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sunshine, Su.roight·has·been called "the smile,of· God." It fill!! the 'World with rod.iant·bliss.; .Li.ke.tlle tlrst' k isb love for lo.ve when life is sweet, EarLJ1 u.nil sky meet. rounded, and the hearts of these five mcll these two would have entrapped each other of man, out that deeper, utter silence which leaped as they ~aw a burniug irain a ~nile in far Jess time t han it required under the itl to be known and felt only in the woods, ahead. new arrangement. an<l only at thoBe hour· which h:tve been Macrae hacl. now a purpose once more, and fit,ly called 'the gloaming,' e;:pecially the " Now, Billy, look sharp," said Sandys; as he prepared to bring the engine to a stop as almos felt as if he were about to do something bunr of moaning twilight, when it seem~ as close to the· train as possible. virtuous. The very first thing he did was if t he very spirits of the air were sleepmg, (o)---·'What's the ma.tter,Parker?" he asked of to go to Elmswoocts boldly enough. He tli' I insects, birds, !i.nd every tree and bush tormy seas their i·aging cease the conductor of the goods-train, w oo was fairly rushad up to Ml'. Hollins, and was wrapped in slumber. In dimpling peace; Ji:.,okinµ- ruefully on, in an interval of hard vol uble with his regrets at having been "I remember feeling uneasy. I looked in The mgged hills transfigured blaze Ju.golden haze, labor at pusl1ing the rear cars up the track "absent" yesterd'ay during the alarm. He vain for familiar things. I washed my out of reach of the blazing oil. There was had heard all about · the railway-ac~ident, hands and boots in a cold stream near by, .A nd mourners bear ing heavy cross, little or nothing to tell, not even a theory. and felt tlmt Ben must be alive and within and spying a road at a little distance,. betook A n d bitter loss, ]..cok up, like cltilfl1·eu late forgiven, Harper and the two mill-men look.etl at reach. He was going in person to the spot tn) self t hither, and set out upon a iouri~ey Straight into heaven. once for Tilompson's earn. Not a sign of whei·e the accident occurred, and should which may b ·' called aimless, or not accordmg They pnsh his inquiries into every hamlet and to the inknsity with which those who re!Ld will_commence on NOVEMBER 1st the sale of his large and well O'er new-closed graves, through pain, th rough Ben Hollins could they discover . sin, looked for a Jiving Beu, they looked for a farm-hous. e. And he fairly laughetl as he my story shall be able to enter into my Light enters in assorted stock tor cash. This is no hm!l.bug. I am determined dead Ilen; but t here was n ot lung. bade them be of tpod cheer. feelings and thoughts. Our d11.rk slrnL hearts like God's own smile, one solitary clew was obtained. .A. But they mourned and wept atElmswooas " .My journey, I know, was northward ; Only Saying, "Wait awhile. to give up business. 'J'he goods will be sold at wholesale hat was picked up, smeared :.nd.doody, over the hat which t hey had caretully · 1a1d for Icun<listinctly remombet· ha,·ingthe sun "I seem far off, but yet am 11ear one of those East Indian affairs of straw away. And Thomas Macrae, knowing this at my back all through the middle of the prices. The stock comprises in part : 'l'o·cye anfl ear. an.d white muslin, affected by the Canadian was not t he hat which B eu wore, eaid uot a rlay. I t was a very lonely road upon which In all things lovcly~joyful be, yout11 in summer. 'l'hey t ook this back to word t o that effect. He let t~1em go on I travelled. There were fi elds, not covered DRESS GOODS , PRIN'L'S, VELVETEENS, FRINGES, iror they arc me. Millington. Beu had just such a hat, and it mourning, and even wrote down lll his note- with the signs of the grain-banest, but with WINCEY. SHIRTINGS, BUTTONS, TRIMMING S, "My love's sun-signet stamps th3··brow; could 1iot b e found. ~o they mourned and I book, ' 'Do not forget B. 's h." blackened stump~ of trees; long stretches of GRAY JrLAKNELS, \ Thou knowesL nut now ; 1 mourned at Elms woods, with a,n indescr bOh, how grateful they were at Elms1v-ooc~s! dark, di~miJ>l·lo okiug forest; her e and the~·e WHITE 1·'1.A.NN ELS, LINENS, TOWELS, J3ut spitcot moans, fears, mocking laughter, able ho rr or at Ben's prnbahle fate,:-a hfyrror Mrs. Hollins was tilled with confidence m cross-roads with few or no fre.sh rnts m .rhou'lt know Herettfier." FANCY FLANNELS, J<'ANCY WOOL GOODS, . them· and, <tS I went on ancl on, the way A U1'HOR Ob' "JOIIN RALTFAX, GENTLE.l"1:AI<." which even a tel.egrnm from the scene of the this ardent yuung man. DUNHAMS, DUCKS. CLOUDS. accident next morning coµld not allay. '.l.'ho "And you ma.y be sure, Mr. Hollm~\ th~t grew ~ore and more gloomy. Thrice-per· GRAY & WHlTE CO'l"l'ONS, telegram described a body found in the I shall not leM'e a· stone \lnturned, s:µd hapa oftener-I came neat:' hr.bitations of FANCYLAClll GRAY & WHifE BLANKETS, ditch. "Dark hnir, streaked with gray; Macrae as he went down the steps. men. Once I sa.w a small village in the dis-. MENS' UNDERSHil'{TS and BREAKFAST SHAWLS. mustache; poorly clad ; general appearance .And he did not. t ancP.. But I had grown fearful of human DRAWERS, CLOTHS, TWEEDS, of tramp." '!'his was not Ben. beings now, and made long detours to avoid L ADIES' UNDERSHIRTS, DRESS SHIRTS, The newspapers took it up, anJ within a UHAPTER IX. those whorn I had so nearly met. · HOSIERY, GI10VES, 8HA WI,S. Jln Episode in the Life of a l'or· week asserted thatit was beyon(l doubt that SI KIMBER s PLACE. "Late in the afternoon I came to the And FANCY SHIRTS, BLACK CASHMimES, tunate lfnt"ortunate. "young Mr. Hollins of Millington" h'.1d.l?erof the road. It stopped in a great bank of CORSETS, MANTLES and COLLARS, In. this chapter we shall allow Ben Hollins turf as :tbruptly as if it had come to the ished; and even Harper adopted t lus view MANTLE CT01'H, 'l'IES.CUFFS,E'l' C'l, of the matter, returning to his regular round to speak for himself ; tha t is to say we shall very end of the world; but in the turf were ULSTERS a.nd SYNOPSIS OF PREVIOUS CHAPTERS. of worl;: as if this episode in t he affairs of the use a po1·t~o.n of hi:; man~script ve1·batim. marks of waggon-wheels, and l followed The Stock is too large to fully enumerate. ULSTER CLOTH. world had come t o an end. . Before wntmv the quotation-marks, how- them up a knoll to a broad, flat space, The scene of .t he story qpens in Millington, Almost at the very honr when Harper re· ever, let it be briefly explained that we are whP.reon a number of legs lay scattered a town in West Ontario. The principal turned to Millington, Ben's case was under I on the threshold ot one ?f the great mys- about. I sat down upon one of these logs, persons introduced in the frevious part tLrc considerat ion by others, and they had ter1es of the most mysterious of s1.cknesses. wearied out. I waa not troubled in mind. Ephraim Hollins, owner o . the,m1lls wluc_ h t hought of giving up Ben for lost. One . Ben_'s manuscript is.,m ade llJ.lOf his recollec- I had no sense of being utterly out of the Give me·a call if you want cheap goods as the whole must be sold. give the town its . n~mc, his ~vife, and his especially-Thoma.a Macrae by na1;ne-:-was ti_ons ~11 after:days of impressior_is made upon world, lost and forsaken. Indeed, if I had son Ben· Mrs Hartley, widow of Col. nerving himself to the point of begmmn~ a his m1~d. durmg the p~r1od of_b1s aberrat10n. had such a feeling it would have clisappearW. McM. thanks his mariy friends and patrons for the very liberal Ha;tley, 'and her doi.ughter Bctty_- Ben;s search for Ben just as those who most sm- Now, it is not every impress10n thus made ed very quickly; for almost immediately playmate and little sweetheart. It is Bens cerely loved hil!l gave it 'up. which is reta:ined and ~1eld i~ ~he memory. upon my arrival I made an acquaintance. support he has rnceived for the long time of over forty-.fiv years of coming of airc, ,anti E lmswoods House, _ the When he fled trom Carney Du!l'an at the But sho.H this cast drscredit upon what "A large, handsome dog came bounding millers .home, .i, the scene of feast~g, station, the old woman looked at his retreat- s professiidly remembered and totd? If s_o, clown the turf, came close to me, barked business in this town. merriment and 111us10,; and Ben, stelhng ing figure as long as the darkness permitted, then the narrations of the sane must be dis· once or twice, sniffed at me, wagged a comeaway after dinuer, 1"1:. reflection, surpi:eses and then set out for her miserable home, carded also. For do we not all forget much ly tail, anu deliberately st::-etched himself All persons hl~-ving accounts will please call and settle, as I am deBetty in tears m a 11ttle summer-house. muttering as she went, "He'll be comin' more than we remember'? at full length at my feet. Now I have always termined to wind up my business as speedily as poRsible. She calls him "Sir, " and" Mr. ~enjamin,_" 1igain. He's wild-like ,now; an ;if he doesn't 1:he singul 'lr feature of tilis matter is, that loved dogs ; and I caressed this one, and much to his di:;gust a,n.d s_urprise; . and is seek me I'll seek him." an insane man forgets from day to day, from 1 felt irrateful to him for his company. This trying to sootr.e hel· by offermg to brJ?g h~r And true enouD'h, before many minutes moment to moment almost, what he is say- n u~!l apon a good footing with each other, some tea, or ~offee, or sherry-anythmg, m there was a knock0at her door. Her thought s ing and doing ; and yet years afterward, ai!i.dl presently my canine friend put his nose fact but the 1.i<'nt thing. Things, however, were dwelhng upon the expected visitor ; when restored to health and sou~ciness, a between his paws, and closed his eyes. settle th cu 1selv~s satisfa.ctoriiy, and Ben and aad she called out, "Come in, Thomas!" panorama of the facts, the feeh~ga, the "Ji\-:1t I lrnew t hat he was not asleep. I Betty ai:e ·engagedi The day _b~fore th_ e findino- herself, to her surpljise, face to face faucics even, of his dark days will come had seen that same performance on the part wedding, however, .Ile11: ,meets wit? an iwc1- with Harper not Macrae. · vividly before him. of intelligent dogs before. He was medide11t which renders .him uncouscious, and Again afe'w minutes, and the dark figure Nevertheless Ben Holl~ns's paper would tating, that was all. Again and again he makes the doctor.rather fearful of the result~ which crouched <mt of sight as Harper and not be quoted here, ~ere it not ~or the fact lifted his head, took a long .look at me,-not that they will be necessarily fatal-- his men left Carney's cabin arose to the that so many, even mmute, details and par- how thoroughly I· recollect all this panto· but worse. Under the ,care of his friends stature of a man and cautiously approached. ticulars written therein have been corrobor- mime !- and went to thinking again. he improves somewhat, but does not regain As he opened Ca.rney's door, he stood for a~e<l by testimony of others that the whole "A sane man would have wondered, his senf.les ; he wanders around at will-a~· . a moment perplexed at the woman's atti- nanative is sta1:nped with . truthfulne_ss. doubtless, how this thoroughbred animal, a ways watched-but one day eludes his tu('e of· despair. She sat stadng at the old There are blanks m the story, mdeed, which very aristocrat of hia species, came to be in d h · t th b · · f th' guardian.~, ~d w. ander_s away unsee~. A prieket-hooks ·' · d such an outlandish corner of the world; but We have commenced to re uce t e pnces a e e00"1nn1ng o e and the little heap of ioilver must he illed from information · obtai.ne search is mst1tuted, which prove; frt11tlesr ""·iu~ iu her lap. Seeing Macrae at last, she elsewhere, the record of_ ~ours when tired my thoughts were not 0f the questioning A faint clile is found, however-a CL 1ff bu' · bt11 01 int i) lu.mentatiou. human nature became oblivious to what was kmd. season and we will not stop reducing until we get the prices ton-which may lead to something. /. "Oli-11-h ! Woe an' woe, Misther ThomM! passiniz. ".At length my friend arose, ·retreated so low that it will be easy to decide who sells the dhe 1;wate life is goin' out uv hl<l intirely ! l!'ROM "NARRATIVE BY B. HOLLINS." from me a few paces, barked, ran off a dozen CHAPTER VIII. Me a-workin' dhe very bone~ out uv me yards, · and turned to look at me. I am cheapest Dry Goods and Clothing in t~w:in. fingers, an' me little store all gone ! 0 "My first recollection of the day on which ashamed to say it, but I did not comprehend THE TEMPTED TURNED TF.MPTER. M isther Thomas ! whativer will I do n nw or I left Elmswoorls," writes Ben, "dates from him. If he could only have said, in human When Harper left _Carney Dug_ an's hov:el, next ! O Misther Thomas I you're a lawyer, the hour when Macrae and I sat together on speech, ·Come, Ben!' l would ha-ve follow-, We are bent on sacrificing the profits and forcing the sales this sea.son. 11purred to eager act10n by the' mformatiou -can you see clhe way ou~ uv ·dish?" the timbers at .Bridge Hill. I remember ed him doubtless; but I failed to grasp th\l' In cutting the pric~s we will lay a heavy hand on the that Ben had been at Thompson's, he weoi "What is it all about, Mrs. Dugan!" aak- placing one of my cuff-buttons in a mortise- meaning of the bark, the run the uurn, thll thither as one who felt sure that he was neat· ed Mac!ae. hole in one.of the timbers. \Vhen Macrae furious tail-wagging, the eager open moutli , the object of bis pursuit. Lanterns were "0 Misther Thomas! dish is a life of aml I left the hill, an olcl woman, whom l Three times the invitation wus given me, procured,and the.yards thoroughly searched. throuble an' sorry ! T'hty yares ago I kem . looked upon with great apprehe11sion, met but I silently declined as often. · But not a sign of Ben was to be found, save to dish land, in hopes of rLSt and pace. But us, and either.said or did something which "The dog now returned, and resume,d his Blanket~, dhey wuddent ·lave me rist wan day nor excited my fears. I pointed secretly to the attitude of meditation. He was the better a handkerchief marked "B. H." Said Mn.tthew Bryan, "Mr. Harpiir, thiR hour in it. It's a place for wild beasts an' stick whereon I had laid the onyx button, reasoner· of the two, I imagine; for while I be almost dead certain. Here be the very fowels uv dhe air. An' me a-savin' an' thinking, as I clearly recollect, to appease was powerless to mo'l<e even, the anillll11 inkinds-Re~dy-Made spot where they loaded Thompson's car. He savin', dnese many yares back, witl buyin' her anger or to divert her attention. Un- vented a methocl of m oving me. He arose be gone on that car." an' sellin' an' beggiu', an' scrapin' up dhe observed by Macrae, as I think, and guided and barked loudly, not in a 'bow-wow' as W We take Butter and Eggs and Grocers' Due Bills as Ca~b. The sarue conclusion h'lld alrea,oy be:en price of a ticket back to Arboe, - it's t'ir'ty by my dread of the woman. I turned more before, but with a 'boo-woo-woo I' Instantly reached by Harper ; and the party hastily dollars for me pass1ge,-an' I've dhe tin cup than once to look at her. I saw her go to three of his fellows came tearing down into returned to the offices, w)let·c Hq.i:i;>~.r unfold- a.11'-p!ate-by-me, an' tin lollars for clhe ix· the timbers, lift up tlle ~rntton, and. lo.ok ~t the open, Rom1d and round tliey circle<T, ed a project whose practicability nnpresse_d padiences, an' that makes forty; an' 'twas it carefully, then lay it back agam m the nose to nose, head to head, foot against foot. itself at once upon Mr. Jiollms and his l;ke rollin' up mountains, it was, to get it. . same place. As a' finale, the three new-comers la.y down friendly advisers. An' here I was wid four poun'-notes on dhe "Presently we reached the old blacksmith 011 as mao.y sides of me, watching me with T" put it in Harper's own w.:>rds, his pro- Bank uv Monthreal in dish book, an' dhe shop, two-thircs of the way down the hill ; open mouth, while the Prince scampered off posal was as follows ; rist uv it in silver in dhis wan, an' here's and Macrae led me in. Oh, how often have ao.d disappcareu." "li Mr. Benjamin has gone off on ~he me paper monev all gone ! Ohoo I Ohoo !" 1 thought of that woman since that There is a hiatus here in Ben's narrative, goods-train, it is easy enough to find him. Macrae would have screamed almost, had unhappy day ! She became the one element a lapse of memory; but the-facts are known. That train is a .slow .one, and makes .m~ny not Carney's ~lk come to an end. .ffe was of misery in my life. She lifted her warn· Prince, the prince of dogs h"d undertaken iitops. An engine always comes to Millu~g- very nearly hystel'ical already. His Scotch ing finger at me by day ; she intruded upon a deed of c!·;arity; and his method of perton station about nine o'clock, and waits sturdiness and his Riscayan fire h ,d ruhbed my dreams at night, and threatened me. forming the same was much sharper au~l here until midnight to help the westward against each other so long, now, that he was "Pleased as a child with the fresh suit of quicker than those pursued by boards of thn ts. g_oocls-train up the Winbrook.gi;ade. I know all but torn to pieces. But none of his quick- clothes which Macrae gave me at his rooms, rectors and general age_ Sandys, thfl engineer ; and,. i~ _you gentle- ness was goue: his thoughts came as sparks I went out with hi.:n, with a feeling that Now, at a little distance from Ben, but as Jnen will take the responsibility, we c~n of electric light yet. Carney's lament was now I was to do real business in the world. yet unseen by him, was a ha.bita.tion, the o..-erhaul the train in an hour, and ~eturn m like the turning of a generatinv-plate, and No question arose in my mind as to Macrae's · only one in ma.ny miles of wild country. offering Great Bargains, in advan,Je of. the we~tward. tram. ':Ve his fiery brain received the scintillati~n al- intentions. I followed him with eagernes~, Evidently this was no farmer's house or Jnust be qt11ok about it. It is nearly nme most instantly. lt was difficult for him to ~I almost outwalked him. I mounted t he laborer's cottage. Built of roua:h boards Scotch Tweed Suits, English now." restrain himself from pouring out at once car at his biddin.r, still under the impression heavily battened, with an unusually small They were quick about it, indeed, as in the words that iiew together on his tongue; that it was all for business, that I wa.s going nnmher of lights for so large a building, sursuch an exigeiJ.cy they had need t<Y be. .A. but be made a mighty effort, and went out somewhere to meet some one 011 urgent rounded with a heterogeneous collection of Tweed Suits, Canadian Twee~ few words of expla1.1atio11 enlisted Sa.n~s's into the cool nip;ht air to ·t hink, to reflect. affairs. articles,-an old boat, a smartish city wag. interest. He asked a baokiug fro~ Mr: olHe had come here vaguely purposing to "The moving of the train gave the keeri- gon, a h.,,lf.dozen dog-kennels, frames with Suits, Overcoat Patterns in great )ins if the irregularit~ of ."rm:mmg his en- struggl e with Camey to plea_d, t ·o threaten, es~ of p ea.sures, The pushing and pulling nets drying ui:ion them,-decorate.d here an_d g;ne wild" should be 10qmred mto at head- to argue, to persuade, tu bribe, perhaps to of the locomotive, the bumping of the cars, there with skms of eels and sqmrrels, this quarters ; a.ud, being assured of it, made a , do even worse; and now, was there in the ringing of the bell, the shrieking of the edifice would have been, to any stranger variety. Large lot of Ready:rapid calculation as to how far a_way the Carney's words au opening of escape·, -some- whistle,-all kept me alert. The train was happening that way, an architectural probroods-train might be, how long it would thing which he might turn to account? only a goods-train but it seemed to fly. lem. "take her" to shift oa.rs at Wormley and He went in again, half-calmed; shaking, Faster and faster we went. Millington The ownership, however, was clear Made Overcoats, etc. Ladies' Pardon, and how much time "she" would it is true, as if in an ague, but hopeful. With lights faded away in the distance; trees and enough; for a rough signboard nailed crooklose t Earnton switch waiting foo:: the ex- an inward gasp, he grasped Carney's arm, fences came in sight, and were gone again edly upon a corner of the house declarecl Mantles m Stock and made to · and said, "Mrs. Dugan, do you really wish before I could count them. 'fben I looked this to be press. . The: stoker "fi!ed up," and awa:y they to go to Ireland?" upward to the now cleared sky,,studded with SI KIMBER's PLAOE. went, Harper havm~ two of the m1tl-me11 '·Wish, is it? vVouldn'J;, I begin dhe sparkling stars, and I trembled 1 as a great order. Any amount of Cloths nth hi~. Cautious~y. they pro.ceeded 11.t journey a.fut, dis? very nighb-._ av it wasn't multitude of them seemed to fall a,rounrl me. To this came Prince, eager and shaking first, until all the Millmgton swi~ches and for dhe murdberm' say dhat hes betuxt ?" Again I laughed at myself for so mistaking with that nervous tremor which is part of a made to order on shortest notice fidi11g1 were pa~sed·; then Sandys pulled ··Stop your noise, then, and let us talk it the sparks thrown out by the locomotive good and charitable clog's normal con~ition. up the throttle, and the engine breathed over. Perhaps I can comfort you." when the stoker put on fresh fuel. He made his presence known at the kitchen harder and fast·er. "An' it wouldn't be clhc first time I was "After we had trarnrsed some distance, door by furiously barking, whining, and with satisfaction. ',rhe cab shook and swayed. The track- comforted by a Macrae, aither. Sure I said - I cannot tell how much,-the car upon scratching,-so furiously that Debby, Si joints gave out a sound like the rattle of a it was dhe Macrae blood was in you, Misth- which I was began to. lurch and twist, the Kimber's daughter, opened the door at once Jlllare-drum. ]'ive anxious faces peered out er Thomas..'; piles of bark pressed more and more heavily to ascertain the cause·of all this commotion. of the little cab-windows from time to time, "Never mind the blood. Now ;see here: upon me, and I could barely maintain my Prince greetedherwitha sharp "bow-wow," looking among the dense shadows and if you want to go to Ireland, you shall go. place. A broad glare of light shot suddenly and again exhibited the canme tactics of Merchant Tailor. out jnto the deeper blackness beyond,_ as Do you hear?" out into the fields, and moved as we moved. short runs and turning about, as if eager to if Ben might h"l.ppen to be wandermg ".An' how am I goin'? on a broomstick? It was only the stoket· opening the furnace· secnre a following. Debby was accustomed there. "Nonsense I In a steamer of course." door, but to me it s.eemed some awful sign of to the ways of the animal creation, and "Five miles in five minute.s t" said the en"O Misther Thomas"- disaster. I no more thought of business, or understood Prince as quickly as if he had . gine-drivcr. "Now we're coming to the · "Hold on now· wait till I say all I have of the pleasure cl'. travelling. Fear Wall my said, "Come out here, immediately: you eiizht-mile straight. When I lift ~y hand to say. Mr~. Dugan, you want something, one feeling, my one thought. · are wanted ! respectfully announces that his purchases of begin to count, and when I siµg out, and I want something. · wm you go to Ire- "Suddenly th.e ba1·k upon the car on which Speaking to some other person within, etop." , land, and (he whispered in her ear now)take I was statiorie(l gave way with a horrifying Debby followed the dog down the stubby Sandys's hand went up suddenl~, l_t!lcl --with you?" . sound, and I heard a great mass of it fall- patch which served as yard, lawn,and roarl, Harper watched t,he second-hand of his time The name of Ben Hollins was not even ing upon the track. I cannot acurately de- all in one, and out 011 the knoll camtJ upon piece as it leaped a!ong-oh, how slow!y ! whispered. scribe what followed. All that I can r ecall poor, tired Ben. Here was a ~trangc sight, Now for a race agamst time, nay, agamst Carney arose in 1111feigned alarm. The is a crash, a whirl, a wrench, a plunge into -atigureallsplasbed andbegnmed,atramp, faults in engi~ee1:ing, again~t car~lessness eag:er eye was fastened up?n h~rs, h?wev~r ; the ctitch. I fell into an abyss, apparently an escaped convict, someone surely that be· for the present season are now ready for inspection, and will ard want of aki!l m the m~kmg of non r~ils and at the end of that trymg tune, m which of mud and water. I came out of this almost longed to the "used-up" class. But be found well assorted in all the leading lines. and spikes and m the shapmg and fastemn~ these two gazed at each other, the power of as quickly as I went in, and remember the what of the face, the clean hands, which Bea of ties, against a thousand unforeseen acci- man and the selfish cupidity of the woman poignant regret with which I suryeyed my had l aved in many a brook that day? What Having rnsolved to reduce liis very large stock within reasonable dents o~ quicksand, heat, cold, storm and conqu~red. Suppose she said No, Carney ruined clothing. of the whole air of the man, the something fire or mistakes by sleepy or overworked rea, oned what fate still ·awaited Ben? and "Loud voices shontin,Q', calling, asking, which cast Debby's tramp-or-convict theory bounds, he will sell large lines of goods, in various departments, at les11than wholesale prices. telegraphers, of the devilishness of creatu·cs suppose ~he consented, and went, could she re-awakened my terrors. I looked up, and to the winds? in human form, who scruplQ not to plunge a not restore Ben at some future time? And saw a ?Teat flame iihoot sky-wards, and fall "No tramp 'bout liim," thought Debby. Parties wishing to expend their money to the best advantage, will whole train into wreck and death, that they what of herself also? This began to trouhle back again to the earth, covered with a pall "Ain't drunk, either." Then, aloud, she 0.onsult their own inteI"est by making an early call. may pillage. On and on the " Stamford " her. She had been as~uming a mighty de·l of the very blacke~t darkne~s. Horrible asked Ben , "Say, you, who arc you?" SUITS got up on short notice and warranted to lit. flew. Islay, Pangborn, Wales, were passed. of authority over Macrae ; but now, of a flames began to stifle me, tongues of flame "Ob, yes!" replied Ben: "what's your A mile beyond, Sandys callerl out, "Stop!" sudden, the tables were turned, and this reached out towards me, tongues that seem· news?" And on that insta. n t he made a moThe eight miles were finished, · · . fierce young man was making her afraid. ' ed to have old women's faces over and tion as if to rise and walk on. "Six minutes and fourteen seconds," said They talked till midnight. They schemed, around them. They roared to me, 'Away! "Stay, you man !" crien Debby. "Why, Harper, The seconds did not seem so slow and plotted, aind pkmned. They discussetl away I' you· look a'mostas tired a>1 death." then. the chances of Beu'~ escape from 1'he train; "l recall most clearly the agony in which "Ob, yes, to be sure ! tired to death. "And Sandys," added Harper, "we must of his bein~ discovered by the train-hands I climbed up into the field and lied. How Very hard work, I'm sure. I bad better sit be getting somewhere near that train." and ordered off. And the conclusion was, far I went J know not; but l did not stop, down, perhaps," Ben said, smiling gently. '.l'he clriver's only reply was, "What's that that Mll,crae datermiued that it would be au certainly, until those voices were 110 longer There was something in the speech and iu bright light ?" . . easy matter to trace Ben and find him. If audib1e, that dreadful flame out e>f sight. the smile that smote upon Debby's soul. It .And in another mmute he answered his it became necessary, he knew profess10nally "Those who have nevi;r suffered as I have was the most painful sight she had ever own question and the inquiring looks of the just the man to employ for that business. can hardly understand how easily and q nick· witnessed. She stood there looking at Ben, others. .But he knew another man whom he would ly, even to Ruddenness, the most engrossing teeling the uselessness of asking questions ; "'That's a fire, and not a forest-fire, Ror mtrust with it tirst, and that ·man was- emotions pass away from the afflicted. For and finally lifted up her voioe, and sent oqt yet a farmer's house. That's oil. The himself. . . . instance, I wa~ only out of sight and hearing into the air a shrill, penetrating oa!l. road curves below li'ere a little, and sho~ts "To-morrow mornmg, th~n, I will go m of what had ~o terrified me but a short time . "Mar! mar!" she cried. off in that direction. That goods-train had eea,rch of him, Mrs. Dugan. Pe.1Jte I I wish before, when I lay down under the trees and (TO BE CONTINUED. eleven cars of oil fr'.>m Petrolia. Something you had said you wished to go to Ireland went sound asleep. has happened down there. Stoke her, when we were down at Thompson's." "Very E:arly in the morning 1 awoke. The Billy!" "And so does I, Mi~ther. Thomae," . . stillness arpund me was deat h-like; not the The Duke of Teck became last., i:rionth a Iu a minute' or two more the curve was .And so do we alL For, m allprobab1hty, qttiet merely which comes from the abr .· ·/ · 1 " , ·1cfo:cd Englishman. GIVING UP BUSil~~SS I w~ McMURTRY ' 1 DOCTOR BEN. GARMENTS TO ORDER & GOOD FITS GUARANTEED. ASK US FOR BARGAINS IN Dry Goods and Clothing,, Boys' Me.ns' and Youths' Suits, Ulsters and Overcoats. , , · Dr.esslGoods, Winceys, ·Flannels, Clothing of all Tweeds, & Ordered. ELLISOI & Cl. THE STAR HOUSE. lam JOS. JEFFERY, THOMAS PATERSON (==D-R--Y G~-0-0--D--s==) CALL AND SEE THE CHEAT BARGAINS TO BE HAD IN D r y G.oods!. FOR CASH AT : . CLOSING SALE.