossed ower and over again till he won well done oeordlo tamson he cried i kent yed win a the horse in gilmerlon couldna cheat ye r 1 after- mm came woman andh hat been afttr himevoc uceszj trbittitepxes