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"The firs! comer!" whimpered Mrs. Tempest. “Oh. this is cruel!" . “\‘iololi" «Vt-laimeal Mrs. Scohcj. re- prnvingiy. "when you are calmer you will Im sorry for having spoken so 1m~ kimliy to your dear momma." “l alrall nmt ho sorry for having spoken the truth.“ sniil Violet. “Momma has heard the truth too seldom in her life. Sho will not hear it from Captain Car- michaelâ€"yet awhile.” 1 And after flinging this last poisoned‘ dart, Vixen took up the muddy skirt cf her habit and left the room. “it was rather a pity that‘Arionond. l did not go to the bottom 0! the bog and stair there,” she reflected. -“I don’t -ihink‘nnybody wants us above-ground.” ‘ “Did you ‘ever know anything so hu- miliating. so shameful. so undufltul?” demanded Mrs. Tempest, piteously, as the door closed on her rebelliots daugh- ter. “What will people say if Violet is. not at my wedding?" “u wotild be awkward, certainly, un. less there were some: good «£5011 for her absence.” “Pcople are so ill-natured. [’Nobodv “i cannot either sympathize or rejoice, momma. It is much better that i should stop away from your wedding. I should look miserable. and make other people uncomfortable.” ‘.‘Yonr absence will humiliate and lower me in the sight of my friends. It will be a disrrrace. And yet you take this course on purpose to wound and injure me. You are a wicked, unduli- ful daughter.” “on. mnmmaf’ cried Vixen. with grave voice and reproachful eyesâ€"eyes before whose steady gaze the tearful widow drooped and trembledâ€"“is duty; 54 one-sided? Do i owe all to you. and you nothing to me? My father left us tngr-lhi-r. mother and daughter, to be al: ll.~c world to each olher. He left us nfislm<sc< of Ih-3 dear old home we had shared with him. Do you think he meant a stranger to come and sit m his placeâ€"to be tmaster over all he lovnl? Du you think it ever entered his - mind that in three little years his place would be filled by the first comer -â€" his daughter asked to call another man {a then-2’" l l “It will make a very great difference. and yuu know it." cried Mrs. Tempest. roused to as much passion as she was capable of feeling. “People will say that. my daughter sets her face against my marriageâ€"my daughter. who ought to sympathize with me. and reioico lhnr I have found a true tor.” -“VV.. .nvv uv 61V?“- “\’iotet, have you thought what you are doing? Have you comidered what will be saidâ€"by the world?” 4 “I think the worldâ€"our wortdâ€"mmst have made up its mind about your sec- ond marriage already, mamma," Vix- en answered, quietly. “My absence from your wedding can make very tit- tte. difference." , V...J “v n,‘|fi‘|l',â€""‘|‘l Ll long: blue ostrichâ€"" “Please don't take any trouble alxiut it, mamma," said \‘ixen, whose cheek had poled at the Word “wedding." and who now sat very erect i-i hcr chair. holding her cup and saucer firmly. “l am not. going to be present at your wedding. so I shall not want a dress.“ “Violet!" cried Mrs. Tempest. begin ning to tremble. “You cannot mean what you say. You have been very un- kind. very undutitul; you have made me perfectly miserable tor the last sev- en weeks; but I cannot believe that you] wouldâ€"grossly insult meâ€"by refusing; to be present at my wedding.” “I do not wish to insult you. mammn: 1 am very sorry if t have pained you: but I cannot. and will not. be present at a marriage the very idea of which is hateful to me. If my presence could give any sanction to this madness of yours. that sanction snail not be given.” u\!:-y-n L-r~ “I am going to wrile to Mad. done by this evening's p031 "said her mother. handing her led. and making believe not l destruction of that exquisite assar: “and I should like in 0 dress forâ€"theâ€"wedding. l l thinking lhat cream-(ruler and would suit you to perfection. colored hatâ€"the Vandykc .Slllll krnfl blue nslrinhâ€"" _"But I have something very- particu- 3m- 10 say. Violet. I won't delain you long. You’d better have a cup of tea." ‘fJust as you please. mamnm." And. forgetful of her clay-bespattered habit. Violet sank into onc- of the satin covered chairs,pand made a wreck d :an antimncasar worked in crewcls by Mrs. Tempesl's own hands. ca t 7 vv-Iaviunlllé VCI.’ yulucunu' ll) ~ .V‘ 0 me. I had better take my muddy hgbn of! your carpet. I feel rather warm and dusty. I shall be glad to Chfllge my dress." “I don't. think that's quite the way to recover your temper, dear." Violehwas silent. and there was a ra- ther awkward pause. “\Villvyou have a cup 0! tea, dear?" asked Mrs. Tempest. “No. thanks. mtnnm'a. I think. unless 3701! have something very particular to can ‘A _- t v -v-- n-wutb All {1ou - ,“Bogged again!" cried Mrs. Tempest \‘rith inelllable disgust. “That horse will be lhe death or you some day." “I think not. mammu. How do you d°~ Mrs. Scobei?" “WOW," 'said the \‘icur's wiLe, grave- 13- “why do you never come to our “Cele-day services now?" “I“! don't know. We nol felt in the bunk)? for coming to church. It's no 1‘38 to come and kneel in a holy place: With rebellious thoughts in my heart. ll come on Sundays [or deconcy‘s sake; but I think it's halter to keep away from the week-day services till I am in a bet- ter temper," \â€" --. _______ - Q a mmmmmmmmmmmmmmwmmmmam (IHNPTEI: xv111.â€"(mm1nucd) 11-11111 l1li0ve in any ewuse that “a. \’ , 1111111 Tlml cruel gi1l will dismuce 10 Cl came r1111111 ng 111. ll1sl10d 11511“: “1“" hex: 11111) 1101‘ l11b1t 11111111111“:“" “"“‘ w. §+§+a+m+a+v+¢+n$$+a+n$+b$333333” “Ron: and Vixen; V LII Ir‘ thiS eveuihg'S pant-”Violet" ._An. , VOL. IS. N0. 47,, $1 per annum. cream-Color and pale who u to perfecliozx. A cream- he Vandyke .shzlpeâ€"wilha MILLBROOISANP",JOMEMEE MIRROR; handing her 'a cfifi'bf believe not to see the tor. who'ought tb and rejoice that friend and protec- CR, A HAPPY MARRIAGE. Madamc Then- isiie {Intimac- to order your 1 have been lay-bespattefed lc-Of the satin e a w‘rcck of in crowds by CMQQ @3 Vixen gave Arlen a final hug. drying those angry tears upon his soft neck, and left the stable without. another word. 1, She went straight to her mother's morningsoom, where the widow was sitting as a table covered with hand- kerchiets‘nfid glove-boxes, deeply ab- - -w u; .IIU use to any member of her family. If the brute were of a little lighter build. l'wouldn’t mlnd riding him myself, and selling one of mine. But he’s too much of a welght~carrier for me.” ' , , fl, ... ”no wuuw; a! “Do with him? My father’s horse!" exclaimed Vixen; “the horse he rode to his dying day! Why, keep him. of course.” ' “Don't you think that is rather foot. ish? Nobody rides or drives him. It takes aii one man's time to groom and exercise him. You might just as well keep a win-tie elephant in the stabies.” “He was my father‘s favorite horse." said Vixen. with indignant tears cloud- ing the bright hoxei of her eyes. “i can- inoi imii‘gine momma caipnhie of part. ’ing with him. Yet I ought not say that.‘ inner my experience of the inst fewl mtmths.“ she added. in an under-tonal ' “\\'eii. my dear Miss Tempest, mmJ iiy affection is a very charming senti- ment. and I can quite understand that you and your momma would be anxious to secure your father’s horse a good home and a kind master; but i cannot comprehend your momma being so too. iish as to keep a horse tvhich is of not nun» ‘- -..__ A, t "\‘0r_v well. then. I repeat my ques- tionâ€"411011311. as you decline to have any voice in our arrangements, it is hardly worth while to trouble you about ilâ€"whal are we lo (30 wltn this fellow?" unn .-.2AL L- "no" U. "nu-u vuu ill'l' ‘speaking when you say ‘we,"’ said Vix- on. with an unsmiling countenance. “Naturally of your mother and mysc! . lshould like to Include you in all our family arrangements. present or future; but you seem to prefer being left out- side." “Yes." said alone.” “This fellow” \\ as a grand-looking k-ny. with hc-rculean quarters, short tags, and :1 head like a war-horse. He snorted indignantly as the captain slapped His flank. and reared his splendid crest, and sevmed as If he said: “Ha, ha!" “I don‘t quite know of whgm you aro tuned-{n .. kn “Oh. by the way," michucl. opening tho loose box. “what are fellow?” you mxght ride one of mine." “Thanks," said Vixen, with a super- cilimxs glance at the most leggy of the two hunters; “I shouldn't care to be up there." I \tan fancied these animals Wore in mum wise typical of their owner. One morning: when Vixen was leaning upon the hali-duor of Arion‘s loose box. giv- ing: lié‘l‘St‘If up to a quarter of an hour‘s pitting of that. much-beloved animal, Captain Carmichael came into the stable. “(toad-morning. Miss Tempest. Pet- ting that pretty bay of yours? i‘m atraidj 50'! spoil him. You ought to hunt him‘ ncxt Octnlter." “i shall never hunt again." “Pstiaw! at your age there is no such word in never. He’s the noatest little hunter in the Forest. And, on of! days, you might ride one of mine." I Vixen [a some wise "When they've eat their com they cats their ‘uy. and when they've eat their ‘uy they eats their bad, and then ”W takes and gnuws the wooden par- titions. I never see such bmtos," com- ptuhwd Rules. the [wad groom. i' t t t I i Nothing in Captain Carmichael's man- ner during the-sultry summer days which went before his marriage betrayed his knowledge of Violet Tempest’s rebelli- thus spirit. He would not see that he “as obnoxious to her. and. spoke to her and looked at her as sweetly as if there had been the friendliest un hetwern them. derst a udi n g In all his conduct. in .uny act. of his which approached the assumption of authority. he went to work with supreme gentleness. he had his grip upon everything already. and was extending his arms in every!I direction. like 'an octopus. There were the garden alterations being made in whli‘lx Yet \‘iolet knew were his, although Mrs. Tempest was supposed to have ori- ginated them. He had. in some measure, msumrd dominion over the stables. His already quartered? \"ixen saw them when she went; with a basket of: two there. huh tors were her morning round ltrt‘ad. They were long-bodied. hungr *- the grooms re- l them ravenous and insatiable in looking animals; and portet their “When they've eat cats feeding. their '11v. and i t 5 I I I I i 1 their corn they 1 urhnn H‘n..'.» A“: I “She seems strongly prejudiced against t Tuptain Carmichael. It is It great pity. ; tut I dare say she will relent in time. t i I Were you. dear Mrs. Tempest. I ”should order the dress." ! “Would you, really. Fanny?" 1 “Yes. I should order the dress. and 'll'lht, in Providence for the result. You, may be able to bring her round some-5' how between now and the. wedding." I “But 1 am not going to humiliate. my-3 self. I am not going to he trampledl to“ by my daughter." i “Of course not: but you must have; her at your wedding." i “if I were to tell Captain Carmichael! what .she has said this aiternoonâ€"" ‘ “ile wuuld be very angry. no doubt, But I Would not tell him if I were you"; ‘ “No, I shall not say anything abouh it." 1 Yet. before night. Captain Carmichael ‘ had heard ever ' syllable that Vixen had]: 1 said. with some trifling and u'nconsci-i cus exaggerations. hardly to be avoided ' by a woman of Mrs. Tempest's charac- ter, in the narration of her own wrongs. It t t r Vixen, “I prefer to stand Cl {APTRE 'XIX‘ my," said Captain Car- g the door of another t are we to do with this My father’s h6;é;\.!" “the horse he rode to Why, keep him, of ques- have it is I?" remsmg to be presenL at my wed. ding. It is very cruel." The clock struck twelve. The obscure bird clamored a little louder in his woodland haunt. The patient Pauline who had packed everything and arrang: “It is simply perfect!" she exclaimed. “Theodore has a most, delicate mind. There is not an ahm too much blue. And how exquisitely the drapery falls‘ It looks as it it had been blown together. The Vandyck hat. tool Violet would look lovely in it. I do noth think if I were ‘a wicked mother I should take so much pains to select an elegant costume for her. But I have always studied her dress. Even when .she was in pinatores I took care that she should be pictur.i esque. And she rewarded my care byl refusing to be present at my wed- ding. It is very cruel." I Mrs. Tempest c<1nton1p1alod it with a pathetic countenance. The dress had come from Mndamo Theodore’s. Pauline had thrown it over a chair with an artistic carelessness which disptnyt‘d the tasteful combina- tion of cream-001m- nnd pate azure. It had been altogether :1 hyinr day, \hs i‘empest complained: in spite of the diversion to painful thought which was continually being offered by the or- 1‘ival of Some interesting item of the ltroussehu elegant t1itles ordeted ever {so long ago which kept mopping in 1t 1 the last moment. Violet and her mother had not met that (lay, and now night. was hurrying on; the owls were hoot- ing in the forest; their monotonous cr.V‘ sounded exem now and then through the evening silence like a prophecy of exit. In less than twelve 11011115 the wed- ding was to take place, and as yet Vix- en had shown no sign of relenting. 1 Mrs. Tempest had dinedâ€"or rather had not dinedâ€"in her own room on this last day 01' her widowhood. Captain Carmichael had business in London, and was coming back to Hampshire by the last train. There had been no set- tlements. The captain had nothing to settle, and Mrs. Tempest confided in her lover too completely to desire to fence herself round with legal protec- lions and prec cautions. llming only a life interest in the estate, she had no- thing to leave except the multifarious ornaments. frivolities, and luxuries which the squire had presented to her in the course (if their wedded life. The captain had not said :1 word about Bullfinch since that morning in ”1.1 slablc. The noble brute still occupied his loose box, and was fed and polled daily by Vixen. and vas taken for gul- lops into the dry glncles of llw forest or among [he gorse and lloallx of Balm-e. wood. “Well, mum. hearing Captain (Tm-- michuol talk about it, she naturallyâ€"â€"" “Captain Carmichael would never wish me to do anylhing I did not like." I “You don‘t understand, Pauline. At- suoh :1 time there me many painful lit-clings I have been tl11nhin;.,1 pnatur- ally of my dear Edward the best and most generous of husbands. Twenty yams last June since we were 11161111011. What a child 1 “as. Pauline. knowing nothing of the world! i had 11 lovotyl tromsenu; but I dare sny, if we couldt see the dresses now. we should think them ulsolut-ely ridiculous. Deur Ed- ward! He was one of the handsmncsl men I ever saw. How could \‘iolct be- lieve that I should sell his horse?" “Well. mum. if he's so good and you’re” so fond of him, why cry?" Mrs. Tempest might have vxlmdnd this; list of virtues indefiniluly. if hvr old sorvanl had not pulled 11-01 up miner sharply. “Not marry hini Pauline. when M is so good and noble, so devtood, 5.0 un- selfish!" if I was you. It’s novel" too late fur a woman to change her mind. not wen when she's inside the church. I've known it. done. I wouldn't have him, mum, if you feel your mind turn against him at the last." concluded the lady‘s maid, energetically. “You seem so. mum. I'm sure if I didn't want to marry him. I \wuldn‘t “Yes, you mav get me another cup Ff tea. Pauline. I feel awfullv 10“ 10- night." Mrs. Tempest had been sustaining na- ture with cups of tea all through the agitating day. It was a kind of drum- drinking, and she was as much a slave tz‘: the lea-pot. as (he forlorn drunken drab of St. Gilc‘s is a slave of the gin- bottlt‘. w. .uuumS uuy lmu given llt‘I‘SC‘lf up $16 weeping. ‘ “Oh. mum. your eyes will be so red to-morrow.” remnnslrulccl Pauline, coming into the room with another dainty little box nowly arrived from the nemgst railway stallan. and surpris- ing her mistress in tears. “Do have some red lavender. Or let me Inllkl' you a cup of tea." “Mammu.” cried \’ixen.. “Captain (.nr- 'lmichael wants you to sell Bullfinch. lf ,iyou let him he sold, you will he the [ meanest or women." ‘ And with this startling address Vix- ‘v-n ‘left the room as suddenly us she had entered it. banging the door he- I'hind her. . . Time. which brings all things. "brought the eve of Mrs. Tempesl's wod-‘ ding. The small but. perfect trousseau, subject of such anxious ithoughts. se.‘ Imuch study, was completed. The; itmvelling-dresses were packed in two} ilnrge oil-skin~cm'ene(l baskets ready for; gthe Senttish tour. The new traveling-t 151mg, with monograms in pink coral on; :silver giltâ€"n wedding present from Cup-l ltntn Cnrmiclmolâ€"cccupied the plnce ofl‘ honor in Mrs. 'l‘empost's dressing-room. The wedding-dross. of cream-mkn'ed br0-’ cade and old-point lace, with a bonnet: of lace and water-lilies. was spread up-[Q N2 the sofa. Ftwwulhinn in H... mmâ€" v. um, um. qu‘I-Hut‘s. was spread up- on lh-o sofa. Ever'lhing in Mrs. Tem- post’s aparlment bore witness to the im- pending chango in the lady’s life. Most of all, the swollen ‘cyelids and pale cheeks of the lady. who on this vigil of her wedding day had given herself up to weeping. __ -uv u “We shall keep more co make no doubt, wllh such a g mnsler as the captain." she strved in the confidence or M mer‘s comfortable parlor. “I can never bring myself Sw-r'dish gloves prelly." suid l\ past, as Vixen burst inlo ll “but they are the fashion, and l wear them." sorhod in the study of their contents. assisted by the faithful ’uutinve, other- wise Polly, who had been wearing smurtexxgowns and caps ever sincc her mizfix‘egs‘s engagement, and wtm was getting up n trousseau on her own ac- count, in order to enter upon her new phase of existence with due dignity. “We shalt keep more company, 1‘ make no doubt, with such a gay youngt master as m.» r-munm" 7' ' .3 um uuplflln." she. had 01} the confidence of Mrs. Trim. lfortable parlor. never bring _myself to think .1.... MlLLBROOK ONT.. THURSDAY, APRIL 18. 1907 After so’r‘fié ‘ from his lawy'e and followed 11 When he was told by Mr. Pmbody and Mr. O‘Reiily of his counsel that the result would be a nu‘stria], he dropped his bundle of documents to the “001'. The bitterness of his disappointment was beyond words, ' He ,faced months more of confinement. and then the strain of another trial. ' t “19 young Pillsbui'gcr hud Ctll'lit‘l' in thc- alfll‘l'noon again bundled’up the mass 01' letters and documents which he mount to take with him from his cell. lie was even at the eleventh hour hopeful of ne- quitlal. He thought that the appeal of Mr. Delmus, who pictured him .as 0. Sir Galahad, rescuing forlorn dumscls, would impress the jury so greatly that he would be liberated before the setting of Friday‘s sun. The scene in [he 0 announced “:5 disngr companied by all the such occasions, lost I quality it would all .r\ dcspalch from New York says: At- h‘r having,r struggled for nearly two days to roach a verdict the Thaw Jury reported a disagreement late on Frldfill' ‘aftcrnoon and was immediately dis- charged. The final ballot. stood seven for conviction of n‘nh'dvr in the first do- grcc and live for acquittal on the ground at" insanity. ,, ‘ Thaw was at once taken back to the Tombs. Application that he be relf‘ab‘i‘d‘ on hail will nndontjileilly be made very soon, but it. is regarded as almost cor- tain that the application will be denied. District- Atlm'ney Jerome announced im- mediately alter the jury‘s discharge that Thaw would be tried again, though not! for several months. Seven Stood for Murder and Five for Acquittal IHAW JURY DISAGREEB Mr. Edward Bayly has been uppoiuh‘d salivilm' k) the Miox‘m‘y-(‘mmml1s dw partment. at a salary of $3,000. "”73 ..- ‘ , um ol.\ AK'K'L [llm‘c inches high in the contra of HM} mum. nnd painted white. lml it, boars m- marks of fire or smoke on Us sur- face. Tho lantern in the mom enn- lained only a very small quantity ('f oil. and appeared to he in perfectly safe Cundilion. Two half-burned matches were found on the floor nonrhy. Koeller was arrested and put in jail. the indict- ment being murder. "Loopold Koeller Charged with Killing ms Housekeeper. A despatch from Stratt'nrd says: [.80- ptttt lioetter. 106 Romeo Street. was on Friday night placed under arrest, charged with the murder of. his house- kerpor. Mrs. urriet Dcwing. who was burned to death in the house on Thurs- ’day, Koclter being: alone with hm‘ in the house at. the time. The Coroner's jury examined Knollet'. who told that story of the accident. His story docsl not hold together well. however. Al- though the woman's ctothrs caught on, ltire and were burned off from her body.l there was Itot‘ting in her room. where he‘rlaims the accident happened, In start. the fire. Again. he says he grasp- ‘od the wmmm while hor (-lnthos war» blazing fiercely and thrrw her to the, tloor. hut. yet he received no burns whatt‘vor himself. The carpet. upon which the \mumu was plnm‘d try [(001- !-‘r in trying to extinguish llm mum showed only two marks at firo~one ux- :u-tty honouth whore tho body had lain and the other about. 18 inches to the right side. Tho ceiling is about, six {nut And then. after a pause, she herself‘ frelrully: “What will people say if my daughter is not at my wedding?" (To be Continued.) f.‘ ' So Pauline was allowed to hurry on i'the evening.r toilet. The soft. pretty hair, iml so abundant as it; used to be. was . carefully brushed: the night-lamp was ,llighted. and Pauline left her mistress ;sitting by her dressing-table in her flow- ‘lng white raiment. pale, graceful. sub- dued in coloring. like a classic figure in a faded fresco.. She sat with fixed eyes, deep in fthouaht. for some time after Pauline )had left her. then looked uneasily at the {litle gem of a. watch dangling on its tormolu and jasper stand. A quarter to {one Violet must have gone in bed {hours ago; unless. indeed. \‘E ' were tlike her mother. too unhappy to he able tin sleep. Mrs. Tempest was seized with :a sudden desire. to see her daughter. “How unkind of her never to come' near me to say good-night. on this night of all others." she thought. “What has she been doingr all day. I wonder? Riding: about the Forest. I sunpose. like a wild gill making friends nI dogs horses and gypsies and all kind smage creatures." “No, mum. I wouldn't allow that how. It, would make your arms ‘ \ou ought to get to bed as soon as you can. or you'll look tired and gnrd lo-mon‘ow." “Are you tired?" exclaimed Mrs. Tem- pezl. wonderingly. “Well. mum. stooping ovcr them dross baskets is rather tiring, and it's past twelve.” “You can go. I’ll brush my hair my- self.” “If you‘d 1d, me brush your hair now, mum." she suggested. at last, “I could get to bed. I should like to be fresh to- morrow morning." ed overylhiqg, and home with her u. gvuleluus, and name mm “(‘1‘ mis- h‘css’s dolefulnvess all day long. began to yawn pileously. u.- CHARGED “"l'l‘ll MURDER. s of lhe family were aware :reement had been reached, mch side having been lold of Iusticc Fitzgox-nld before lhey courtroom. [the court when llm jury greement, though about six foul. centre of [he sunposo, like of dogs and all kinds of if my own 0w that any. ' arms ache. soon as ever enL {IC- The end of the case was brought quickly. Clerk Penny asked u the jury had reached a vex-dict. Mr. Smith said simply that it had not. He then plumped himself into his chair and Thaw sank intorhis. asked As Thaw rose he lhrcw back his heavy Shoulders and put, his chin in the air. He looked squarely at l-‘m‘cmml Smith and Mr.'Smilh looked at Justice Fitz- gerald. ! Thaw slood up. In lhii- glnw (if llw 1elt‘cli'ii- light. his face showed plainly lhw pnllul’ ihal follies [mm lung: inmrison- menl. The lines from iho (’Ul‘H' of lii< nnsh'ils down lo lho chin Si't‘ElH'Wl In hum1 dimponiéd us if [he lwenly shut-p- ened plough of adversity lmd suddenly furrowcd them. A few inomonis bt‘fOI'O he had sat with his pitiful lilllc treasures 1'] his lap all neally pal'cellod and ready if: carry them lo the outer lilo. of which he had been deprived for nearly a year. He had even arranged for a tour abroad wilh his wife. l Some courl ullcmlunl pressed at Imi- ton, and n lluod’ of light relim‘wl UIC cloudy April allm-noun by the glam of many eleclric lights. (:1ch Penny arose {mm his seal. and called to 'J‘lluw to slam] and {am llm jury. lle lln'n lurmd l0 Foreman Deming I}. Smith and (-nllud l') him and llls’clcven ilaSOClill‘t‘a‘ lo I'm-c llm defendunl. Evelyn Noshil Thaw slipped inlu H10 room from the door which leads in the Justice’s chambers. Insleud of taking hm ilU‘llStOHlC‘d soul she swung u chair lmsidc,lhul in which her hushzmd 5111. She knew the result; she had 1m: l-zlld by the lawyers who made 1hr lighl for her husband‘s life and liberty. A»; shu sat close tohinl Thaw (II'OMHHJ hi< right hand toward her, caught hm- gluwd‘ hand, and held it fast. ('uurl-mom. [Io s..ppcd into his chair :I! the hvud of tho table rcsurved fox the lawyers fur the (Hence sn quiully that few of “1059 in court n'JIicod him. Rolled Outsâ€"Per hag. $2 to $2.10 in car lols. $2.20 to $2.25 in jabbing lots. llnyâ€"~Nu. 1. $13.50; No. 3 $12.50; No. 3 $11.50; (-lovn‘x' mixed. $11; pure clover. $10.50 lo $11 per ton in car luls. nun: bran in burrs $20 [0 $21; shmls “v” 10 '. ~~ $29.50; mill moume $21 to $25; shuighl "min 23_10 $29 pm (on. Mil][OWLâ€"Manitoba bran in bag: [0 $22; shark, $22 In $2250; () bran in burrs $20 [0 $221; shmls. -‘ Flamâ€"Manitoba spring “116.11. S to $1.6”: sh'ong baker-5'. $1 In 554 \x'inlm' wheat patents, $3.11) 1:131 SlI'zliglll. l'ulh‘l's. $3.13!! In $3.70: (10.. lugs. $1.65 («.1 $1.75; extras, $1.50 l’cus-Bniling was. $1 in cm-‘uml lols SLIO in jabbing lots. Oatsâ€"On spot. No. 2 \ 3 while. MZC to 120; N0 per bushel. ox-slnrc. Monh'vnl. April ll3.â€"-BI h) 36%“: p01- bush. (tumâ€"Anwrimn. Na. ‘3 N0. 1’. mix-0d. 050. ex-slm‘o Snmked and Dry Salted Meals â€"l.0n{_r elmu' Inn-0n. He 10 IIVQC for tuns and cases: hams. medium and “NM l5}4c 10 160: heavy. M}? to he: hacks Jul/.30, In 17c; shnuldcls. HP 10 ILL}; rolls. ll%('; out of pickle. 1c less than sumlml. l.urd~l"irm; lion-cs 1241-; [1115,12120: pails, 12%c. Porkâ€"Short. cut. $23.50 In :32". pm- bur- nel, moss, $21 to $21.5”, DresseJ Hogsâ€"$9.35 for light and $8.75 {or heuvies,’ fummrs' 101.5; $.25 10 $5.50 for our lots. Ralvd Hayâ€"Nu. l iimvuthy is quulcdnt $11.50 10 ‘$13. and smmuiary grades $9.5(‘J to $19.50. on track here. ' Strawâ€"$6.75 to $7.25. Beansâ€"$1.50 to $1.55. for Mud-picked and $1.35 to $1.30 for primes. -l”<‘»tatoesâ€"Ontario. 85c to 90's; eastern, 950 in car 1015 here. do dressed lions, live do dressed ........ Honey-Pails. 110 1 $2.50 to $2.75 per dnz Eggsâ€"Prices are: JG; to 17c; splits, 13%0 to Me. ‘ Chickens, live ...... 10c 1011c do solids Dairy, prints do tubs (Mesaâ€"October's are 51 large and MC for twins. Pullor~ ~Mzn‘kvt conlinues firm with an insuninimcy or choice grades. Creamery prints .. 27010280 l Toronto, 'A'prll 16.-â€"\\r’l1catâ€"Onlario No. 2 while winter, 711/,c to 72%0; No 2 rod, 71km: Lo Tixc; No. :3 mix-ed, 71c 10 711/20. Manitoba \Vhenl~;\"o. 1 hard, 87c to BTygc; No. 1 northern, 86%0. lake ports, 90%0 Norm Bay; No. 2 northern, 850 pox-ls. Oats-No. 2 while. 3%- lo 39%0 out- side; No. :2 mixed, 38c. Wasâ€"730 to 781/20. Cornâ€"Strong; No. 2 yellow American; 52%0 to 530, Toronto and west; Ontario, 45C to 460. lly£L63c to 631/20. l’m-leyâ€"Scax'ce; No. 2 nominal 11152360 to 53%c outside; No. 3 extra. 520 lo 52560; No. 3, file to 51%0. ‘ lflour-Onturioâ€"M par cml. patentsm $3.70 asked. $2.67 bid; Manitoba, first patents, 34.50; seconds, $3.75; bul<0rs'., $3.90. ' Branâ€"$20 outside, buyox's’ sacks; nom- inn]. 3 LEADINE THE SCENE l.\' (JOLTR'l THE PRISONI‘JR‘S \\’ll"l'l. MONTREAL MARKI'I'I'S . .uuu, UM. u N0 Inorlhexn 86/0. «Le ports N01”: Bav; NH. 2 nurlllern, 850 COUNTRY PRODUCE. PROVISIONS. 110 to 12c ll3.â€"Bm-Iuvln‘:n ! -â€"550 whilv. 52}§t':NO. ). :1. 40,140 In 41c .. 27010230 .. 25010260 25010200 . . .21ct022 study at 1’ ;c for MARKETS [Elm \vhtal. $4.25 31 In $4.10; y 01 10 w. .. IOC to lie 1b.; combs, w“. \ 'WU to 72%;; N0 '2 mixed, 710 ms. 820 Ontario IOC to 110 121: to 13c The mm‘kot for hogs continues ensv. Selects are quolcd ut 3)(i.') fed and watered. : ' - 5502 Sheep are 500 higher :11 $5.51) In $6 for owes and $4.50 to 8:3 for bucks and wulls; grain-fed lambs are a little firmer at $7. :30 to $8; spring lambs are steady at 8’ 10 $7.50. Trade in stodww and femhrs mutin- nos lo imprmc. 1': mm [m (-huiue mnuml u . to $3. 55 common «lulf is no! “unload. mick goxxs UH) simuly, and mm, .5110“ little change. . n dx'\eal canes are skm and pxiccs casx 30 to Sc per rm: nd. Tumnm. April 16.» The run all Inn (tiiy (Julllc Mnrkwl this innl'ilin;_r unmunh-d in ll(> (111's. whivh'inT-ludvd 1.5m ('utilc; H66 sheep and. lambs. 1.000 hog" and i1?) calves. ' . Tl'lltk‘ was gund for (1H kinda-z 411‘ ("“1118 um! ”IL‘I'L‘ was no simrlugv m” nflvrings. lixpm'l mHi.‘ said \wll. l’l'it'v< mn- linun [inn :3! lilsl.\\'l‘1‘k'.~‘ mh‘nm‘v. $5.45 Ming paid iii-(lay fur 151;? URL ink-her (talkie were ol’l’cl'cd freq-3y. Ordinary choice sold from $4.75 In $5. medium from SL3!) 10 $4.60; clmivc“ cmvs sold up to 41.25. with m‘dinm-yl quality ranging from $3 to $3.50. ! in .\'e\\ errk Mn: 1 1(3 ~\}y31 firm: .\'3 2 I‘L‘d 82:15,:4‘ (HPHHOI'. .\0. 2 PW]. 94%01', 0 b. nfluul; No. l northern. Duluth. GHXP opening: of nurigntiun LuJ). 1:130:11: N0. 2 hard winlcr, 86%: mwning navi- gation £0.11 afloat. anmfo. April 16. â€".â€" Flour â€" Siondy. Spring \\'imul-â€"Stmd.\'; N0. ] NOI'HH‘I'I], 591-; Winter. strong: N0. 2 while. 79%;. Cum-Strong: N0. :3 yellow. 51c; Xu. 3 whilo. 4299. ()ulsâ€"Slmng: N0. 2 while. /.7 In 47%(3: No. 2 mixed. 43%0. Barley»â€" Firm; \\'e~tern for shipment. quoted at 7n In 751'. H_\'vuâ€"â€"Qni(-l; N0. 1 in slum, THC uskml c.i.f. fll’rovisiunsâ€"Livc horrs, selects, $7.! :1 10 2.50: 1111\911 1118.37.11) to $7 . 25; culls. Stags. $4.75 to $5; sows. $5.75 per 100 mounds; drmsed hogs. abattoir dressed. $10 111 $10. 271; counhy dressed.$8.:'10 lo $9 25 per 100 lbs.; 311011011 111ezlls.h:1111s 0x111 large. sizes 271 lbs and 1111\11111ds 130: large sizes. 18 111 25 lbs.13}§c; 111011111111 sizes. solertcd “eighls. 1:2 to 18 lbs. 1’10: extra 51111111 sizes. S to 1‘2 lbs..1’}.’c: 11111113, boned cut rolled 1111-1111. 1”../c; 111. 51111111 130; l-Z11v'111sh 11111191935 11111111111151 111101111. 1711:: “111115111" 111111011. lmzks. 151': c0111po1md 1:111], 8X1: tn 9%0;.~kclllc lard. 13c [11 13%c; pure lard, 11%0 to 12%c. , Bu‘llerâ€"â€"2SC to 29C is being quoted for lho new make of creamery butter. For winlcr make 24c and 250 is being asked. while 23c 10 240 is quoted for lower grades. Chooseâ€"For {adders 12%0 to 125.40 is quoted. but receipts are very small. Eggsâ€"Price oI new-laid x‘mnnins un- changed at 17c 10 13c per dozen. I As the injured emerged battered and Mblood-cov'i-ed. (he parlors pulled out Imulrvssog from 2110 cars that remained on 1h:- ii'uck. and [he more .sm’iouslv in- Ijured were laid in long rsnw along the line and cared for as bust Hwy could ‘1»: until doctors were sc-cumd [Him ( hap- Ir»... » -l| , lean and other nearby points. 11. km]: scum lime in roach (erupleau. as the wires were interrupted and messages had to go round by Chicago and back (:2 Cllaplonu from the ensl. The Mix”- imjv came up finally, cleared llm line and hauled back the six remaining cars and all the passengers. The people uf IL is innmssible to say how many of the victims were (loud Harare the lire m‘achod them, but as six or them were children. some of very tender years. they were probably killed outright and saved the more terrible fate. NFAV YORK \\‘III§.\T MARKET Another. 11 young man, was caught above the knees. The rescuers had al- most freed him when the {up of the cur gave way, its supports having been eat- cu through by the tire. The poor fullow cried out, “Salvo yourselw-s, “'5 too late for me," and thrust his Would-b0 rcscu- (-13 away. “nu incredible rapidity. 'l‘he wounded, seeing the flames approaching, eried‘out pitifully for help. Many of them were , pinned down beneath the wreckage. HEROISM OF THE RESCUERS. With spendid heroism the train crew and passengers set abunt’lhe work «'i rescue. From the battered curs almost in hundred persons made their escape before the workers were driven back by the flames. The fate of some of the im- prisoned passengers was horrible. One of the three men among the victims was caught by the feet between two coaches and burned to death.‘ Until the flames? surrounded him men tried to move. the; wreckage, persisting even after their hands were burned and hirwlinn ,,_, _..... ]IIIALI wu uunu lllx‘ 'cmhunlmleut to a small icfimvered lake. It was {allowed by two immigrant cars. l'l‘he cars and a first-class coach crush- ed into each other at the hottmn of the hunk. The immigrant, cars wvre crowd- at with people who were engaged in cooking dinner. The acetylene lights were also burning. From these two sour-es tire spread through the debris with incredible rapidity. The wounded, seeing the flames approaching. crfcd‘out pitifully for help. Many of them View pinned down beneath the \vv'N-lrnfi‘n n ucspulcll 1mm Chaplcau, Ont, says: -\ terrible disasler by which the west- ‘bound Imperial Limiied was wrecked and fifteen persons, chiefly English ini- migrants, were either killed or burned in? death, took place lwenly-lwo xn‘les west of here at noon on Wednesday. The train was running at a little over twcnly miles an hour and was i‘oumla mg a curve when beneath lhe baggage car a rail broke. The car left [he mils. was torn away [mm the engine and mail car ahead. and plunged down lhw nrnlm “1.... m North Shore of Lake Superior Scene of?" Terrible 0. P. R. Disaster. ”VI-l STUCK MARK! s were burnedkand blu‘dih-g: “IT IS TOO LATE FOR ME." BUFFALO MARKE'I' \\'ilh m‘dinm'y to $3.50. {codvrs nonlin- J. W.’ RICHARDS. Eleven peeled I< §\\’oman (Ms Two Ymrs tor Attacking Tin-m “'ith Hatchet. A dosputch from \V'omlstovté. Ont, says: At the Asstzo Court on 't‘hurSday Mrs. William Bates. an elderly woman. cmployvd as :1 tahmtt'C'ss. about- the city. received hl‘l‘ trial (m thn that-Li"? mks:- .suuth'ng. with intent tu kill. her two children. ttuttio. aged :25. and her son. under :20. Thu vvtdoncc went. to snow ttzut tho “mum: arose in the night,\vhfle tht- twu chihh'm were sleeping. and at- tacked them with a hatchet. No defence was offered and the woman was 59!:- tenced to two years in Kingston Peni- lcnttury. Demand for Help is Far Greater Than the Supply. A despatch from Winnipeg says: Thursday witnessed another big inrush ‘ of settlers to the West. Sewn hundred Game on the trains from Montreai. The newcomers are all destined for minty west of \\'innipcg. many of them pur- posing to go to British Columbia, wl‘ter‘e they will take up duties in the coast. province: 3'75 Europeans who were also passengers on the. Virginian. and 1'50 British who crossed the Atlantic on it?!) Keiisington. A large number are bent\ on going to Alberta, where many have \ already secured employment. Applica- tions for help still continue to be pour- ‘ing in by hundreds to the immigration officials, who (11“ taxed to their utmost. in providing suitable situations for the new comers. \\'ilh the near approach of spring great anxiety is being felt by the. tut-titers. and the wages lining offered show a substantial incnease over the figures of a few weeks ago. Even as iK' is the number of available men is not. nearly .9: great as the quota of applica- tions. The dearth of help is particularly being felt in Manitoba. many of the men preferring to cast their lot in Saskatch- ewan, Alberta. and British Columbia. ton. N. 8.: Chrome Sprnulo. New Glas- gow. N. (9.; H. Saunders. Schriebcr. Ont: R. Gamble. Fort William. l Sliglhlly lnjured’~Le\vls Gillell. Lon- donmgand\\111\\’i1li;111‘1son. Bran- [(1011 Manitoba; Joseph GilLson. Salis- 'l.u1y;N. (10111159. Foxl. \\1ll111n1 Alphonse Fexludi Sl. M:1r1'cl£iance.0uebec;1\râ€" chibald Slrulhers. (ll1ell1-nl1am. Eng- land; S.l\'nigl1l Cambridge England; 'Ernesl Knight (2:1111bridge. England; Hurrv Williams, Mancl1es!er. England; J'1l1n ”lal;a~lall Orknm Island; “illium llamillnn. Dumlrics Soollzmd; Joseph i'l‘uwnsmd. Seulland: Arllmr McCrea, ll'rlnco Edward Island: l'nlrick Harvey HR'hyton. Srollund; Pcler Bucml’l’. Win- nipeg. Manitoba: Herbert lamb. Athena, Cut; A. Doclmrias. \\'oonsocket. R. L; Gm. Laruloclro. Winnipeg: George Hickey. Athens. Onl.; Edward Collier. \V’osl Shollm-d. 0110.: J. (2. Savage. West Shrrlnrd. Qua: Frank Schmidt. Winni- pa‘g: .I. ll. Starr. London. England; Roda crick Davidson. Exshzlw, Alberln; W , I). \Vl'n'le. \\'l1ilosido: James Clarke. Carle- TRIED TO KILL HIE" CHILDREN FARMERS [31 “TEST ARE ANXIOUS. Seriously lnjur d :â€"(‘ 11811435 Coleman. POI-15111011121 England. hands, face and [and burned. ' I Deud.-\h‘s. R. B. Champion and child; ‘Mrs. R. Davidsoq, and child; \K’inifred and Susie Horton. of (Sharing Heath. Kent, England; William Day. London, England; (I. H. Gou‘lding. his brother. brother's wife and two chiidren, of PaJe: slow, l-‘ssex, England; Mrs. August Djorklund and two children, of Wor- cester, Mass. J. J. Nevins of Ottawa. mail clerk on the wrecked train, when seen, said he was in his car and witnessed the part- ing of the train and the disaster that followed. It. seemed a miracle to him that the train crew were not killed. They were in the baggage car. which was crowded with trunks. After the fire had ‘puith‘ully [burned itself out. Mr. Niven ‘wullred over to the blazing ruins and saw indistinct, masses among the red hot iron fittings that represented the bodies of the dead. Most. of them would be completely incinerated. as it was im- possible to do anything till the heat. had subsided. ' :, Publisher and Proprietor " C. 1-2. :ussox \gzqgitlrrtn. 11 thousand immigrants are to land at. the port of St. L within the next momh. ‘4‘ v . .uv .uwu- gruily of it, that the blind brother's dog was dying of burns. What could bedone for him and for others in like case was (lame by the kind-hcarled Chapleau peo- ph: before me removal of the passengers [(1 Fort William. One [2001' fellow named Goulding cab- led 10 friends in Englunu suym’g Dial?) ho had lost his wife his two children .« and his Mind .bxother. Then he added. 'm Inl‘n appgremly not Hawking- Chapleau threw injured and the of whom were u pleau threw lheir homes open to the rvd and 1110 other survivors. many vhom were almost. crazed with grief. AN OVERI’OWEBING TRAGEDY. THE CASUALTY LIST of the inconl