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deserved rebuke to her daughter. "Nora din!S"leton had much ado not to laugh is a sensib~e gi.rl-not likely to indulge in ag~~n. ,, . . oomstainces that they themselves have retroBpectivo Jealousy or make herself Please do not, she cried, with agesdone wrong. But Nora knew nothing of wretched over shadows. She knows that pure of mock entre!\ty. . "Another such 1.-(UoNTINUiEll.) this; i!he saw the florid face giow pale Lord de Gretton's pastbelongstohi.Jnself, .i~ke would be my ~oath: Come, it is <:lti:.er, dear 'I" she asked., and t:ne hard eyes dim· and acting on a his future to her only:" time we went,~ Nora s relief. I wonder "n~ere,·st s?e alw.ay~ mani- sudden illl;ptilse, she knelt' by her step"I t . 1 'd dh what she anrl ord de Gretton find to talk ,, N , s .s1 am noout Jeawith ous, a 'Sudden ora sa1 sharpness ; an er ab out m . th .,.._...e g1r~ ightest .a11ment · she .sa.id brightly and coaxingly. " Vance voice rang . e"e. d u t y t ete~a-.t et es .1 . Slie cane " Crisl;m'E!;"give your .sa.ster a cup of tea. is in n<D l!'cmpe--he is in excellent spirit& · of bitter scorn and fierce disgust. What not bewail her dead 101er 1 to . him, and I -Yo'1 look a little better for y-0ur rest." and he did not come to borrow mom1y ~ cruel hypocrites they w@re, she thought, rtm not sure that. she,, can t~mk or speak ~'I am better, tliank you," NQra s'.'id Otis.tine unkindly suggests, but to bAng talking of jealousy to her, when they on any other subject. quietly,." tb.ough I have n.o~ been ;oostmg ·me .a ,present. Look !" And with a knew that the one love of her life lay But Mrs. _Bruce was too d~;~ly o_ff~i:d all the time- I had some visitors ro enter- pretty triumph in the pleasure she gave, dead in Arthur Beaupre's grave, that a ed to enter mto her daughters mqms1t1v,e taip." . . , she .opened a tiny case and showed a rillg cold duty and a lifeless loveless obedience speculations. Mrs. Bruce and Cr1st~ne e_xelianged · set wi.th four milk-white pearls. were all she had promised Lord de Grat"I ~hall g~," ~he said, drawing he~, velglances, and t11e former said, ~th so.me- . "Did Vance give you that 1" Cristine ton 1 "I am not jealous, and you know vet skirt i:1a.iestically .round her ; but thing like a. return to her old unperious · broke tin incredulously ; while Mrs. Bmce it. I had another reason for asking about you-I .thm~{ you_ will see that your mannerlooked at it almost with awe. An incon- Lady Olivia Blake." toilette 1s a httle disarrang~d by your late ·'You should not have seen them, ehild. side1·a,ble item indeed in the gorcreous list , , Of course my dear- a natural curio- strange-I had almost said unseemlyThe undersigned being about to retire from business, Tt was very wrong." of the future Lady de Gretton's "'weddh1g- sity," said M;s. Bruce soothingly. "For- outburst." , . . '"Why 1" No!a's cl.ear sorrowful gray presents, from penniless Vance it was a tunately I can tell you the whole story Mrs.. Bruce s exit ~vas at least as mirthis now selling off at greatly reduced prices. eyes widened a little wi~h the word. rare and <Costly gift. at once. She was engaged to her cousin, provokmg as anyth_mg th~t had occurred ~ Mr~. Bruce coughed man uncomfort"Hed.i<lindced !"Nora cried proudly; Lord de Gretton, when she was a young m the course of the ii:te.rview; but it won The Stock, is one of the largest in the CountJ, .able fashion. . and her .gray eyes brightened through thing-eighteen or so-and he-well, a no laughter fr?m Cnstme. As the ~o~r "Well, there is no real reason, I sup- quiok grateful tears. " Now, Mrs. Btuce, good l:iit younger than he is now-not s"'.ung to behmd her mother, the girls consisting mainly of Staple Goods, suitable to the everylJOSe ; but it is not the usu.al thing f~r a rou are not to fret for Vance, not to that I think a husband a bit the better for fall' head fel~ forward on her ~ands, und young bride-elect to receive every i<lle doubt h.im or inquire the reason of his llaing this side of the fifties," Mrs. Bruce a fierce moanmg cry rang drearily through day requirements of the public, a~d will be offered at -caller." . absence yet., but wait in patience until he uied in a prµdent parenthesis as she the roon~. prices giving inducements to buyers to purchase liberally. ~--'- Cristine laughed i~everently to hea:r can explaill all. That, with a kiss, was stole ~ sharp side-glance at the' eagerly "How well I ~ct !" she crie~, with a iier·, mother expoundmg t11e laws of et1- his message bo you and there our inter- liBtcning girl. " Well, it was a family sort of savage pride. "How little they quette, and even Nora's face brightened view ended." ' arrangement-no love lost on either side, guess .that Noni. Bruce hurt more thm1 This being A REAL CLEARING SALE preparawith a momentary ~~ile. . . Mrs. Bru®.looked doubtful still; but I fancy; and, as often happens, in such my pride when she stole Arth~1r Beaupre "That may be, she said, with the the darker shadows had vanished from her cases, it fell through just before the day from me-that I hate her with a deeper tory to the closing of the business, purchasers will find -faintest touch of mo?kery in her tone ; face as she handed back the ring and re- fixed for the wedding. My Lady Olivia hate than ever wou~,ded vamty could it to their .a dvantage to make an early call. " but these wore not idle callers, I ass~·c turned No1·a.'s kiss. took French leave of her disconsolate teach me 1 . And yet -she clasped her you. From each I received a special "I v:ish I had seen him, poor boy. brid91ll'eom and her father's home and hands and laughed a strange unnatural message, and I could hardly lieny myself However, I dare say it is all for the best." eloped with Captain Francis Blake, a laug~-", what. an exc.::llent Ch~isti~n I am to Lori! d& Gretton's kinswoman or to "Of course it is, mother!" Cristine said dashi.Jrg young Irish Hussar, who had growmg. ThlS marriage, winch lifts her Bowmanville, July 11, 1883. your son." snappishly. "Even if he is off on a wild- made fierio:e love w her all through the over all .our heads an~ should'. be a p~r44 Then you saw Lady Olivia Blake?" goose chase, the governor will be pleased season.". petu'.11 ~lister to my pride-~ would give Miss Singleton asked, drawillg l1er chair that he should try something, and, as Al . h th t l"k th . my life itself rather than let it be broken a little nearer in . the eagerness of her ong sig a was i e ; e very voice . " ' Lord de Gratton so decidedly disapproves of disappointment and despair broke from off. . . . curiosity, and :fixing her shining light of him, he is just as well out of the way." Nora's white lips as she turned her face A .step m the ~orndor disturbed her, eyes on Nora's face, as though she would All the new look of life and brightness, from her step-mother's sharp gaze. What and m _another nunute she stook before read. there the object and result of the in- all the interest kindled by her step- she had expected tu hear she hardly knew; the mirror brushmg out the soft fleecy -_ -'Jt'l la: E brother's visit and the impulse to defend a vague wild hope of possible freedom had curls t~at clustered so gracefully ro~nd ierVIew. k But Mrs. Bruce's interest had ta en an him died out of Nora's face, and the old sprung to life and died within the hour- her white t.emples an.d small shell-hke abrupt turn in another direction. Har~ d ll l k £ · . b k T that was all. oa1.·s, hu. mmmg a gay little tune for the and ·selfish as sho was, she had a mother s u o_o o res1gnat1on came ac . rue, d fi t f I b heart for her children, awl its warmest· sh.e r~ised he~ ~a.rk head proudly, and Miss . Singleton bestowed upon her c 1 ca 10n o casua passers- Y· corner was reserved for her handsome un- said, m clear 11101sive tonesmother a glance of warmest approval. Meantime the interview between Lord ;satisfactory son. When she thought of "Lord ~e G;retton ha~ neve; presum~d How admirably she had managed her very de Gratton and his fair betrothed had been -OFh'm even Lord de Gretton and the arand to speak shghtmgly of Vance m my pre- difficult case ! To have denied all engage- a much loss oppressive o.ffair than she su.p1 ' sence " ment between Lord de Gratton and his . posed or than poor Nota usually found it. marriage on which her soul was set seem· . L d G h h ffi' · 1 b il ed. things of small account. But, th.e l~ttle effort made, she sank cousin, when at any moment· the story . ord e J'retton, t oug SU CJent y r "Has Vance been here 7" she cried, in back wear~ly m he~ place, and the gray might reach Non's. ears, when indeed hant wl~en he chose to exert himself, pre, tones of quick vexation. , , How tiresome eye~ regan!-ed thei! ?Id look of far-off there was no knowmg how much Lady fei:red, m a ge~ieral way, the pleasure of , that I should just miss the dear boy ! I pati~n~ pam. Cnstme hClwever soon Olivia herself might tell, would have been be.m.g enter.tamed to the _laJ:ior of en.tar- ' . ~Va -did not know he was in town." broke m upon her ~evene dangerous. in the extreme; to tell just tammg; ll:nd Nora was gmltily conscious "Well," she cried sharply. "Vo.nee half the truth, and fling the story back that sl;e f~ll la:rientably short of ?is ex" Never miu.d Vance irow, mother," has had enough attention now, I hope! into a period almost antecedent to Nora's pectat10ns 111 t~s respect. Not wilfully; Cristine said, with an impatient frown. Perhaps I may have my question answer- birth-this was grand mendacity indeed apart from the love that was not hers to ._, ' ...., I want to hear about Lady Olivia." ed at last 7" in Cristille's opinion ; and so a little later ~iYe, s~e honestly anxious " fulfill - -- "And never mind Lady Olivia now, Nora looked round dreamily, she told her much-gratified parent. all duties imposed on her by the betrothal ~-- r "'Tora,· I want to hear about my dear boy." · Cris· · d wi ' th ~ p1'ti£ l -, .l.' "Your question ! ·what was 1t, "I did not think you could do any- b ond , and. t rie . .u I earnes t itess ~ Mrs. Bruce spoke with unusual firmness tine 7" thing 80 delicately dexterous, mother,,, to ascertam what subJe.cts mterested him, · and decision, uninfluenced for once by her "A comprehensive one, my dear," she said when, Nora beillg safe in Lord de and to educat~ herself 111 them. . daughter's petulant displeasure. N<;>ra Cristine laughed-" I want to hear all Gretton's company, the two women disIt was up-hill work as she pursu~d 1~, for CASH only, is still increa~ing. looked from one speaker to the other and about Lady Olivia's visit!" cussed their plans and arranged their b~ou~h th@ task wo~ld hiive. be&n sunph..&irugged her shoulders slightly. Nora roused herself wearily at the dinner-dresses i.J1 Mrs. Bruce's room. "I city itself to an ordmary guil~less na,ture. "Which shall I (>bey when you give words. She hated talking more than was really trembled when you began to speak." L~rd de Gretton, wh.o '~as tired. of most such contradictory orders 1" absolutely necessary ; her thoughts were Mrs. Bruce settled the rose point on thm~s and took special mterest m none, $1';95 "Me," said her step-mother promptly. always more or less confused · and ranib- her black velvet shoulders and answered ~oqurred only to.be amused a1_id flatter~d ,__:..---AT"'Cristine is only curious ; I am really ling now, and she collected them only with with c.o nscious dignitym equal proport10.as. But ~}us Nora did troubled about my boy. Where is ho pain and difficulty. To speak of Vance "You might have have known I should not. guess, and, even had it been .made 11taying, Nora, and when shall we see him indeeed had been ne effort ; but Vance, not blunder in such a delicate matter- plam to her, she was too heart-sic!': to --to-night 1" with all his faults, was dear to her ; more- where there was 80 much at stake too. I amuse and too proud to flatter, 110 things Miss Bruce hesitated oddly over her over, he was a part of the old life that have some tact, Cristine." w.ould have been much as they were. To answer; and Cristine, who heard the re- was slipping so surely from her. She "Well, so it seem.s," Cristine agreed, ~ught however she was spared all trou?le port of her brother's proceedings with would talk of him as long as they wished ; with her never-fa.ilini laugh and a st:l.re of m the m.a~ter ; sh? h~~ only ~o ment~on 1 <>stentatious indifference and ino.ttention, but what could she say of Lady Olivia's candid wonder. "That is what amazes Lady Olivia Blake? VlSlt and his attent~on but studied her step-sister closely all the visit but that she shrank from the subject and delight me; because, truth to tell, I w.as at once enchai;ied. He stood with 0 PP 0 S I TE 0 N TA A. IO B A N K. while, fancied that the pale face flushed a with a vague unreasonable dislike. never thought you mlloh of a diplomatist lus. ~ack .to the fireplace, thoughtfully -. _____ _ _____ - -~ _ _ ___ . _ little when at last she spoke. "Was her ladyship very overpowering 1 before. Now don't be offended-because, ~wJStmg his ~ong gra;i: moustache and.look_ - - ---:"" _ ~ ---~ 4 ' No; he will not be in London for Did she try to patronise you, child 1" you sel3, I have cried mea cvlpa, and mg down with.a curiously crue_l smile at ...-i!t ~vE ""t::::> , , . Bo~ n~ t1ome ti.Jne. He wished me .t o bid' you all Mrs. Bruce asked, thinking she had hit owned myself mistaken already, and I the sl~nden~lute-robed figure m the lo lC:!.J ..J::V ...L.. ..L good-bye, and say that ho would nnt be upon a probable reason for the girl's look can do no more. How do I look to. lo~~gmfcliair. dl t d t~ t f . -0.A.LX.. .A.Twith you again until after Christmas." · of exti-ome distast.e. night 1" o ._ . ,, iar Y. e9ec e · ~1a rom "Nora!" There was so much agitated "Oh, dear, no!" Nora said, with indig. Mrs. Bruce's brow, which had frowned Lady Olivia, lie sa,id, a~t r ii; little pause; incredulity and sincere distress in the nant sincerity. "She was-nice, I think, majestically a moment back, cleared at and,_ hadJ:ieI"3'..-Peen one t~ade less_ apa-; -· mother's tone that Nor-.l!s soft heart was but a little strange in manner, as though this appeal, and her lips smiled benignly. tl~c, !!he m.ust have nothd the strange touched ; even Cristine condescended to she were intensely curious and yet thinkMiss Singleton was looking her prettiest- ?~tmp~ of ~is tone, must ave. seen the show something like interest in the matter ing of something else all the time.,, to-night and knew it. The ~ ecr qu~ok lighting of the sui:ken ,e:yes, the at last. "A very uncomfortable manner . " Cris- ·"strawberry" dress she .J!WT6 gave _the qmck flush of the usually impassive face. "A " fter Chns · t mas·t" 8 h e one · d'wi "th a tine i·emarked, with a laugh. "Do you glow of color that~par~e moo~1 ~ man wh igh t Lord de Gratton looked like" ; "" 'tmpercilious lifting of her light· brows. think her so handsome, Nora 7 ,, beauty usually_la-cli0d; lier light hair was by a sudden spell had subduec\some iiav" How absurd! Of course lie means to 'l'hiB time Nora's answer came without puffed ~-Crinkled all over; her small age creature and brought it tan~y to his ? be present at the wedding~" hesitation of any kind. he~d-ghttered and sparkled hke spun glass fee~~t Nora did not raise the d~~ head "He does not," Nora answered quietly, "Moat beautiful, ill a grand imper' ·with every movement; a touch of art had not raising her eyes from the diamond fashion that ha.If frightens you. i:i,,,...eyes darkened the faint brows and lashes. and that drooped so listlessly ; the gra,y eyes I d fi .,....,._ · d h l 1 I dl rested in a dreamy stare upon the goldring that glittered on h er s en er ngers are "-the girl's own eyes darkened and ma e t e arge co or CllS eyes weir Y handled peacock's-feather fan. but saw noand always seemed to attract her gaze by dilated, as though they gazed upon some brilliant. . · · 'd l d Lo d a species of fascillation. "That was why terrifying object stiff:::::." I do not know "My ~ear, ;irou are _beai:tiful !". Mrs. thing of its m escent sp en our. r E-. CALL AND db " how to dnocz·1·be tl1en1-so dark and so Bruce cried, with genume impulsive ad- de Gratton was speaking. 'F 9r the moh e came now to b'd . h ment her thoughts were free ; 'and, with 1 me goo - ye. ~ . . . d d . tf "And borrow money, I suppose !" bright, with a sort of jeweil-like.-glitter nurat!on that en e m a regre u1 sig · mechanical impulse, they took their acCristine cried angrily. Her opinion of that dazzles and thrills you." , "It is you that should be the peeress, ~ her prother was not spooially high, and "My dear Nora!" Mrs. Bruce cried, in not that poor spiritless Nora, who is as customed journey to the African donga - ··· - · - '>!;- - ·~· - --- · ··- she had always bitterly resented his avow astonishment ; while Cristille said, with a like as not to fret herself into her grave where, beneath the scorching sk ' her · b h h l " lover's bones lay bleaching. ed preference for !us step-siste1-. queer smileefore s e as worn 1er coronet a year. Mi:&. Bruce gave a bitter little cry, and "Well, if you do not care to discuss · Cristinti drew up her slender figure and "Well, do you like her 1" raised her handkerchief to her eyes. your visitor, it is not that she failed to regarded her own reflection in the glass Lord de Gretton's voice roused her a Criatine's suggestion seemed only too prob- impress you. Did you ever make such a with evilly sparkling eyes. the whip stirs the sleeping slave ; in a able ; but the hardness of it hurt and study of a pair of eyes before 1" "Yet he had eyes, and chose her !" she second she was back at her duty. shamtid her. ln half-hearted fashion Nora ~mly · shook her head, and Mrs. quoted between her little glistening teeth. "Lady Olivia 1 Yes, she was kind and · she began to apologise and explain ; hut Bruce said blandly"I should have done him more credit· friendly, and she is very handsome." Nora, with something.Jilre-iltdignation, "We have always heard that Spanish The world would never have said of me"As to that there is no doubt," he said, KING STREET, BOWMt,.'NVILLE, checked h r. ~ mother's side and essayed to comfort her. as it will of her-that I pined away with a little snee;ring laugh, and yet with Ha~ now. on hand a numb0r or -~iclee (and is :rpanufactmring a great many more) of the newest "N.othing of the sort !" she cried quick" You are quite wrong, Mrs. Bruce," · neath the burden of an honor unto which very evident sincerity. " She is as hand.1>atterns and best ftms)l, wh1~..< Lam offering for erile s.t the lowest· prices c<>h~i.at"JJt ' with due regard to w'?rk!llalllihi.11 and qualit)'.r. The ·following fo a list of 1y, her lovely eyesaglowandpassionlend- eyes are something out of the commou I was not· born.'_ ,, , some as-as Lucifo1·; but, as to 'kind and . the prmc1pal Telilqles manut ctured by me: ing to her pale face some of its old rich way ; an~, ~,°u know, Lady Olivia is half "Ah, weii "-Mrs: Bruce 'paused, friendly,' I would as soon trust a tigress ... . . . powder-puff in hand, stung by a latent as Olivia Blake. You poor little lamb, I color. "For shame, Cristine, to speak a ~pamard." Double Covered Carriages ............. ......... .., .. r ,.. .................. . .. $200 Upwards, so of your brother 1 You ought to know . ls .she 1 N<?ra asked, lifting. her head . sense of justice illto protesting speech- half believe she came preparl3d to eat you!" Single Phretons·.... .,................................ :>._.. .. ........., ······· 100 11 · him better." with f1eshe.ned mterest, and trymg to re- "that is hardly fair to Nora, you know! "Why 1" Nora asked, shocked and Open Buggy..................... ......................... i................. .. ._, . 70 _ 11 "I speak so precisely because I do ~11 somet~mg sh~ had lntely heard about She iB as high-spirited a girl as any in startled by something in Lord de Gretton's Top Buggy ..·.. , ......... ......... ."..................... .. ...,. ..................... 90... .......,rr'know him," Cristine retorted, with an her oddly 1mpress1ve guest. England and if she were heart-whole look. Perhaps the real nature of the man Democrat Wago11.......................................... ..................... 65 u obstinate look. " Confess now that he is " Oh, yes l Do you no~ remember ~ord· and fan~y fr~e, would make as good n. peered for a moment through the sunken Lumber Wagons... ......................................... . . .. . . . .. . ··. .. .. . . . 55 11 in ·some scrape, that he told you some- de Grett~n told us that lns uncle marri.ed, Counte~s. lt is not Lord de Gretton's eyes to give her timely warning. "Why 1" Light Wagon.. ...................................... .. ........... .................. 40 u thing he dared not say to us. Ah, I when_ quite an old ~n, a very bea~t~~l rank, but the i:nemory of Arthur Beaupre she pQrsiated, with a sort of tramulous Express Wago11 .··..·.....·.·...·........· ....··. : .·... ................·.·.····· . 75 " th<mght so !"-with a cruelly exultant bSipratnhii;_}; lady, who died at Lady Olivia s that haunts and daunts her.,, mbrea!~ry. "Why should Lady Olivia hi&.te laugh. '"Vance has long ceased to be an ' , Skeleton ...... , .......... .................................................... , . .. · 50 11 idol and a delusion to me." "Yes," Nora said slowly, resting her Cristine's fair face hardened and darkHeP,aughod again, and threw one arm Sulky............................ ............................... ..... ............... 40 u "!ou have but one idol, Cristille," chin within her hollowed palm, and striv- ened with an indefinably cruel look. round the slender white-robed figure, for Possessing superior facilities for manuracturing carriages, I int6f1d to sell ver7 cheap for C8"1h or approved credit, and by so doing I hope to greatly increaRe my number o sales. ·wouldlt Nora ;inswered, with unusual bitterness; ing to collect her scattered thoughts. "The more fool she !"she said sternly. Nora had risen now and stood beside him, se the wood parts only, OL' the gearings of buggies ironed. but she did not deny Miss Singleton's They were dxifting dangeroualy .near "She should tread down all rnemo1·ies wide-eyed, eager, and thrilling once again :rnggostion ; and Mrs. Bruce, who ho.d been the truth now ; a little more enlightment and all loves, as I would in her place." with her wild foolish hope. Kinds ~of watching her almost affectionately, read would have saved her even then. But her "Ah, that is easy enough to say I" "Why, you foolish child 1 I believe ill that silence a confirmation of her worst brain was dazed and weary, a mist seem- Mrs. Bruce answered, with a prodigious you are tho only girl in London who need At the Shortest Notice, Pain\ed and Trimmed if Desired, fe3l'1. ed to hang over and clog her thought!<, sigh and a semi-sentimental look. "But ask the question." At the Factory I also do Planing. Matching, Turning and Sawing wi'i;h Circle, Band or Scroll i:laws, and prepare all kinds of lumber for carpenters and otbers f r building purposes. "Another scrape," she said wretc.hedly and there was none to help and guide her you never were in love, Cristine." "Is it because--" Nora shrank from Ornamental o.nd Plain Pickets for fences in every style require . made to order. 24.11 -"another quarrel wit).: your father- to the light. · Cristine looked at her mother for a his touch ; her heart throbbed so fiercely more debts to pay ! Oh, Vance, Vance, "I think I remember that-and some- second or so with an odd bewildered sort she could hardly find breath to frome the you will break n}y heart somo day !" thing more," she added slowly; and the of stare ; then suddenly the absurdity of question-" Oh, Lord de Gretton, as a Nora had small reason to love her step- large eyes turned in sorrowful appeal from the stout prosperous-looking matron pos- gentleman, you must tell me this-because mother or pity her self-WTought woes. She one face to the other. "Was she not at ing as the exponent of romantic passion she once--" knew better than any one how far the one time engaged to-her cousin 1" seemed to strike her. With a shrill hy"Once jilted me 1 Yes," he cried, weak mother-love, the injudicious pettillg Mrs. Bruce mid her daughter exchaug- steric cry she sank upon the nearest couch, with a quick fierce flush, ' ' and has repenthe received, had gone to ruin all that was ed a glance of quick dismay. Was it pos- and laughed till she could laugh no more, ed her folly ever since; that is the reason, good and manly ill Vance Sillgleton's sible that the prize by which both had till the tears ran down her cheeks, and Nora. But if she is content to bury the ·- - - -- --------- - - \ ' nature, how long the handsome high- learned to set such store might still slip Mrs. Bruce forgot to be offended, in her hatchet and do homage to the new Lady spirited boy had been encouraged ill a through their fingers? real alarm. de Gretton, why, let her, say I." ruillous idleness and a rebellious spirit Cristine was first to speak. "Cristine, for Heaven's sake compose And, as the gray moustache touched that aPt, ~.l.\ discipline at naught, how far "Oh, that old story !" sh.e cried, with yourself!" she cried, shaking the slender her cold cheek, Nora knew that her last he owed it to his mtither that at seven- a contemptuous laugh. " If fyou dig up shoulder ill her agitation. " Are you mad, hope had passed and her fate was sealed. begs to inform the public that he has leased a store in the Obseroe· and-twenty he waa a scapegrace, a spend- such antediluvian anecdotes as that, you child, or what ails you?" Block, where he has opened out with a splendid assortment of (TO BE CONTINUED, ) thrift, without a profession, and friend- must be jealous indeed, Nora." " Nothing," Uristine said, recovering less, with his way to· make in the werld Nora did not answer; her lips twitChed her calmness. "You looked so supremeAll this Nora remembered then, not n01·vously at what seemed to her the ly absurd-that was all." · There is at present going on a great diswhich .he offers for ,sale low prices for Cash. . bitterly, but with an intense pity for the cruellest of jt:sts; but he1· large lovely Mrs. Bruce appeared uneasily dignified, cussion about giving further help to Tor~Farm Produce taken in exchange, for which the highest ma1·ket woman who, she tholilght, must find such eyes still turned to Mrs. Bruce in dumb but dared say no more- such another out- onto University and University College. sorry comfort ill her affiictions. · She did appeal. burst would drive her or her daughtor If it can be shown that such assistance is price will be paid. WA special line of TEAS of excellent flavor. not know that to characters of Mrs. "You talk great nonsense, Cristine I" crazy-if indeed Cristine were not a little needed and that the funds have been ad- ~Also a choice lot of SUGAH.S. ~COFFEE in Cans. WCannE' Bruce's typt: all things must come from that lady cried severely, glad to find vent touched already. The doubt express@d ministered hOftQStly and llC0nGIDieally, way ' Goods in great variety. WA Call i.:i respectfully solicited. without, inasmuch as remoi·se never as ails for Lhe agitat.ion o{ her nerves in a well- itself so plainly in her face that Miss net 1 lND tJll~IE. th.em. ·They can imagi.J1~ a world in arms has wm0ught them woe, never in any cir- .......... ;@t··ue; ·· R"WriltH lll&WWWlti AAMIMSAM?W*-FMJ& 'Mi $ j M ·+· AM·¢# iilki.MUI* HH!J w - -GRE.A.T- OLEA· RING SALE!~ .A.T THE GLASGOW HOUSE. THOS. PATERSON. IT IS A FACT! - ·· B 0 0 t s . an d s h 0 e s T run k s, BIG 11· ses :ms wH 0 1 ERA L E p R r · cE s and SATCHEL s at Men's Felt Boots reduced from $2.50 down to ~&~~~£~~---SHOE ~T@~~ 9 SCOTT'& 8 11 MAY'S HARNESS .STORt. and inspect his Large Stock of H ':lrness,~F(orse Blankets, Trunks, _Valises . Whips, etc. SPLE~DID V-..A..L U-E.: STREET. . KING SE. BOWMA?{VILLE ~E-0 RG~NUF2:.ER~AIN~S, a uARRl~CES, SLEIGHS, CUTTFRS,. . WACONS, &o.,' A 11 Vehicles Repaired I GROCERIES. ~ Naw~sToaa. N!W coons.-~ JAB. ELLIOTT, Groceries, Crockery, Glassware, Flour, Feed, &c. at