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IV \Vhi; McLaohlln RISCIPALB H (In mzumn's l’mnos Hunuus Buggies makes 0f P10... kus nt' Sewing Ma- \Vind mills. a] Ayr. America istuwell plows. GIFTS s ('ream Separators The Hannah-Jake rm ah H0030 Block R. I) lvs, bought per Threshing My Oils, Greases, gel-s Sewing CITRUS \ By-L,.\VV to authorim the ’mue “hymn” d! th‘ann of Dur- 4m w- mount of $11.00. (At the hard)“ 39 the frat plan of tak'ng if * ‘bmmres to the amount of $10" 0- 9.4.71 under By-Lm’ number 354: fl b .._A Town of Durham. wh‘ch "_,,;‘,,» m. the tenth day at June. 90 j 09, and for the further purâ€" if ,,r .wwnlemvonting the money: W741 nnd“? By-wa number 535 - ‘ .1 Town n.‘ Durham. to hu'ld .'.A q "Qd, «prom the Sangeen River _. _. .1 Town of Durham. a v Cour." - "“ '4'" -, r bed. TOW-"1 n. Du'rh 1m «gm 3 By-Lawd MIN-rut 334. “to End and. asset the ”f 777’, Furniture Commany, L'm’ied. “hu‘d 1m and operating a furni- «1“?- p, mry in the-Town of Dur- whorcby the issue of debtmâ€" m0 said Town of Durham tn --.-. .4 310-000. renmrab‘e at A; evr'r ton of ten years mm the 'Z‘d' “'13 WHEREAS debentures of the ,Id m». n of Durham to the amount 0', gm 000 ware duIv issued 'n pur- fl n"" “f mid Bv-Law number 354. 1,3 ,. dn“ course cold and d‘sâ€" hilt and .l is the and it ' further ‘ Durham nnan‘ AND WHEREAS the mid br’dgel and r: proacheu thereto have . been bu]: .‘nd «erected. and (be cost there- of 'q rhn mm of $5000 or thereabont.‘ and ‘r. 's d'wemed adv'aable to issue! hphor dobenturzs at the mid Town 0 ‘ Durmm to the amount of $1000 to AND WHEREAS for the purpose: afmosfli :t w‘ll be necessary to bun drlbontures of the and Town - 1-4 Lkn nuim nf “11-000 as h‘rP'ImePI‘ pI'OV'dFd (Wh‘tCh is the amount of the debt intended to be ”Puffd by this By-Llw). the proceeds - quid d'bentures to be mp0] Pd said purposes and no other. AND \VHERV‘TAS it "s llvf‘s°r.1bla to ism: Hu- sa'd d='b€"flt\1f€R at onwt’me and m mnke the primCTpal of the 9d (1 hr refi’lv-abIe by yearly sums durnu the per'od of twenty years. bong thz- Currency of the and de- b'nrurm. said yaafly sums being of 911% rvsrective amounts that the war-«cue amount payable in each . c ._ . 145‘ 't ofpthne said debt shall be an m MM rm pastime equal to the iammmt 90 payame in each of thP oth‘r nEnetee'n ears of such period hfl (mm-n in Sc odule ‘A’ hereto an- nos \' WHEREAS th hP amount €x\~+ [1)“: (hebe'n‘tmje (lebt of ti H w mz Geneuuum “Ow... v- -_ . Mun! psl‘ty, (excluswe of 100811 un- rm» mvnt debentures) is the sum of $001M. whereof no part .0! hbe pr'n'“ p .1 or 11!“th .18 in “‘7‘ T. _'I'HF.RF.FORE the Munic’pal Coun- cil 0? m2 Corporat’mr of the Town of hm mm enacts as follows,â€" ‘. ’I‘HF‘, sum of $10,000 aha“ be e15- p'm‘. U My the Town Mk. n! ;.p .1119 pay n‘g D‘l' twin n) pay ng or [I m ll all." vmzvmlin ng due on th‘ :09. “nrk Of the b71190 turn River at (Sarah 'n 92- sad Town of Du for 't; purpose or raw ug um w..- 9\1'!.- pf $10 000 and $1000. (k-bentures of 'N' mid Town of Durham to the mag“, of $11,000 in thewhole 9mm ‘3 “nod in sums Of not less than 7’1”" t'JL‘h 0n the furflt “V 0: June A l‘. 1909. each of which aebentures phi! 1w dated on the date of the M."- thereof. and shall be payabalfi‘ wq; n twenty years thereafter ridnrd 8'!!!" 0f 'h. office of the 8*.1 . -- __._. A In,- \‘v A) AND WHEREA§ Fl”? dunng Ina nus-vuv, - and shall have nt‘aucned to ‘ ‘ "‘-“ d‘l . mods] rate on“ alr ‘the| public auction at the Bdhn House In rumble property in the sad Town the Town of Durham on '1“:wa . $84554 for Janmr am, 1909, at 1:110 hour of- amount.two o’clock in the Incl-noon, me! '24 1908 ' ' 9,.) wty Marni Officer. In 9 ’ a": at the «tum Hall. by 01 r, MUNICIPAL CORPORA- an? 22’ $3§§r§gtxn£§n . 0w or dicks office by John Smith a ‘ OF T“ T N hmty Returning ouzeer. - DURHAM- ' 7. on Batu-1h ,the ma '4 ._.....â€" January A.D.._ 13 the m!“ f pallty. uns’ noun, ovâ€"vv hour at _nh0__¢°y”k1 IV! 'J“ I.- .. .. by the said Town of y‘ng off in full the bal- g due on the construc- ' the br' most! the r at Garafraxa street Town of Durham, an me of rais'ng ‘the send n r nnnum. 9333‘“: ”Y; Bgnk on no in each andb ever; the currency the m‘ tenfih -. d‘n shallbeflr dicks cums by thn Smith a: De- puty Returning Officer. ' ' 7. ON Baturda . the second ’day of January A.D.. 19 9, the Mayor of the said Town at Durham aha“ attend at the office of the Town Clerk at the Towp at Durham. aptgn o’clock _,Aâ€"_A- ‘ udW. Dated at the Council Chamber in they dny G: “can the Town of Duriham this January, Year 1910 1911 1912 >1913 »1914 11915 l1916 71917 T1913 1919 ‘1920 1921 ,1922 1923 1921 1925 1926 1927 1923 1 000 A.D., 1909. SCHEDULE Referred to in Showing how the am' thereby required to Special rate. is appo Princ'pal $350.64 366.42 382.91 400.14 418.14 436.96 456.62 477.17 498.64 521.08 544.53 569.03 594.64 621.40 649.36 678.58 709.12 741.02 774.38 20922 “A" Io’rgo‘ng Bv-Law. 'unt 'nf $845.64 , be N‘s-.4 ‘by she saw a curious, narrow passage rt'oned. Interest - 'uv v v-vv faused listening. There was no , and the detective opened his lantern. Clerk When Elspeth had previously been " ' on the other side of the secret door she had groped in darkness, sebing nothing. Now, by the lantern light, between rough walls of stone. The Total passage followed the form of the tow- j $845.64 er, and Elspeth told herself that it 34554 probably ran all the distance round 845.64 between the embrasures of the win- 845.64 dows in the tower room. The floor 847‘.“ was covered with a strip of thick car- 345-“ pet, evidently new, and probably 332?: meant to deaden the sound of foot- 845.64 tails in case the‘passage had to be 845164 used while the tower room was occu- 845.64 ied. Just at the tvrn the queer, 845.64 adder-like staircase was visibleâ€"that 845.64 steep staircase down which she 845.64 had hurried in fear and nameless hor- 345-64 ror but a short time ago. It was “5°64 covered with the same new carpetinB 845'“ as that which protected the floor; a 332:2: pattern-less green fabric, stained with 345,64 dust and mud as if with a trace 0! - _r_4_.. ---L:,.L ‘nnrl nought] 1111 m' By-Law Number 553. .921 569.03 276.61 840.04 IWUVL'unv new.--" ..__ - __ .922 594.64 251.00 845.64 steep staircase down which she f 923 621.40 224.24 845.64 had hurried in fear and nameless hor- c [52%; $3322 113333 Eff-g: ror but a short time ago. It was t 1°26 709'” 136.59 8 £6 4 covered with the same new carpeting t '923 774.38 71.26 845.64 patterniess green fabric, stained with l 1929 30922 36.42 345,64 dust and mud as if wrth a trace of ________________ every iootstep which had passed up or 1 $1 1000.00 $5912.80 $16912.” down. ________.__.__.._â€"â€"â€"â€"-â€"â€"â€"-â€"- Elspeth pointed to the stairs. “It’s up above where the dead woman lies, B Yâ€" J ,â€" , she whispered. “But they left me 3 I aw Number 55‘; lying here. See, there are the bands OF THE MUNICIPAL CORPORA- of stufl that bound me, knotted still. TION OF THE TOWN OF They'll -1091: here when they come”â€" ' “Hush,” murmured the 'detective, DURHAM. , , , , With a finger on his lips, and turned t. A BYfLAW to grant aid by way off the lig ; of Farm“ exempt on from taXa't‘fln They were in black darkness, dark- 302193.118 ggfui‘ggmmgé‘figg t hnrgu'sdfyo 2: uses which in this cold and gloomy ' mml in the town of Durham. 61ft“ seemed thwk’ as If It might be WHEREAS Will'am A. McGowan K . - - - : F c . enrith laid his hand on the girl s - aggt‘gg‘gyegtgn Dfiflamnan‘f 393;: shoulder. She had been trembling a 3 manufacture of oat meal, «in the little, butl at his touch her nerves . stea y. 1 Town of Durham. and has pe'titt’nntd grew . . . a a slight sound in the dis- 3 the Municipal Council of the Town There was. tance. A sliding door had been soit- 1 of Durham for «mid by parti’al exemp- hon from tamat on 01 the .same. 1y pushed back, somewhere out of AND WHEREAS it 19 drmmlrd £196â€" sight. Then came a muffled sound of dient to grant such petition. footsteps on NOW THEREFORE the Munic’pil talking in low tones together. An in-- CounCtl 01 the Corporit on Of the stant later a yellow light quivered Town Of Durham 61111110149 08 fOll-OVVB,â€"- along the dark “'8“. They were com. 1. THAT the mssessment of the ing round with a lantern; and, Els- mlllflgfi machinery therem, togeth- peth heard the same clinking noise CF Wit "1‘1 tihe Dudes belong “3 t0» and which had frightened her on the first used 333 rmll ate in Connection there- ni ht in the tower room w‘gthflthim d William éaMcGowfarli, %n a moment more they. would know w c an s are e nr' a - - . 1' a“ 8 0 that they had been tricked; but the lows.â€"â€" Lots 17 and '18. East Gara- , . 18, West Al- light had not found the intrudersyet, : frixu street, 17 and , bsrt street, and 17 and 18, East Al- and the four wtgiylay hld waited, ' hsrt street, Durham, except portions scarcely breathin : twhsreof sold and conveyed to. tame Now they came round the turn of nggkigont‘a?3181§m}§3°wd Raaltwag' the passage, two tall, black figures, . 1' V1 0.. ’ an par ’ walking one behind the other; but a 20 and part 21, West Elgin street, 1 9 °.' two“. an em W ‘0 ’W‘ its clmkmg chain, hung from the 8 Lots 19 1nd 20 and rt 17, 18, 21 . k ° pa p hand of the foremq‘sthlan. dld 110" _-_I on .,_.‘,..L Plums «:6er Intfi 19. 2---- m‘nn;’ NOWâ€"TUHEREFORFE the Munic’pil 1 Council of the Corporat'on of the I Town of Durham emucta as follows,â€"â€" ‘ ‘1. THAT the assessment of the ; mill and mach'nery therein, togeth- c r with [all lihe lxlnds belong'ng to, and used 333 will s'te in Connection there- with of the m'd Wilmim A. McGowan, which lands are deacr'bed as fol- low.s.â€"- Lots 17 and '18. East Giara- trixu street, 17 and 18, West Al- bert street, and 17 and '18, East Al- bert street, Durhiam, except portions the reof sold and conveyed to tine Wialkerton and Lucknow Raeilwa Complnv, Lots 183, 19 and part 2 , East Alb:.rt street, Lots 18, 18B, 19, 20 and part 21, West Elgin street, Lots 19 and 20 and party; 17, 18, 21 and 22 mat Elgin street, Lots 19, 20 and 21 and parts 18 and 22, iWfist Kaincard n6 street, and part of Park Lot letter B, an in the Edge Survey _ of the Town of Durham, and more I .arlliicularly drfitrbcd in a Deed of ..1rg.1in and Sale thereof from cne ’ Samuel J. Edge to the mid W llfiam l A. McGowan, be, and the same is ,' hereb fixed .at [the sum of $1000.00 - 161‘ t'. period of hen ears 1mm ’ the passing of the by- aw, except- l ing, however, as to school taxes. ALQA £1 1‘, IV'VJJv y.-. 4. THE Clerk of the Council of sa‘d Town of Durham shall attend at his office in the Town of Du am, on Twila? the fixth day of anuary, A.D., 1 09, at ten o‘clock in the fore- noou, to sum up the number of votes for and against this By-Law. Da ted at the Council Chamber in the Town of_ Dunham this dkiy of 4 AA- g5" '. J. WBmEBTf [lul‘u U‘ UIIU .V.V"-v~v -- send its rays up to their faces. Their features were hidden still, as if mask- ed by darkness. “We’re late,” Trowbridge’s voice said, in a hushed tone, yet audible to those intently listening ears. oughtn’t to have gone so far off when this thing had to be done still, before dawn.” "We’ve time still,” answered an- other voice, strange to Elspeth, save that she had heard it here b._--iore; but she felt the hand on her she-Crier start. .. a n L-..vaH nulpnrl “Where was it we left her?” asked Trowbridge. “Here, I think. “Why”â€" and the li ht touched the woollen bands whicg Elspeth had throwphog. With a cry of rage and amazement ment Trowbridge stepped back and stumbled against the man behind him. Then, what followed came so quickly that Elspeth had scarcely time to un- derstand the meaning of what she saw. '--â€" hand: an ucl‘Bbuuu Luc unuu ..... D - The unknown man sprang back as Trowbridge staggered away from the light. but the full blaze of the detec- tive’s lantern was upon them both pull a revolver from his breast and aim it at some one among their num- ber. She had the impression that the shot was not fired at random, merely to injure a dangerous enemy and ter- rify the others, but that it was meant to find and kill one among them. 80 strong was this impression that, with a quick thought for the man she lov- ed, she tried to throw herself in front a of Kenrith. But the light thrown up by Trowbridge’s swaying lantern was s not upon his face. It was upon Cap- " tain Oxford’s, and quickly she realis- to; him. other lantern, which had crashed to the floor. Disregarding the danger of treachery, he bent over Trowbridge, who, shot in the back, had fallen heavily forward on his face. “Good heavens, I believe he’s kill- ed !” cried the young man. “It's Trowbridge !" “The man who would have killed . “Strange that his ~ Oxford would have moved him, gently laying him upon his ! Trowbridge groaned in a : as pain. “Noâ€"not you, ;carpet, made a kind 'for Trowbridge’s hea I v I “Noâ€"she’s dead; ‘ forgiven now. Kenrith went down on one knee, and brushing up the loose of rough pillow .d. i “Is it Countess Radenolskoi you wish to see?” he asked. I killed her.” ‘panted the dying man. “Up there iabove-râ€"she’s lying. â€"â€" did it to â€" isave Hilary. It’s Hilary I must see. I Bring her someone, "‘What is to be don I, promise, answered i 'i t ! Trowhridge heard, 1“Not now.” he said the doctor afterward quickly.” Kenrith looked up at Elspeth. e?” he asked. “I will fetch Lady Hilary here; I the girl. “And the doctor.” said Kert'ith. and lifted his hand with a commanding gesture. . “Hilary firstâ€"- . But what use? I know I’ll die. And I don't want to live. I’ve--lost everything I've play- ed for. For Heaven's sake, girl. bring Hilary to me. If you \\'illâ€"â€"-Iâ€"-I’ll tell her things you won to know.”__ 1d all give much It“ “Md“ “'l‘hnrp'fi suggeswu mum“. ' “He W111 have enough to do to es- mne from the detective.” said Ken- rit‘n. “And even If he does escape”â€" “What then?” "U will do him no good. tam.” Kenrith finished. “And so did I,” said Elspeth. he last words she spoke e for Trowbridae’s 1 saw his ' ' to have . implor- as she had come. into the tower room ' ching the great ' the tall clock ‘1‘, “‘- . hall in time to hear the tall ClOCK strike the half hour after four, and to see the dawn turning to jewels the colored panes in the hi: stained-glass window. “The Countess dead '.” she kept. say- ing over and over to herself, as me- chanically she went on toward the stairs which would lead her to Hilary Vane’s room. “It was her face I touchedâ€"that (mid, cold face lying there in the secret room; her hair again, the door was opened, and Hi1- ary stood silhouetted against the half light in the room within, her long, beautiful hair hanging loose over a white dressing gown. . -V - (To be Continued) “There s Gold Brooches - 33c. to $l8.00 We. have a large assortment of both Gold Filled BPOOChes which make a ' gift to a lady. Solid Gold Rings - 5|.50 to $25.00 Gold Bracelets, You will find in our large stock of Bracelets every up-toâ€"date. Gold Lockets and Chains - 50c. to $8.00 P' G' A- WEBSTEBLIHQJEYSN‘ We have the largest stock of 8 shown in Durham. Every ring A Gold Locket and Chain makes a very acoe a gift boa lady. with her monogram lmndsom y graved on Locket. bought at this 81 ' d laid awoy For the Fall and Winter trade we have added lines of Boots, Shoes and Rublfia to our wants of the public in our line. , HERE ARE SOME BARGAINS 24 pairs Men’s Henry Rubbers, reg. 83.26. 1 24 pairs Boys’ Shoes, reg. 81.75, for ...... . . . . HAND-MADE WEBSTER’S all styles - $2.00 to $8.00 FOR of Solid Gold Rings 1 rim: “Solid Goid” swam of both Solid Gold make a very accep1 AND snows A BPi INSTITUTE 0.......~....