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1 c THE MERCHANT .AND GENERAL ADVERTISER. circulates ln,rgeJy in t11e Townships of Darlington. Cla1ke and Cartwnght. It is a. common platform, open to the free chacussion of all queation~111 wh1ch tho general pubhc are concerned. TERMS. WEST DURHAM -->er ~ Steam Job Printing Ofil.e KING STREET, BowMANVILLJ>. Seve·1ty·five cent· per annum1 in ad· vance. The 'Merchant' and Obser· ver,' $2·00nATES OF ADV .1!.lt'£1SlNG. One 1.;olnmn ·, 45 per annum. 1 h~Jf do. 25 " Qu,t.rtP1 do. · 15 u Tr,_~1udent atl \'ertll!mncnts,5 uta per line fimt nset t1on, a.ud 2c.;, per hue, each 8ubacquent one AND GENERAL ADVERT ISER · VOLUME VII. BOWMANVILLE, ONTARIO, FRIDAY, JUNE 23, 1876. · NUMBER~ POSTERS, . PAMPHLETS, CIRCULARS, BILL HEADS CHEQUES, NOTES, HANDBILLS, LABELS. CARDS, TICKETS, &c. &c, &c, 1 EXECUTED IN FIRST CLASS STYLE a.fil1c.tion aa wlth1n the sphere a.n<l per111tl':I~ a1on of a good and wise Providence, ,u1d submitted herself to the sad dispensation with a patience that surprised her friends. Mo11ths paaaetl, and yet the myste7 WM unsolved. The large reward offered by Mr. Voss tor the recovery of his son's reu:.a1us kept hundreds of fishermen and others "ho frequented the river banks and shores of the bay lea.ding down to the ocean on the 1Ll~rt. As the spring opened and the iee began to give way and float, these ruen exe.miucil every rnl~t, cove and bar where the tide JU 1ts ebb and !low might poos1bly have left th~ body for whtch th~y \\ere 1n Bl~arch ; and one day, late in the month of March , they found it, three inilcs awuy from the city, where it bad driftell by the current. The long-accepted theory of the young man's death was pl'oved by this recovery of hie body. No marks of violence were found The diamond pin had not been upon it. taken fro1n. his shirt boao1n, nor the gold watch !row his pocket. On the d1ul ul hi. watch the hA.ods, Rtopping their moven1ent as the chill of the icy water struck tho delicate machinery, had recorded the hour of his death-ten mmutes to one o'clock. It was not yossible, under the atrarn of 1uch an aftltction e.ud the weRl' of a suspense that no hu1nan heart was able to endure without waste of life, for one in leeble health like Mrs. VoBB to hold her owu. l!"'nende read in her patient face and quiet mouth, ancl eyes that had a far-away look, the signs of a coming change that could not be very far off. After tho sad certainty came and th e looking and lunging and ·waiting were OTer, after the solemn service of the church ball been aaid and the cast-on earthly gar1ne nts of the precious boy hidden a.wuy tron1 sight for ever, the mother's hold upon life grew feebler every day. She was slowly dnttrng out from the shores of time1 and no baud was strong enough to hold Iler back. A sweet patience smoothed away the lines of sufft!ring which months of sorrow and unN certainty had cut in her bro\v, the t.TI"ievii1g curv~s of h er pa.lo bps ·were softened by tcu~ ~er ·ubmission, the for-off look WM still in her eyes, but it \vaa no longer fixed nud dreary. Iler thoughts went away trom.d1 cr · ·elf to others. The heavenly ephere into which she had come through submisa10n to her Father's will and a huml.>le looking to God for help and comfort began to pervade her soul and till it with that dh me sclfforgetLiog- which ull y..·ho co1ue spiritually near to Hin1 must feel. GR;\ND TRUNK RAILWAY I POETRY. · ~rrainl'l · w ill leave nowmnnville Station, Bowmanville tirne: as follows : GOING WEST GOING EAST. -~ . G O TO I Ex1wess . · , Originat Sweet Lilies of the Valley. Sweet lilies of the valley, So beautiful and fair, Bloomini.; rn showy \vhiteness, And b1eathing on the air Rich odors o-ll unsullied, And fragrance nil your own ; Sweet liltt:B of the valley, Sequestered and alone. Down where the woodbines growing, Io unfrequented dells, 'Vhere gentle streaiulets flowing, · 01 ~nlve1y river swells; There, too, the song-blXdEI carol, And the love-call of spring, Sweet lilies of 1Jle valley 'l'heir \1rg1n ~auties bring. l . 8:30 a.tn. Mxprefffl 9 30 a.tu Mixed · . 4:10 p.m. ltlL:.:01 1 · · 2 20 p. m \ Lociil .· · 7·50 p .m. Express . .. 9.00 p. 10, Express . . . 9.ao p.ru. .i1'l'hi!i train rnns every morning of week, f1oc.1..l' . 7 20, am, Lyle & Martyn's For a good assortment of GROCERIES, PROVISI01'JS, CROCKERY, &. ALSO moot ur.precedented rapidity. She was dying when I saw her at half-past eleven this morning. This case aud that of Mrs. V oas were the ones that drew so largely on my tune this morning, and.holpod to disturb me eo much, and both were in eonseql!lence of Mr. Birtwell'a party.' ' Tbey might have on Indirect connection Wlth the party,' returned Dr. Kline, 'but can hardly be called legiltmate ~onse· quences.' Mondays excepted, ' Which brings ua face to face with the quest10u whether or not alcoholic stimulants are hurtful to the delicate and wonderJully curnplicatcu machinery of the hun1u11 body. I any alcohol, for we know that all the stimulation that we get from wine or ~er comes from the presence of alcohol.' While Dr. Hillhouse was speaking the office bell rang v10lently. As soon as the door was opened a man came in hurriedly "£hoy aro legitimate consequences ot the and banded hun ~slip of paper on which free "me and brandy diapenseil at Mr. \Vere \\·r1tteu these 1ew worda . ~Au artery has couunenced bleed1ng. Birtwell's,' said Dr. Ilillbouse. ' Tempted by it.a eparkla and Oavur, Arch10 Vos~, UH Come quickly. pure and promisin~ a ) oung man us you 'ANGIER" Dr. BOYLE, SURGERY---SILVER ST. RESIDENCE ONTARIO Sl'REET. 13ovaualJVllle, Jan, 20th, 1876. 1\ifEMBl;R OF THE ROYAL COLLEG}; J_fJ_ of Surgeons, England ; Licentiate of the ltoya.l College of Phy1:11u1anlj1 Edinburgh. Coroner, etc. Reeideuce, Corner of Church and Scugog Streets, Bowmauv11lt1. Deo. otd, 1875. . 10-tf. Dr. Jas. Fielding, SALT PLAST a RADUATE OF 'l'HE ROYAL CUL· All kinds of Field and Harden SEEDS, G lege of (-'hysidans, England, and Victoria Unh erSity of Victoria College, Under Graduate and l)rizeman of the university of rroronto ,and Dr. DAVIDSON ·of' the very best quality. Royal Coller.:(~ of l'hysicians and Surgeons Kingston ; ~1c1nber of the College of Phye:i· cians and Surgeons of f Jntarlo ; Coroner, &c Rc:ddence o.nd ofhcc- Ma1kct Square, HowBowma.nville, Feb. 24th, 1876. 22-lly. LYLE ·& MARTYN. Jnanv1U~. J. K. GALSRAITH, B,ARRIS'.l'Jm, AT1'0RNEY:AT-LAW, ,\o., ha.s returned to the old Office, over r.-rr. Pa.tterBon's Store, }{ing 8trcet, Howmanv11Je. - Bo,,·1nall\iille, hfa.y 19th, 1876. 34-tm. R R LOSCOMBE, DOMINION OBGAN CO'S BARRISTER-AT-LAW, JSOLIGITOR IN CHANOERY, Jio otlt1c.E,- O·v; r a.e J, · Hr11naoo1nb's l>ental lWoJDt· Bo,vma.uville, Oct, 27th, 1868. -IMPROVED AN_D REMODELLED-- 'l\icClung';Sto~. s~me flat ty Q ..... ..... :z: D. E. McMillan, A1'TORNEY .AT LAW, SOLIGI10R [N GII.ANCERY, 001'1 VEYANGER, &e. CABINET ORGANS. :a -a will find m the city, was lured on until be had taken more than his brain could bear. In th1e st£tte he went out at nndnight in the blinding storm, and loot his way-how or 'l'hns opening to the 1:1na~lli111:1, where Ui not yet known. He mny have been So dohcatl:lly wlute,, 1ot upon and robbed and murdered in hts So 1nocl.ef!t and 1·et:nng, hel pleas condition, or he may have fallen And yet so puro and bright, into a. pit, where he liea buried beneath the Ye teach a Ch1 u:1tly leH!!un, enow 1 or he may have v.randered in bis blind TLu 15 lnggu~h hea· t to n10'\'ebewilderment to the river and gone under Swcct hhes of the valley'l~o gentleness and love. Ito ohllling waters. BENlAMlN G0UGH, ' Mr. Ridley, with his olu appetite not dead, but only half asleep and lying in wait What is Life? for an opportumty, goes aleo to Mr. !Eirtwell'o and the eparkle and flavor of wine A little crib bcsidt1 the bed, and the invitations that are pre;sed upon A little face above the 11pread, him lrom all sidee prove too mutb for his A little frock behind th· doot,"' good resolutions. He taste· and falls. He A httle shoe upen the floor. goes in hi~ right mind, and co1nea away $0 A httle lad with dark brown hair, much intoxicated that he cannot find his A httle blue dyed face and fair, way home. How he reached there at l·at l A little lane that leads to school, do not know-he must have bel'n in some A little pencil, date, and rule. station-house until day-light ; but when I A httle bhth801ne, wu1so1ne ma1d, sa\V him 1 his pitui.ble se:ffertng and lf.larmed A little hand w1thm h1a lrud, lacs made my heart acbe. Ho had killed J.. httle cotti:.ge, acres four, his wife !' Ha, or the wine he found at Mr. A.. httl" old tunti bou11ehol<l 1:1totl). Birtwell'· 1 Which 1' A little fainily gathered round, A little turf-heaped, tea.r-dew'd mound, Dr. Hillhouse was nervous and excited, A little added to h18 soil, usie.g titrouger language tban was his wont, A little rest from hardest toil, ' And I,' ho added, before Dr. Kline could A little ailvci in hishnir. respond-' I went to the party als1>,and the A httlc room and cns.y chair, sparkle and flavor of wine and sp1rit of conA little night of earth lit g]oom, 'iviahty that pervaded the company, lured A little corteg6 to the tomb. me also- not v:eRk like AtclJie, nor w1tL a ::::::::::::::::::::::::=.=.=.=.:::::::: · shattered sclf·control hko Mr. Ridley- to drink for beyond the hounds ofprnrlence,as LITERATURE. my nervous condition to-day too surely inDANGER ; OR .WOUNDED IN THE dicntes. A krnd of fatality seems to have HOUSE OF A FRIEND. attended this party.' BY T, S. ARTHUR. Dr. liillhouse started to his feet and ga.v~ a qu1ck order for his carriage. As it drove up to the office door soon after, be sprang He had In, accompanied by Dr. Kime. left his case of instruments at the house with D" Angier. Not a word was spoken by either of the two men as they were 'vlnrled along over the sno1v, the wheels of the carri~e giving back only a sharp crisping sound, but their faces were very sober, Mr. Carlton met them, looking greatly which are of very rare occurrence; to save life the promptest action i· required. So large an opening as I had unhappily made in this vein could not be quickly closed, and with each inspiration of tho patient more air WaB sucked In, so that the blood m the right eavilleo of the heart soon became beaten into a spumous froth that could not be forced, except in sn1all quant1ties 1 through the pulmonary veooelo into the lnoga. ' 'l'he effect of a diminished supply of blood to the bra.in and nervous centres quickly became apparent in threatened syncope. Our only hope lay in closing the wound so that no murc air could enter, and then.removing from tho heart and capillaries ol the lungs the a1r already recetved, and nuw hindering the flow of blood to the bra.in. One mode of treatment recon1mend· ed by Frencl1 surgeons consists of introducrng the pipe of a catheter through the wound, if in the right Jugular vein-or 1f not, th rough an opening made for tbs purpose m that vein-am! the withdmwal of the air from the right auricle uf the heart by suot10n. ' Dr. Kline favored this treatment, but I know that it woultl be fatal Any reopen _ alartned. ' Oh, doctor!' he exclaimed as he caught ing of the wound, DO\\' partially closed, in the hand of Dr: IIillhouse, almost cruahrng order to introcl.uce a tube, even if my init in hui grasp, ' I am so glad you ure hre. strument case hud contained one ot suitable c'C NEWCASTLE. ON'l'. Ne\\ castle, Oct. Sth, 1875. m51-tf. ; Cl: t.:: "' :ii: 'T' z: ·_, :::I ...... >_, z .., Q (Contiuu1;-1ll ) ·WBUNNEY, Oenera.l :Builder a.nd Contra.cter. jt'Neatness with Dispatch." l~owrnanv:ille, Jobbing p1·01nptly attended to. MOTTO. Office and Sbop, on Ontario Street. '.rt-fay 18th, 1876. 35-tf. Something New. a11d t])tl coat, or \'l.1'bat eJse, puts <in a new appearan<:e, Satisfattkn gns.rantt:ed, or no charge. TEWS . PEATE. Bowmanville1 April 21st, l 876. 30 tf. rrHE UI\DFJRSIGNED iJ,fonrs the Gentk· men of tb'ol Dominion, that he 1t1 µrepated to clean .and make a:Jn108t as good as new, i:.ny ~oiled or fnded garment. The <:olor is restored, -------~"\'. 41 -- t I Prof. J. Ruse, Jl1,~no ~- G ':eeacber of RA.DU A'rE of 13a-x ter Un1vu:ra1ty of Murne Friendship, Ne\v York. anti Organ, cultn a hon V 01ct:', Snig1ng, 'J'horougll Ba1:1s, H a.rmony Compoi.1tion, &c . Darlington, July 16th, lSU. 41-ly J i R. D. FOLEY, has taken out a. lt(ft!nse as AUCTIONEER for tlnH 'fow11sl1Jp, Sales v.ill receive the b11&t attttntion. l3owmanv1lle, ~' eb. 24th, 1876. ly. A U 0 T I 0 N E E RS Factory and Warerooms, Cor. Temperance and Wellington F01· the TownBliip of Da?'lington. . T. PHILLIPS, HAMPTON. PrQ1nvt attention given to sales, &c, on reasonable terms. Wm.. Barton, ENl(ISKILLEN. Sa.lcs pronq 1Lly attended to on ren~onalJle terms. DENTISTRY J Brimacombe, L,R.C.O.. · J FEES MODERATE. OFF'JOE ove1· McOLUNG'S Store 11-tf. -1 ~~·~ville. Dec. J:l74. ALLAN LINE STEAMSHIPS. Live?'Pool London, and Glasgow rmationJ. apply to FOJt Ti1.:ket.e, ur inf< W. A. N i;ADS, Agent. Bowmnn\:illc, .Tune 9th, 1871. ·r tf·30 Inrpe1ial Fire Insuranr.e Oo. OF LONDON. :P..U M..U, London. HJWJ OPFICES.-1 Old Broad St., and · GBNF.R'1. ~ O:<?ICY FOR CANADA :--24 St Sacra.1lent St., Montre.;I, Sul1~fi_lieil si;111l invoottM:i Capital and Reserve E.talJJiaJ,.tl 1803. STA PI E ll'lmd. £1.,965.000 Sterling. Fundis 1nvtiated in Canada.- 105,000. Inaur&ni:All a.g~nat Jo8l5 by Fire are e::lfected on most f~~·orabl" terms~ and lo.sses pru.d Wltb out Mereuoe to the Boo.rd in Loudon. J DODSWORTH, RIN'.VOUf, BROS. .£, l!.. LOSOOlitBE, Barrister, Agent for Eowma.nville and Vicinity, JloWJlllollville, Juno 4th. 1860 36 m.o.43-39.4w ·lu.Rpector. Gsn. Agents, Moniirea. It is not surprierng that one thought took The real cuuse of a deep hold upon her. Archie's dee.th was the wine he h1id ta.ken :::I Cl: m the house ol her fne11d. But for that be ...... friendly surgeon who hod assisted m the could never ha.ve lost his way in thQ streets: Q Cl.I ef bi8 uativc city, never have stepped fro 1n opera hon. 'It wus even more difficult th11n :! !:!olid ground into the engulfing water. I Lad ltnagined, I never saw a case in The lesson of this d1so.Btei· was c]eai, aud Q wb1ch the sheathings of the Jugular vern :z: as Mra. v~oss brooded OYer it, the folly, the !'" and carotid artery "'ere .eo completely iawrong-nay, the crime ot those lvho pour i:i out wine hko n at er for their guest11 in t.ocut.l v~h ed. The tumor bad made tis ugly adenterta1uments ruagnifieli themselves 111 her This Company h~ recently been ie-organized by the addition of three ol hesion all around them. 1 almost held my thought~ and tLuugl.lt lound utterance in the mo·t practical men from the Facto1y of Clough & Warren Organ Co., brct\lh ~vhcn tho blood lrom a severed arspeech. Few carne into her d11unbcr upun drew it against hta breast, holding 1t there Detroit, Mich., each taking an active pru·t in hi" own particular dep~rt tery spurted over your sc<1lpel and hid from whom she did not rJrcss a. considt.ration ot tiKhtly, but not speakmg. He had "o com· this great ev1J, the magnitude ot "lnch be~ ment, and are now manufacturing an 01gan eqmil, and in many pomti· sjght tho keen edge that "ras cutting around fort to g:i.ve, no assuring worU to offer Nnt superiorto'any manufactured in the United States or Canada. Our cele- the ink'rnal jugular. A false tnoven:i.l!nt uJ came greater as her mind dwelt upon it, a ray of hght had yet corne in through the and very fe\v of theao we11t away without brated "' Vox Celeste," '.' Vox Humuna," "Wilcox Patent Octavo CoupJer," the hand at that mstant llllght have been veil of mystery that hung so durk over the being disturbed by quest10ns not ea'11y an" c~no," or "Clarionet" Stops, "Flugle l'lorn," "Dulcet," "iEoline," fatal.' fate o! their absent boy. J\1any .minutes swered. "Cremona," and Grand Organ Stop, and 'Yes, and but for the clearncs~ ot Lha.t1nOne day one of her aLteuhve fnenda who P"'aed ere the 'Hence was broken. In that bad called on her said ner sight which ill' great exigencies so often time th0 mother's heart ba.d Ktuwn calmer. 'I heard EL sorr!>wiul Htory yesterday, and supplement· the tailing vision, ell might She l\'tll'l turning n1 her weakness a1Hl ileis- cau 't get it out of n1y 1n1nd.' have been lost,' replied Dr. Hillhouse, be· Belure Mrs. Voss could reply a senant pair, with religious trust to the only One Can be obtained only in these Organs. traying in his unsteady voice the great rewho was able to sustain her in this great co.mo in with a card. ' Oh, Mrs. Birtwel!. Ask her to come action lrom which he WM snftering. 'If I and cr1'leliing sorrow. up.' had known, 1 he added, ' that the tumor was 'He is in God's bond,' she said, in o. low '!'he visitor Haw a elight ehado\v crt:ep so large and its adhesion so extensive, I voice, lilting her head from her husband's over her face, and knew Jts niean111g. H 0w would not have opeiateu to day. In fact I could she ever hear the lJame 01 look 1n to breast, and looking into his tace. the face of Mt~. Birtwell without tlunkmg was In no condition for the performance of ' And he ·will take care of lnm,' repltecl ut that dreadful mght when her boy paseed any operation. I comn1itted a great 1nd1sMr. Voss, lalhng rn with her thought. almost nt ~1 single step, hon1 the light ,1ud cret10n in gomg to Mr. Birtwell's last night. ' Yes, we must trust Him. lie is pres· warmth of her bc·utiiul homo wto the da1k Late suppers and wine do not leave one's ent in every place. He know· whero Ar· and frozen 11ver 1 It bud cost her u hard nerves in the beat condttlun, a.a you nnd I ch1e is, and how to shielU and auccor hbu. and )Jf\lnful struggle to so put dov. n uud hold m check her foelmgs as to be able to know vt:iry well, doctor; and a.a 11 prcpara0 heavenly .i!'ather, protect our boy 1 If meet lhIB lnend, who h1'd alw«)sbccn ve ~y tiou fur work such n.ij we have had to~day in danger, help and save him. And, 0 near and dear to her. For a tirnc and nothing could be worse.' Father, give me strength to bear whatever wJ1ile her d1stt&s of uund v.·as so gr;at a s almoat to endanger reason, she had refu!led 'Diln't I hear somethrng about the dis01ay come.' to see lllrs. Birtwell ; but us that lady never appearancu of a young iuuu ,vJ10 l~f~ l\:Cr. The mother closed her eyes and laid her failed to call at least once a week to ask Birtwell's at a late hour 1' osked Dr. Khno. Agents Wanted in Every County. Send for P'li,ce List. bead back upon her husband's bosom, The after her, alwuys sending up her card -and ' My hand did not recover its steadiness. 'Nothing baa been heard of the son of 'Do you kno\\~, aoctor,' he said, after a r1gldity and distress went out of her tace. waiting for a reply, Mrs. Voss at lust yieldAddress DOMINION ORGAN CO., BOWMANVILLE ONT. Wiln1er Voss since he went away from !\-Ir pause, speaking in a l<Jw, half·confidential As I began cuttmg down to find the ailery, ed, and the 1rteuds met again. :&1rs. l31rtIn this hour ol darkness and distresa, God, v.·ell lvould bnvo thrown Ler arms about h er Birtwcll's about one o'clock-,' .replied Dr. tone a.nd with great seriousness of manner, 1 seemed suddenly to be smitten with hlmdto whom ahe loukeilaEil prnyed for strength o.nd cl1J.Sped her in a passion of tear8 to be1 Also General AgcntB for Canatfo, for the BRADBURY PIANU. H11lbouee 'an(l Lis faunly are in great du:i· 1 'when I severed that small artery ag I waa ness, an<l tu lol::lc n clear pC'rcept1on of ·what came very close to her, 1tnd in his nearer heart 1 but something 1:1trongcr than a visible barrier held her oil, and she felt that she Rice ti: Barke?', Agents for the 0(111,nties of Dm·Jwrii, Victoria, and North treas about !_liin. ~1rs. oss, 'vho is one of cutting close to the internal jugular vetn I \Vas doing. It see1ned as Jf some malig- prefKil.lce. there is alw·ay comfort. my patients, is in very delicate health, and and the jet of blooll htd both the kntfe- nant &ptrit had Jor the 1uomc11t got posaesand South Ontario. . · But as the day declined and the shadows could never get 11.11 near to this btlO"\· c d friend aa of old. ']'he interview was tend l' r \\ heu I 1:111.\v her at eleven o'clock to-day WM points and the surrounding tisaUf',1! that for s1on of rue, connng in through tho dl.Sorder Bowmanville, Dec. 21st, 1875. 1 of another dreary winter night began to though reserved, neither makin~ any refer lying in u critical condition.' an instant I 'vaB in menta.l darkness and that wrought in my nervons "ystem by over draw their solemn curt11ins across the sky, ence to the sad event that \\as never a. mo~ ' There ie somethrng &rngular about that I did not know whether I should cut to the st1nn1Iattou, and used the hand I could no the mother's heart laded again, and a wild ment absent tron1 their thoughts. party at 111r. and Mrs. Birtwell's,' added right or to the left 1 If in that· moment of longer see to guidt! the instrument I was After th1e r..Jrs. B1rtwell can1c oftc11 1 nud u. storm of feaDSwept ov~r it. Neither poDr. Hillhouse, after a pause. '1 hardly darkne"" I had cut to the right, my instm- holdrng lor death msLead of Ille. measure of the old leehng retnrned t1:1 l\fra. I relicemen nor friends had been able to rlis- Vusa Stil1, the cnrd of l\frs. B1rh\'tdl, know what to make of it.' ment "'mld have penetrated the Jugular member now that a sudden impulse seemed cover a trace of thti wi!:lsing young man, and whenever lt ViaB placed in her hand Ly a 'Smgular m what respect 1' asked tho vein.' given to my arm, ae if some one had struck advertisemellts were given out for the pa~ servant, never tailed to bring a i::;hado"·1 and other. It was several ruuments befors either of it a blow. 1 hen a sound "hich it bad nev- pers next moruisg, offering a large re\vard sometimes a chill, to her heart. In a few moments ~Ira. B1rtwell entered There was a er before been my misfortune io bear- and The lace of Dr, Hillhouse grew more the surgeons spoke again, for his restoration to his friends, it li\·ing, the room ; and after the usual greetings and look eomethi11g hke fear m both the aur· I pr11y God I may uevt:r hear 1t agan1serious: or for the recovery ol his body if dead, "ome pnss1ni; re1uarks, 1\Irs. ' roils ea1d 1speakstartled 1ue to an agon1zed sense of the dis· 'Yuu know Mr. Ridley, the lawyer ·1 He geon 'p, faces The true cause of Archie's disappearance mg to the lady wit4 whom she had Leen v.·as in Congress a few years ago.' ' It 1s the last tim·,' s aid Dl'. Hillhouse, aster I had wrought. 'l'oo well I knew the began tu be feured by many of his friends. conversing . ~i:tl 'Yea.' 'What wero yon voing to sny- -abou l breaking at length the silence, and speak· meanrng of the lapping, htssmg, suckmg It did not seem possible that he could have unless you wish to pm cliase I had He was very intemperate a.tone time,and ing \vith unwonted eruphD.Bis, 'that a drop noise that mstontly smote our ears. dropped completely out of sight unle" on some aorro\\·ful story, I mean 1' The pleasant light which bud come rnto fell so low that even his party reJectcd him. of \\'ine 1Jr lJrancly shall pass n1y bps w·ithin mf\de a deep l}Ut acro::;s tlieJugular voui, the the theory that he had lost his way m the the lady's face on meeting .Mrs. Birtwell woµnd gapn1g widely in consequence ol t'he He then relormed and came to this city, forty:i>ight hours of any operation.' atorm, and fallen lllto the river. faded ou.t. She did not auower in1mcthah·where he entered upon the practice of his ' I am not so sure that you will help as tens10n given to the vem by the position of This.suggestion, a:5 soon as it cawe to ly, and showed some signs of em bar1,1Jfi · But Mrs. Voss, not particulurly profession, and has been for a year or t~·o much as hurt by tlm abstinence,' replied the patient's bead. A large quantity of air .l\ira. Voss, settled into a conviction. Her ment. noticing this, pressed hei~ tor tho storv . advmcing rapidly. I attended his wife a Dr. Kline. ' H you are in the habit of us- rushed lil instantly, imagination brooded OYer the idea and After a slight pause ehe said · ' Au exclamation. of alarru from Doctor brought tbe reahty before her min<i with few days ago, and saw her yeaterday after- ing \vine doily, I should say keep to your ' In v1s1ting a friend yesterday I obet rved noon, when she was continuing to do well. regular quantity. Any change will be a Kline, as he changed Lhe position to tho pa· such e. cruel vividuess that she almost saw a young girl whom I bud never seen at the There \Vere some 1ndicationR of excitement disturbance, and break the fine nervous t1ent's nee!; m order to torce the bps of the Lhe trag·<ly enacted, and heard again that house before. She \VllS about fiftt!~U or ·lmvi1,1g opened his about her, though whether from mental or tenSion that is required. It is easy to ac· wound together and stop the fatal irollux ol c1y of 'Muther I' which bad seemed to sixteen years of age, and had a face ot gre it mingle with the wild shrieks ol Lhe te1npest1 retiuerucnt and 111uch beauty. But I noLJc1.:d physical euuscs I could not tell, but noth· count for your condition to-day, If Jou air, roused me ironi n u1on1enW.ry stupor, but which came only to the inner sense. that it had a sad, sl1y expression. My :kJf"" ing to awn.ken conce1n. Tlns 1llur111ng I hUU t~ken only your one or two or three auU I came back in complete aelf·possessio:c. She dreamed that night u dream which, friend did not iutroduet: her, hut snid 1 turn~ found her in a mo8t cr1t1cal condition. glaSBCB yesterday, as the case may be, and The fcarlul exigeucy of the moment gave to though it confirmed all this, tranquilized mg to the girl a few moment. alter I cam" with a full assortment of In a vision her boy l,ll : Puepera.1 fever had set u1 1 \Vtth evident ex~ kept away from the exoitement and-par- nerve and bram all the etunnlus they re- and comforted hl!r, stood by her bedside und smiled upon her ' Go up to the nurecr5r, Ethel, and \Vtu t tenSlvc peritoneal involve1nent, The case don me-excesses of l""t night-anything quire<l. Already there was a struggle for with bis old lovrng smile. He bent over until I am drnengaged.' was malignant, oil the abdominal viscera beyond the ordillary rule in these things '" breath, a.ud the face of .Mra. a1lton, which and kissed her with his \Vonted tenderness ; , As the girl left the room I asked, ' Who .J. belDg" more or less affected. I learned trom an exceas, you know-there ~ould have had been slightly suffused with color, be- he laid h!S hand on her forehead with a soft is that young lady!' remarkmg at th e sarue is p1cpmod to offor the nurse that Mr. Hidley was away all been no failure of the nerves at a critical came pale and dist1ess1::<l. Suflic1cnt nir bad preesure, and she felt the touch thnlhng to time that there was something peculiarly her heart in sweet and tender impulses. In ~resting about her. night, anil that b.1r!'I, Ridley, who \Vas rest- juncture.' entered to change the condition of Lhe blood 'It is all well with me,' he said; 'I ebell 'It's a sad case,' remarked my friend, her less and feverish through thP. evening, be· in the right cayities of the heart, aucl iire· wait for you, mother.' ' Is not the wind clearer and the nerves voice hilling to a tone of regret and sym · oame agitated and slightly delmous alter steadier when sustained by healthy nntrt- vent its free transmis.s1on to the luugs. \Ve And then he bent over and kissed her pathy. 'And I wish I knew just what to ' twelve o'clock, talking about and calling for lton than when toned up by stimulants 1' could hear a churnmg sound occasioned by agarn, the preooure of his lips brmgrng an do about it.' that will compare with any Store in the CouJJty. ' unsp~akable JOY to her heart. With this 'W_ho is the girl I' I asked, repeatmg my her lmsband, whom she imagined dying in asked Dr . Hillhouse. the blood and air bemg whipped together JOY filling and pervadrng it, she awoke. question. ' If stimulants had never been taken, yes. m the heart, and on applyrng the band to li'rom that hour h-1rs. \roas never doubted the storm, that now raged with dreadful 'The daughter of a .Mr. Ridley,' sl1e r"· v10lence. No help could be had all night; But you know that we all nae stimulants in the chest could feel a strang· thrillmg or for a single IIlOment that her son was dead, plied.' nor that he had come to her in a vision of and when we saw her thismnorning, it was one form or another. and t~ suddenly re- rasping sensation. Mrs. Birtwell gave a httle st·rt, while au ONE DOOR WEST EXPRESS OFFICE· night. As a Chrtetian woman with expres8lon of pain crossed her fuce The too late for medicine to control the fatal dis· move them is to leave the nerves partially 'The most emiuent sur g1;;ons ddfer in re~ the who1u fa1th was no mere 1dee.l thing or lady did not look at her, but ahe felt the Bowm~nville, April 12th, 1876. bp-ol5-m29. eaae which was running its couree with al· unstrung.' gai:d to the best treaLlnent in cases hke thla vague uncettalnty, she accepted her great fCo.ntinued on fonrlh page.] I :z: ..... :IE ..... = -c: = = ..... ... :::;! " CHAl'Tlo:lt xvur. The two surgeone then retired, Dr. Irline accompanyrng Dr. Hillhouse to his office. The htter was silent all the way. The strain over, and the aloohohc stimulation gone, mind and body had alike lost their abnormal tension. 'I must conl{ratulate you, doctor; 8-aid the .... i:: ..... ..... 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'1: ou waut rest and time for ing to order wine when the sumn1ons trom Dr. Augier came. ]( I bad taken a glaBB recuperation.' or Lwo it wuuld Lu.ve been bcLter, but the cIt would have ~een nothing except for the baleful effects of that party,' answered in1pcrntn·c nature ol the sun1mons drncon~ I l\flS 1u1:it in the condition the doctor, whose thought could not dis- ccrted me. to be disturbed and contused. I rewen:i.bcrsever itself fro1n the uuhap;>y cuuaequences whrnh had follo.,.cd tho carousal (is the ed when too late the grave ou11s81011, and \VOid too .strong 1) at l.\fr. Butweli's. 'If I had partly resolved to ask Mr Carlton for a had not been Letra~ ed into drinking wine glass of wine before pro1,;eed1og to reopen enough to disturb seriously nay lll'rvoua .sys- the wol:tud and i:;earch Jor tho bleeding nrEnt a too v1v1d recollection of tny telll and leave1t weak and uncertain to dn.y, ter~ lf b-lr Ru.l.ley had uot been ten1pted to hls rt::ceu t c.:.ou v~r1:11uu n 1th bnn about Dr. Khne fall, Jf puor Arolue Yoss hall l>ecn at L.orue prevented rny doing so. lust night instcrul of Ill th~ pr1vutc dnnking'I felt iny band tremble as I rem0ved aaloon of one of our most rce.pectfd cit1zeue, the baudsigteij fllld uptnl<l tlie a~e1J cavity do you thmk that hand,' holdwg up bis left by the clfi;;pluccd lurnor. ...i\..lter the right hand ., he spoke, ' "ould b"' e lqst blood with wlnch 't w~s filled bad been for u momc:it its cunning to-day and put ir. remuveJ, I Sil\\' ut the deepest pa.rt of the jeopardy a precious life 1' cavity the point frnm which tho bloo11 was The doctor rose fron1 bis ch&ir in nluch flowing, and nw.de n11 effort to recover the excitement and walked nervously about Iha artery, which, owing to the uncertainty of room. hand which had followed the lollll of stimuc ft did not lose itA cunning,' said Dr, l·t10n, I !mu tied 11upe1fectly. But it was 1'.ltne, in a calm but emphatic voice. ' I aoon apparent thatNthe parts had swollen, watched you from the moment of the first and that I should have tu cut dljevef iu orincision until the ]ast artery \Vas tied, and n der to get possession of the artery, which lay in close co11tm,t w1tb the 1nt.ernal JUgu· truer hand I ne\er aaw.' 'Thank God that the stimulus whrnli I Jar vem. D1. Khno was hold mg the head bad to eubstitnte for nervous power held and shoulders ot the patient in such a. l\u.y out as lung"" it dtd. If it had failed a low as to give tension to all tbe vessels of the neck, while n1y assistant held open the hps momenta sooner, I might have_:_' Dr. Htllhouso checked himself 11nil gave ul the wound, so that I could see well into the cavity. another little shudder. observed by Dr. Khno. ' Not Q nervous chill 1' The doctor gave a little shiver, which \\-·asi: visible. The snrrounding parts had swollen, Voas came out of the deep sleep into which thus ernb~cl<liug the mouth of the artery so the 11uieting draught admmistered by Dr. I was atra1d sbe might bleed to death.' 'No danger of that,' replied Dr. Hillhouse, trymg to look assured and to speak ' ft is only the giving with confidence. way of ecnue suw.11 a.rtei:y, which will have to be bed again.' On rsaching his patient, Dr. Hillhouse fo·md that one of the small arteries he had been compelled to sever in bis \Vork of cut· trng the 'tumor awey from the surroundmg parts wus blee<lmg freely. Half-a-dozen handkerchiefs and napkins hail already been sntura.ted with 'blood; and aa it sttll came freely, nothrng was left but to reopen the "ound and religate the artery. Et.her was pro1nptly given, u.uO. aa soon aa the patient was fa1rly under its influence, the bau<lageB were ren1oved aTid the sutures by which the wound had been drawn together, cut. The cavity left by the tumor \Vas, of course, full of blood. Thia \Vas taken out \Vtth sponge!:l, when at the lower part ol the ori lice a Ihm jet of blood was 'size and length, must necessarily have admitted a large quantity of air, and so made <leatb certai~. ' Indecie1on in u. case like this is fatal. Nothing but the right thing ought to be done with un instant promptueBB cau eave the imperiled hfo. But what waa tho right thing 1 No' more air must be permitted to enter, and the blood must be unl1aded as quickly BR possih1e of the air no\v obstruct· mg us way to the lungs, so that the bram might get a fre·h supply before it waa too late. We sncceedeil in the first, but not m the llLBt. Too rr1uch u.ir bad entered, und my patient WM b·yond the reach of professional md. She eank rapidly, and rn less than an hour frum the tiute iny hand, robbed of its skill by wmc, foiled m its wonted cunnrng, she luy white and shll belore me. CHAP. XIX. It wa· late in the afternoon when Mrs. Hillhouse had thrown her. She awoke from a dream so vivid that she thought it real. '0h 1 Archie, my preciona boy !' she exclnimcd, sta.rt1ug up e.nd reaching out her hands, a glad light beammg on her coun· tenance. While her bands were still outstretched the light began to fade, and then died o·t as suddenly as when a curtain lalle. The boy who stood lJcfore her in such clear presence hud vanished. Iler eyes EIWept a!Jout tbe room, but he wa.s not thPre. A dead1y pallor on her face, a groan on her lip·, she tell back shudder111g upon the pillow from which she bad risen. ~1r. \ross, · w bo \Vas sitting at thP. heds1tle, put his arm under her,and l1tting her head, She could not go out and do atrong nncl widely-felt work for bnmamty, conl<.l uot hit up the fallen, nor help the weak, nor visit the sick, nor con1tort- the pnsoner, though ofte1l her heart yearned to help und strengthen the suflenng a:ad the distrefiScd. 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