qi Oousty Clerk thriiliog story ol bor Calitornia hope wah a few tie in the rad t thie masked men, armed with shot pistes, and disks. row ep your Lands eve tf yom f ercered the bender teblerm, As if by instine dropped thé reins and op ve the air, The lad or pistol into George' pocket and w: tard, "Now, t ne ot a Liner, aid cme of the ve , 20 Le soimned ir. Wild by the arm and jerked him oot of the ocach, "Jest ata oti!) a few mom ond welt a heerty." Mr. Webb ubouttel quiedy, for there waa sd a! ternative; unl he deai to have the top of bi blown «ff and hity bedy thrown over the elif With his bands sale ed b'gh in the sir and a thie head, atlowerd biterelf to be robbed of all bis vale + wgeld watch and $800in cash. "We'll take the old Muglich gentleman, with cream eolared par noder bis arm, next," said the leader sf the band. *' Step this way, Yas :] Capt, Murray, whe hed fought io several ware ao big pevket of the leader's coat along with the test of the plander Up te thin tine the Ladies had got been vole ated, t whie . were Lemg searched Mra, Webb slipped off » valuable es oteetvet ant placed it is bet bx . She was as cool as a re ftiger tor and exhibited moore real, genulhe brav- ery thon all of the male parseogers pu! Hurle x fay before be tal samy a cools trip to Caltorula -- Leuisrille Coramer cial. pone 24 oe Ti Hknown 'Confessi u" of Charles Lam » rep odacing, far it tells what to my ¢ tam! wha dreary an shall finit himeelf a precipice with open will ty ace hie deetrocton and 0 and yet to feel it all the rom teoun't ol he see my fevered eye, fevered with last night's drinking, aad looking for this night's repitition = =e < h temptation ; to make hum clas; nd nht undo'em A To wader wet dammat.outo run thruegh 'em. neorve ie P ix it nut worth recovering? -Reeorering O, if a wht eould t me back to ' to thee, pers ele- jy makes me Elia! Alas for the hey wire coalronted by gems, ry d--rec of the band of | & t, Bill Stewems ut hia 0 saz tude so ulter #0 ing, oe edt at Gree avit che aboulA die of it, Mra. Wileon broug' a the drink of chibiren aod of child. | yee can COUNTY OF PERTH VOL VIII. 5 ~ SPRATFORD, ONT:, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1888, | STELLA; OR, AT CROSS PURPOSES. | CHAPTER XXV.--Cowresven. SAY DIPORT. little seaside village--for it is little mare, of Sandyport, lies upon the flattest snd the egliest portion of tue FE urx const. There me neither trees wor hills land -vards, ther cliffs mor rocks seaward, to break monotony of the villege iteclf, cluster of bee coed Charch mo youd tnet that the lal w wa tinhe ith adwaf tower, ands burt 1 dei b it, which owe their healthy sir--the one Pz Tt waa at the door of the very last in the row here lodging: nat Laty Fino! and ber small lox were deposited lat the one-horsed omnibus, which went hackwards and forsards to meet the trains at Saudyport Junction, three miles @ one * Mire, Barnes, a portly acd important per- « who etineiaed her, aud called ber my dear" in familiar and motherly man- ner, gave her ber arm to belp her out of the ght ¢ , and rang buttered abode to and melancholy-lacel woman, ors justastly exchanged hieodly ' grectings. ** You see, I've brought you your lodgr Mra. Wilaon. She fan't goud for wuch yet, but-my lady stys you are to take good care ber." "It la very good of ber ladyship to have lected me. | hope "---tarmiag round | solemn stare at Lily, who was so alter nec journey that the y stend--"f hope, muss, that you mean to get well, apd give her ladyship | Bo more trouble, Poor Lily had not strength to aaawer her Logether, Their work compl: ted, the robbers turned | landiday"s somew slarming welcome. thelr attention & fa Stevina "Now, my | She followed ber meekly up stairs to the Learty," said one of . * jast out | room that had been provided fur her. them thar bosses locee and et 'em adit." | A large airy upper room, overlouking the Hill was slow about comply ing, for sandbeaps and the sea teyond them, as an viject in view. He knew that the atage | cheerfal a {viow, probably, as apy room in coming trom Yorcmte valle most | Sandyport could bly command ; and due aud, by iling" time, arsistance | yet, when the two women had pune dpwa- might arrive, and tho robbers overpowe: steire to gum sp Over their aud abe 4 and copttred her box were left alooe togetber, Lily Cat them homes luce, and be d- though abe had food, ami clothing. wil , Quek about it, repeated the leader ut the | lodging provided fur her by the kindowes bord, "or ou, there, vo't be id charity of other though sho k mew enough lett of y > make 2 Migoe- mest | that oothing was expectixl of ber Lut to en- | pie |' Ball waw th ot business | joy the sea get strong --felt sore en- eel commented unbitening, butso alow was | speakably lonely Uisa ahe bad ever felt in hombort fe that ter of the gang drew their | her life before. duke and slashed the barnesa nyht and beft. | Is will be easily imagined that there hal Sang | bang ! went @ couple af pistol 1 orn DO parting scene betwren hereclf and mand the villaing aml away went the |) Sir Edgar. Lad Pron had carefally pro- four boreea at a break neck & upd | vided agunst such An alarming aod danger the en 1d the road, There is no | omsexperiment, No socner was Sir kalyar's telling what a terrible coltision might have | back turned, than superhuman offorts were occurred with the wp coach had pet two of | made to strengthen up poor Lily's frame w he roma' jen down, thits atop- | enable her to eudure a joerney. By dint ot | pee the ofhet epen, After the horses port » Bl { tea, and calves' foot wen cut loose, one of the whose | jelly, and with the help of an invalid's car- tialect indicated that be was a Mexican, | riage, Lady Dyson ethected ber desire, aod took a pextiom at the tongue of the waggon. | seat ber saicly (ff oot of the house on the Ake, Webb ant Miss Kay were sitting on | very morning of the day on which ber Use driver's reat The greaser notioed that ] was expected to retara, Nobcdy but her- Mis, Webb bat a handsome aatebel on her { sell a | wbo bri to scorecy, arm, thought that it I valuables. | knew the destination of her journey. She "Aly, senorita, said the Mexican, "haad | was gone "* wea isle," that waa all the out Ure bag" information bestowed epon reat of th "There, take it, you old villain," said | houseboht. veo Mra, Pinob vkept i fra, folb, aa tprtefally theew the | the dark, for Lady Dyson was determined watohe!l atthe rolber's head. He picked it] that, uni 0 was malely married, he op, tl the triocf highway men bade | should have po chance of heafing of Lily's the powengers adien, and off like a| whe wate, ' flash, When the h from tbe opposite So Lily was bundled off, weak aod on corretion arrived, aseaich wad instituted for | «qual to moveas she certalaly was, and the robbers, hut no trace of the td be | was safely jeu, the found, Mee Webb's satchel was, however, | same afternoon, in Mre, Wilson's clean, fuuud im the weeds sot and alash@! all) but somewhat de u domicile. topocat, 'The rab erp luut been anable Bho. felt very lonely in it, Sbe oto get at the coptectaol uipary other way, Ut looked dire: {at th contaired pothiog but seme etal articles of Ty ra. Harnes w ent back to waa jolt yin & soli de: that trouble abe was c.asing her friends. Thus, ber hfe went oa for a fow days of monétony and dullness, and Lily cit sometimes aa if the solitude apa the dre than ashe knew hew to bear, ner At length, however, relief came to her in the abape of pew friends, whom she was fortunate enough to find in, the rector and one good-sized and tlooking house in Sand « Rectory, It pear the Church, within a high-walled jen, wherein ! red the only trees fond in the w' . When Lily arrived at Mre, Wilson's lilacs and ls robama were just coming into flower m the Rectory-garden, } tas Nort the Rector's daughters, were just setting up the lawn-tennis met again, after the rf her daughters did oa) apereninte the abso- lute tranquillity of Swdyportatall The dulinces was unspeakable. There was no neighbours, and there Marian and Katie Norton were bat they caught eagerly at the of their lives, Si 'aa no society. Pyare girls; faintest and ach an excitement was afforded My tbe arrival of Lily Finch at the Terrace with the og lady--and = pretty young lad- too ent wet inves down in a! / corver of Sandyport without at once attrac' ing the attention of the whole of its inbabi- tants, and of he R n "* Certainly we will eall oo her; let us go ; inch was out, sitting.on the " a nado Alas! poor pact th met fen al bondage, Ifems OF INTEREST. iol can be 20 elewated ularly ia with Virginls etitors, Hamburg landlords insure their tenants' furniture fur them adi add the promiam to the rents. 5 There aro pail to be 250 legit mate life ' in indi creet son-in-law :--" Yourmother- have @ pain in her side?" She hare Bas every now abd then 1 eee her pol her hand to her side, an abe felt a paig there." "That ie became pot ber teeth in her pocket," * Sam Pateh and Usptain Webb can. down 10 on ioas r maar af Another Wise aid to be =) : : alk hawt 1 seh gr naan le . every day ; and fresh ven- tt rh ) 5 E --for you know Katie and I have never b NEWS IN A MUTSHELL, : i i é t E g f H =. Fe if i = * Her name is Lady Honoria Reet," asf Katie, rf BE, i et if il ef & £ f EE i Tani "Oh--owr -- sho are zered plating, i aT i AT ij F : tf it s = z ett £ ji < F lil so that they might climb the bank or eucrgy aad perseverin-e. It will readily beimagined that at faik- time Loughton isa place to be avoided tiy all decent and Lie inhat The la ; "i ' all practical parposes this Toronto display is fc Prevently the mau atippod short close in genu leatuyes of fal farther, WKN wreak Fake ed A Werlin despatch says Mr. Coadstone's | around, and Bold ugh joke \or these tb expected meeting with the Casr is regartes] consider the condition of trade readers ac- ported that the memorandum of the French pro- The Dake and Duchess of Teck have left slowly forward on the bridge and Mra. Bat. te b Laren falinwed cl hind A Melbourne despatch saye: Kavanach, ° formers in the Pharsix Park murder trials, mitted to land, have been reshipped Europe. 4 Fa wins loote:t, iahment by the French officials becau re = by themselves or by their children, Mush th fforaon said : ug Well enough #0 loag as we have plenty alldrapken merriment, and the j.ngli ed to ber a pity not to go on aod accom (Os taste ay pt teenie they 't eo. <-------_--- When the Great Missiasipp! )Baurts (its Bounds, He advocated & return to a protective | night had quietly lapped the edges of the tariff, embankment, th bei: i FER An enormous evewd witnessed the ceremonies attending The | across the surface, deepenfog as they camo. Too night-workers koow that this meant that or the something elae which ] have in- ind her to return the same, way. She now fd sorry that she ; there w was, "Do you feel better, Stella?" asked Nor- £ Poa Sweteekhaoead E z EF E E : r i i gee i i F would pat it, eefwes, not habillees--clothed, i i | t i I | 3. i | F te I iH i ; ry Ff it F ! Fs fi il it Fe iz E 8 2 i i E i rf i ft | l | 4 ' i f Hl i it 1H ae i f E 4 ae i i} i i ia bi F i 3 fi i reki FE F H = t 13 Fes z 2 t & i