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“p but“. A- . "L o ...r , i. 541’144J’" ‘ ‘ _g..- a . , . \ [n thanking our many friends and custo- mers for their liberalpatronage during the past year, we extend to all A Hem New Year. It will be our aim in future, as well as in the past, to keep a Thoroughly Assorted Stoc/e IN each of our 10 DEPARTMENTS, ' eon- stantly replenished with new seasonab/e goods. We solicit your trade. 30pm permission tranche illustrated oditlo paw-body; Boll'l Indiln Ind Colonial Library Clark 00.. Ltd. 3958.019, by an tum. no: urns-u â€" _.-. .. think of my dear old friend being no only alive. but innocent as well! And that he should have such a strapping son and heir to carry on the race of Avon! This will be the last blow to Hume, for I know that the Jewsrhave given him rope on the score of his ex- pectations. And you. Ambrose. that you should break out in such a way!” Of all the amazing things which had happened. this seemed to have impress- ed my uncle most. and he recurred to it again and again. That a man whom he had come to regard as a machine for tying cravats and brewing chocolate should suddenly develop fiery human passions was indeed a prodigy. If his silver razor-heater had taken to evil ways he could not have been more as- -tounded. _ We were still a hundred yards from the cottage when I saw the tall. green- mated Mr. Cocomn striding down the garden path. My father was waiting for us at the door with an exprezwion of subdued delight upon his face. “Happy to serve you in any way. Sir Charles." said he. "We've arranged It for twinorrow at seven on Ditchling Common." “i wish these things could be brought Off :i fittle later in the day,“ said my uncle. "One has either to rise at a perfectly absurd hour, or else to neglect one’s toilet." "They are stopping across the road at the h‘riar‘s Oak Inn, and if you would wish it laterâ€"" “No, no; I shall make the effort. Am- brose, you will bring up the batteric dc toilette at five." “I don’t know whether you would care to use my barkcrs,” said my f:-.ther. "I’ve had ’em in fourteen actions, and up to thirty yards you couldn't wish a better tool.” “Thank you, I have my duelling pistols under the scat. See that the trigzcrs are oiled. Ambrose, for I love a light pull. Ah, sister Mary, I have brought Your boy back to you. none the WOW" hope, for the dissipations of toyn." I need not tell yiyu how my dear mo- ther wept over me and fondled me. for you who have lliullll‘l‘s will know for yourselves. and you who have not will never understand how warm and sun: the home nest can be. How I had chaf- ed and longed for the wonders of town. and yet. now tlin: I had seen more than my wildest dreams had ever deemed possible. my eyes had rested upon noth- ing which was so sweet and So restful as our own little sittingmoom, with. its tetra-cotta colored walls, and those tritlcs which are so insignificant in theerlYi-s. and yet so rich in memoriesâ€"tho blow- fish from the .‘Iulllt‘.,’:l$. the iia.‘wii:il's horn from the Arr-tic. and the picture of the Ca Ira. with Lord Hotlmin in chase! How cheery, too. to see :i\ one side of the shining grate my father with his pipe and his merry red face. and on the other my mother with her ling-rs ever turning and darting with her knit- ting needles! As I looked at them I marvelled that 1 could ever have longcll to leave them, or that I could bring in)” self to leave them again. but ieave them i must, and that speed- ily, as I learned amidst the boisterous congratulations of my father and the tears of my mother. He had himself been appointed to the Cato, 64, with post rank, whilst a note had come from Lord Nelson at Portsmouth to say that a vacfincy was open for me if I should present myself at once. “And your mother has your sea-chest all ready. my lad, and you can travel down with me to-morrow; for if you are to be one of Nelson's men, you must show him that you are worthy of it." “All the Stones have been in the sea- service," said my mother, apologetically to my uncle. “and it is a‘ great chance that he should enter under Lord Nelson‘s own patronage. But we can never for- get your kindness. Charles. in shelving our dear Rodney something of the world.” “On the contrary. sister Mary," said my uncle, graciously. “your son has been an excellent companion to inc- so much so that I fear that I am open to the charge of hav- ing neglected my dear Ii‘idelio. I trust that I bring him back somewhat more polished than I found him. It would be folly to call him distingue. but he is at least unobjectionuble. Nature has de- nied him the highest gifts, and I find him adverse to employing the compensat- ing advantages of art: but, at least. I have shown him something of life. and I have taught him a few lessons in finesse and deportnient which may appear to be wasted upon him at present. but which. none the less. may come back to him in his more mature years. . lt‘ his career in town has been a disappoint- merit to me. the reason lies mainly in the fact that I am foolish enough to measure others by the standard which I have myself set. I am well disposal towards him. however. and I consider him eminently adapted for the profession which he is about to adopt." He held out his sacred snuff-box to me as he spoke, as a solemn pledge cf his good will, and. as I look back at him, there is no moment at which I see. him more plainly than that with the old mischievous light dancing once more in his large intolerant eyes, one thumb in the armpit of his vast, and the little shining box held out upon his snow- white palm. He was a type of a. strange breed of men which had vanished away from Englandâ€"the full- blooded, virile buck. exquisite in his dress. narrow in his thoughts, course in his amusements. and eccentric’ in his habits. They walk across the bright stage of English history with their tin- icky their preposterous cravats, their big collars. their dangling seals. and they vanish into those dark wings from which there is no return. The world has outgrown them. and there is no place now for their strange fashions. their practical. jokes and carefully culti- vated eccentricities. And yet behind this outer 1%: of folk. with which they so carefully amped themselves. they were often men of strong character and robust personality. The languid loungers of St. James‘s were also the yachtsmcn of the Solent, the fine rulers of the Shires. and the hardy fighters in many a wayside battle and many a morn- ing frolic. “'cllington picked his best officers from amongst them. They con- descended occasionally to poetry or ora- tory: and Byron. Charles James Fox. Sheridan and Castlereagh. preserved some reputation amongst them, in spite of their publicity. I cannot think how the historian of the future can hope to understand them, when I, who knew one of them so well, and bore his blood in my veins. could never quite tell how much of him Was real, and how much was due to the affectations which he had cultivated so long that they had ceased to deserve the name. Through the chinks of that armour of folly I have sometimes thought I had caught a glimpse of a good and true man within. and it pleases THEN CAME A HEAVY BLOW. me to hope that l was rigut. _ _ . . It was destined that the excuang inc1- dents of that day were even now not at an end. I had retired early to rest, but it was impossible for me to sleep. for my mind would turn to Boy Jim and. to the extraordinary change _in his position and prospects. I was and turning and tossing when I heard the sound of ttyin: hoofs coming down the London Road. and immediately afterwards the grating: of wheels as they pulled up in front of the inn. My window chanced to be open. for it was a fresh spring night, and I heard the creak of the inn door, and a. voice asking whether Sir Lothian Hume was within. At the name I sprang from my bed and I was in time to see three men who had alighted from the carriage, file into the lighted hall. The two horses were left standing, with the glare of the open door falling upon their brown shoulders and patient heads. Ten minutes may have passed, and then I heard the clatter of many steps. and a knot of men came clustering through the door. . "You need not employ violence." said a harsh, clear voice. “On 'whose suit is it 2’" "Several suits, sir. they 'eld over in the 'opes that you’d pull off the fight this mornin'. Total amounts is twelve thou- sand pound.” "Look here. my man. I have a very immi-tant appointment for seven o’clock to-niorrow. I‘ll give you fifty pounds if you will leave me until then.” "Couldn't do it sir. really. It's more than our places as slicrifi‘s officers is worth." In the yellow glare of the carn'age lamp I saw the baronct loo}: up at our windows. and if hatred could hive killed his eyes would have been as deadly a: his pistol. . _ “I can't mount the carriage unless )‘ol. free my hands," said he. ... 7‘- f'Old '3l‘tl, Bill, for 'e loch wicious. Let go 0‘ one arm at a time! Ah, would you then?" “Corcoran'. ‘3 l-eoran!" screamed a V0309, and I saw a plunge. a struggle. and one frantic fif-l’ure breaking its way from the POST- Tl'én came a heavy blow. bud dOWD he 1““ in the middle of th~ moonlit road. flapping and jumping am. (mg the (NM 13kt? =1 trout new landed. “‘He‘s nnppml it this time! Get ‘im by the wrists. Jim! Now. all together!" He was hoisted up like a bag of flour and roll with :1 brutal thud into the bot tom of the Cili‘i'llgv. The three moi sprang in after him, a whip whistlrd in the darkness, and I had seen the last that I or anyone else. save some charitable visitor to a debtors' gaol, was ever again destined to see of Sir Lothian Hume. the once fashionable Corinthian. Lord Aron lived for two years longer â€"long enouglxm'nh the help of Ambrose, to fully establish his innocence of the horrible crime, in the shadow of which he had lived so long. What he couLl not clear away, however, was the eiIccx of these years of morbid and unnatural life spent in the hidden chambers o; the old house; and it was only the dc- votion of his wife and of his son which kept the thin and flickering flame of his life alight. She, whom I had known as the play actress of Anstey Orr: be came the Dowager Lady Avon;\\.ul.-st 1203' Jim, as dear to me now as when we harried birds' nests and tickled trout together, is now Lord Avon, beloved by its tenantry. the finest sportsman, and the most popular man from the north of the \Veald to the Channel. He was married to the seCoiid daughter of 8:: James Ovington: and as I have seen three of his grandchildren within the Week, I fancy that if any of Sir Loth ian‘s descendants have their eye upon the property, they air: likely to be as disappointed as their ancestor was be fore them. The old house of (llifie ROY- :l has been pulled down, owing.to the terrible family associations which hung round it, and a beautiful modern build- ing sprang up in its place. The lodge which stood by the Bfichmn Road was .so dainty with its trellis-work and its rost' bushes that I'wusnot the only rls. itor who declared. that .I hfld’tfllfllc‘l' be the owner of it than of the great name amongst thin-mes; .- .Qhen for many ... years ‘m a. happy: and peaceful oil-up lived Jack Harrison and his wife-ure- cciving back in the sunset of their limit the loving care which they had them- selves bestowed. Never again did Champ- ic-n Harrison throw his leg over the rop- ‘s of a 24â€"foot ring; but the story of the great battle ba-tmen the smith and the West Countryman is still mm:- to old ring-goers. and nothing please-l him better than to rc-fight it all. iou'id by inund. as he sat in the sunshine un- der his roseâ€"gilt porch. _But if he heard | the tap of his wife’s stick approaching: him. his talk would break off at on -e Slu' was still haunted by the fear that he - d: b. k to tie rum. _ “mud some I! go 10 i | ‘ gone to bunk agatn. The others, the and she never missed the old man for, an hour without being convinced that tw- iiad hobbled of! to wrest the belt from the latest upstart champion. it was at his own very earnest request :lrit they inscribed “He fought the good fight,” upon his tombstone. and though I cannot doubt that he had Black Buruk and Crab ‘Wilson in his mind when he asked it. yet none who knew him would ' grudge its spiritual meaning as a sum- ming up of his clean and manly life. Sir Charles Tregellis continued for some years to show his scarlet and gold at Newmarket, and his inimitable coma in St. Jumes‘s. It was he who invent- ed buttons and loops at the ends of dress pantaloons, and who broke fresh ground by his investigation of the com- - putative merits of isinglass and of starch ; in the preparation of shirt-fronts. There are old fops still lurking in the corners. of Arthur‘s or of “'hite‘s who can to member Trcgellis's dictum, that a crav- at should be so stiffened that three parts of the length could be raised by one corner, and the painful schism which fol- lowed when Lord Alvanley and his school contended that a half was sufiiv cient. Then came the supremacy of‘ Drummell. and the open breach upon the subject of velvet collars. in which the town followed the lead of the young- er man. My uncle. who was not born to be second to anyone. retired instant- ly to St. Alban'a, and announced that he would make it the centre of fashion and of society, instead of degenerate lion- don. It chanced. however. that the mayor and corporation waited upon him with an- address of thanks for his good intentions towards the town. and that the burgesscs, having ordered new coats from London for the occasion. were all arravcd in velvet collars. which so prev- ed upon mp uncle’s spirits that he took to his led. and never showed his face in public again. His money, which had ruined what might have been a great lituwns divided amongst many bequests. an annuity to his valet. Ambrose. beiuc uni-mp! them: but enough has mum to l.is sister. my dear mother. to help in innit"- lier old age as sunny and as pleasâ€" :1‘ii as even I could wish. And as for m(btlie poor string upon which these beads are strungâ€"J dare scan-c say another word about myself. lc-st llils. which I had meant to be the last word of a chapter. should grow into the first words of a new one. ”an! I not taken up my pen to tell you a story of the land. I might. pct-chance. have made a better one of the sea: but the one frame cannot hold two opposite pictures. The day mav come when I shall write down all that I remenibei of the greatest battle ever fought upon salt water. and how my father's gallant life was brought to an end as. with his paint rubbing against a French 801nm ship on one side and a Spanish 74 noon the other. he stood eating an apple in the break of his poop. I saw the smoke banks on that October evening swirl slowly up over the Atlantic swell. and rise. and rise. until they had shredded into the thinnest air. and lost them- selves in the infinite blue of heaven. And with them rose the cloud which had hung over the muntrr: and it also thinned and thinned. until (Tod's our sun of peace and security was sliininu mwe more upon us. never more, we hope. to be licdimmed. THE END. # A trench Purchase in London. London, Jun. 10.â€"â€"Tho French Govern- ment has purchased for £25,000 the largo mansion at Albert Gate which has long been occupied by the Embassy of France. It is also prop05e<1 to rent three smaller houses adjoining the mansion, and to build a big banquet room and offices for the stuff. en. Booth Sails. Southam; n, Jan. 10.â€"A great crowd assembled here Saturday to bid farewell to “General” William Booth, the head of the Salvation Amy, who sailed for New York on the American Line steamship St. Paul. The Extravagant Cw. London, Jan. 10.â€"The Czar and Cm- ina will receive their friends at the Paris Exposition of 1900 in their own pavilion, which will cost £90,000. The Jowin Street Fire. London, Jan. 10.â€"It has been ascer- tained that the loss resulting from the W: sic-culled Jewin street fire (also known as the Cripplegate fire) amounts to £750,000. The inquiry is dragging, the evidence obtained being directed towards proving the fire of incendiary origin, and in the direction of demonstrating that tho firo brigade is inefficient. _______â€"â€" 03,000 Blaze in Trenton. ' Trenton, Ont., Jan. 10. â€" Saturday night about 9 o‘clock fire was discovered in the rear of A. W. Hawley’sdrug store, Front street. The stock was badly dam- aged by smoke and water. Loss about 88,000, cavered by insurance. Cause of It is the primary duty of every woman to wear in her face the lilies and roses of health. It is one of woman’s nat- ural missions to lease, and one of the rst at- tributes of a pleasing woman is a complexion that shows the bloom of health. No matter how beau- tiful a. woman may be 5 at the outset. if she a. sufl'ers from weakness and disease of that ‘ delicate and important oorganism that is the ‘ f‘ threshold of h uman life, she will soon show traces of sufiering in : , the but. where there was a little her face, and very shortly become haggard and homely. She will lose her animation of manner, the sparkle will fade from her eyes and the roses from her cheeks, her form will lose its roundness and her step its sprightlincss. Dr. Pierce-’3 Favorite Pre- scription imparts strength, health, vigor and virility to the feminine organism. It alloys inflammation. heals ulceration and tones the nerves. It makes weak women strong in a womanly way and able to bear suffering of the period of gestation. and less. It restores the lost com lesion and imparts strength, vitality an health to 1 the entire system. “I am very thankful for what Dr. Piercc‘s Favorite Prescri 'on has done for me," writes Mrs. Etta E. Smith, of Grcuola. Elk Co.. Kans. “About a month before I was confined I had such pains that I could stand up onl ‘ whileatatimc. Icould not restat n htarnt anyother time. I could scarcely out anything. I began taking Dr. Plerce‘s Favorite Prescrip tion and after the second doc: I felt better. mtbenuntil lwas confinedlcarricd allihe watatbntmusednpal bmnndworbcd in the en every day. my other work and not. feel at all bad. When the boby w bomlhadavcry'enmmc. Themmcunid I anusieetimet nnyoueth ever" themume. '11::ng ltby. I upwben shew five After two began my own work and felt stout and healthy." of TOUGHIE. By Alfred Slade. Most of the men were asleep. There had been a. few who had got up in into the garden and its proswls. 101‘} the morning to wash their clotheubut now they had had their dinners and great majority. had not washed their clothes and had not had their dinners; but. they had been to the bush pub. on Saturday night, and that generally lasted them rigb; up to Monday morn- mg. The Chinese cook was in the kitchen crooning gibberish to himself; the cow- . boy was leaning across the open door seriously studying an ancient sporting paper; in the but. there were four of the shearers playing a silent game euchre; at one end of the table the stowaway was caressing a lizard he had caught, at the other end, near the fireplace, Yorkey. the waggoner. W83 writing a letter Lame, perspiring free- ly the while ; and from the threootiered bunks all around me the heavy brea- thing of the men asleep above them, in dominant note the powerful nasal trumpeting of Westland the ringer. Outside, all nature lay entranced neath the blazing sun; the great. gaunt trees seemed cut out. in iron, so mo- tionless they stood; the sheep looked dead as they crouched in the scan. t shadow. Across the plains nothing could be seen save the foggy vapour of the heat, nothing heard but the aw- ful silence of the eternal desert. The cowboy finished his paper, fold- ed it carefully, put. it. in his pocket, and strolled slowly away to the home- stead; the four men had grown tired of euchre and sat around smoki their pipes; by prodigious exertion orkey had come to the. and of his letter and. with puckered brow, wav painfully ad- dressing the dirty envelope; the ringer turned over in his bunk and in- augurated a crescendo passage on his nose. Suddenly a shadow fell through the doorway, and there appeared in the entrance :1 man attired in black. He advanced quietly, hat in hand, and the stow-away ceding the position in dine may, took up his place at the head of the table. “Good afternoon," he commenced. "Mr. Montgomery has given me perâ€" mission to come and address you this afternoon." He looked around for some sort of response. Yorkey was sealing his cn- velope and had no time to give tooth- er matters; the stowaway, under the impression that the stranger was in some vague way connected with the police, had crawled hurriedly into his bunk and hidden his head beneath the blankets; the four men smoking were not sufficiently prepared for the strain of conversation, and finding no suitable reply, spat together in concert at their feet. With an effort the new-comer resum- ed in a tone of polite'suggestion, “So if you would all wake up and draw round, we might commence at once." The stowawuy's lizard, left to his own devices, had crawled away from his owner’s clutches and at this mo- ment very opportunately fell on the ringer's face; instantly his arm went round, the lizard flew through the air the whole length of the. but, and the aroused sleeper sprang to the floor. “Here l" he cried. “what's the game, I should like to know? You young scoundrel"â€"-this to the stowaway in the bunk above-”I'll twist your un- godly head right off your neck, I will!" And turning round to do it, he caught sight of the black-garbed stranger. at. which, rubbing his eyes to make sure that he was not still dreaming. be muttered huskilyâ€" “And what do you want, anyhow?" “My friend,“ answered the other, “I am the new minister at Benson's creek, and with Mr. Montgomery's permission I intend holding a little service. here this afternoon." "What 'I” shouted the ringer. “Here we've been grafting enough to break our hearts over a lot of ticky sheep all the week; and this very morning we've been and done our washingâ€"at. least some of us have, though no: me. because I wasn't wellâ€"and now we've got to be disturbed out of our natural rest on account. of such tomfoolery as that. “Get into your bunks, you lubbers!" he went on, and nobody lost any time in obeying him. “and just give me room to argue. Young man my name's Toughie (he was prouder of that than of his real name), and I'm the ringer] of any shed I care to go into between Burke and Bendigo. And as for Mont- gomery's permission, we ain‘t in collar now. and the boss of the board's got nothing to do with it." “My friend," protested the minister . “I ain’t your friend l" shouted Tough- ir, “and you had better get oboe-line for the wallaby." The minister put up his hand to sil- ence him; then he said quietlyâ€" “I’ve come here this afternoon to hold a service, and so I'm going to! hold it." Toughie drew ominously nearer. “Can you fighx 3" he asked. olxo'03 “Then you Can't run no Gospel-show here. You've got to lick me first i" The minister flushed a little as he answeredâ€" “I can't fight. as a general thing, you know; but I'll try if you like." “No, I‘m hanged if you do !" cried Yorkey. scrambling down from his bank. "He’d kill you. Here," he said to Toughie, “you let him alone. If you do want to touch anyone, have a go u, at me: “Get back to bed!" cried 'l‘oughic. "I ‘ licked you day before yesterday.” “My friend," interrupted tbs clergy- man, "that is a matter that only con- cerns me," and he began to take off his long black coat. At that all the men miraculously woke up and lined out to the back of shadq ; and they looked the Chinkie in his kitchen, so as he could not sneak to the boss, and sent. the stowiway ' to tell the cowboy to come at once and not lose so great a chm» of :1 ~ free. treat. The clergyman was stripped to his jeraiy, with Yorkey his second : Tough- ie was peeled quite naked, except for the burdens of maternity. It banishcs the l ”33 ”0195““ pants, and the “1050193 of his arms showed out in all their makes baby’s advent easy and almost pain- ; strength and firmness. The minister , saw them and his lips twitchcd, but only for a moment. Setting his chin squarely. he braced himself and stood ' up. and then the fight commenced. At first the affair hung fire; the clergyman made no attempt at strik- ing, ccntcnting himself with dodging his opponent; and the shearer, per- haps in pity of one so little his equal, only spurred and feinbed. But sud- denly lunging forward. and falling by his own weight. the skaters fist came into contact with the othsr's face: he reeled back. and-the blood sputtad in torrents from his nose. For anio- meut ho wavered. than with a slam of fire_ in his 0325 he came on again. Andvnth allthoforceho ”capable ‘ of he struck the shearer hi 1: between 1' his adult the little unmet «that ways incbler and (Nb was quite informal: 1‘ second. and there were no rounds. the clergmn got terribly blown and pulled painful! . Touche watched his chance:l and w cut 31° other new nito one up. pu gno downward stroke and failed him at his feet. He lay there inert. u if unconscious. and Toufilue, bending ov- er in triumph, asked It "bingâ€" "Do you give me best now ' " The other'l eye: opened. “ho, be answered foobly. “certainly not. and he tried to raise himself to his feet... “What I" cried Tougie in amazement; “Certainly not! Well. I'm bloat," Then we'd bettu' let the game go on. By an effort that made his face grow pale as death. the hula/curate had succeeded in standing u right: and so he waited opposite with in flats squar- orward, fainting. and won _ on to the ground if Tougbie had not caught him just in time. And he lay in the r’s arms inoenmble; and Toughie he d him there, yet not. un- kiadly. looking him over curlously.and almost with admiration. “And he didn't give me best. offer all!" he at last ejaculated. “You hear that. you blbkeol He's come right through, and all backbone. In conse- quence, what do I do! I gives in to him. and I says right here, 'Ho'a lick- ed me. I'm done; I give up, and the little finger's best unn l'" . And pushing Yorkey on one side. he lifted the senseless figure like a baby and cariisd him gently _to his own bunk. Here he bathed his face and put vinegar on his forehead, wrapped him tenderly in his blankets. and made him promise to try and go to sleep. “Now," he said to the others. you men had better clear out and go for a walk somewhere. My chum here don't. want to be disturbed." "What for f" grumbled one of the shearera. "'Cause I say so," he answered threatening; “and if anyone's got any- thing to argue about it he's got to talk to me l' “And if you want any help. Tough- ie," added Yorkcy, “I‘m With you.- So the men were driven out into the sunshine. whve they wandered about in tribulation until ten-time. Meantime Toughie had unlocked the door of the kitchen and one in to see the Chinainan. for he to t that to-dny was a. fete. and some specml banquet. ought to be got ready. So be stirred the cook up with the edge of his boot to suggest something. “Mtton,” said the Cbinkie. and he got a kick. "Bionic." and another kick. “Cully an’ lice." he hinted as a last resource. _ “Oh, you heathen!" cried the rinz' er, in such a tone of voice that the Chinkie dodged through his legs and cleared for the open countrY- . Left. to his own resources. Tougble decided on that height of luvury (‘0 a colonial bushman). ham and 9883- and went up to the homestead to buy some. They had no ham there. 80 he managed to catch one of the h -.. and rode away to the store in the township ten miles away. The Storekeeper was a pious man and did not want to serve him on Sunday. but. he was also a Scotchman, and und- er Toughic's forcible arguments let him take a couple of ham on condition he paid on the marrow. And at sun- set next morning Toughie rode in con- scientiously and paid, though he lost half a day’s shearing to do it. '\\ hen he got back he found that lorkey had caught the cook. and they not him to work on the tea at once. Then he want in on tip-toe. to look at his late opponent. and found him sleeping soundly. 3) the tea was put back. the Chinuman being kept in hand at the time, however, and Toughie sat beside the bunk and waited. lresont- ly the clergyman yawned. “Put it there," said Toughie, and they shook hands With a. hearty grip. The ten that night has become quite a tradition in all the Ovens district. It. stands to this day as a. monumental example of luxury and delight. There \i‘ere_the,ham and eggs. and cold fowl of enigmatical origin, and brownie with Jam, and some of the boas's own tea, With as much milk as you liked. The little minister,wounded but con- tent took the place of honour at the head. Toughie flanked him on the right, Yorkee on the left, and down the Sides ranged all the shutters. at the bottom the slowaway with the re- covered lizard in his lap. At a hint from the ringerâ€"and a powerful hint it must have been to produce such an effectâ€"all the men had washed themselves and combed their hair. and put on various decora- tions of blue coats and scarlet neck- cloths; and the clergyman said grace. and the “Amen" could have been heard ten miles away. So they finished tea and sent out the remnants to the cook and the trav- ellers; and when the table was clear- ed Toughic rose to make a few re- marks. “Here," be commenced awkwardly. “I'm ringer of this shed. I am. If there's a. man here who don‘t think so. he's only got. to declare his hand and I take him. But I've been bested. The little fingerâ€"I should say the re- verend gentleman wot's just had his tea. he’s done me. Why look here!" he crieddisphying his bandages. “Who busted my lip f Who gave me this thick earl That's the here. And he's go- ing to hold a little service, like he said he was." Yorkey now installed on the table. as on a sort of shrine. the necessary refreshments for a preacher: to wit. a bottle of the beat English beer, that he had trudged to the bush pub. to get, a new plug of tobacco, a chap knife freshly sharpened, and a full box of matches. Toughic nodded approval. and they all commenced to smoke. “I don't think I ought to drink in church." said the minister. “No 9" cried Toughie in surprise. “Then out sh: goes for a dead un!" and he. hurled the bottle through the WindOVo‘. _ “Nor smoke either," added the min- inter. "Pipes away i" shouted Toughie, and ground his own beneath his heel. while the. others put theirs in their pockets_mth much painful resignation. “I think. too. the traveller: might be present," the clergyman went on. Toughie salliod out to round them up. and lined them in the doorway. “Also the cook." continued the clergyman. . And Toughie departed again to bring in the cook. He seemed to object. however, and from various bowls and Vague bad language that came through the wall, Toughie might be judged to be twisting his pig-tail. Tint at last deemed him, and he came and not down with the rest. lut evidently not at all ha y . Then t. e clergyman role. and the others roam alw with hate and un- annuity. “I think we had better open with o hymn," he said. But here was a difficulty. man knew one hymn and another man did not rush-in slim... of G The GURNEY was SBALE 00. ”WAC [m 0" Standard Scales a a llllllllllfll. llllllllll and the Chinaman got himself into more trouble by mentioning (the only ' tune he knew‘) "Ta-la-la boom-de-lay l" liventually a compromise was made With, ‘And he drowned him on the anhlands. oh i" a Newgate-calen- , din-like poem of a man who killed his : son ; but it was sung very slowly and solemnly, and was judged by all pres- entto be most appropriate to the. oc- canon. They all sat down for a momenta and then the clergyman rose again (0' del ivor his mid mas. “Stand up!” shouted Toughie. Andi the two-d men had no option but to], obey and look edified. “Men!" commenced the clergyman: "And chums!" added 'l‘uuzhie, taking his hand and pressing it. “Men and chums!" and the clergy- man continued his sermon. In earnest tones he spoke io them. telling. them truths from his heart of the faith that he believed, bringing home to these rough ignorant men the beauty of the Gospel. He was no long- er the polite, patronising curate; he had become a missionary and a man. He talked to them from their own lev- el. as one of themselves, for be him- self had Just found out the secret the universities did not teachâ€"ha had seen into their nature. and understood. He spoke out fearlessly, straight from the shoulder. as just a little time before he had fought; he got through their hardened outaides right into their children's hearts. and he told them. in their own imagery, and yet no less sacredly, of all the divine mystery of Hun who had once been a Child and n Labourer too. They bowed their heads and listen~‘ ed in reverence and awe. And around them drew up the dusk of the Sab- bath even. A tam» London, Jan. 10.â€"-Goorg~e L. Watson is finishing the design of a vcrylnrge steam yacht for Mr. James Gordon Bennett, of the New York Herald, which will probabiy be built on the cm The Pmeliiteo. London, Jan. 10.â€"Tbe Parnellites will - introduce their customary amnesty amend- ment to the Queen‘s speech at thcopcni of Parliament. as SEE THAT THE FAC-SlMlLE wince you live a , e I w when writing 1~ ,. a “flier, ... 1 Ten Cir/.3 per lim- isoli “9.0!. 56 oICh hubs oucnl. ~.: u-i M'Dg frolic-:9 in loci . -. amnion, 5. excl. Home; Small Lonuenscd purer mute, trachea 'hllu'i, turn, "i 0-81 Ina-ill for Ler 00. m czgh' ode. - lam deform: of a . . Cuba ‘.\_\‘ .‘pamsl: i the principal tori: it v. GOLD IN LABRADOR, A Party Going From Nova Soul A to Sc What the Possibilities Are :2. That Northern Country. 8., Jan. 6.â€"'l‘hat Laban? very rich in minerals then- ls every 2 -' but whether it contains : gold. as many are incline levc, is a problem that has ya. :/ solved, 'l‘o settle this question is uit- of the expedition Which is to lean T: fax early next season. The tbecrr '3. l gold exisis in larger quantities in I: latitudes than elsewhere may or n; . be correct, but true it is that. on :. " of their being less accessible, and .- . count of the difficulties to be over-c: : -« " the hardships to be undergone in . -‘ _ ' reach and work them. rich dorms" north have lain undisturbed tin. centuries and only recently, when 1.. its of the south ‘ en are begiim.:._' turn t eir faces to the north and I1.“ -. cold and danger and the difficulty it ~ ‘ . in the path of the gold-seeker in . regions in order to seek the precious :. ’ in those parts of the earth whr-rl- ': ' have not dared to seek it before. 1 who have visited Labrador report that 1:, is abundant evidence that gold exists. the article itself is i been found. though no systematic 5"." for it has been made in the more 1 _. rtcr asked two or ' ’ prominent mi as men for their vi. regard to the pro meeting cxpcd Halifax. N. to believe, sin of €350 easily worked (- comin ad exhaust fact. mid to places. A re scheme to n; tion to Labrador . ll agreed that the possibilities won :5 and that there was little doubt 12. ‘ ld was there if it could but no no felt confident would meet with success, In the .. starting, he intended to make one number. Many applications had been rem-1'. there seemed to be no difficulty in z . repeat-d i. .' . should number about fi ecu, and ' tention was to leave by a sailing about June 15 and proceed .- Bay. St. Louis River, and Hamill-u. It, , landing a party of live at each plzsv . ' vessel would proceed to the head ; Inlet, which extends about 180 1. land. where the last party would ‘7 . Here the vessel charge of the crew mull the 1* full supply of provisions :. lufllclcnt for three months would . tied. In making up the party i active men who could withstand gue and hardships ' Each party would prospect as mm countrv as possible and rl-inm lu “ vcn time to meet the ship. feuds accom uiiyln: 1hr - I 1‘ had him“ it. ' that the exp-m." it was up the party, would and would bw at a who was enthusiastic, trv and believed that “'lllllll l: . other Klondike. Men who kiivw : mining had found gold. Tho dzl‘. believed. would be to strike iln : , _â€".â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"- DARING BURGLARY AT HES --5' Midnight ”(CHOIIIOB Got Cnrtload of Goods. espelcr. Ont.. coolest burglaries that has Of‘l‘lll. . ‘ for many years was perpetrated )- ~' 3“ morning about 1 o'clock. Twom . uptollerman Kriog's coal ..‘ ' omen, in which a stock of geni‘s I : 21?- lngs in also kept. They forced $1... ‘ lolldi‘ on the sleigh and dmveaway. A p .- half an hour afterwards noticed it .2 1- doors of the stone weroopen, and. «~93 in; that a robbery had been 120:1? ‘7’ aroused the Motor, who at on" 5 mound Chief Comm Melissa." ' 1- tnoed the thieves to Guelph by in ' mark in the snow mam .. boots of the horse, csx': ltho'loaofport of the shoe. .. V nl£ mashed here that a man ‘ Smith of Gall A , phollvlllc on su~j : being connected with the nob ; . lucmldtforthatplace lhi~ \«1-1" .'. _to bring tbopciooner here for U‘; :1 A\\:i\ 7.-â€"â€"ll: Jim. h ‘r_- m Implici- of India. Jon. libâ€"Gen. Sir Binder. IIl‘i‘ ________________._.â€"-â€" f you cannot get alga will answer. you mav choose hen aiilk, watér, coffee or But there is no scco nd ch slim. loss in wcig it. SC‘- ff .3 ;, x‘.‘.‘.:,‘ Publzakbra’ NOtI ' ffif HE CAN AD IAN POST l! p every Friday. The ex bncriptm. rr. Post 0509 Ind Express mic and may no gen: 3‘. ryour lctwrs whenvou {8111.1 .u 1" {(‘lfl‘lb m:hb§.*â€"It is Always be“ ' the date on your snapper c,\l:..(‘u :g uninterrupted corny: 0! or Animus wAluaw c \ Pm: ("b.1- U'hev, \ aw ' the nvvin if :h. r, u- s,‘ wining“ i‘ “ vr name on our hock. dines.- , 1138‘ are slur Azi‘t'ijliTlEL'i in, new. A» "1 LlrcL‘lllCu‘ , . ll i .' hue- an adol'wun . . :ui;'.~ tn 7m? . 3} 1m: )W'fU "'1 ., . u:. on mulling?» L “a" Gallant I)l‘ll‘ll¢ . ..i Sol'lwi's Agaii-sl ‘vn grills» .t-ss Lulu: . Havana. Jun. “,1 \.v < ' ”OTC-W just r:~~-"..wi ocunt of wlzar am: ‘.|i“ ‘ , 2-HT l.«-"-~ v ,- l)ll‘.l(li!.;!~ of ill.» anmfl lw-lwtzgm; ' an linghsh mn- , i' M3n7lil.2ii'\ {Orv‘i‘ Hf .l:~:.:‘,_w'.'» Jan. L. The 1:» l‘gv ‘ it is Claimed u l‘:.]ll '1 ' thcy phwcd ill gym It'll“ "22" iii!" il: , IDi’lll u; 0‘ incliv- high g6lll> <'.‘i ’ tbfl 1'14 for ""i . . storey.- hlg'n and was surrounded and “an gurus-l: - w the communal ‘1‘ dicta Manila, V." under him. i 0 a “Ky-1r, .. \\.l‘ :it‘ll: .l y .' 7" .. r l itt'lllii srveral of LI)" pr . u ‘ tho furl. down-yam: pelling 'lic garrison ;_ fliecarihworks ' continued the The fort was r. . . in command of mu Niquera. and .‘l :l--:..w:.:,:v- infantry. R'lnful‘n‘m‘. 3v) ‘\\ flianinrds l-lll‘li .’;“'i ‘\;-'l‘. mmhwurks and cum; retire with N‘Yt‘l‘l‘ l-lss, the fort lus’! '.' in,»- such lupin-N. \Vq-alil ) \\ I’III.II| New Yuk, .L-n. , Peters. Will; .‘Hlll‘ 14- '31 family from New 5"”,31‘ about a year ago ”3:", \\h ly very Wealthy. manor, day at her lititiiv '_\' -,_. the head with a years old. ...â€"#- Juii. II )w . ‘. ,v- -.in..v. The Turn -iil I - Toronto .Tnnwt Curley inquest _\'I‘-'-‘I'Il... evening intro-11m I. , mystery. and thy journed for a \\""'.L p‘lllnglui Hunt) Vi’a-‘liingh Ill. brig Manson, the sea of lliilliiig‘n; Volunteers. i» Lump. oil tl‘v l"".‘l\\'flru‘ be a total loss. l H -‘l‘I'\ " t.‘ * i‘s H ”u." .i. Ml.” \iu'k \u I onoed t0 13 PM" prison. TC’u 515 .{z $>f1_\Vl,.:.- Mauls “:21; . rianl ll ..r uxtli I'ivii: . \\ dlicfhl er 4‘! "I“! “A 5“ \ skin purifying and lu'u world. ~ 'Avl‘ il‘ pure-s toil ‘ of i:.t‘.::ii.w:.’l'. \: and ('1'! (Elli 6 Son is mild throughout the Cu". Conn. 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