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~ home away, “'ILc r-ibbit gray. our . if; [Abby-cat, while sitting by th kf‘t‘l;t‘ll door, 1; we returned once more; m“. l mince, and quickly caught i “-31: :i happy mew, kz: what to do. .57: 'liml‘lllttt, ell iiiotlierly old cat. .11 llt‘l' fears, I “is once small ears; sigh: to her: arcs“ ”ml round her eyes were swelling, gal and straight her fur. upon; weak kitty, what a pitty you’re deformed,” thought she; I‘Surrl)‘ this has somehow happened since you went from me; But ~you‘re welcome home, my kitten; mother’s love is strong-â€" Though I will confess. I wish your ears were not so long!” So the tiny little rabbit grew contented quite. And. my children, I can tell you ’twas a pretty sight When nice old Tabby and her rabbit-kitty gray, Would frolic in the sunshine and so merrily would play, And when by and by it happened that some wee, new kittens came, Dear old mother-cat. she loved her rabbit- kit‘ten just the same. But she's never yet discovered, spite of all her doubts and fears, How it happened that one kitty had such extra lengthy ears. iiii BOTTOM DllllPPED our. powerful stea- by hlectricitv N. ng’t. :lfitq Pour Hora. ‘, 7 - (BY P. n. niusnsn.) 5TH}. - It was a clear cold morning. There ’ was ~<plendid sleighing, and cutters and indsay. sleighs of various descriptions sped up and down the main avenue of a certain lively mining camp in the Rocky Moun- t ins. while crowds of men passed along the wcoden sidewalks, walking fast, as a rule to keep warm. In front of a large jewelry store stood a. boy about fifteen years old, deeply enough absorb- ed in admiring the gold, silv:-r and precious stones spread out behind heavy panes of glass to be indifferent to either cold or crowd. He was try- ing so earnestly to decide whether a large diamond breastpin glistening in a morocco case was preferable to the ;T*â€"\;\1 g heavily chased watch along side of it. i supposing he were to have his choice from all that magnificent collection of valuable articles,that he did not observe a man who came out of the store and loyked at him keenly for several seconds, and he was a little surprised to feel a hand laid on his shoulder and to hear a strong voice say, pleasantly. "Wt-ll, Jimmie, a re you going to buy some Christmas diamonds?” " No, ” answered the boy; “I haven’t any money. But how did you know ULTRY R E “’ in name? ” ’ “i didn’t know it,” replied the man, 'SAY. ‘ baiting. “I just guessed that a. boy 02' your lively appearance would be 3:21 Jimmie, and seems I was right. \» Jimmie, would you like a sleigh- :idrl this fine night?” 'cd. His 5 follOWa .112“;- gurly, in the slang that is common ’ ' 'Il" camps. "onus ~ "1! m- on, then, and you shall have .. T. ,' ? , wt." 8 ' ‘ “‘3 man, advanCing to a team s . g ‘ '1' '; licl'r'CS standing by the curb, ' EW . i 3 '. Limit-(l them, and tOOk his seat ,‘ ‘rli‘i _ ”zilllll’ who and already scrambl- ,"REY , til i . . :lic sleigh to which the horses E :l'!‘llt_;S:Led. . End of ,. 1:3. j._'.- ST- :1" there for 1' . .vl hustle, lay far behind. In c i“ ‘3' ~ . .' ll. 11);}, I)" t"v'0 y1\,\’;)‘y, “715 a: ’ ~ - , , 4;, and beyond that I]. huge .S. w \ I A Vi. "331.0%: rrlistClllna in tl)c moon- » ,. ‘ ‘5" h D . -e STOCK J 4: ,. ,~ , covered the entire country ' MOdem ? Ui..liLI could sec almost ‘lS well '11 furniSh 3‘ '7: , trimc. lie was delighted with EXTS at . .lilil so pleased with his DOSl- . . d. , «mic time passed before he. l see it drop Out of Sight altogether, and quietly the sleigh moved I leave a rugged hole through which no- .”m.“ 3.“. «1.x... 1.1er we”, no bells on the thing could be seen but intense dark- liihéi’gii: 3711‘s ~ This was a sul‘Prise and a mess ‘ ' ' ‘ 43533.3: SCUM: r.f rcwrct He pondered over it "VVelL"r€l’llflI‘k€d Jimmie to himself, 5:35:33: f0? :1 unlit-D arid then said, “I should “I have heard of the bottom ofa shaft 5033333,: 15mg“: noii’d’have bells with such a fine dropping out, but I never expected to :‘i-swpitg \ tui'mri; as this 2' see such a thing" It’s done, though, :msgfi ‘2') ~ “W “gt bells” answered the and now I'd better find out where it f’um {in Jim, time of the buckles was went to.”_ broom, <1) I didn’t put ’em on tonight.” Some bits 0t I'OCk thrownl'ldown the K3. 1"le explanation was quite reasou- hole struck bottom so QUICx y that It . 3103,: but Jimmie wished the broken was plain the caVity below; poulg not tuggg h,” been replaced by a new be very deep, and Jimmie, y.ng own of“ Bulls add so much to the fun of Sleighing. A “TY fine team were the blacks, and f0? nearly an hour they spun along at “Wilt trot. At last they turned ”0m the hard level valley road and began to ascend a. hill. . I believe,” began J immie’s new no- . “finance, “that I’ll go up to a mining clam, 305': beyond here and get some SamFles of rock, We’re so near it now, g..-s , 1;:3:33:"\‘W2W a . PUSSY=S QUEER KITTEN_ \ Once r1 tiny little rabbit strayed from Far ,wm woodland haunts she wandered 1; ' , Tildaâ€""4: she saw her long-lost kitten, where some mining work was being 1) into the hole. 12:6 :33 frightened little wanderer quite \ .15, ,lhby brought her treasure to the iirrtxl rubbed and licked and smooth- panting. But wigtt puzzled pussy, truly, and arous- mte lcnuth to which In 0 , ' a .d grown her curio M05: amazing, most alarming, was that THE WATCl-IMAN, LINDSAY, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 24, CI)can save making ajourney from town . taught him a good deal about under- n purpose. ground work, had taken him on one “Allright‘”? assented Jimmie “I’ll prospecting expedition, so Jimmie hold the “team while you get the. rOck,” didn’t feelLv ery uneasy in his strange A quiet laugh followed this remark POSitiOn His first movewas to secure e but there was no answer. In ten min: the end of the hope by piling rock 0p utes more the hOrses came to a place it and then he1C.“'eredhimselfcarefui- His reet touched carried on, and were stopped There solid ground almost irtlmedlately, and t was a shaft here and various piles of Waiting a few seconds to get accustom- rock, with other things indicating that ed to‘ the darkness, he startifd SI?W1Y 1n somebody was prospecting for mineral a wes‘erly direction. After Ewing, as but not a soul was in sight, not a sound he thought, about thirty feet, he gale broke the stillness, save the horses’ to a wall with no opening at all UV“ Jimmie’s companion jumped and he retraced his steps, passed uncit"r 01.1.” and hunted about amcng the rock the hole, and continued on toward the piles for a few minutes, and then went east. He felt his way with extreme to the shaft, down which he peered care,_from fear of unseen openings, and Jimmie, pretty well scared now, and beginning to wonder where this night‘s adventures would end. “ I haven’t any moneyâ€"the man didn’t pay me.” See- ing that they were in no danger from one small boy, the men lowered their rifles, and one of them asked. “ What are you doing here, anyway?” “ Why,” answered Jimmie,“ a big chap in a fur over-coat took me out sleigh-riding, and when we got here he offered me five dollars to go down that shaft and get him some samples of rock. He low ercd me with a rope, and then threw the rope after me and ran away. I don’t know what his game was, but he left me in a hole that’s certain” “ What was his name ” asked one man. “ Don’t know.” replied Jimmie. “ I never saw him before toâ€"night.” “ Look here, kid,” said the other man, in a threatening tone, “we think you are lying. There’s a scheme a-going to jump our claim here. and it looks as if you were mixed up in it. Now we’ve got you prisoner, and if you don’t tell the truth we’ll make it hot for you. Who is putting up this job i" . Jimmie knew very well that miners and prospectors were generally pretty rough men, who would not hesitate to take the law in their own hands, and he knew that he was in the power of these two fellows ; but conscious of his own innocence in this matter he felt little fear of serious conse- quences to himself if he persisted in tell- ing the truth. “ Hope I may die, pardner. If I haven‘t told you the straight truth,” be said. "Then how did you get out of our shaft after you were left at the bottom of it ? There’s no ladder.” “ Got out through the back door,” ans- wered the boy grinning. He smiled as he said this, and Jim- mie hesitated no longer. Five dollars was wealth to him, and there was no danger tobe feared. The man was a bsg and strong fellow who could hold two small boys on a rope. “All right, pardner.” said Jimmie, soéucily, “I’m with you. Swing me o . D, This speech produced another laugh, and a noose was quickly placed under Jimmie’s arms. The bag was thrown down the shaft, and the boy followed, but more slowly. Indeed, his compan- ion lowered him, hand over hand, With ease. Once at the bottom, Jimmie be- gan selecting bits of rock from different places, as he had been instructed, and while thus engaged, was surprised to see the entire rope come tumbling about his ears, the man above having let go of his end. A trick of some kind instantly suggested itself to J immie’s mind, and he looked upward to remun- strate, but could see no one. He dim- ly heard shouts however, and pistol- shots, and the conviction forced itself upon him that he had unwittingly taken a hand in some unlawful proceeding, and been caught like a rat in a trap. His first impulse was to call for help, but reflecting that that might get him into trouble, he sat down in a dark corner of the shaft and waited. In a few minutes strange voices were heard above, and then all was quiet again. “If ever a fellow was 'in a hole,”’ solilcquized Jimmie, when his patience finally gave out. “it is me, and how I’m going to get out is more than I know. That big fellow brought me here to “Look here, now,” exclaimed one hOOk some Sp€Clm€nS from this claim, man angrily, “we don’t want any funny and somebody ran him off. I'll bet business over this. Look out we don’t he’ll never think of the fix I’m in, or the thrash the nonsense 051‘? 0f,YO11-” , five dollars he promised me” “You’ll thrash nothing,’ retorted Jim- But it was of no use to waste time in m’e’ ”Old’y‘ ‘ If you don t know them 8 . . . a back door. or a bottom dOor, to your regrets, and Jimmie turned his thoughts _ _ _ shaft, it’s about time you were told of it, to making an escape from his prison. tliat’sall.” t C q 2‘3 I] h He Went to Liverpool But Came Back York, per correspondent Lewis, who has been over in Gotham interviewing ex- President Cleveland. It appears that a son of wealthy parents in Manhattan Island came of age recently, and corres- pondingly acquired a generous wad of the long green securities of the realm. While he was a pretty lively youth, he also had a well-defined stratum of good sense running through his composition, The following table shows at a glance how the affairs of the London Mutual have and upon findinghimself possesssed of been going during the last few years 3â€" plenty of means be determined to uses. portion of it in seeing the world. He also adopted a rather novel idea regard- ing the way he would travel. He was person to go over on a certain steamer and to come back on the same boat on any of its return trips within a specified and in due time arrived in Liverpool, 3. friends, be secured private lodgings in preference to going to a hotel, and then, sad to relate, as a preliminary to his Sight-seeing he proceeded to test the for in a short time he became as drunk as the apocryphal owl. He became while in this condition attracted the uncovered the hole and dropped. through, b ' ' 9. h ' ' ' T , kfi t° W °“ the r easur or 5 Sale Of Lands “ Throw up your hands l” “ Not much will we.” was the answer - “you have got to take us if you want us.’; FOR TALES 1N THEE‘ “ If you move or blow out a light we’ll shoot,” . ' d J k. Rx; Y It W‘fsnil’l fiftensely dramatic scene. To N OF LIND S'A- - Tbe ore-stealers stood in a blaze of Ii h . » ' g t , coming from several candles hung about thgglm ngLLINDSAY. on t . . _ indsay, in the Count of V'. ‘ ’ - . . tliosialet walls, they were at the. mercy of seal of the said town bearing date of the thtdgkaoffiigghlhigtlegged bd tthe cpirporate 1 . :vo men, whose rifle barrels reflect- comniandlng me to levy upon the following lots of parcels bf‘l “(Ill Ohme irecpcd .e( the furthest reaching rays, but. daring taxes due thereon and 00535' I hereby give notice that unless tligrkaidoi‘aivgsagh‘ilmcsogg and unscrUPUIOUS, they refused to sur- 3‘9 sooner Raid, T'shall, on Tuesday the Fourteenth day of February‘lem at the render' A terrible silence followed, which cgeliirgd gelfgycggifiilg Xheétfternoonhat the Court; House in the Town of Iaindshy, pro- :liljvlgrf’ken by a shrill voice crying from pay such arrears of takegcaiicdnatllllasmd lands or as much thereof as may be Sufficient W wful charges incurred. “£10k, ’em down, boysâ€"hold ’em down! All the uudermentioned lots are Patented. All L be fellows are coming. They’re right . - h \ 7W. Street, L . ‘ , Cost.0f Adver- .sly_ at length saw a faint streak of light cf: 33,, J immie’s voice. He had hastily 0t Pm ACES. Arm” £23,", 31,151 Tom! “ Jimmie,” he said, turning towards ahead. On coming to this, he found slid down the rope and witnessed the N King 3‘3 l 'i‘ n. the boy, “I want some rock from the himself at the bottom of another shaft, summons to surrender. Fearing that S Klng‘gc WSt David 26 4 $1? 61 $104 $14 13 bottom of this shaft. Will You go down and With great joy Perceived a ladder Fhere might be 9' 56V?“ Md bloqdy battle S King 13108 t DaVid 1?: i 15:”): i3: ii g and get it for me 2” leading to the world above. In a few :‘étltlfit dark tunnel, 1129221 Wflt lnvent- NKentE E St David id i §§4 1 39 (5)93 “How’ll I get there?” asked J' . seconds more he stood again in the close; fiCt’g’ltOf ”' ”"16 "ed lpsoggpment P kQ Bio 17 i 399 F39 695 , . , immie. ; . . 3’. an 1 liccom isi. pose. 31‘. , ogie. b t m . P 00 39 694 , There isn’t any Windlass.” gilnhfmhfszlfignzsgn tililprplielliprll to be The ore-thieves, whoFi‘eallv had no fire- E Lindsay (pi e Ween R1,? -racL 14-8 13 3% i 33 15 51 i - . ' ‘ ‘ l . O i . “N o, ’ replied the man; “it has been Jimmie knew now that hg had made igniliif as‘iieril p, endowere takenabthrlsoggg Bloc}: B2 17 Np? gift 6 21 1 41 $33 taken away.” his esca e b n can f . _ . fill . ace. me there, they , Block G G, E St Paul 6 D . 1 §3 1 go 3 12 ‘c n ' p. y i s o a mining tunnel, ed With wrath at seeing how they haa N Glenelg, W 13 S _ 11 :8 1 .30 13 33 Is there a ladder? enquired Jimmie. but why it should have been driven un- be?“ duped, but it was then too late to N Russell, W. 18 03;“ 6??? 13§0 160 1540 “No; and there is timber only part der the shaft where he had been im- res‘St' , Pan; YN23V‘S‘” 11 13:92 i304 1536 way down. The shaft is only twenty prisoned puzzled him,and supplied food 5,83? e end Of .It all "“5 that the ore- (10 Id 3 394 134 2% feet deep, though, and I can let you for reflection as he walked to the spot for g: gigglltried apdsentenoed “5 pay Park X1 6: £33 131 327 down by a rope and haul you up again where he had left the team. He found term of J impri§§hmgzlt es Endergomg a 81;le arks 3 9 W 3 39 8878 eaSily enough.” He had returned to no team there, but two men suddenly rewarded with a pretty 15;” 333313110358 6 9.13:8; WJane g N pt €73 322 1 33 455 the sleigh now, and was grouping about sprang out from behind a Pile of rock, and, employment at the Tiara. He nevei S Fran?“ 16 S Pt - 2: g If”? 268 under the seat. Presently he pulled and levelling rifles at him,called out. “8"" “W the man Who left him in the SWeldlpigton 20 g 4344 234 33,87 Ollt a COIl of rope and an empty hag. “If “Throw up your hands” 3119?. bl}; th‘li'madle little difference, for 21 51 27 253 53 " ou’ll 0 down that shaft ’11 ' - . - as e m to "n” f: ' {yive dogllars.” - I give you “HOId on’boys; don t shoob.”crled “If he hadn’t done it, I'd never have FRED KNO“ LSON dropped through the bottom of the shaft \Tom} Treasurer, into such everlastin’ good luck.” AK A NEW YORK YOUNG MAN. Much Sooner Then he Expected. A pretty good story comes from New â€"-â€"â€"§‘\“ Losses Cash Surplus - ava'l - too fond of New York to leave it for Year. unpaid aft Dwigglgsggg Money przzfililglilies Investments any length of time, so he decided that eaciclise :81. at close of Borrowed at full face each year. he would take in one country at the y ' each year. value. time; spend a month in England, for “â€" â€"â€"-â€"“ â€"â€"â€"â€" instance, come back here, then visit 1885. $6,037 $553363 None M Frame, and so on. Accordingly he fig; 13,218 oO,§86 None . 115,955 $6,500 urchascd himself a i k , ' i 05 22,(01 $20’000 ‘ 97’268 8000 p t c 53* to Liverpool 1888 23.014 20,721 40 000 75 334 N’ :nder the arrangement in vogue with 1889 20,436 13,911 40:000 740% 932% teamship companies. which allows a 1890 26, 182 1,403 60,000 67,176 11 797 - ,_ â€"â€"‘ last year after collecting a. full year’s income they had on] ' ' . , . y $1,403 With which to pay $26,182 of unsettled losses. In regard to security no one should hesitate as to which company to select. b- CORNEILQ: ' Lindsay, July 22, 1891 Agent Royal Canadian Company â€"_â€"\5 A. w. HETTGZER as removed to the store lately occupied by Mrs Gemsjager inie. He sailed away in great shape, ity he intended to explore thoroughly. Following the advice of experienced ualities of dog’s head ale and Old Tom in in the home of its birth. The iixture acted disastrously in his case, , east of the Benson House, Where he will clpless in legs, body and head, and " You bet I would! ” responded Jim- If he could reach the shaft timbering overhead, it would be easy to climb out on that, but the lowest timber Was too high tojunip to, and though he threw one end of his rope up in the hope thatit would catch somewhere, it always came tumbling back, and at last that plan was given up in despair. Then he piled some pieces of rock in a heap, and tried to reach the timber from the Wrapping lIlUlSElf’tOp of it, but it was not high enough. young companion in warm fur There was a very large rock partly un- :; . . high there were plenty, the covered in the bottom of the shaft, and I Lgml briskly to his team, and Jimmie thought that With it for a ‘ . minutes the avenue, with its foundation the rock pile could be made a good deal higher, and he at once he- gan to loosen it, using in his work ‘in old pick that somebody had left in the shaft. After working for about half an hour Jimmie noticed that the rock settled a. little, and just as he was going to pry it from its bed, he was astonished to and peering cautiously into the deep abyss, at last perceived the big rock about six feet from him. It seemed to be in a cave, but he could not be cer- tain whether a. natural or an artificial one. . . , . “I might as well explore it,’ be 5011- loquized. “ It may be a tunnel run- ning to the surface, or it may be a. cave full of mineral.” . . The boy’s father, being a miner, had He then related his underground adven- ture, and the story astonished the hearers beyond measure, for it at once became plain that they were being robbed of ore by the owners of the Comet, which lay east of their own claim, the Tiara. They had stopped work on their shaft just before cutting into the tunnel secretly run from the adjoining claim, and the Comet people taking advantage of this circumstance, were diligently abstracting Tiara ore and hoisting it out of the Comet’s shaft. This trick has been played on his neighbor many a time by the “honest miner.” “ Well, kid,” said Jack, as one of the men was caller “you’ve let us into a great secret.” , But if you’ve lied to us,” added Larry. the other man, “we’lll bury you alive. If you’ve told the truth, we’ll give you something handsome." “(l-o look for yourselves if you don’t believe me,” replied Jimmie. As daybreak was not far awiy, aii iii- vestigatiou was quickly made and Jim- iiiic’s story Concerning the tunnel was, of course, found true in every particular. Jack and Larry lalieii l'lld a plan to catch the thieves. They first brought a small ore bucket and a rope, and with these hoisted out the loose stuff which had fallen from Tiara shaft into the tunnel, Jimmie being sent down to load the bucket. This move was to prevent the Comet men sus- pecting anything wrong when they resum- ed work. Then short boards were brought and lowered into the Tiara shaft where they were used to cover the hole and exclude light from the tunnel. “ Now we’ll just sit on those boards,” said Jack, “and when those precious rascals have passed underneath us, we'll drop in and have ’em caged.” The man clambered down. and Jimmie lowered their rifles to them. Then he concealed himself behind a pile of waste, but the Comet shaft was within range of his hiding-place. At about half past 88\ on two miners appeared and descended that shaft. Jimmie crawled out and . warned his friends to be ready. Jack and Larry waited silently until two men passed under the trap and began work in the “heat” of the tunnel. Then. 'is the best day in the year. No man has keep a large stock of attention of two “hobbies.” The English policemen always take a Fancy GOOdS, WOOIS, EmbrOider- drunken man to l is home if it can be discovered, becaus if all he 'ags 1e . . . . e t J‘ t' y we, s11ks and all kmds of Goods in that line. came across were taken to the station that edifice would have to be larger than a worltl’s fair building to accomodate them. Accordingly the bobliies pro- ceeded to search the young man for his address, when they came across his return ticket to America. “lllawst me licyes,” ejaculated the discoverer. “but th’ bloody youngstar is booked for th’ Servyah an’ tli’ boat leaves in two hours.” A vehicle was hastily procured and ' the youth was bundled into it and W DYEING and SCOURING promptly and neatly CACCUted whirled away to the dock. The boat’s officers were accustomed to receive A' W“ HETTGER‘ passengers in such a condition too often to take any notice 0: the case before thcni,.so aboard lie Was taken and dump- ed in a state room until the prelimi- naries of sailing were finished, The young man slumbered soundly. Imagine ' his feelings when he awoke to find him- self 100 miles out at sea on his way â€" I I“ ‘ back to New York Iâ€" I’I/izs/zmgfmz Post. I“ PEARLS OF TRUTH. W002 and other article: now Sal/292g at Casi, STAMPIIN'G- DOBE TO ORDER Ladies call and see my display of e 0 § 0 o \Vritc it on your heart that every day Mllltnery and T?lmm1ng EfoCts, loarncda thing rightly until he knows that every day is doomsday.â€"-Enierson. For this Season’s Wear. Conversation is the daughter of reason- ing, the mother of knowledge, the breath of the soul, the commerce of hearts, the bond of friendship and the nourishment of content. 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