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His countenance was set off once mor e tot.he signal box. required, in a dull, me~hanical fashion. Ria 1 feel;~gs a ~ tthosc of either shame, guilt , or yet sad rather tbo.n n:iorose; the mouth was _ The whole interview had not taken five mind flew back, whenever it was released :po~1t1ve dis ress. l only kn?w that a great contracted as if from constant pain, and the mmutes, but be was astonised to find tb.at from t he occupation of the moment, to the 1 ~Vb1ght seemed ,o he upon him: he had got \ Viii be round invaluable for tne hair ann sea.Ip It cleanses the scalp of all Dandruff, in v igor '. dark eyes were mela.ncholy when seen in re· he was not late at his post. After so gr.eat ~cenes of bygone days, H e had once been · mto 11. bl::lck shadow_ and ~oul d not get ou t. ates the growth of the hair, and in casen of pose. The face expressed powerd a certain u:n upheava l of feeling he could scarcely be- young and happy; he had been in love with ! H e w~nt ab~rnt his duties as u~1ml. ~fter baldness, wht1re t.hert\ are the slightest signri of:·· kind; something lay behind its quietud e, !~eve tha~ only fi vc minutes had elapsed Grace Emery, and had ·wnlked about the, the tragic, en~mg of Gi;crg~ D~ne s v1s1t to j >'oots left it will produce good cropa of hair. something bidden and suppressed. \Vhat sm ce he ]U~nped down from the platrorm country l anes with her and thonght that she R edford Stanion ; noth.mg m Ins manner or , ~t re~ Lures grey hair i.o its original color, nnd is an excellen t dressing it was, perhaps he himcelf could have a!1d made his way a;Iong the line. He no· knew his love. He had had. a friend, too, ! bear!ng suggested t ha: he bore t he burde.n of' DO NO'l' DELAY, If your hair is in a weak 2carcely told. . I heed vaguely enougn, that a man brushed . and to this friend he had confided all his a gt~1lty aec;ret upo_n lus soul. He wa.; a li ttle j coudition get a bottle at once. He was making his way along _the line to against him a~ he arrived at his IJlace-a hopes and fears, ·'.ireat had heeu the shock, surlier, a httle gmnmer than he ~se,d to b~; For ea.le by J, HIGGINBOTHAM & SON . and all druggiats, Ask for it, ' his box, going ~ lowly, because it was not stranger, not George Dene-and he wonder- terrible the awakening when he learned at but t~ere was .no one to b~ offenr,en b:V: hm quite t ime yE:t to relieve his mate, and cd what a stran~er could be doing in that last t hat his friend Ge~rge Dene had won . behavrn~r. He had . no friends. H_ e h vecl A. DORENW:END, Sole Manf'i:·. swinging a lantern in his hand. 'With his unfrequeuted and somewhat dangerous spot . Gr ace's hear t . had'carried the fair fortress , alone, with a ~harwuman to clean his room , 'l'ORON'l'O, CAN.A.DA. head down, and his lips muttering objurga- Dangerous I Ay, that was the word. as it were, by storm. " Your wooin wa~ and cto~ for.him now and t,h en. The o~ly A. Doren wend iA the lending manufacLure» tions on the bells, he did not noti~e the fig- p..ngeroua to those ,who d id u?t k now t he too long a-doing," Grace's mothet· ha~ said change m his, manner r;>f hfo after t he Ill· i of Hair Goods in Canada. - - - - -- ----- -·- - . ------me of a man that cnme towo.rds him, passed t m e and outs of t he lme : a forbidden plac!l to Hatfield when he demanded an explana- 1quest _was to dispense with the ch~rwoman, ., him, ard turned back with a start. He to the gener a.I publfo, of wilich George Dene tion. "\Ve t hought that you had given up ~e did hot want any human bemg abo~t 9 heard, however, when his name was called, was one. Had he got up and gone away? the idea You h.i.dn't said a word to her /h!m now. He felt lumself cut off from his ··Hatfield 1 Stephen Hatfield I You're Or was he sti~I r oaming in reckless fashion about it; and she had no thought of you, I kmd, . · · VETERINARY SURGEON, the man I came to see." about those_ tron_ ways? Hatfield paused won't 8,.y but what if you'd asked her outhe occ~p1ed a small house m a rov.: of WILL CURE OR RELI EVE "Who is it ?" before entermg his box to wonder whether right three months ago you miah t have had 1workmen s co~tages, not far from th e station, BILIOU SNESS1 DIZZINESS1 " I t's me; George Dene. D on't you r e· he ough~ to _ go back and sR.tisfy his mind a chance. I watched h er, andI t hink she'd Ther~ yms a tmy square of garden, a wood· DYSPEPSIA DROPSY Honorary Graduate of Ontario Vet erinaP· member me?" . llJ?On this pomt. But why should he trouble have said ·Yes ' then. But you let t he time e~ pailrng and a gate before t he h ouse. In. IN DIG ESTION1 FLUTTER I NG College, Member of Ontario Vete1 . ;1 Hatfield started in bis turn, nnd rnised . himself? he thought, Geor~e Dene was a slip you see Mr. Hatfield, and I ain't one side there were fou.r rooms, two on each JAUNDICE OF THE HEARf 1 - the lantern so that its light fell on the new- man who too.k excellent care of himself; no that would force my girl ~gaiust her will. Ifloor, an~ th~ sta.1rc~se between them. ERYSIPf:lAS, ACIDITY OF in ary Association, will attend comeF.'~>face. Hi~own countenance b ecame 1fear abou~ his sa~ety, ~nd thus sneering, You're a day after the fair." George so.id · Hatfald lived m the _kitchen at the ba.ck .of SALT RHEOM. THE STOMACH to all diseaaeHof domestic. snddenly tinged w1tha dull red flush, though he took hl® place m the signal-box. something of the same kind. "He thought i ~he house, and slep~ m the rooi:i above i t. HEARTBURN · DRYN ESS _ ' animala. i n the darkness this char1ge of color passed T~e ~ondon expr ess wa~ due in ten min- that his friend had given up trying." Hat- j The front room, whrnh _opened directly upon i HEADACHE,' OF THE ·SKIN u nnot.iced. After a moment's pause, he u,tea, .. time. It o_cJitrr~d to him, with a! field swor e veheml'ntly that George lied. .t~e garden, had fallen mto almost hopeless aaid, in somewht1t unsteady tones. s .. uact e1·, th11t thrn tram passed over tho Th&i- quite sudde·ily he restrc.inod him-) disor der. ~lid e·; r :ry .-;peozes o~ disease a.:r1s1nJ. " George D.me ! Ay, I remember. And lines close to the spot where he and George; self ~na I-egged thar. 'nothing, 'mor~ might ., January passe.d away. February, with j '0If°To:Af7J.0 A SP E C 1 A LT Y. what brinus you to Redford, IJeorge Dene:" !)ene had atood talking. " Lucky we didn't' be said They weie righb. he did not W<Lnt u;s cbangeful 81mles a.nd ~e".rs, bad made 1 T Ii.. (! Pr . t rs 1 "Ain't y ou going to shake hands, Ste- 'stay much longer; he might not have got! to mar~y. They need not ' say anythi ng to j t he old earth n ew. Eveu m ~atficld's ut, \.l~ a tiC,, - opr~o'koNTO, Calls ~nd Or~ers by mail or telegraph. phen ?" said a friendly voice. "Don't you a.way NO e~Hy," he aaid to himself, taking it Grace abC>ut him. No, he bol'e no malice to Iterly neglect~d garden, ·~ fow crocusses will receive prompt attention. 0011r malice, old man! I've, com e to tell for granteu that G ~t·rge Dl'.ne ltad g<t .away. , anyone, Only--woul<l i,hey have the good./ pushed up thetr gol den hei>ds,_afew bnnchea 1~ CHARGES M oDimA.1'E. you t hat I've got work i n ~eoford , and me , Then l~e devoted. bis a.1 ,tenhon to the signal s, tl<?Ss to hold thoir confounded t ongues and , o~ snowdrops nodded to, ~he wmd. 'I';he man Q OFFICE HOUR$, 8 TO 10 A. M. and Grace thuught we'd find you out first and trieil to thmk no more of the scene 1let him go ! i di~ not !ool~ at t~em. lhe gay sprmg sun. QE,tlJ ~ .A llrat·claGs stock of 1Yledioines always thing." ; that h,t~ passed. Thus, with a dai k brow a,nd a sudden ex. ' FJ~me tried m v~m to p.er.ce the gloom of on hand. " You- and G rnc~ !" repeate~ the man But h1~ Drain se.em"~ to he ou fire. He, cess of n·ge in his deep tones, he had stalk· I his loi;iely dwellmg, the voice of human lov:e N . B.-Will visit Williamsbllrg every. strangely. H e col!tmued to ~wrng th.e la.n- I was not confn~ed m mmd ; he was, o.n the · ed out 0 ~ t he house, leaving Mrs. Emery and , and pity was yet to ~eek 1m entrance to his Saiur dar of each week. 16-ly 'J'o buy l~oot Gear for Men, Women, tern to and fro, without l ookmg at his olcl contr ary, unusually alert and keen· witted, ' George D ene astounded aifrighted a.this 1 soul. , . acq uaintance orsrnming to notice the offer of but he was restless, r eady to start at every demeanoiu. Ile h:.ct n~ver aen either of ,. He. sat alone one Maren e_vemng, prepar- . Boys and Maidens, at his hand, "'\Vhy should you try to find sound, to exaggerate every impression. them again- until this day He had thrown I' mg his supper. For the t ime he was off me - you -and Grace?" ' The wind ~1ad dropped 1!' little, th~ bells had 1up his ewployment on the line, and left the night·clu'.y, i:nd at libe:ty to sl?ep th? heavy The other - he was a much younger man! ceas~d to rmg, In the silence, wh1 oh seemed . town thf.\t sarr e nigh t, not knowing, no t Ihours a:vay, if. sleep ~~uld v1e1t n1m. It - Lur st into a cheery laugh. " ' Vhy, t o' to htm almost unnatural, he heard the dis ·! ca.ring whither be wen t. Chance guided 1was an intermittent vmtor, and gen_erally make friends w ith you, old man!" h e crie<". \ tB;nt murm_ur of tho train long miles awa.y bis fe~t to Redford, and. threw him into jhrought bad. dr:eama. He was learnmg to " Frier;ds, n~ we used to be! you know, be- L1ttl~ by l~ttle th~ murmur grew: he eaw ·communication with t he .r u,ilway officials at ha~e th~ m1dmgh t hours. . . fore t h1s- th1s- shadow, thrn-sorti of cloud the lig hts m the distance, he saw t he red· the Janot.ion. He bore a good character, S_ud~enly chere came a knock- a timid, - came over us. lt's all pallt now, surely. dcuecl vapour as the black monster rushed aud had no difficulty i" getting work. He heSitat~ng kuock- to t he front d?or. It It's hve years u.go, an d you've not remem- . out of the darkness, sweeping round t he did not write to his old friends but he knew made him ni:rvous. He upset the dish that be.red it ae:ain~t me all this time, have you, · curve of the l!ne, thu.ndering ov~r the that they had heard ~·here j,~ w;is living. h~ was holdmg,_ and grcwled oi:it an ~a.th at Steve?" metal~ _and shakmg the signal-box as xt flew I Sllame ' he thought kept them silent all his own olumsmess. He waited t ill the " '>;es, it'.s fiv~ ;years ago," said Stephen, by_. He stood i_n his ~lace, .lamps glowing I these ~ear~. And n~w George Dene sought l;nock was repeated before he went to the 1 bngh t ly 1 ibo ve him, busmess-hke, ripparently 1him out offel'Cd him friend shi:ri-as if ther e aoor. moodily, with his eyes u1ion the ground. George Dene stared at him for a momei:it, impas,ive as usual-: but consciou~ of a cul'i· f could.be' friendship between these two, Hat(·r o llE CONTIKUED.) but saw that Hatfield's ~ords wore not m- ous kecunc~a of n.ll the senses, 1i.s if he were , field r eflected bit tex·lv-:md flaunted his . tended ?'s au anaw~r. to his appca~. He went endowed with eyes tht>t saw further, ears ' h<\ppiness in the <l esoiate man's face. It A Fax·Seeine;' Youth. on, hopmg to concil1ate, blnndermg as only that htar~ mor e, than those of mortal men. was for this that Hatfield could no t forgive " , . . . . , . Our New Stock baa arr·ived, and coman emharrassed man could have blundered. ! What d1cl be see~ What did he hear? him . for t his that he liad struuk bini out of Sa.y, mister, ts all them comm to t lus prisoa something neat :u.1d pretty for "\Ve've harl f> very happy five years on the ' It was as if lightning had 11.ashed and his pa.th and left him to his doom. hous~? asked a small boy ns a wagon load Ladies, Good and S erviceabl e for Men whole.. .Our second little baby died, bnt t~e shown ~1im a grueso1?1e s.cene. '.l.'h«<re was a Midnight came, and the p0t·ter had not of .~hmg!~a drov~ up.. . eluest 1s al'flle and he<i.rty. . · · She .1s man ly!ng ~n .the rails, .m the t rack of tl!e returned. '!.'he balls broke out again, wel..Yes, re~pon.le.d tp~ dnver. . ~" and Boys, and Boots that R Boot>I! for Graduate or t.b e Ont.ario Veterinary Colle1rn. a rare one for four years old, our Polly 1 .s. ad~ancrng ;,rnm . B e did 1;10t move: he did coming in the Christmas morn. ".Peace " 'Yhat ar e y~u go~n to do. wi th t hem. O\' ery m ember of t h e h onsuhold. Registered rnPmber of tho Om.a.d o Veterinary , , And we took t)1c corner cottage_111 no" drag h1~n~elf away as 1t ~ame on. No· and goodwill!" Hatfield groimed alouil as _Your father.~ gomg to shmgle the roof Medical Association. E lam-road, th'! one with the sweet·br u>r body a~w !1.1m. Hatfield ~ou1d have s nout· the sounds fe ll upr.n his car. It seemed to of .~'~ new _barn',, . . . .cm-Office and Residence, Newtonville, Ont. bush before.the door and the green.shutte~s. e~ to !nm 1t he had been a ole to speak; b~t him llsif those Christmas bells would sink Sa.y, m;ster, said the_ boy, confid~ntial- TJrnlrn.s. 1'ALJSES, & SA'J'(;ffllU.S. u ST0()1' ' Will visit Orono every Tu esday and; Saturday · . · Vi'ny, now I come to thmk of it, hrn to11gue was glued to t he roof of his him down t o the nethermost hell Chained ly as he shd up to the side of the wagon, jia ">r-Ordered Work a.nd R epairing a Office hours from 10 a. m., to !l ,p. m., al; the very house you thought of taking for mout h , u,nd he C(luld. not got it free. ,Just to hia post u~rnble t o get out of. hearing of "is twenty-five cents any object to you ?" Coulters' Hotel. Calls by 'rele;.:raph receh·e· yournelf-Good Lord, Stephen are you ill ?" as the engine rushed forward, the doomed those ripplinv. harmonies so repu <>'nant to "I reckon so." Specialty, as usual. immediate attention. H e h ad ca.1 1 1.(ht ~ glimpse of Ste12hen 'a face, man . iiftcd his head . and lmew his fate. his spirit at that moment,' he felt a~' though " Well, all I W'1nted w_ a s for you to s~e to D . DAVIS . CHARGES MODERATE. a~d the look c,f aufformg 1~ pon it sfogger ed H atheld saw th<: a.gomse~ countenance, the he could welcome deafness, insensibility, theremovalof ,~ Uthem slungles that don tgo him. . . . ! look of horror m _th~ drnt.ended eyes, t he death i tself- auything that would free him onto the barn. " No, I'm not il:.;' siud R~tfield, more ag?ny of t he shrmkmg limbs. Then t,he J from t he associated train of thought that __.,.,.,.,....,..___,..,,.,,."'""'"""'""°'""' grnffly than ever. . G~, on with your tale, , flyrng wheels passed on. · . · The .s1g-1 the sounds .Jalled up. After a time t he 1Vhat were you saymg 1. . I nal~nan saw .no more. Onl:v: an. agomsed hells were aileut, and he could breathe more But what George sai~ he did. not hear. shriek, a terrible rr;oan, ra~g m his ears for freely. But hour o.fter hour went by, bring· Whon l3aby w"8 sick, we gave her Castona, i ing him no news. I n the d~rk~ess, of the n1g~t. a picture :ose a mome11t: .then, tul was still. before h IB mmd s eye- a vision of t ~e little ! Hatfield came to himsel with a start. lf he were not mistaken, however, some· '\\. - hen sile lfl\S a Child, she cried for Cast.aria, houae th:i-t '!as once to have bei;n _ hui ow~1; 1'i ot at first did he 1·ea,lize t hat he had been thing had happeu ecl that night. . Some ex. When she became Miss, she clan~ to Castoria, of the t nm htt le garde~, ~he shrn mg w;m · j t~e.victim of a n;e!e momentary illusion- a citement had been aroused ; he was s~re <lows, the spo: less cleanlmesa of the t1!1Y; vivid dream or v1a1on produced by over·ex - that he had seen ·an un.vonted group of fig. When Gho had Children, 5ho ga.vo tlu>w Ca.storia, r<>?m~ : t~e mis~~ees of t he whole, a sl.1m citement of the brain- as a. doctor would ures doing unusual work upon the line- !Mr girl w_1th sm1lrng eyes, and the snnsh~De i h;,,ve explained it. He found himself trem- bearing somei.hing away with rever ent foot. m her hair, who went ab ou t her work with I bling from h ead to foot, covered with cold steps and lowered heads. Stephen Hat. such a sweetness of love and hope upon h er ; perspiration, and deeply impressed with field's blood ran cold to think what that gentle face I- ah, these belonged to anot her j t he belief that what b e had seen had really something was. But not until t he gr ey dawn man, ancl. he w:as homeless and alone l occurred. '.l'he scene was aa real and vivid was mouutinl? in the sky, and the cold House, wife, ?h1ldren- George Dene ~ad to him as t hough he had been present, and breath of day made itself felt through all t~ken e':'erythrng, and . now ~JC ca'!1e with i t he shriek of t he tortured man as the train his veins, did any one come to him with his foolish offer of friendship, h is hope ! passed over his body seemed still to r e .echo news. t~t0t all the past h ad been torgctten ! W~at / in his ears ; but he knew well enough that It was a foggy morning. A footstep was did he mean ? W as t he m an. mad to thmk . it was utterly impossible for him to h ave heard before the passer.by could be sen, ~h~t he, S tephen . Hatfield, either forgot an beheld anything of the kind, or to have A voice came out of the fog, followed by t he Js.j heard a hundred cries as the deafening roar burly figure of the man who relieved h im at mJnry orforgave it?_· · . ~Vould those bel_ never cease, then, wi_ th their eternal refram , of t he express train pasaed down the line. his work. AND OFF:g. R s HER STOCK OF of pe.ace and good-Will - peace and good to 1' And yet he had seen it all so plainly ! J·ust "Morning, Batfiled. Merry Christmas." DIRECT WIRE COMMUN CATION. men I · .· H e h ated _the w_hol e world, and as one might behold a whole l andscu.pe il· H atfield could not reply. and all of t he world's mhab1tants, he hated luminated by a lightning flash, so, he re· . "Accident on the line last night. Man George Dene the most. . fleeted, h e aad caugh t sight of every detail killed by the Loudon expreas not for from Active fluctations in the Market, " I must ge.t to ~~work," he said , dully. --the various interlacing lines, the distant here. Tom Burton s&ys you saw hi m." offer opportunities to specula" Thompso~ 's wa1tmg for me.. I s there . station the pli1tform with its rows of "I don't know tlmt I saw him" said tors t o make rnoney in augh t eIse vo ' .;want t o say ·" . , · lights, the popla.rs, and the old chmch· Hatfield, s truggling t o free himself from the Grain, Provisions, _ " Do Y~~ u an that you. wont ~e friends j t o;-ver in the background. And in the h~tze that seemed to envelop him, blinding with me ? .asked Dc~e, wit h a g.lm.mer of nudst of all, that prostrate form , that ter - his eyes and blunting his facult ies 0 ,t the Stocks, Bonds & trut. h iawnrng upon lns ~enser. mma. rible R.dvancing train ! H e turned sick and same t ime. "I . saw sever al folks on foe P etroleum. " Hat field t urned on _ lnrn ~1th an ,?ath. cold when he thought of it. line last night." W hy should I be fn ,.··da with you? he Ju a few minutes he remembered t he "But Tom Burton sa.ys you ~ent him in Prompt atten tion given to orders.. ?emanded savagely. " Why hav~ y~u the trains ; and, on looking at his watch, found search of one- " "Yes. I had a warning," msolencetooome and a.sk me ? Dicln·tyou that not more t han five minutes had gone Office o~er M urdoch's S tore. rob me of t he only woman I cared for, of the l:y since t he passing of the express, There "What do y on mean ?" Entrance by Telephone Staircase. hom~ I .wanted to have! of all that makes a was not another train due for some little "Nothing. Was the man dead?" mans life wor th anythrng ?- Then 1ou n.sk time. He was glad d it ; he wanted to col· "Quite dead. " ] 1-tf. lect his thoughts and steady his shaken " I knew it," said H atfield, ao he turi:ed ADVISE TO M oTHERS. -Are you 11isnerves. What does this vision utean? !I.way. turbed at n ight and broken of yo ur rest "It means a WarniDg," saiJ Hatfield, shaking a.a if he had the palsy, pnd casting His words to Tom Burton and to the by a sick child sufferi)]g and c rying with his eyes around the signal box ju awful fear signalman made it necessary for Hatfield t o· pa in of Ou tting Teeth ? If so send at of supernatural powers. "It v.'As no 01·di· attend the inquest upon the botjy that had o nce and get a bot.tie of "M:r a. Winslow's nary thing. I couldn't have 'st"'n all th!l.t been found. I t was to him a terrible piece ~ oothing ~Y'.t1p. " For chi!dron teeth ing, AN E NGLISH CHIUS'flUS STOltY. if 1 had tried. It's what rnighl have hap. of work ; b_ut strength of nerve r eturned l ts V>.1lue 18 mca{cu]abk ft, wiJl rc>Jiave '\ pened if George Dene had not gone away ; with the daylight, and he exhibited no the poor li ttle suJferer immediatel y. D e· <lro pr epared t<? pay the h igh.est 1?ri o(I what might ha1'e happened, not what . £ lid further·stritngencss of look or manner, such peud upon H, mothers ; t here is ll':l happen- I pray God l"-How many a year n.s ha.d .excited the curiosity o.f his acquaint· mistake a bout i t. It cures Dyaentei'J all kinda of Grf\iu delivered at the 'c,, &c. Author of "JACOlll'S WIFE," "U NDER F ALSE PRETENCES ," & had elapsed since he last · t ook that s11crcd a. rices. The man who had been killed was and Diarrhcea, r egulates the Stomach a nd Name upon his lips I- " It's just my fancy, crushed out of all semblance to himself ; the Wharf or their Stor e House in town. playing me a t rick-God grant it !-suppose face was unrecognisable, but the fair h:i.ir, B )Weis, cures Wind Colic, softens the CHAPTER I. , me to be friends with you l- Get out of my he didn't crawl off the line-Oh, he must' the build, the tweed suit th:i.t he had worne Gnrns, r educes I nflammation, and givel The Christmas bells were pealing over- ; way ; I'll not :i.nswer for myself if v.ou come have got away. I did not strike him hard; lef t no place for doubt in Stephen's mind. to::ie and energy to the whole sy ... tem. head. The chimes, flung out from a lofty . t_?o near. I hate Y?U both, you, wit~ yom· he would never have gone down at such a He identified the body as that of· Georg, " ~r9 . Winslow's Soothing Symp " ~'or steeple into the wild and blustering niuht I hes and your bcastmgs, and her with her little blow. When I see him ag1.1in, I'll tell Dene, carpenter, resident in '\Voodley, a children teeth ing is i;>leasant to the taste r ose and fell UIJOil the winL(S of the wi~1d; i foolish, false face and he1· fickle he1.1rt-" him .:wha.t I've gone through to night. He's KentiHh village, nead y two hundred miles and is the prescription of one of t he old now lost .entirely in the rush of the winter J " Stop !" shouted George Dene. "You a good,.ui;tured chap; he'll be' ready enough from Redford. B eing questioned pretty est and best female physicians and n urses storm, now sweeping with magical clear- I shan't speak of my wife in that way-you-" to make matters up. And I'll say t hat I sharply concerning his wor ds to Burton, in the U~ited States, and is for sale by ness across the ears of listeners in the silent 1 "Out of the mad, you fool!" said Hat· didn't mean to call Grace falrn or fickle. Hatfield answered that Dene was an old all druggmts throu gh t he world. Price streets below. '.l.' hus changing from moment field contemptu?usly.· The younger m~n ha.d 1'11 make friends with them both when they ac')uaiutan ce, that he had stopped him on 25 cents a bot tle. Be sure and ask for to moment , the sound had a curiously : sq~.iarcd ~p to hm~, hw face a.flame, hu1 ey(S come to Redford ; for if any ma,n ever had t he line to tell h im that he was coming to " MRs. W1NsLow's Soo:rarno SYRUP." ethereal effect: it seemed to typify the I a~1gh~ with P"ssiou. , Ho ;was devoted to a Warning, it's 1 tha.t am that man!" live in Redford, that they bad then parted l\lld t ake n o other k1ud, eternal order of things, whereby, above the I his ~y1f~, a_nd ~tephen s woras roused all the So he r cffooted, star t.ing an!l otaring, the and hB.d met no more. very hair upon his head lifted by t he fright. "'What made you say to Burton that darkness, t empest, and desc>lation of earth- devll w1thm htm. ly sorrow, celestial voices were continu11!ly " Take back w na.i; you said !" he c:ried. H c would have given all his belongings if ' there was a man on the l ine?'" he was proclaiming peace and goodwill to men. j "I'll have her called fahie and foolish by he could have dared to quit his post, run asked. · Bnt transcendental m«anings of t his kind · no man ! I'll teach you better manners along the line, and see for himself that Dene " I had forgot the London express 'when I were lost n:plln one listener. " Those bells 1 Stephen Hatfield-by the Lord, I will. " had got si·fely back to th~ station. But he parted from him, anrl was afraid that he are enough to deafen one," s!l.id l::itephcn Out o' the road !" r epea.t ed Hatfield. dared not go. Several trains wer e shortly had not gone back straight to the station, " Hatfield t o himself, as t he chimes broke "What, you won't, you foo l? Take that, due, and t o lco.ve. his duties involved risk to said Hatfield, cleitrly npon his ear in a momentary lull of and go to the devil !" more lives than his own. "Had you any dispute with him?" the driving wind. "Haven't we din enough I He strnck him and pushed forward. IIe J~ooking out, however:, he espied au ac"No." all day 'vhhout having i t at night as well 1" heard a cry, ii thud, as of a body falling, but quaintance-one of the p orters-tramping "Why did you say t hat you h ~d had 'a The following reasons are advanced Din enough t here was likely to be in the he would not look round, He expected that down the line. H atfield hµ.iled him, and warning' ?" h l ld l places he knew best. Redfor d was a large George would be after him in a moment, he stopped short, looking up e.t the signal " I t llought I heard!' cry, bnt I dare say W Y you S 10U dt:al wit 1 US: ·-- ····-- - ·-----------·- ·--- - - - manufacturing town and a great r ailway swearing, foaming at the mouth with rage, box in sur prise. H was making hia way i~ was only t~e wind," H atfield answered j unct ion , and Stephen Hatfield was a sig· ~nd vowi~g vengeance. George Dene was a short cut across the lines to his home. stubbornly. Our Ordered Clothing is cut by JJlVIPOllT~i. NT 'Ji'O ALL Bald, or have Thin or GTey Hair, 01·· nal man on oue of the li.nes thR.t stretched in the main a good natured fellow, but sub- knew the place so well that he could '--He knew that he had lied in saying that the only first-class CL ltter in t owm ,· Who 1iro who are troubled with dandruff, nway from the station in bewildering j ect to fits of unbridled passion. Hatfield without though t of danger. "What's up?" there had been no dispute, but he did not i nt ricacy. His box was a. lonely spot. was prepared for one of these. he said, catching a glimpse .of the white care. What was t he use of telling the our Ties are the most fashionable Sounds from the town, however, reached it But no sound of voice or step pursued him. scared face above him. "Anything wrong ,?" truth? Would it bring George back to life · t O ll S ffi H · · · w ould 1, ·t comf or t G · our o ars, car s, ats easily enough-the clank of hammers, the Tb e wind perhi>ps drowned the noise of "Do me a favor, " ea.id Hatfield hoar3 ely. agarn. ··eot"ge ·s w ·d t ow · . in own , throb of great engines, the whirr of wheels either; the wind and the p ealing of the "li o back-that way-to the ota.tion, and Would it lift from his spirit t he load of an· and Underwear are the most durfrom neighboring factories, the clash of bells bells. Presently Stephen stood still, raised see if anyone has come to harm by the Lon- guish which Stephen Httt.field knew he mus t . now endure for evermore? able t.hat cu.n be procured; our from the church steeples, the t hunder of his lantern, and looked bt l1i '.ld him- nothing don express." heavily laden w'igons over stony streets- but the darkness, and in the distance the "Why do you t hink that anyone's come H e only half heard some talk ' of writing Ready-mad. Cl th· · , · l theee were fomilia.r t o him, and almost in- lights of the station could be seen . It seem- to harm ?" to Dene's relations in Woodley ; it fell upon e O mg rn as mce J distirrgu~llable one from another. But fate ed to him that the lamps ought to show him " Don't stay to ask questions. Go back, unheeding ears. H e did not know that made and cut as well a::; other dry on Christmas Eve such d isturbances had the figure· of a man makin~ his way back to Tom, for God's sake. I saw a m(l.n run there were two Woodlevs : one in Kent and d } . O! ceased. The howling of the wind, t he peal. the platform ; but there was nothing of the along the line; I heard a cry. I can't tell one in Staffordshire, "and that the Cor· goo S lOU::!eS t hat r.,dv( rt1se ordered ing of Christmas bells, could alone be heard; kincl to be distinguished . Wait ! what did you everything now. Go and find out the ,oner had got h~ld of the wrong one, and work-they peddle your cloths all lJJ and yet Stephen Hatfield grumbled at the he see ? A dark somethinr1 rising from t he truth fol.' me. You know that I musn't I was abou·o to wnte to the clergyman there. , . ground-stumbling agr.in and lying prone leave." .1All tbat was said and done seemed to him over t own to a number of tailors noise. There must ha.ve loeen something peculiar - across the line? Hatfield laughed grimly t o Tom started back, grumbling yet curious. like B?me strange, oppreP_sive dream: he was to be made u p cheap so call U on Jy disturbing to him in t1.e sound. himself. " I've given him what h e won't "This is a rum start," he said t o himsolf. c?nsc1ous on!;r of a. desire. to get mto t he P He was a d ark .faced, reticent man, with forget in a hurry," l1e muttered. Hatfield lost Bi ht of him in the darkness as 1air an d. lose himself m lonelmesa. . I VES and get your Clo .tbs a stoop iu his shoulders, and a. wa.y of look'1.'henhe turned his face again to the blacker he went. g j . The mquest, ho~ever, was not held until THE MESSAGE OFrfHE BELLS ' · By ADELINE SERGEANT, J no. lVIcMurtry & Co,, I I " - D". DOREN\NEND'S z :I: I · I < :'E > I I I I < p RQp E RLY MADE lll G 0:: ' G I- D > a:: O· - h: W. Ii:. IVES. I I j ! j I I F. A. JONE S, ENNI S KILLEN ' I i . . .. ' it MILBUR'l f.!Jl5Jl!,v v 1JfJ.;l:g:k Jffl/{/fJ"!' , Operations & Dentistry I * lllbU Popular No. 1, Boot and Shoe EMPORmUM ! I I I I MRS. MORRISON - -IS--- ! TORONTO STOCK EXCHANGE. SELLING OUT, COX& CO;, Giving u p Business, intending to town, I I , . ' Fancy Goods and VVo o ls A er COST_ WEST END MILLINERY HOUSE.