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-;:h door east 32 95-1.; .RMERS. -r_._._ lNBBWNMENTs rernznent Reports for hat the -llTNA LIFE has olicy hnl’icl‘s IN CANADA n settlement of MAT L}. IS than that paid by British Companies com ' eudcnue is required of )Hpulzu'iry of the :ETNA ‘T Policies. ridends paid Every m n. momunc ‘ General A IORS co â€"MANL'FACTUEIERS OFâ€" iArtificial Limbs , aul Forrest, who sat looking at her‘ hcughtfully, was also fair, tall, t, with features thin almost to Dness. He looked what he was, a. emtely clever, gentlemanly man, a slight tendencyf‘to think too well imself. Do you remember, Hester,” he said ptly breaking the silence, “ that Once told meâ€"befOre there was .hing of that kind going on”â€"and ade a gesture with his hand towards figures of a. young man and a. girl Wei-e strolling to and fro on the ~â€"“[li‘-tt you did not believe in love; in your opinion the feeling of which 5 and novelists write has no exist a we in their imagination. Have changed your mind 2” he lismned with a surprised air. Ccrtuinly not.” Then. how do you account for that?” Gamerms, â€"Wearefi“ pleased with the result. 4 use of the instrument yqur firm for our litt10:_ cured her. ;, Peas, Barley; ‘, Red and A131] over and Pota1 by Canadian Standard) 7,60 By. T11 - . .. - 5,796, ed on t r OTTAWA, - 3,0 5“” “F“ {are m N FORCE - ”7, firms 5} IES, l899 ' 2|,206, 5: book. I'ernznent Reports for y hat the .‘ETNA LIFE baa] olicy hol'iers IN CANADA3 :1 settlement of MATUF Erin‘s than that paid by 1;: British Companies comb! evidencn is required of‘ CABLE FARM W files of Haliburton being )1: N0. 23 in the 5th co containing 100 Acres, cleared and in a good and in a. good locality. place all necessary buil ' 3 0f repair. r further information to Wm. BEAMISH, 'c. 30 1890-1â€"tf. SH paid at the Sto: :pt. 18th, 1890â€"3! prepared to buy “the R. Storehouse, Linda: 11811 81 Cowl-:5; Lphlet of information and sbm .or the laws, showing How to an Parents, Caveats. 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Tue hands she had loosely [Ed on the open volume ot Carlyle she had been reading, were almost azure in themselves, their ivory and :tims shown up by the white leaves wklm 31ml ma :I‘UU ever V 1110 1' [It h g“ CHAPTER 1. he. were old fricnds. It was easy :55 tint, I'x-zo u the way in which ke 2: silence, not in embarrassment in a. pleasing consciousness that man no need for making conver- :empt the 51’s blood- norm“ :r in his nut the a11d that brings me to what I bed' to say to you Dto-night. I intend Iharry I 1 eed a. wife, both as a Pamon and Friend, and to keep my again he Jmtitude mm! b u e denied. LES er assented. but 1‘6 rd wiah truth is noble when we my wretched crust, uxsc bring fume and profit, and ")UL'HUS to be just ; U3: . [1:15 brave mzm chooses, whlle ward stands asude, .1; his ubjcc: spirit till his Lord fugozs burn, b of yesterday in n; hilltlIXg “10 we return .ythc scattered ashes into his- quldcn urn. m m LOVE. the In.) ~v.--_ ancient goods uncouth ; upward still and onward, who keep abreast of Truth ; us gleam our camp-fires; we us must Pilgrims be, r Mayflower, and steer boldy :h the desperate Winter sea, n the future’s portal with the Hood-rusted key. v 1113“ HULL lxaLLv-o v'-__-_ in LICCide’ _ .f truth thh falsehood, for evil side ; cu'dfit‘, Gods new Messiah, ,ach the bluum 0r hhght, US upon we left hand, and , upuu the_ right, 01' u__:-.a. 4.1M”. mar 3 «fut-:3 by forever, md [has light. she great avenger, history’s, x-ccm-d Wle in the darkness ’twixt 15 and the “Ford ; on the scatiold. wrong for- xe thrnneâ€" md sways the future, and c dim unknown witinn the shadow, keeping m: [113 own. ‘ {\v - in our haste to shy, .‘03 of the old parties steal the SW C \vccps onward ; where to- ,z'tyr stands, crunches Judas w1th the teach make virtue of the faith James indicated the pair on the and nation comes new duties; Time -fJ,‘lOtS round the Russell Lowell. CRISIS. house and receive myb cruests. In re- ?tum, I can oncr her a comfortable and n comes the | happy home for life.” twixt that “ Yes ’3” said Hester, angry With her- self as she felt that her pulses were quickeniug their beat, while the 30mg man before her was as cool as if he Were speaking on the simplest business matter. His next words disturbed her even further. "‘ \V ill you be that wife, Hester? We suit each other, we enjoy each other's society and our views 011 most subjects are a. 'ike. \Vhat do you say. ’3 Would you 1i ke time for consideration, or wiil youb uixe me your ans“ er now?” “ Le: 1111: think for five minutes only, 3114 tin n 1 will answer you,” she said, “1111‘ 1:»;51121ding her face from his gaze, a 116 tux ning hcr eyes towards the se ting sun. It was at this moment that the girl she had called Chrissie said to her companion, with a. laugh : “ Look at Hester and Paul, up there on the steps. Don’t they look like lovers having a quarrel 2” There was something in this idea so hither-(Eur; that both laughed heartily. “ Poor old Forrest 2” said the young man, lightly. “ He’s a cut-and-dried, prosaic, umtter-of-tact old chap ; yet I like him. He’s only thirty but. he’s :18 um‘omantic as a. cabbage.” The five minutes over, Hester mised her head. “ Very well,” she said, calmlv. “ It isabmgain. "Of t,which I have the best ” he answered, pressing before he released her soft; fingers. Soon aft; he took his leave. Hester’s eyes followed him down the (hiye‘ and then his image was drowned by a rush of tears. Below, on the lav well was being said. “ There goes Forrest. That means I must be off, if I mean to catch the same txain. Good- bye, my swe t. ” Th'en Ted sighed, and looked in Chrissie’s eyes in such a. way that she averted her face. “ Don’t be a goose, Ted,” she said. “ How severe you are tc-night, my darling l Good bye. Do you think Heste:’s looking? Just one! You look so lovely toâ€"night, with that touch of real from the sun in your hair, that I don’t know how to tear myself away.” ‘ They were very young and very ‘ happy, consequently they said many lthings that if Hester could have heard them would have made her shudder with disgust and curl her lip in contempt. If she had lifted her head then she would have seen the girlish figure of her sister held in a. close embrace. Ted kissed the fair cheeks until they turned of a. rosy red, then darted off, while Chrissie ran towards the house. Her light feet flew up the steps, then came to a full stop. “ \Vhy, Hester, what’s wrong ?” she cried, approaching the elder girl, but restraining her natural impulse to place a caressing hand on liershoulder. Hester would not like it. â€" -- up ‘7 “Uu ------- “ I should be very fond of her if she would let me,” she had once told Ted. rather pathetically; “ but. she always holds me at a distance. I only remem- ber her kissing me once, and that was when I was quite a child." --1.~.1.. apprehension. L~yrbvllvllunvnn. “Neither bad nor good. Paul has aSked me to be his wife, and I have promised.” “ Oh, Hester I I never guessed, never dreamed, that you loved each other l” Hester rose suddenly. “ Don’t be romantic, child ! We like each other, of course. Don’t Chrissie I” VIII. IU\)IV . The last exclamation was caused by her sister seizing her hand, as she was turning away, with a. look almost of horror on her fair face. n-v- lv§ “ Hester, dear Hester, you must not marry him. You don’t love himâ€"you have never loved anyone yet, and some day you will meet the right one ! Then what will you do? Oh ! don’t, don’t throw yourself away on such a cold, hard ” “ Hush !” Hester drew herself up, and her blue eyes flashed. “ Paul is a. man to be trusted, and never in all the years we have known him have we heard anything to his discredit. There, dry those eyes, foolish sentimental child. You have your way of being happy and I have mine.” Lu-v~v Chrissie followed her sorrowfully into the house, but said no more. She had never, so far as she knew, influenced Hester to the smallest extent in her whole life. The two girls lived With their grand- mother and aunt, who allowed them perfect liberty, and never thought of interiering in their affairs. Theirs was an odd household, of Theirs was an odd housenoxa, or which no member sought the confidence, consulted, or took the advice of any other. the lawn, a. different fare- THE WA 1C H MAN L On this evening thn grandmother had ,3;111 11) it’led and her (lzLLv'ilLt‘I' had a. 1;: 155 1:- 1' 111111115111 1h; school-100111 '11. e:- 1.113 110 one to notice the agitut' on of the girls 01‘ to Comment when Hester w enLupsta1ils,:1ud Cm 1st1ne sat down, Std and thoughtful, 111 [he dmwiug-Hmm “ How cold and 0111111 8hr: is. " mused Chr'ssie, but she dld not underscaud her Sister. Haste-1' was far from calm as she sank on her bed, and leaned her 1101 brow 011 the cold mm of the toot. “ How unconcerned he was l” she said, aloud. “ He did not even care whether I said ‘yes’ or "no. I am a piece of fu11111ure that pleases him, and he has made a. bid.” A burning tear or two came to her eyelids, and then retreated. “Why div; I yield so easily 2” she asked herself. “ Because 1 know he would never have asked me again, I suppose. And what then? Anyone who could read my thoughts would think I wanted to be his wife. Well, he will be easily contented. I have only to 103k well, to dress well, and receive his guests in a way that will do him credit. And I must never oe ill, or tired, or dull, or he will repent; that he married me. If I were ill, what would he do? Send for n. doctor, I suppose, land 20 away until I was well again.” A bitter smile crossed her face, znd then came another thought: “And if lze were ill, what then? \Vhy, I should nurse him, wait on him, smooth his plliOW, read to him, poor fellow, until he could not do without me. I almost hope that when we or? married he will be ill.” She went to the glass to straighten her hair, which she usually wore brush- ed perfectly smooth. It was loose now, and the rough, light locks about her forehead almost transformed her. .‘he reflpction was of a. really beautxful W om '11]. “ He s/zallnot be so indi will make himâ€"1.....-” She broke. off, and, with a sound be- tween a laugh and a. sub, covered her flushed face. with her hands. “ Idiot. l” she muttered. “After all, there is such a. thing as love.” It was on an August evening in the following year that Paul Forrest; wear ing a rather depressed and gloomy air, sat on the window- -seat in a prettilv- furnished roam reading a 19 ott er, and looking from it to his young wife who was occupied with some needlework. “Chrissie writes in very good spirits,” he said, as though that fact were rather an injury than otherwise. “Yes, I envy her,” Hester answered, caldly. “Those two are perfectly suited to each other." There was a long silence, then Paul folded the letter, and with a hand that was not; quite steady, restored it to its envelope and gave it to his wife. “And so she is afraid you are not happy 2” he said, slowly. “ Is that why you were so unwilling to let me read what she said? Hester, I have seen it for some time.” “Seen what 2” “That you are unhappy. I am afraid, â€"he paused, then addedâ€"“I am afraid Inhat we made a. grand mistake l” “ I have long been of that opinion l” Paul glanced at her quickly, and compressed his lips. 1 an 1 i 1 “rthair are “:9 to do?” he asked. “We can’t go on like this. 1 It 15 nearly a. year now since we took that step that I shall never cease to regret. Let us understand each other now, once for all. Would you be happier if we were to part ?” _.. p..- . _ ‘ . ‘ .1 , “To part P” She started violently, and he:- needle ceased to fly in and out. “ Would you ?” she inquired, almost inaudibly. “ Leave me out of the question. I see this is a new idea to you ; take .5 little time to consider, and tell me tomorrow what you think. At any rate, we will do nothing hastily; we have learnt that lesson, both of us.” His brow grew darker and more gloomy as there rose before him the dark, handsome face of a man who had of late been a frequent visitor at his house. Yes, undoubtedly Hester had learnt to love! while lze He rose suddenly, and walked to the door. “I am going out,” he said, quickly. “If I am late, don’t sit up.” Left to herself, Hester laid her work aside. She was very pale, and her lips quivered. “And this is the end," she said to herself. “After all my struggles, after all I have done, he is longing to get rid of me. I have striven so hard, tried every means, every art I know, I have made myself as fair as I could to please him ; have been gentle. loving, as I lllul , lluavu ~â€"-_,, never was~to anyone hefore. Then I have been distant and cold; and lastly, I have tried to rouse him to jealousy And now he asks me if we had not better part! Oh, will nothing moae him? Will 1 e always turn from me P” She looked at her watch. It was ten o’;clock so she rang and told the ser- vants to go to bed. And, in spite of CHAPTER II. Because I know he 11V DSAY fferent. I z nd same point. Chrissie and Ted\ at whose foolish romance she had laughed in her ignorance, Were perfectly, blissfully happy, while she and Paul, who had {naught themselves Wiser in their g9ner- ution, were obliged to own at last that they had made a. great mistake. Paul’s words, she. determined to await m; rvturn. She had nothmg t0 divert her thoughts' which l'cvolvv-d round the Hester was not given to weeping, 33Ut in those ‘oneiy hours She: cried long and miserably. Strive as she might to win his love, Paul did but grow more weary of herâ€"that was the burden of her gr ef. The clock striking twelve rouqed her. Would she be fair in Paul's sight with her eyelids soneu with sheddibg tears? She ran upstairs and bathed them, then rearranged her hair, concealing, as far as possible, the traces of her agitation- Her husband had not returnEd when she “cut dam; age: in. She took up a book and tried to interest herself in its contents. For a time she contrived‘to fix her astention on the page, out at last she laid it aside and began to walk to and £10. “How late he is! Where has be gone?” she asked herself. “He tells me no more of his doingsâ€"perhaps cven lessâ€"â€"-than he did when we were only friends. But I will be pat‘ent, and surely some day I Shall be rewarded. One o’clock, and he had not. cume. She was beginning to feel sericusly uneasy- borne accident must have lwfallen him, or he would surely not stay out so late. And her fancy drew her a picture of her husband, bleeding and halt dead, being carried to a hos- pital. ~.- A u L And then another. He was fighting more and more weakly with the stffocat- ing water, and there was no one at hand to C,ziid. And his body would be washed axxay down the m er, unseen, and she would wait and wait for weeks, months, y<ars, alw 1ys trying to hope he would come back until her mind would give “av under the strain.-‘ Two o’clock. Certainly some des- perate thieves had n0ticed that he carried a watch, had followed and sur- prised him, and on his resisting, had thrown him to the ground, subjecting him to Savage kick: and the most brutal ill-usage. II~-.v~. ~ _ She went to the window, opened it, looked out, and listened There was the steady tread of the policeman on his beat, but no other sound. Every house looked blank and dark and dead. When three struck, she was standing at her front door, listening with strained Senses, while before her loomed like some dread spectre, the Vision of a future without Paul. Oh! for some kind soul to speak to, someone who would suggest cheering possibilities to account for his absence ! V7 , She went in again, so unnerved with dread, that her shadow, cast; by the lamp high on the Wall, made her start and tremble. At last ! A step coming dOWn the deserted street which was not the police- men’s regular trampâ€"and yet it did not sound like Paul’s brisk tread. Would it pass the house? She pressed her hands to her breast as it drew nearer. N 0! There Was the. click of the gate latch. It was be, for be shut the gate after him. Then came the sound of the key in the door. Hester stood by the table steadying her- self with one hand. her face like white marble, whert Paul came in. “ Hester 1” he cried out, and then sprang forward for he saw that she sway- ed. and could scarcely stand. She tried to speak. but vainly. and her head fell forward on his shoulder. When she came round, she was lying on the sofa, with her husband bathing her face with cold water. She sat up, and looked at him anxiously. “Oii! Paul, ” she sziid with a sob, “I was beuinning to think something, terrible had happened to you. What kept you so late 2” “ K9; )1; me! I have been walking; that is all. IWhy did you sit up 2’ Hester’s eyes were still intent on his features. “Somethina is the matter. Are on well, Paul 'f” a y _ war A-q‘ He shook his he 1d He was still on one knee beside he1, and she laid her hm1d,that trembled on his shoulder. “I am your wife, dear,” she said with a stranue timidity. “If you have any tiouble, I one ght to know.” - q “ Never mind me,” he return “Were you really so anxmus. Hester? am glad.” “Tell me,” she entreated, more earnest- 1", without heading his interruption, “what does it mean, Paul 2 Vl hy did you go and walk about; all these hours, until you_ me quite worn out?’ .i 1 Al, ___.'I J “I was worried, ” he said abrutly, and tried to rise. but his wife held him by his arm . “I must know,” she persisted, an excit- ed flush tingmg her cheek. “Are you un- happy ?:’ 1 . . . h 'n ' ,1 117‘- __"I'rll A 1i<rl1t gleamed into Paul s mind. Was it possible that he had been again mis- taken? He looked ezwerly into his wif’s face which was full of loving anxiety. WlI E laws '1‘ quu was Lull u IA|JVAIAS am“. V J - “Have we been at cross- pfirposes all this time? Hester I have been driven half-mad to- night by an idea that I am ashamed to confess. I love you, my dar- ling; and you-â€"â€"” . u TY,AL-_ ""h’ . . “You never let me guess it,” Hester said, as his arm stole round her. “or I should have owned long ago that I loved you before we were married.” he returned. of “e'rlMcCOLLs SQUIB‘LT T%%°ES ”nNékY, PLEASE! Farmers, Threshers and Mill Men generally should try the celebrate LARDINE MACHINE OIL. It does not Gum or Clog Machines, and wears equal to CastOr Oil. Guaranteed to be better and cheaper than Tallow. Try above Oils - - and you will use no others. - . - M0001]. Bros. 85 00.; THE ROYAL CANADIAN H‘iSURANCE CO’Y. “I Tho latest Blue Book shows that after providing for all liabilities the surplus of the ROYAL CANADIAN for the protection of its policy holders at the close of last year was $509,074, besides stock to the amount of another $100,000 subscribed but not called up. 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