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...ift'. feelings towa.rds him- that is, if he was "I promise," the girl answered, scarce (TO llE CONTINUED.) - right about them, and there waa no revul- knowing what she said. sion. And the eyes closed with a11 air of peace The Prince of Wales' Tact, Far from it. Nuttie was still a.ng y and r est. "Gerard had been so ridiculous," she said, Again when Miss Hea.dworl> h wa.s do~g The Prince or\Vales takes no part in poli" teasing her to tu.ke the pledge, aud q uite something to ease her position she Batd, tics. He has never voted bub once in t he incapable of understanding her reasons. I "Thank you," and then moro vigorously, House of Peern, and this wa.a upon the act can't think why Gern.rd has grown so "Thank you, dear aunt, for all you ha.ve been for the bill authorizing marriage between a atupid." to us." man a.nd his dead wife's sister, He knows BY CHARLOTTE M. YONGE, "Enthusiasms carry people a.way," r eThere was little more. She asked Nuttie that royalty in England owes its strength turned 11fary. · for " her hymn," the evening hymn with to its occupying a neutral position, and CHAPTER XX[l-{CoNTINUED.) "If Mr.· Dutton had only stayed, he which mother and daughter used nightly to that it would be aoon endangered if it were On-this vehemence of purpose descended would have kept Gerard like himself, ea.id go to sleep, and whicb, in her strange . to be embr oiled with political factions. Re suddenly Ursula Egremont once more; and Nuttie. dreamy way, the girl managed to say. doesnotexpress.opinioneon politicalsubjects, for the human heu.rt could not but be quickened Hut there was no r elenting. The two Then a little murmur and sign p!1ssed be· everi among his most intimato associates. and with the idea, not entirely unfounded, th't young people avoided each other; and per- tween the elder ladies, and Mrs. Vvillia.m Two yea.rs ago he gave a dinner at Marlit was to him that she ha.d fbwn back, and t.a.pa Nuttie was secretly relieved that the Egremont fetched her husband. As he open- borough House which no other English 1 "Cll8io!'f&ls l!011'elladapt.ed toehlldrenthaf; Cia!ito:rfA l!tll'ell CloUe, <'.!ottit!patlon, that her exile proved that; she ca.red for him romance she had outgrnwn no longer en- ed his book to find the commendatory pray- gentleman could have succeeded in giving. [recommend it as superiol'." to a.ny prescripU.on Sour Stomach, Dia.rrbfua, Eructatiori, more than for all the delight<> she had en- tli.ngled her. er, thinkini:; her past a.11 outward conscious- He gathered there a. company which could lmown to me." a A. Alicmm M D Kills W ~mns, cives sleep, ahd. promote. di· · , · ·· .. gcst1on oved as heiress of Bridgefield. The good ness, and grieved by the look of suffe·inr, not have been brou~ht together ander the ll1 SO. Oz!ord Si., l3rooklJU, N. Y. WU!lous wjurlous medication. youth was conscientious to the back-bone, CHAPTER XXlII. her eyes agflin closed and her lips said, roof of any other house. At this dinnera.nd e:i<tremely perpltxed between hia selt "Failed.'· · Tlll? CENTA.Vn. CoMPANY, 7." :!urray Gtreet. N. Y. . ·· d th · ht th t th · · Ji0 d A FAILURE. .. D 't h ' ,_ 0 f th 1 G0 d k table there were forty-two guests. It i~ exd ecI ica"ion an e ng ·B a eir imp on t rni;; a.t · can ma e tremely diffi cult to get together in England, · · understanding might give to her . Was she "Would I bad Joyed her more !"-Mas. Hirnua. fo~lures success. . . under any circumstances, such!\ large num..' ~ · ' ., ' ·" . '. . . :-· .' to be the crowning bl~esing of his life, to be "On the 14th of Januarv at Brid.rcfield There was a half smile, a look of peace. ber of prominent people for t he reason of saved partly through his affection from J' "' " H ·k " he id · d those we e ' worldly trials and temptations, and be· Egremont, the wife of Alwyn Piercefield ·h le ma esd_ubp, s d sa.b ? an . r the muitiplicity of engagements of such per. Egremont, Eeq uire, 11 son a.nd h eir. " t e ast au 1 le 'Y'~r s efore It was ov~r, sons. But the invitation of the Prince of FOR SALE BY J. HIGGINBOTHAM & SON, BOWM.A.NYILLEi stowing on him a. brillant lot 1 in which Ursula had oeen prepared for this event an~. the tend~t· spmt was released from 1t· W'alea being a. royal command ovei-rules all boundless good could be effected Or was for about a fo1·tnight by a long t ender lette1 stnte, so~e time later. they only _ knew \\> b . ~n . other invitations, and so he wasp.hie to bring she a syren luring him to abandon his high· from her mother, mourning over the not by the failure of the clasp on h:ii husba.nd 8 together at this dinner all of the representaer and better purposes? meeting at Christmas, and the long separa- hand. . tive elements of English society. He took The first few days of her stay, the former Old M " H d h d"d d d belief made him feel like treading on air, tion, but saying tha.t she had wia~ed to 1~s ea wort 1 not_nn erstan I a particular delight in this dinner, because or like the hero of many a magazine story; spa.re the long a.nxrnty, and that tt had the meanmg of that sad word till the next he ha.d brought there the leaders of factions but a.a time went on this fl.i.ttering supposi- been a. trying time which she felt herself forenoon. Then,-aa she sat in the darken. -who had been fighting eaoh other with the tion began to fail him, when Nuttie showed able to cope with better alone, thau even ed teut-room, crying over her letters,- grea.test intensity and bitterness for years. I· h · h" h b. 18 with her dear Nuttie, knowing her to be whil;;, the stunned and bewildered Nuttie I The extreme Tory a.nd the most "igorous her weariness of t e su Jects w uc ' lil happy and safe with Aunt Urnel. Now. if wao,.under her Aunt Jane's direction, ti.t- I Home·Ruler, the representatives cf the exc~~~iven~as, ~h .d :?med 0 ~era~:~~ ~ucs a.11 went well, they would have a happy tendmg :to the needful arranl!ement3, Ca.non highest aristocracy and the most extreme 0 OEI:I~ cZ~h Tic B~th of'~~~~ had outgr;wn th: meeting, and begin on a new score. "If the Egremont wu-ndered in upon her in the R adical, high church dignitaries aud e\o. l h tt d l"ttl ·.- t th t will ·of God should be otherwise," added overfl'lw of confidence of a man with a. full · qnent dissenters, the legal profe~sion and . 1 11ve aim ess c a. ames er an of 1 .e J0B a a Al" ·. t o t a lk i "t 11 · ) · · had y, succeeded the childhood and tee, "I am sure I nee d not ..,ntreat my h ea.rt , wa.nomg a out , co~mum· even the cit y were tak" .mg mto t h" 1.s gath er ihe gro~th had bee~ in difforent directions Nuttie to do a.i:d be all that she ca.n to her catmg the more, because she .was a. <hscreet ing. The Prince, in t~e seating of ~is My child, you do not know how W?man, and .asked no questions. ~c had ! guests, placed the opposmg elements side 80 that Ursula felt herself untrne to her old father. romance when she became weary of his sorely he needs such .love .ond tendance and tried to .see !us. brother, but Grcgono had by side. Mr. G!a.ds~one, who waM a.n honf ·t t · d' · t db l11 ·8 t prayer as yoll can give him. I know you not admitted him. He wasawa.re now of the I ored guest ut this dJnner, was seated bef vouri eth ·opicds, ssa.pp\om ~ yf t t wlabn ha.ve thol·ght I have set you a~ide-if not whole state of things. Dr. Hammond had told tween two of the most furious Tories in a o aympa y an com pre 1ension, re ec y f or h" · h en fi rst b eginnmg · · t o be a l a~med f or I 'G · · one of t 1 his petty disapprovals and annoyed by hia ; better thmgs, is sak e. 1n d eed 1 l1~m, w. ,-reat B ntam, 1em, a h" 1gh c h urch evident distaste for Mark, 00 whom she I could _not help ~t." Then there was lus patient,. tha.t the cause for anx1et;y: wa&1dignitary, y.'ho ~ad off;en s!l.id that he would t d t somethmg tear-stn.med and blotted out, the exhaust10n caused by the long stram on ' be reconciled 1f a thunder.bolt from God 0f h 0 Id uAtel a: '{ ;;ne e~ pr?per r 11 ·d fi ·cl ann. it endeii with" He is beginning to miss her spirits aud strength consequent on her 1 struck Gladstone ilown. 'l'he gentleman who , r ast ' ta .Irfm.~ny odssmgds, ·t er xtl.d yo11r step u.nd voice abou t the house. I be- efforts to wean her huaba.nd fro.m his fatal 1 gaye me the picture of this dinner, said upon a es . s.1e en ure 1 s1.e wou r h . b d ·t Th db th " r 1 h ,,, d be the veritable maiden of his ima.gio.ation, sh eveb .ehw1ll r~n.11y e g:~ to seedylon, wkb~n pr~_Pens~. y. h dret1 ia al~ed t~ er c3mp 1- 1 that th!'. a.rra~eement.of t ese guest s u.u.or · 1~y~ come, an a.nd they would stand by one another, come t e rig c. sp~rng · can 1 sa ~a. ions! as . e oc or c .e em, an more : ed a ~trikmg illustra_tion of o~e of the moat what would . if not he would believe th!l.t my own Nuttie agam. ' ll~media.te causes of danger, but both he and 1 promment elements m the Prmce's charact~ th t h db . f ot 1 e love Nuttie W<L~ very much delighted, but a his colleague, summoned from Lcmdon, be- 1 er. He hates factions and is always seeking tb:f~ad ~~J~ :fi~hs~:~r· the a~:a;,~~ns of little hurt that her aunt and Mary should ~ieved that she would have surmounted them to har monize. Jn giving this dinner h e fashionable life A groat temperan~e meet- have been in the secret, and pledged to say if she ha.d had more stren~th to rally. But practically said, "Gentlemen, differ as you 1 iu wee com in ·, on and Gei·ard ea ,er at nobhing to her till her mother should write. her nurses <;lated the decided turn for .the 1 will as to the method of conducting the on~e to fill the ~ooU: an<i to re~e~t ag·oocl· She found, moreover, that Mbs Head worth worse from the day when she had gazed mto : public vff.i.irs of England, but do not let ly roll of recruitH ' watchecl !l.l1Xiou~1~ for was extremely anxio~s. and not alto~ether ~r..Egremont's face , and detected che look '. these difforences <Jarr~ you as far as to for. his momen'·, and ~~me on Nuttie with his reassured by Mra. Wilham. Egremont s le~· Ill h1a eyes t.hat eho h11.d learned to well to get tha.~.you are,Englishmen, and that upon hands full of bills in huge letters and his te~ of ri:nnouncement, winch fi}lcd Nuttie I un~erstand. .. . · the SUbJeCt of Eoglaud hersolf ¥OU should ' with delight. How happy the little mother She would fa.in have lived, n.nd, accordmg , alwnys stand uuited and ha.rmomoua." 0 k t5 0f b d P ?, n at gea. k ,, h · d " W must be io have a. baby in her arms again, to her obed.ient nature, had ~ubmitted to all i x:ce etn l hspella. tlrB,d de cyrie ;11 e a.nd tho1wh she herself did not profess to the silence a.nd stillness enfo,·ced on her; Inspe('Hou Solicited. sh a.11 h a.ve ie a. crow a · ou come ,, . . . h d · H I A 0 anme · 0 onsc1ence. · U I ,,, ' have a strong turn for mfant huma.u1ty, it s ~1 ho, told .Dr·. . amm()nd t 1at she , MURDOCH RHOS. ~~I d~n't know what Miss Mary will do. was the gre.a.test possib.le relief t o be no must seP; h er brother.in-law bEfore ~he "Tell you another dog s tory ? Let me Victoria IJuildings. I don't think she meam it." l?n~cr ~n heiress, exceptmg t hat the renun- was too far g?ne. And tbe doctor, knowmg , see, " and-the invnlid doctor lifted his l ame "Oh, if you insist, if we both insist, she c!at10n m favor of l\lark was no longer prac· all, t ook care it should be brou ght a?out.. leg into a cl!air and scr11.tched his head. "I will. Look at the paper - we are to have tim\ble. · An~ then d.io had spoke~.of her failure m never told yon about old Pedro. He was .some splendid experiences." The reei~ence at Redcastle was not over, the cfI~;t of th~se .~1'.ars.. If I h~d. begun i the special friend of all the children in the Nuttie ma.de a face. " I've hea.rd all b.ut t~e Canoneos hn.d come to nurse her bett~rj ~he . ~aid, it might not ha\c neighborhood, and had a most remarkable 1 a.bout tho.Jae" she said. "That man" sieter-m-1.a w, and ke~t up t he correspond· so Wit him. memory. He wa.s a wa.ter sp;miel with a. pointing to ~ne of_ t~e names, "regula.rty euce. ,~he .son.and heir was ~eported t o be " My dca.r , indeed JOU have no~hing to big head, long ea.n.i and a kind ra'ce; w~B rants about it; he lB llke a madman." a perfect specimen, . and his father was b.lame you! self for. You were grievoualy fa.t, lazy and perfe..:t·l y harmless. The "He does go rather far, bnt it is quite greatly ela:7d and delighted, but the lette~s su~ned agamst by us a.11._ Al~n was no children used him as a foot·stool, sat upon necessary, as you will hear. Oh, Nuttie, s~owed anxiety about the mother, who did s~mt when he d~ew you mto 1t:-MJd you, him, dressed him iu ~ay calico, pinned his if you would only be one of us ! I've brought did not get on ai. she ought, a.nd seemed to you have bee~ bis good angel, dorng all a:nd shaggy ears back with burdock burs, and he a ca.rd ! If you would !" have uo power of rally about her, more too," ea.id the Ca.non, almost brea.kmg seemed to like their frolics immensely. One 1 "Why, what's the use, Gerard I I don't leng~h came 8: I~tter ~Int seemed to burn lt· 1down. summer an ordinunce was passed by the like wine, I never do drink it, except a lit.tie sell 1nto Nuttie s bram"I tried-but if I ha~ been a better wo- village trustees, requiring all dof'S to be claret·cup sometimes when I can't get "MY DEAR URSULA-Your mother is man--And to leave him to that ma.n !" muzzled. Pedro was instead, fastened with water." longing to see you. You had better come "Child, child, victotiee sometime;: come a peculiarly made chain, which had once "Then it would cost you nothing." home directly. Your o.untJ saved her before this way I" he cried, scarce knowing how done service in a suction pump. It was not "Y<la, i~ wo11ld, H would m:i.ke me ridi- Tell her if she will come, she shall hwe my it was p ut into his mouth, bt\t gbd to see heavy, but oue would never forget the odd culoue. " deepest grat itu.de. I shall send to meet_the t he light in her eye. shape of its links. A hole was cnt through 11 Yt>u nsed not to heed the sneers of the 5.11 train.-Your affectionate father, "Thanks," ·s he replied. "No, I the side of a workshop, and the chain was w orld. A. P. EGREMONT." ought not to ha.Ye said that. I leave fastened with a strong staple to a joistwhich "Not for anything worth doing- Lut Mrs, \Villiam Egremont wrote at him to God, and my poor NuHie. I was expcsed when the hole was cut. Pedro this is not." more length. Symptoms had set in want you to tell her, if I can't, what she was a very unwilling prisoner for a. week, "It is the greatest cause of the day !" he which filled t he doctors 1md nurses must try to do. If I had but brought them when, one morning, he was found lying on oried, in u.u eager exalted ma.nner, which wi th d<iuble anxiety. Advice had been together more! But I t ried for the best," tho doorstep - collar, chain and staple gone. somewhat inclined her to laugh. " Do sent for from London, aud Mr. Egr e· Then she begged for her last communion, He had gnawed the eta.Pl? out and had pul ~ away with alcohol and y ou would do awa.y mont was in an unc;mtrollable state of dis· saying, "I do pray for that poor Gregorio. ed the collar off over his head. None of his with crime !" treas. She had undertaken to summon Ur- fon't th!l.t ·forgiving him'!" And the at· fasteningacould be found, high or low. Two - HER WHOLE STOCK OF-. ,; Thank you for the compliment, Gerard; snla home, and to beg Miss Head worth to · tempt to exchange forgiveness with the years afterward the chain a.nd collar were I never found that the infiliitesimal drop of undertake the journey. She evidently did Canon for their mutual behaviour at the dug out of a pilo of ashes in the far back alcohol that I suppose there is in a tumbler not know that her brother-in-lv..w had writ- time of her marriage overcame them both eo and of the lot. The diggers knew that of cl:uet.cup disposed me to commit ten himself, and beforo they could eta.rt a much that they had to leave it not ha.If ut- Pedro h ad buried t hem. They whi.scled, crimes." telegram terrified them but proved to oon- tered. Indeed, in speaking of t he scene, n.nd he soon came bounding to the epot, ex" Why won·t you underst1md me, Uren t.ain no fresh tidin·s, o~ly a r enewed sum-, · ' ·wmiamEgremontwasutterlyoverwhelmed. pecting fun of some kind. The digger's la.? C"n't ycm g lYe up that for the sake of mons. "And that's the woman that I treated as pointed to the cha.in. Pedro looked down saving others?" Mies Headworth forgot all her resolutions a mere outcast !" he cried, walking about at it, dropped his tail between his legs, " I wonder whom. it would so.ve." . about Mr. Egremont's hospitalit y - her the little room.. "Oh God, forgive me ! I co.wered, and y;hined piteously for mercy. ".Example u"Y<s ! If yuu put on tlm "-· Alice ~as her only thoughr., and all t he shall never forgive myself." D1~ he get whipped? Net much. ~e got takwg out the barlg(·--·" h?,w many ~hould re!Ded1es ~hat h ad been found ef!ic~ciou~ at Poor Miss Headworth ! In past days a big 5hv,nk:bone. to gnaw: and the children you not lea.a at your home ? Dieppe. The good lady had a ccrtam confi. she had longed for any amount of retribu - l \J'anted to give him a medal. " Just no~JOdy 1. Moth?r an,? I should de~ce in h?r own nursing and ex~erien~e of tion on Alice·s hard-hearted employers, but. -·ha~e a ~a? time of 1t, thats all. Alt_ ce, which buoyed h er u p with hope, it was a very different thing to witness ' The Amazon to be Ex lored on a Bic cle. Ana ~f you e~dur.ed, what would :iot while UrEula seemed abaol utely stunued. She such grief and self reproach. He had in Y. Y?Ur te~~imony effect lll the. household and ha_d never thoughi;of such a. frightful loss or truth much more d eveloped ideas of duty, The latt;st Lo~don Sporting Life contama vll,l~ge? . · . grief, and her mental senses were a.lmos t pa;ra.- both as man and priest, than when he had the _followmg: · Two brothers. Jean and N otlung ! I have nothmg t o. do wit~ t~e ll'.eed,so bhatsh ewentthrough ~he Journey ma passively left a disagreeable subj ect to his ls~tiste L~ Feur (French. Canadians), left men-ter v·11ts, and, as to the v1lla_ge, it 12 kmd of surface trance, o?serv1ng. a.11 aro1md mother-iu-la.w, as lying within a woman 's L1verpool.to ·day for Brazil, for the purpose Yery sobc_r. There~ only on~ -pnb~w houa", her much _11a ueual, lookmg out for the lug· 1province ; and his good heart was suffering of. explo~mg the Am~zon for. eome 3,~00 anu that 1s kept by Uncle Wilham sold but. gage and tor the servant who had come to iicutely for the injustice and injury in which m1lea up its waters. The machine on which !er, and is as orderly as can be." meet them with t he report, "No change." he had shared towards one now invested they propose to make the trip they sent di" Ah ! that's the way, .you all deceive She did_ the honors of the carriage, and oov- with an almost saintly hti.lo. r ect f~om Nc:v York; .it is describe~ as a your~elves. . Moderate armkers are ten ered Miss Headwo1·th with t hefnr rua. They In the gush of feeling he had certainly r e· quadncycle, but can be conver ted mto a times more mischieY ous than regular drunk· wa nt ed it, for they were shiveri;g with vealed more to MU:s H:ea.dworth than his tricycle i.t short notice, 'fh e motive power ards " an xiety. I wife or e\·en h o himself in his dooler mo- is gained by a combination of a crank and "'.!.'hank you, Gara.rd ! Aud outrageous Canon E gremont came out to the front I menta would have th~ught prudent and lever motion, but when the legs get weary a. abstainers are more mischievous than eit!1er haU ~o meet them, an~ put his arms round he ended by binding her to secrecy ; and 'roVl'.ing' a~taclnne~t is at h~nd. They ~re of them, because they make the whole thmg N uttw tenderly, say mg, "My poor, dear saying that he should only tell his n.iece provided with cookmg utensils, two foldmg so utterly foolish and absurd." She was child !" then as he saw he bad frightened what wa.e necessary for her to know. ca.nva.s canoes, photog,.aphic camera, fire. Purify the Blood, correct all Disorders of the really angry now, and so was Gerard. them, "No, no I She is aliYe- conscious N t t· . b t d. d ' d arms and a stock of chemicals large enough "ls that your ultimn.tum ?" he asked, in they say, only so very weak." Then with n ie wd gomg a ?u ' iy-e£-e t~n t to stock a store. J... IVl~ R. STOlllllCll, lllDNEVS A.Nn IU.flWEI"S. a voice that he stl'Ove t-0 render calm. something of his usual urbane grace, he uum~ed, gla t 0 \hny Ph~smg occupa/d~s 1a "The scheme is to n avigate the Amazon 0 "Cercainly ; I 'm not going to take the held out his hand, " Miss H eadworth, it is 't".' u tphrevehn · t fe ac m.g. senfse 0 · · V o. a· river a.nd its t ributaries by the aid of the They invigorate and restore to health Debilitated Constitutions, and . you to come. u h ave a great ion er .ear rom .o er· canv!l.s CMoes and the qua.ancyc · · l e. The _ P 1ecl ge. ,, very goo,:l m i ou h 1a. h r gammg orce t o anrl 11ore invaluable ln all Complaints Incident a l to Females of all .Agea. For Having quarrelled In childhood, m ade deal to forgive." e ~ e\, codur m~ emp10 Id canoes and the 'cycle will be need in 11.bout Children and the aged they are priceleae. 1 8 quarrelling now easier, and Gerard answered He took them into the t ent-room where ~nnmg pi yhan hcon jnc~, : hs e ~oud . t he aame ma.Dner as t he King's water 'cycle. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 28, 1888 1'11""'"-'" \t'tt . \t'dt""' \t'U ~t\t't.t.t!lU\ttt· pure motives, a.nd rejoicing that he ha.d .him I Love him! And your little brother, Gregorio, and this would render Ursula's task fa.r lees impossible. (!;' ft -"'~ .RU found this indirect mode of gauging Nuttie's my Nuttie I Promise!" NUTTIE'S FATHERI Infants I Children. ,. j I 1 I I I 0 Murdoch Brothers' N""E-W..A.. E:..A..LL., where are to be seen ° : i Q. 21 Dinner Sets, lovely p~tterns, 30 China Tea Sets, pretty, 15 Printed Tea Sets, elegant designs; 50 Superior Printed Bed Room Sets, very 20 White Bed Room Sets. SEVERAL GASES SUPERIOR GLASSWARE JUST ARRIVED. E I Large variety Hanging and Table Lamps, Fancy Ware, Bohemian and China Cups and Saucers, &c. I I I I beeul Special to Ladies ! MRS. MORRISON -:\t Has removed to the frame building opposite Buckler's Jewelry Stor~,_ and FOR 30 DAYS offers AT COST I Millinery, Fancy Goods, Berlin -Wools, etc. terns always on hand. A large variety of Stamping Pat- I ,P . . Orders for Stamping will receive prompt attention. HJ3jALTH FOR ALLI I TI-I.E PILLS bitterly: " V 11 I h ·n l ery :W~, ' ope you WI mve no cause to .~~pl'.nb it. . Tis no~ the way to make me r epent I~, to see how it see~s ~o affe?t some peop~e s common sense. It!~ JU~t as 1f a.11 your b!ams ~ad run to ~ater I said Nuttie, la.ugbi.ng a. little; but Gerard was desperately serioue, and colored vehemently. "Very well, Mias Egremont, I underl!tand, I ha.ve had my answer," he au.id, gathering up his papers and marching out of!the room, Sh t d 8 t 1 ·11 ' Ou.en "' d ed ! and no t m · th~ ~ s ~o lea.st mclmed to run after hlm and.take back her" ords. He, poor fellow, stumbled d?wn the steps, and held by the garden collect his senses and compose himseHrail to "Who.ti's bhe matter Gerard· are yo~ ill or g iddy ?" asked Miss Nugent,' coming up in the winter twilight. · "No, oh no ! Only the dream of my lite is over " he answered sea.roe knowing w)!a.t he said ' · "Yo~ haven't- - -" cried Ma.ry aghast. " Oh no" he said understanding the blank, "o-X::ly she wonrt take the pledge!" "I don't see how she could or ou~ht," r esponded Mary. "Is tha.t all?" "I made it the test," muttered poor Ger· ard. "It is right! I t is all over now. I shall know l\ow to go on my wa.y. It is best so- I know it is- only I did not know whe· ther anything was due to her . It was al most a. sob. "Dear old Gerard," said Mary, "I s ee youmeaut to do right. It is well your mind s hould b f.l settled. I think you'll find comfor t in your good work." He wr ung her hand, and she went in half amused, for ahe was fully aware of t he one· sidedness of the .mania for t emperance und er which he acted, yet h onouring his high, tea was standing interrupting~ hi;nself in n o dcshcape.twd en b er hu~c e .otoh "Ierw"natnto' I Trips inland will. be made by the a.d, . ma. e er s1 own Y im, w1 ~ , t h "ll tak h t hs 0 f the account he was giving to bid Nuttie let speak to y ou, my dear ;" and told her brief- · ven ure~s, W. 0 WI · e P 0 ograp Is i nfollible remedy fo:r. Bad Legs, Bad Brca,sts, Old Wounds 01.- ·' her aunt have some. It was plain from ly and t enderly what her mother's effort had I evPrythmg of mterest which they run aero&. and Ulcer11. It is famous for Gout imd Rheumatism. For disorders of tl>a his ma.nuer that he had given up hope, u.nd been, and of t he message and task she had When they rea~h the. U~per ~mazo_n (o_r - Chest it hi:.s no eqnal.in another minute in hurried bis brother, bequeat hed. The poor girl'B heart fainted Mara.non), wh~ch, wi~h its tributaries, .is looking terribly haggard and with blood- within her. well peopled wit!1 hostile savages, the~ will 1'"'01· Sore '.l.'hi·oats, .lla.·onchitis, Uoughs, Clo Ids, shot eyes, givin g his hand to each, with, "Oh ! but, Unnle William, how ca.u I? 1 depend upon then· knowledge ?f. chemistry, " That's right, Miss Head wor th, thank How can I ever? Mother could do things I and W?rk upon the superst1t1ons of the Glll.lldular Swellings, and all Skin Diseases it has no rival; and you Come let me know what you think , ld H d "d f h 1 H e does , braves, m order t o carry themsel \Tes through. contracted and stiff joints it acts like a charm . of h~r " ' . . ne~e~ cof 1 j As to the deadly wa.rula poison, with which 1 ~ i care or e~ · "Does she know the are come?" said no" care or me· h" N tt' ,, the savages tip their arrows and spears, . the Canon "No ? The~ Alwyn let them "OYlo~,, mhust t~dach ·t1hm tho dolso, ~ u die. Batiste says he has no more fear from it than Manufaetured only at THOMAS HOLLOWA.Y's Establishment, 1 5 · · · ' ' e sai ' wi · a ope esa soun · f 'b ' Th 1 · t d t t k t XFORD STREE'1', (late 683, OXFORD STREET) LONDO...,.~ ha,ve some tea, and take off their things. The <.Ja.uon did think it very nopeless in rom eer. e~ a ao i;i _en a e no es '18, NEW 0 I can tell you the nurses will never let them h. h t b t h . d . d t on the people, he.bits of h vm g, climate, and ' .l.'I · in just off a j~urney. " b~~nd~r :, I ~old ;0~;rJ:::1:ioth:~ t~~t ;e!. anything in fa.ct that comes a.long." I A.nd are sol d at la. lid., 211. 9d., 411. 6d., 1111., 22s., l)nd 33s. eaoh Box 01 . Pot auj 1 M" may be had from all Medicine Vendors throughout th.a World · ., 1 ss H ea d worth second e d t h· is, and M r . h aps you wouId succeed w h ere s h e ti10ught . .. . Egremont submitted, allowing that she had she had failed, though indeed she had done A Reasonable Request: WParehaier» lundd look at t h e Label on the Pots and Boxes, I t tlte r d dre' J not asked for ~uttie since the m?ming, m~oh. It ma.de her happy. So, dear I . " Pe.pa," said a beautiful girl, bright ly, II n ":~.:!,!!:;:!;.,J;":ndrm, tJtey su·e sinirln·a. and then h~d ~miled and. sque~zed his hand child, you are bound to do your best. " do you know that this is my eighteenth _,,,,.,._, - . ... ···-----· ..·---· .... _.._. --------···· = ""' when he said !!he was commg ~th_ her aunt ; "Yee;" then, . aft~r a p::i.use- - " J?ut birthday?" . 6,QQ0,0 00 f!f!PLE USE but he wal_ked up a.n~ down Ill direful rest - mother could coax him and manage him. "'Vhy, bless me, so it is !" responded lessness, his whole mmd apparently bent on Mother wa.s with him day and mght ; she the , old man. "It doesn 't seem poaeible extracting fron~ Miss HeadVl'.orth that could always get at hi~. What can I do ?" that my little girl has grown to be a young she had been as ill or worse at Dieppe. "I think you will find that be depends lady." Has received her new stock ot ~ O.M.FERRY&C[). :tr9 odmitted to be the Alas I when Mrs. William Egremont came upon you more," sa.id the Canon, "and it "Well, she h as, pa.pa, and I want you to L a ri;;es;t Seedsmen down to fetch N uttie; t here was no question ma.y be ¥11ade easier to you, if ycu only set. do me a very g reat favor, " and the beauti111 t l10 world. J), M. l' E RRY;& co·s tha.t ma.tters were much worse. The sweet your will to it." ,, _ _ ful rgirl hid her blushing face upon the old Utustmtcd, De11crlp- a.nd invites the I,adies of Bow face was perfectly white and wasted, and " If I ought, I 'll . try, said poor Nu the, man's Rhoulder. . Uvc uml l"l'lccd t~e heavy lids of the dark eyes scarcely more humbly perha;ps t han sh ~ h~d ever "\Vhat is it, d ear?" h e asked fondly. m.anville and vicinity to can SE~D lifted themsdvea, but the lips moyed into !t spoken before, but in u~ter deJ.ect1on, and "Please sell Nero." AN~UAL smile, and the hand closed 011 that of t he her uncle answer ed her l ike a child. and see h er P attern Jl'"or 16613 girl, who stood by her as one frozen into " There, that's a good girl. Nobody can Judging From the Outside. m .. iled willba numbness. Thexe wa3 the same recog nition do more." l"tl1EE T O A LI.. Tramp- " · wm the gent leman give a when her aunt was brought to her side, t he For t he Canon ho.done hope. H e had not applican ts, nnd and assort ment of to lnt-\t sc:rnon's man?" t rifle to a poor poor olq lady commandinu herrnlf wit h thought it becoming to speak t o her of the ouHtomc1-u witbGentleman" H ow do I k now you are difficulty, as t he lov ing gl ance quivered ! counter influence, b ut he could not help out 01·dcring i t . ~lnvn tuob!e toull. over the face. · thinking it possible t ha t if he and his aou, a poor man ?" · l~VCl'Y pert~ou usmr: " H ow do I k now you are a gentlem3n ? Time p a.ssed on, a.ncl she ~ till h eld Nuttie's b acked by doct or and lawyer, m ade a l ong C;;wd en .i'ie l d·rF lower hand. Once, when a little r evived by some pull, a strong pull, and a pull alt oget h!lr, lt's only by t he outside t hat eith er of us "E E os~1ltu1d~~nd~!~~ atimnla.nt at her lips, she made an effort t hey might induce his brother to p art with can judge th e other. " D. M . ~Erun· & <1:10 ·· Windso r.Ont. and said, "Stay with him! Take ca.re of I 1i ° ?n;:-eh' l i an THE OINTMENrl' · s °. ·s- - rn,r f\Yw' C:..EED,S V · I ii S 1 11 c T AVISH GOODS., B ONN E TS, HATS Children Cry for Pitcher~s- ~a~Jo_rja~