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ms1stmg finally that her father snould ley was weepmg out her very soul and im you go to Mrs Branmgan s wrd me ? An Our Educat onal System plor1Dg Mrs Holl ns to t ppo1 t and not to see Tun mmd but me sen l for me We have always held the opm10n Debby pave me the cuff button Here strengthen h11r Macrae was perplexed He could not that the system pursued rn ou1 schools 1s a .> lhe very mention of mair1age with afford to be v10lent to this gray haired wo v1c1ouR one mevrtably lcadrng t o the VI Ors o -look at 1t 1 The markmg on the back Late Happenings In the Pr.::i.lrieh>rovAn Episode rn the Life of a For- does not shed much light upon the matter Thomas Macrae had roused Betty to m 1 g mau his hands iefused to strike resnl s The persistent c ammrn[,l of the 1nce I confess .B H to B H Pans -M1llmg nat 10n For the first t me rn all her 1 fe ' Come then And it mt st be for the poo1 little mrnd till the overworlrncl bram tunate llnfortunate. The I'lnmcipahty of Emerson ha1 e let the ton I have hea1d that Maciae 1s sweet on she felt that it was possible for the daughter last time do you hear ? ieels cannot but be p1ocluct1ve of evil Jn a Miss Hai t-Hart-somethmg or other to b set agam<t her mother For 011 the I hea1 Thomas Macrae and God gr:mt theart1cleson Eduoat1ouand Hettlth wluch contract fo1 a $2 000 Pratt trnss bruige over CHAPIER XXVI -(Co:l'<TI:« UED) As likely as not some crazy man stole that very first me11t10n of the sub1e<.:t by Mrs it ma.y be dhe last time and dhe best 0 recently appeared m these columns these t he Rosseau River 24m1le~ east o.f Domm1on button and Macrae like a true kmght set Hartley, Betty had fled from hc1 tlJld M1sther Thoma.s she conturned lowenug evils were dwelt upon and the matter can City ~EVERAL STORIES IN O~E fl.nu~ herself upon the sympathy of Ben s her voice to its gentlest tones, if you knew not be too strongly impressed upon all out to recover 1t The stock of the Wrnn11eg Stock Ex mother l. es but Bly there are two B H ~ ' First you must know began Bly Fol dhe good I w sh you and dhe worruk Id coucernect Too many lessons and too long change has been taken up lhe Exchancre has I woulJ die M s Hollrns exc1a1mecl do to SM e you 11ss when I entered the tram there VI ere broke m Jack Hrandon What do you An 1t s me ~ets all dhe hours are the g larmg faults of our a capital of !$10 000 d1v1ded rnto fo1 t~ :hares Betty die rather than do such a thmg hard knocks theAdelonguls and tbat booby Giles Barry make of th:i,t? systc:n of education besides ciam of $200 each I am Ben s wife and no other man s And dancmg about th"m So I felt a little oh01ce 'vVa1t added Ge marne Parson Do At Tho Prmce of Cumberland House mmg children with what m nmety A Wmmpeg exchange sa) s that new m m her excitement and grief Betty became of my c mpany and told frowzel top to find you remember the item I read you ft0m the it was not d1flicult for Carney 10 arrange mne cases out of a huuuied w1ll 1 e'er be of for the meteorological station at a. seat for himself and I VI ould do the same roronto paper the day we returned from e\ en prophetic I know he will come back with her inend and crnny for the use of a the slightest use to the pupil m the l ue of struments BattlefJrd ha1e a1n ed m that city and will Bu+ after we changed cars at Patton my Little Bear -the am ouncementof the death He cannot bo dead He 1s oommg to claim smtable room where she could be alone hfe he will m all pr obab1hty ado[ t T l e be forwarded at once me Jt would cover me with shame to with Macrae and fo1 hours they sat t here lollown g letter written by a chool boy guide thought he might as well be oompamon of young Hollins of M1lhngton 9 For t he month of Febrna1y there was re and fa1mhar fnen 1 as well and sqt1eezeu )'es, but he has been dead and b:iried allow Mr Macrae t o even speak to me of together talkrng of Ben Hollins gives express10n to what m)le than one ce1ved and entered at EmPrson 286 car loads n aruage himself mto the seat next me And "hat these two years said l'l'olhss Macrae was surprised and annoyed to find school boy an 1 the parents of mai y of coal contammg 3 921 tons The duty on do you suppose was the first thrng he ·aid to Nevertheless your fnend Macrae may Well dear child you are ccrtarnly your tha t c,rn..y s recolleot10n or the e' enti of scl ool boys arn thmkmg t he same amounted to $2 3<>2 60 me? be the man who killed ru.d buried him own m1stre·s replied Mrs Hollrns vVe t\\ o J ears ago was m nute and exact Tl ey Gomg to school 111 the mormn'I' one be As an evidence of the b uldmg act1v1ty at added Parson ' 'Doos ee knaw Carney Dugan? thought 1t would be bettc1 for you Betty - were impressed upon Ins own memoryfo1 e\ er gr s work w1tl1 mns1c then anthmetw Nonsense 1 Macrae isn t of that sort that "as all ' 'l know Mrs Ma1gaietDugan I replied ln the liegrna we might mention tha~ one of the but he had hoped with a fatmty which has after recess readmg ani sp llmg Hes a p-entleman, whatever else he may caut1ot sly Y.ou ?-you thought so too? r urned many a Ct'lmmal that CarneJ had afternoon one beg ns work with wutmg seven lumber metchauts sold $13 000 No ee doan t was his next remark be 'Yes dear But there let 1t go now lost the thr.ad of all th.,,t dismal h1sto1 y then natural h1stoiy and botany then com wort h of lum;:icr luun,, a receut fore noon 'Ee knaws Ownev Dugan She be the wo But Hollins begms with H my fnend No 011e shall t1y to fo1ce you dea1 cluld On her par t C:trney plead \\Ith 111m and position wut mg .Now what good is music man at Th Alderney contmued Parson Now what was his There followed a scene of weepmg and entreated him to t ell l er where Ben was 1 itr ral lus tory and botany to a boy who 1s Selku k people are ag tat. mg t o I ave their Havmg noth ng more to sa, I looked Chnst an name' cousolm~ Mrs Hollins with her great She offered h11n to shield the real crnnmal .,omg to be a mecha.uw 9 While le:irmng to t ow 1 made a poi t of en tty aitd pm pose out of the wmdow The fellow punched me I can tell you m iust one mmute mothm ly k1Ddne·s covermg all that house by taking all the gu lt upon hnrsolf if le make a loco no ti e will botany teach hnn askmg then representatn e at O ttawa to yr esently and says Doos ee knaw Cray? Bly Folltss was utterly unwilling to be hold called Mrs Hartley m presently and would only let her restore Ben to his home where the wheels will go and where the tale th.:: necessary steps towards securmg Cray? I asked Who or what is hm e even yet that MaCI tte had any crim1 the mother and daughter were speedily put Its 011 me conscience Mrsther lhomas smoke stack w1 l stand· Wrll natnril 111s that eud Crity? nal counectron with this matter but his at one agam Im not g111lt) God knows it ii ) ou an tor y learn o. bey to keep books ? W'111 1t The de na.ncl for houses t o rent at Selkirk thoughts were q111ckenmg accordrn~ to a Down stairs nothmg was hear l of thrn yo 1 alone But it a on me consc 1ence t hat learn him to buy a packa.ge of bilk ? Then has caused se,eral of the large property " 'Muster C1ay nn as Ca:rney l naws well known law of meutal actron He ' No, I dou t thmk I do I answered but wlnle the lad es weie enJoymg the If I had spoke to Harper soon enough i t I what 1s the 11se to tea<h it to the 1Jup1ls holders to bestn themseh cs, and prepara crossed the hall and knocked at the doo1 sweets of reconc1hat10n Ephrn1m Bollms had been q u1cl er to tell tt em all the ti oot of the free scl ools ' Iss, ee doos Bean t naw use lym ' \~hat good does rt do t1ons are berng m[J,de fo several new build of one of his neighbors rooms "I was on my d1gmty m an instant I was g1vmg lhomas M1terae new courage f I 1 ad been m less of a ht11r) to go to Ar theni. 9 I s,.,cak from experience as I ha\ e mgs as soon as mateual can be had he said you knew young and pamtrng ID glowmg colo s an old mans boe dh1s sorry wo dd have mvcr been Granb17 cant help laughmgto thmk how pugnacious gone to sc hool fo1 two yearn and know all Bus mess at Brandon has great ly 1mp1oved I felt only the fellow looked so big and Hollms of Millington d1dn t you ? bright autic1pat10ns for two young creatures Macrae undertook at last to deceive her about it Certamly bur1:1, that I thought on the whole it who were the pr de ot his heart And as to lull her conscience and her rea~on to One of the rest lts of the cta nmrng sys th s week m fact it has been the bes t week "What was his Clu1st1an name ? would be the se11s1hle thmg to let hnn alone Macrae took his leave the old man added sleep by offerrng agam to ·end her o\ er the tem 1s to be found 111 the followm,;: paia busrnessme1'11ave hadsmce Chnstma.s Gram So l left the seat and took auothH Beniamm \Vai c patiently, Thomas f r a few days sea She was ID arms lD an rnstant No graph Nothrng that we could say has been con mg ID la1ge quantities, more Any middle name? f In less than a mmute he was at mJ side Somehow I ha\e great faith n Monday noth1 g would serve her now but absolute coulcl pomt the moral s t ronger than the having come m durmg the week thau many p1 e' 1ous t hree weeks aga.m st1ckrng hrs elbow mto me he said N- no n °xt It ia your bn thday we are to sign compliance with the one demand she had pathetic little stor,, itself does An idea may he formed of tho m1mense 'Ee do knaw ~foster 8 ray -Ciay o Millen Bly returned and added thrn pornt to the the papers on that day We will do that made the ach1e\en entof the one obJect she A httlePh1ladelpl11a gu l aged eight yeaIS ton - I knows ee do still scanty stock of li:nowledge and Bran here m the library And perhaps that very had m view was b ir1ed recent !.} She died of b am fever trade done mthe North \\est m agr,tc:Fdtural impl emen ~ fiom the fact that one firm Then it ca1ne rnto my head that he was don grasped 1t at once day will brrng us all a new happmess I Until m1dmg rt the battle raged neither brought on by overst ucly After two months alono irave as their opcnma order talkmg of I om MaciaP and I a~ked lum if rhere you ha\ e it -B H BenJamm feel it -somehow -that that 1s to be a y1eldrng Macrae could not place the t nalat school lastsumrner she was p1t back Hollins to B the girl ~ hatever her name 11;rand day for us all 'Ihomao Good rnght secret of H1cK01y Ha.ll ID the possc8sio11 ot one grade unable to keep up with her as 3 000 ploughs l 000 \\ aggons 400 reapers, my sur m1se was correct 320 seeders 320 hay rakes and 400 mowera "lss, he answered was -or veecli?J vaiisy as Professor Mac and God bless you th18 womau Carney cor ld r.ot be content soCJates She agam enternd the first ' 'Carne~ s mad w1 rr he added afte1 a Culloch says And you say )Om friend Macrae walked down to to Mill ngton 1 y with less class but was m mortal teiror of bemg The Saslrateche'l'lan Herald of a recent Macrae 1s reportP.d as leamng m that direc the longest route agam around by Bridge long silence put back agam Monday she came home at date sa;>s 'Canllesand co.l 01l are now At twelve o clock Maet a.e arose and tion 9 That settles it There is a iomance Hill lie could hardly tell whether to be asked Carnev to wart five mmutes fo1 him noon compla ned of a ' 10lcnt headache bnt amongst the tl11ngs that were there bemg ' Mad with whom? I asked - love Jealously rnsumty abduction mur JU\nlant or depress ed He felt almost sure leavmg his l and bag on a chair as secuuty ms1stcd on return r g to school m the aft e1 nono to had at any pncfl A feVI of our "'W1 Cray dcr iemorse 1 Smc1de would be a fan of his comu g JOY, but his anxieties for lnii return He went rnto the public noon That mght she wad taken ill and tGwnspeople were fortunate enough to have ' 'What f01 ? said I D mno zn was his charactcr1st1c an fin sh now wouldn t it ' or a hangmg ? whispered constantly ID 111s ear Bewa1e room and ente1ed one of half a. dozen cells bram fever set m D trll g her dehrmm a little rn reserve bit theprospects are tb.at Biaurly said Pa.Lson, You axe an Beware 1 1 Beware swcr ranged along the wall -c1amped da1k dis she cont nue l for over forty eight hours to we \<Ill be without light until the spnng What you don t know ' How do you know then that she is imagmatne man On Bridge H1ll he ielt a shudder It is mal holes where men were accustomed to eat calculate examples m anthmet1c, and goods arrive you can mvent You will write a 11ovel the cold ang1 y w1th hun I contmn ed - ---+o....,. "llD .....+---he said to himself rhe wmd m unconsciousness of the m.any imperfcc all her raHngs were about her studies first thmg yon Know An Essay on Roller '"ltates ' Seed em las mght Parents g ia1 dian~ school teachers and m wh1stlecl across the l11ll and the V(llce of a tious of what \Vas set before them Here Plenty of mat<:Jual - Brandon began to dev 1 whose company he had not had for he found l1mothy Biann1gan A bnef con spectors would d o well to read marl learn " Whern · The 1ollcr skate rs a waywar I little qnad say " Prmce o Cummelun some time past sounded wailing m its track feience between the two <:Jndcd 111 Br"nm and mwa.rdly d1~est the above riped It is as frohcs..,me and morn mnocent Fellows mterJected Bly Follrss ' we ' Warm enough dovm here 'I homas Macrae gan s emergmg from his retreat and gomg "rhat you know rn a miserable mn nc1.u ................... ,.._ lookmg than a lamb but for mterfenng 1 ave arrived at the end of om tether w e Marry the gu l you lo' e do J1st as you to the room VI here Mac1ae had left Carney the upper stat10n "1t h ones upright a t t it ude m t l e commum ' I quest10ned him right and left then ar e at the blmd end of a cul de sac A Clever Dog please and tl en come and h ve with us t y it i s per! aps the best machme ·hat t asap Tappmg the poo1 old creatures shoulder Then I shall get out said Brnndon Oh how meuy we are but there was little to be got out of hun with unnecessa.ry seve 1ty I1m said lt s I he follow mg IS an rnstance of sagac ty- peaied m Salt Lake City I n gomg over to 1 empleton s The truth Vias he knew very 11ttle about the Macrae hastened on ~nd flung himself time to go to bed Mrs Dugan You re al ndced amountrng to 1eason-m a uog Ones fi rst feelmg on standmg up on a pair A Germame Parson departed \\ i th Brandon upon his bed It was a rare resort to him most aBleeep m your chair matter Only he had kno\\n Carney some French poodle that belonged to Col Pear of 10ller skates is an uncontrollable tendency where or <thc1 and seemg her at the rnn and Bly I olhs~ betook himself to bed but to drmk lnthe poued himself a g eatglass One foot may start l'iot yet Tim not yet I ve busmess to son ( ot the lately I eleagm ed Colonel at to come from t ogether and not1cmg so supenor a person as Macrae not to sleep He lay thmkmg of the mys of cognao that m ght and drnnk it off It do Ekowe but a Col Pearson hym'I' some out toward Idaho w lulethe otr er as prompt ln hstmctly rn set bun on fire He dreamed of all ho1rible hangrng about and finally findmg that this teries surrounded him Who w1d? ly strides out for Arizona lhe legs do not yea1a ago at L1chtield ) The cucumstanco person and Carney went off to the pnvate defimtely he felt that a hand was pushmg shapes - of Ben d1ownmg m mw ocean of ~tar <l by one another as legs relat ed hy blood Dhat s my busmess ha,ppcncd to a friend of rnme Canon-bun en a finge1 beckonmg to him out of C arney rescued and denouncmg !um as parlor together and had a leng thy mterviev Is it w1d Misther .J,;Iallowell ? Rector of-- I have the story from his should do but each shows a d1spos1t1011 to He Bens murelei er ot Betty offerrng herself to he ha:l allowed lns cunosity to run rampant the ila1kness to enter and sea1ch ~11sther who 9 scr~amed Ca nen own lips but I ha\e no perm1ss1on fo h is set up m busmess alone, and leave you to Here we two were therefore trymg to ·hi' ered at the thought of lookmg rn among him to be !us wife his ir1end h s comfort M1sther Hallowell, you yelpur ould name t o be u·ed m any pubhcat1ou take care of yourself as best you may Ihe deau mens bones covered h h hrnd and and when he tool her to his arms turnmg VI itch pump each o her atid d ry work 1t \\ a9 Don t be I ism dhe house- at dh1s should the story be t i or irh wot th) awkwa1dness of this arrangement ts a1 par ' '.Iherc was a change m the atmosphere refused to take any more mterest m the mto a corpse h v1d an l hideous hour I Come get up I JI show yon ,\here of 1t My fuend the Cano11 I may ent While they a1e settmg up mdependent however when we auived at S1 K1mbe1 s affa1r Of no use howe~er was such a re On awakmg m the mormni:r Macrae was to s ecp 0 11 g Sa) has no leanrngs B a guest at l:y, tneie i s nothmg for you to do but to sit Daffy and Debby looked at me Ill astonish solve The next mmute he was thrnkmg weak enough He trembled hke one who And Wait I tell you ' He 11 return luncheon with the dogs maste1 rr y fr er d down and wa t futt re developments a am gomg over and over the problem ment 0 had been badly fughtened Agarn and ag~m That le wont said Tm laughrng fed t he clog "VI 1th p1eeeo of beef After yo i have to sit clown too without havmg gaz ng at rt as a b ewildered schoolboy does Wh3, Mr k oll ss said Bafty 'what he exc a nued 111 lauguage VI lucti only des per .ffe s gone luncl eon the heef was ta! en rnto the larder rYJacle any previous preparation for 1t and on :urth bnngs you up here this time o at x and y and z m th1 vague hope that ate circumstances could have wrung from Gone ? cued Cau ey Gone to his The dog did not thmk he had his fair shai;o with out havmg d<"oted as much thought to 1ear? The1e amt no tishm nor huntm they will " n te themseh es and their eq ua hun-he was becomm rt familiar V11th it now death dhen Oh dhe black mg1at1tude of What did he do? J\I ow he had been taught 1t as you might have doue had } ou been con 11e1ther We 1e Jest a::i glad to see you tions down aud leave ]um no labor to per His death be on his o" n head dhen to stancl on his bi tl legs put lus paw on L sulteu m the matte Hts bath V1as s tmg1ng colcl but 1t served men form except to note that x this y - that thoul:(h am t we Deb ? 0 rn of the most noticeable t lnngs at a h im a good i 111 pose He tool, new life fl om I may as well go home lady a w11st and haud he1 mto the dmrng It struck me that Debby did not look so and z= the remamder sl atmg rmk is the st ong attracho l between Indeed an you 11 do nothmg of the sort Post labor em req 1 es 'Vhat on 1t -charged lus iroubled dreams to the Mrs Dugan To sav uothmg oi the lack of room He adopted the same tactic~ with the hun an body and tho floor of the,,,mk very ~lad She \\as pale and thm, and her hands had lost that tough, meaty look they earth should I ut that rnto -1n~ head 9 said brands l)llt up his hand bag an i weut to hosp1tahcy -and mother ud kill me fo my tucnd the Canon stood on his h nd legs If the human body had been commg th;.oa.ugh 1 put his paw on hrs a m and made for the I :Poro11to as dete1mrneaas ever used to ha\ e She turned t pon me as the Bly to himself as the clock sttuck two .I! rom the stat10u to the post office Ma me that to morrnw -you Hl not gomg o\it uv door ro see what would follow the Canon space for days aml days at the rata of a poets says tt w1the11ng look of scorn and haven t thought of it smce I left 1t hangmg th s house till I let you go And you 11 sut!ered J imself to bo led but the sagac10us m1ll1on miles a secor d V11thout stopprng at over t he door of old D1deron s school 1oom walked rapidly .saidmake no noise about it a1tber or 1t 11 be dog mstead of 5teerrng him for t "e dmmg eatmir stat10ns and not exceptmg Sundays, No letter s sir said the clerk No rest until I go to work eh? '.I hen I 11 ' \Vrum t you sent for ? when it stukes t l e flcor we cot Id mder 'None? :riiacrae wao surpnoed but the VI or~e for you room led !urn 111 the duect10n of the lar le " Yes I answe1 ed 'and here I am go to \\ ork to morrow mormng stand why 1t struck the floo r with such viol Nothrng f rom Carney was thornughly cowed by the fe along a passage, down steps &c and d1 l en e As 1t 1 hoVI evei t lie tl mg is mex J3ly was rewarded for this r esolve b~ a turned away to reflect Debby and 7ery sorry to hear of your he repeated t o lnmself roc1ty of tlm fellow au cl a llowed herself to not halt till he brnught him to 1he lar de1 gentle touch- not from an) of the heathen H 1cl 01y Hall sickness He walked up Adelaide Street slowly be l:eld as a p11soner She was placed 11 al nd close to the shelf "hcte the beef had phcable Oh yes ' you au dr eff11l sorry amt you? god 0 thank yo 1 we ha' e had eno1 g h of There are different kmds of falls m vogtie upper 10om m a remote part or the house been put The dog had a small b t given atthermk Ih e1e ::uethe ren, fa ls the Anua precwus long time it took you to get that It was the operation of anoth r of mechtat ng It must be all r ight he concluded and the door was lucked from tt e outside h m for Ii s ·agac ty and Cmon- -ret urned front falls the Cadmal Wolsey flll the fall nature· laws H ts resol ve removed the ex 0' er crym about it and start 'Ben is dashmg their fond hopes He has In tha mornmg her breakfast was bi ought to the clrawrng room But t he dog \\ as one across the other thiee 11 a p le and so ' vVby Debby I said I got yom c1tmg pressure upon the nervous system fathers letter yesterday as tlus JI an he1 e and Bly Foll as yawned himself mto a go1" back agam May he go mto the depth· up and s he was warned not to make ano rse still not satisfied He tned the same tuck m Lhere a e so ne of the falls I "ould aud bung disgrace upon her friends house agam but thi. time frmtlessly Tl e Caron l ke to be excused irom descnbmg can tell vou ,md here I am by the first nealth17 ~oung mans sound refre hmg and stay there 1 f he He wallled OU another square and looked a nd at the same time caJOltd with the pro \\as 1 ot gom g with !nm agam to tf e larder re<l.r fall is the fa, on e It IH mo1e frequen t sleep tram V\ h Lt was Mon t o do ? And here comes at lus VI atch No neeu to see T B t his 111se of a vrs1t fiom Mrs Bramugan Y1sterday she screamed Drdn t ly ut1hze <l than nn:y othe1 '.I here are two time, he muttered I can catch the 7 30 All that day (1t was Wcdnesda.y ~fa1ch the rnstance of reason m the poodle F mdmg pos1t10ns m skatmg the perpend1c lar aud you git that letter till v1ster day · The old CHAPTER xxvn and get to Mrlhngton at eleven 8) she waited and m ' mn Tims threats he could not pre\ ail on the v s1tor to mal< e the honzontal fool 1 Thats JUst hke par He wnt that A ch anced skaters prefer A CLASHH>l 01 CONTRARY WILLS letter las December when I thotti;ht I was 'Not to m ght lhomas Macrae said a te rr tied her A ll day 1 hm sday too she a seconc1 excms1011 to the larder le weut the pe1pend1cula1 while others affect t re out mto 1 he liall toclt m lus teeth Cauon was still a pnsoner But towards evenmg a-gom to die No VI order he went off to For seveial days after Macrae s e\ enrng startlmg 'owe ~ hand- a bony sk111y while VI a lk1 1g the floor cryu g softly to her - - s hat from u nder the hall tabl e and horizontal timber this mormng He d better not be rnten 1 hand whose toucn disgusted hi m-was faid Skates ate no rnspeutors of persons Trey cw with Mr Hollms he uiu no~ self her temper changed She became en earned i t under tf c shelf m t he larcle1 around here, I can tell lum 1 make his appearance at E lm s\'<OOds He upon lus a1m and the voice repeat d Not raged and gathenng up Mr dress she shcok where the coveted beef lay out of his reach will lay out the m1mste1 of tl e Gospel or the "It seems that S1 knew as mnch He had knew that delicate work was gou g on there to mght I VI ant you Ihomaa Macrae There he was fo m u wit h tne hat \\aJtmg 1.-fayot of he City as readily as tl ey will a 1t uol ently put the letter m his pocket fello\\ s for short coated 01 e st spender boy or a gid dy 'l?nd he left 1t for the present to the man You must listen as yurc h fe is 111 dhe bal for the owner of the I a.t and cxpectml:( g Why d1dn t I thmk of dh1s? said sh e gotten all about 1t and left the coat whwh whose fatheil) mterest m bun had grown to ance rl another savory bit when he should come And from the pocket of her gown she took a conuamecl 1t hangmg all wmter Happenmg such strauge but welcon e proportions I ms woman who had agamfound Macrae vVhen ore of a mans feet stai t s for N eva hat Ainmcr,l Jntelt gence-Roma!! i 8 !us for bunch of Jmglu g keys the keys to a score to find it on I uesday he mtrusted it to hau been wa' ermg ncV1 for mauy months da au l the other for Colna:lo thll.t does not Mactae was not hasty, not even impatient, of doors at file Alderney One after an Bogle old frowzy who \\ as commg to now as \\ e well knew between a hall romano10 sepruate bun from the floor or break up l11s Toronto to purchase tools and supp hes for attac hment for the name of Macrae and a other she t ried them At last with JO} for Other poi hon s of his body will take Freak of a Maniac On S und ay he mad e a v1S1t at the hou ·e, she found one th;i.t turned the bolt she the raftmg ca np the place l11s feet ha' e JUSt 'acatecl wrth a wa ted bng enough for Mr Holhns to offer weak sense of JUst1ce and 11ght between a opened tr e door aml VI as free A l'<ew York and Jersey Ci ty ferry boat Debby began to cry uml I couldn t stand him any mformat10n or advice he might fear of d anger to herself and a desn e to set J 10mptncss that 1s surpnsmg And he will Now sho had no fears She would walk wlule t1ecl up at t ho "'l '.>I f With the pilot find that t he Jun has Just l egun-for the that ~o I askad Mrs K1mbei to get me up wish to add to VI hat he had already given nght agam a wrong wh10h her own foolish engmecr aud ciew asleep was s 1ducnly ot t boldly and if THn confronted her or a supper and followed her mto the kitchen hun and r ece1vmg no mt1mat1on of an) ness l a 1 contributed to bung about be hmder cd lte1 she would make a nmse that fou nd to be m motion 1he pilot and en pe0ple lookrng on to asl~ what all tins ~eau t lhe eqmpments for the n uk are a pair oti change took his departure Ill at ease he tV1een the soup1d 1nd1ffere11ce wluch comes Ji>'lneer rushed down to the eugme room ' Well she told me 'Debs krnd o we3k was tor a wl11le, but not lrncomfited S ich of ignorance and ctebasement and the wo1k ho never would forget But Inn was not The1e with his hand upon t he lever stood a skates a cushion and a bottle of l1mment m her way Sbe passed th1ough the halls 111gs of a conscience whose fire at best WPre ever sence she had the fever You remem w0r k he reflected take3 tune ..... ~~··---down the ~tair8 aud ollt mto the open street young man bareheaded an l barefoote l m a The History of a T1tle. b r that old lllshwoman And that thmg The followmg Tuesday found !um busy at fitful 'Vhat are you It was not shut aud pair of trouse1s By degrees and slow ones she was work without let or hmctrance ] bused to wear- up here And the crazy the mills worlun g with all his m ght that Febrnary 13 (A great storm p1ophes1ed by dom<> ·aid the p lot I know what I am many mrnutes before she was safe Ill her fe ler 'Vell Vi e couldn t get a thrng out he might take t ime for an extra ~l.Slt to mg he1se f up to act10n and Macrae was g u domg I am woikrng this ferry boa. said an obscure Canachan) - V\ 1 stmg Seerng b1m now own room of the woma11 onlv we could see she knowed Toionto Evidently the letters which were unco11sc1011sly ass1 February 213 (( reat sto1 m s de'-ails clear the stranger angrily as he cluug to the le \ ~1 Carney was all afl.:ime now She fo1 the once more she d etermmed to appeal to .sometluug about that poor chap Two 01 r eferted tom his last advices frorr Hickory ly !(!Ven) - WIGGTNS Sl e escaped firnt time fully co npreheuded that Ma.crao {wo d eck hands by tlus t1 ue rnshed forwm d three times s':ie bu st o it a mournm an !!all and winch he had fai led tc. get had Macrae for t he last time :\fa1ch l (P ublic attention aroused,\ -E. to seize t he man He strnggled fiercely was wholly gl\ en over to the prosecut1ou of crym aud takm or saym there was misery contamed matter of importance 1hose from T rn Alderney as we ha' e related 7""The boat had moved nea1 ly o lt of the sl p STONE Wrncrns !us obJect and 1t' as useless for her to rntu ancl from the ~ur 11011 of microscopes and enough m this wo!ld anyway - which 1s letters ha l unaccountably disappeared He M aruh 2 (S torm defimtely fixed for March but the W!tlkmg beam had got caught on its pose h er pleadmgs and warmngs She saw 11npos~ 1ble bugs and made her way to the true Mr Foll1ss - and beggm God to f 1 had chaq:ed Carney with abstractmg t hem too that he would not scru ple to v1s1t his centre and the wh eels " ere motionless 9) - PROF E STON] \VJQGINS ~1ve her for makm more bu the cl arge seemed almost preposterous post office fhe clerk at the General D e vengea,nce upon he1 No such fear had oc M ar ch 5 (Great -public excitement Col Yo 1ll have to help us said t ie deck recogmzed her and aga n ga~ e her a y llve1 ' 'V\ ell she went on tne old woman when he came to i efl ect upon it H e letter addressed to E P Hallowell forget curred to her before But now he had hands " e can t handle t ns man a lone umn special mall la ly paper s) - J .ROF E. went away to Toronto, and Deb got to thought now that the woman had not \\It spol en of ·tnkmg her and h~d made her a '.Ihe pilot aud engmeer caught hold bu c with SrONE W rnarns PJi D , LL D M D thmkm an« th1Dk1D Old Carney took a enough to abstract them And above all tmg m his amusement over Carney s pr sone1 lier b1 am gre \\ bew1ld ~ 1 ect wit h the st1ength of u wild beast he tore from D D ETC blarney Mr Hallo VI ell s order to the con great fancy to you I ~uess an talked about although it seemed 1mpos·s1hle that Ben March 8 (The e1 e of t he f tnl day) the mtncacies and euorm1ties surroundm g them and sp mgmg through the door, ran you so much that Deb an me bet she d should really reco~er an anxiety sprang up trary R eg1ettmg his action a half hot r her and weaned out she fell asleep to the end of the 1errvboat ana. sprang rnt o THJ£ DISr1NGUISHED METEUROLOG af ter ward he still ha. l no inclrnat1on to ex bunt you up One day D b says to her m Macrae s heart w01 h he vamly end ea\ the rn er Alter a fow seconds the mau r osc Ik'.I AND PROPHJ!:I PROFRS80R E pose Jug own carelessness when M1 Hallo (:ro BE CONTINUED) Mrs Dugan the man tnat come up here ored to stifle LL to the smface and two men mu for a boat SIONE WIG1 lNS l! R S , K r well lumself ca ne and as it t urned out It VI as useless tn fight agamst this feel after that crazy fellow a~ked me 1f Mr Fol and ro'il ed ouc m the " nke of the sw1mn er D M ]) ]1 g G s ETC ElC Ere no penaltv for what the author ties of paid 1o moirow he exclannecl I "111 hs hadn t been here a f.s lnn H e looked to mg March fl (No sto m) - Wigg us At last he albwed therr to htt h m mto the Immense Estates in Mexico March 10 (Loud c1 1 es of Who is he ? mo as 1£ he k nowed M' Folhss ' V ell go to 'Io onto lf they are ·endrng let ters t he office wou ld ha' e considered a mi.de boat rerna1k10g I suppose I must go meanor All day long Carney lmgered 11 wild horses couldn t a held her then Go weel-.ly I may as well have them as eady as Look ln 1 up Hang hi m I etc )- Life Much h as been ea1d and written of the The man was John A McGeady a watch the ne1ghborhoou of the post oilice hopmashe would an go she weut an " e am t possible great exten t and large poss1b ht1es of Mex man m t he Central Railroad gos ho lSe :\iaetae accompl shed a great deal that t hat Macrae would come The ear ly evemng ICan haciendas But problbly few people McGea ly s brother also a ; 1 tttchman at the heercl a word of he1 scnce New ZQaland Mutton brougl t her des1 c to an issue and as She s perfectly well, I saICl 'and 111 a Tuesday not a,t the mills only but else He fot nd in the Um t<:d States e\ en yet i eal ze the gas 'ii ork~ came to re le\ e !um A cons1gume1 t of JI) ca cases of J\I ew ~ery com toitable home too Baffy In VI here Jn t he evemni;: he went to Elms Macrae stood uude1 the lamp takmg the exteut of aome of those tracts of land wbeto the lig ht bur111ng m the watchman s 10om fact she found me out long befot e 1 found ~ oo I. N oo a hdy 1 l tht.: h olloehLld wa t m !' s I c sci ed the opportt n1ty Joe Zealan:l rnu tto~ p reset \ ed l y t he d1y air u 11 111 on 01 u, nnlhon ai d a half ot acr es and a note fro l h s biothe1 as follo ws He ha· a meetmg wi th Tnn B ranmgan refi gerator proeess arrive 1 10 B 1 mngham s1bltJ Mr llollms was found alone i 1 the her out She is a se1 ant at lhe Alder v1 often constitute a sm 0 le est:ote m the hands Don t come mto t i is l:(as ho I SP It you d vn at tr e dead meat Macrae felt a clull of d1sappornt thot g ht Carney aid g aspmg Macrae s of one owner I here are many such eBtates yo I 1ull get blow11 up i1ey whe1e I live aud t akes care of my hbrnr5 McG ea ly must recer t ly and was sho ment com ng upon him as be passed th1 ough arm she u tered t he words w llch answered i 1 Mex co large en ugh to hide a\\ a;> many have had unusua,l cuuu 1 g for le ur fasten ed m,,rket Thecaica0 eswe ethoseofiemark rooms Well no'l'I I declar sa1Cl 8 affy the ~1lcn t halls and e 1tered mto M1 Ho! h s thou ghts as well as they finis hed her a European p rmc pal ty lall'ge enough to the ch rm s emovecl the ha" ser and started ably 'ell feel sheep of the Shropslme type, (Yon rem emlier how she displays the palms !ms s p1esence The re' tls10n of a foveu sh own - Not to m ght Thomas M!icrae a'l'I a ken the env y of ma1 y a land proprietor up t he eng 1111 as well a t he mo.t exper pelfectly clear and as sweet as thot gh Macrae t urned upon the wvman thornugh u the I ac1fic coast States of t he U11on euced men coulcl have done it thou.,h he t hay wMc hon ( killed In e' e1j iespcct of her hands on such occ.ts1ons, no ma tte1 hope succeencd VI hen the elder man held whether the) are coverecl \\1th do ig h or out his ha1 d \\1th a cordiality w hwh ex ly en1aged and cned hese are to be found m manv of the C n had never haudled an engrne befo e He they compared with the American cous gn .,,, o nan I will not be dogged and pur 'I not) Well now goodness be praised for p1 essed morn tha n mere gladness at his tral and Northern States of Mexico The said h e "as impelled by the De VJ! tQ r n the ments and cocuuan led wholes.ti< f1on ~:cl sued m this fruih10n Go your way and let amous Salado ranch for ei all'ple contarns boat lhe fe11ymen attnbute 1 lus msamty io Su per po nrl as cornpar eJ w th 7.1.d 1or t hat 1 She a a good creetcr but an awful com Dl! W elcome Thomas 1 sad Mr Holl1Ds me go u ine I blunderer over 600 square n 1les of l and It h es part to b s havrng mhaled 1llummat111g gas at t he best hollle lnlled In the met! o l of p1cser vat on a lor ted the carcases are frozen before I ha' e h 1d no news for you until to m ght ' Debby came rn atth1s pornt an 1 fimshed h s dh e way to .lestruct1on Thom<>s ly m the States of Nuevo Leon Coahmla works bemg shipped m~tearl of tra' ellu g some the 8tory She bega n by g1vmg me a d e Of com ·e such a mattet as the oue I men Macrae "' 11! I stand an see you ate yer Zacateacs aud San Lu s Potos on the h1gh dist w ee Ill then or linary cond1t10n before sci 11 t10n of the man who came for the crnzy t1one l to}OU cannot be p1essed We have self up 1 What wud yer father an dhe way to M ex co, and n the line of the new .But Mrs Hollms mot her that bare you say t o dh1s · Be railroads follo v a1 cl 1f it wasn t Tom Macrae 1t was all taken time fot 1 Is the world never to hear the "n l of the bemg placed rn the iefngcratrng chmnber of It occupies the central table tells me that B ett~ has asked to see her 1eas01 a ble man an don t talk like a wild lands of :Y1ex1co at an average elevation of 1:h ot c talk ab ut tho 111 omer ed thu teen tl e sl 1p as 1s the case w th the American m b1 other at 10ast hs D bby went on to tell me that after p11vatelyth1s evemng aud U at 1t is to con lrmchman I 4 000 feet Cha rns of mountams traverse at table? It wo tld ~eem as 1f this wne the mutton and t be1e is also an ad\ antage m _ Car y s departu1e she was constantly suit\\ 1th her doubtless on the ve1y matter L eave me he coutmued Go or I t ho estwte, rich m mmeral wealth The usual way t hat when people 11ec so cultivat t l e cold air berng made as dry as possible trot le l m n rnd about the affair and the which now concerns us all so de~ply shall strike you boundaries of the estate extend more than ed and eahghtened to belie' e m ah ost no It is arr anged that the cargo s of ri utton thmg they w 11 tremble hke so many e1 . horn New Zeal rnd shall r emam re£r-1g&at moi she thought of it the stronger was her 'Cho mas t his is a pretty dull wa v of mal u g Stuke me sh~ answered with dogg d one hundred miles ftom north to south feeltr g t hat there was sometlung wrong by love fo you but circumstances ha\e ien boldness You stuke mo 1 Do it do it and flou11shmg !arms aud la1ge numng chanted moon cah es wl en they find thir ea Oil slnp boar i dnu 1g the gr eater penod whom committed and how slle was of course <lered it necessaty and 1f you wm that wane t M1sther Thomas an I 11 rise dhe towns are met at frequent mte,rvals teen at a dmner tal le 01 a t ea Could m that ti e vessels at e 111 dock q uanlttres be perstit10us tom foolery go farther? Yet m g unloadccl da1lv acco1d1ngto the market as 10 norant as Jou and I are this mmute g 1l a heart she will make 1t a ll up to you town on you there are plenty of people even 'ln loronto -London lJai y Post a id .,,u she could d et eunme was that l m the warmth of her devotion Cwrney was shakrn~ with anger She \\hat could have mfatuated this old man quelled the storm, ho wever, mstantly, and ought to know what was g<mg on and to The lumber mauufacturedpfl Lake Wmm to <lay that would a im st sooner fac the take steps to find the s ufi re1 lhen she to such :rn extent? At the moment he was once more addressed Macrae Bad tast peg t his year 1s expected to amount to about Prmce of DarRnesa himself than that dread < a spec1tl8 of bad morals ful 13 was taken sick, and grew n en ous over the so speu.l i u.,, to T homas Macrae Batty Har~ Bovee 'A11am M1sther 1homas I ask,-w1ll 35 000 000 feet DOCTOR BEN. I affau I NORTH-WEST NOTES ---- .._______ ----·· 0 I