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[Ass w at ts Hing 0033 d Oatmeal I'\' till Jan. lst. l9ll in "oak”. U! Kinds of Cm1fecti0nery H‘ IN" SEASON .‘Huw-d. \\'t‘ hflVU 03‘", ~!.;‘.'-;.-n' «Nos [.0 chm. Irwin and prices within “I. l't‘éh'll Hf all, If ’0“ 'I‘I' :1 pah‘ of Oxfords Ol’ 9‘ flippers, give no a “'0' are (‘learigg hm!“ “Hr-d at, rvdlfl.‘ . PM Trunk-z, V3159”. TO” mp9s. Suit (face. in stock- prices model-an. Be Good To Your Feet . Soda - .V'vv . v naming 8: “ma .1 Everything to make the home comfortable to Down Town m "0'. : live in at / Custom Work and '0‘ ‘ g ll) )1 THE -n-'~.:«2-~:o++++++++++-r+++++ L'mrECTmNEl \V n «macaw... mg poisoned 1: .--:~++++++++++++H"’ , i--+++W :4!“ u‘ nuns «:.=«:--:o+~:-+++++++++++ Durham \Nl) EGGS U a them a pm“! ut' our Boot! 0" ruit Meats :1»; ('nsllk n Ruled Shoes, vici kid. pat. tip, latest. lut, lied Re-lindu Patent Colt. good year welt ...... . ...... nirs' Dull (Talf Button Shoes. flexible sole ...... . ...... :21 Fine Box Calf. blucher cut. good year welt. '3 Fine Velour Calf, blucher cut, good year welt. . . . . .9 Leather Lined Box Gulf and “Willow Calf ......... llmllcs‘ fllhl (lents' Shoes at. $1.25, $1.50, $1.75 and. . This is the place to get the BEST Shoes in town for wt prices. We have a full line of Ladies’, Gents’ and .ldrens' Full um! Winter Boots and Shoesfin stock, and "on want the latest in shoes, here is the place to get Pluin Cashmere H Plain “Llama" [h Ribbed Cashmere Wanted Hon, al‘ Ian's (‘ashmerm w UNDERWEAR of All Kinds MOO Are You Prepared BUTTER A) or solid comfort mt Inn“ is the time and our store is the place ”i. \ mu preparations. We have put in In”: stucks of all kinds of Winter w.ear â€" m white values .CS ( .«11 um! g‘ t one pound of our '[oc You can gt't any place else for the money ll ind that Stove was done last winter. Do not put Off. but come and inspect our line and be satisfied. ‘flkohnlo’u on M astra U The Cold Weather TFRMS: EGGS OR CASH A Two Good Second-Hand Stoves For Sale Cheap latest. lut, gund year welt..3.75 ........................... 4.00 ........................... 3.25 velt ...................... 3.75 »r Welt .................... 3.75 ......................... 3.25 .t. ...................... 3.75 Welt .................... 3.75 ......................... 4.50 .75 and ................. 2.00 iappearance on the rock. The fact ;struck him as singular. In all proba- :bility he would not return to duty. zgfie had completed twenty-one years 9:0! active service. Now he would re §;tlre, and when the commercial a1;- irangements for the auriscope were icompleted, he would take his daugh- ‘ters on a long-promised Continental “tour, unless. indeed, matters pro- gressed between Stanhope and Enid 6 to the point of an early marriage. The PILLAR 0F Llaml He had 'toreseen that Stanhope would probably ask Enid to be his wife. He knew the youngster well, and liked him. For the opposition that Lady Margaret might offer he cared not a jot. He smiled inwardly-â€" as the convenient phrase has itâ€"whcn be reviewed the certain outcome of any dispute between himself and her iadyship. He would surprise her. Brand, the lighthouse-Keeper, and Brand urging the cfaizns of his adopted daughter. would be two very different persons. or course. all Penzance knew that he was a gentleman, a scientist in a small way. and a man of means; other- wise Constance and Enid would not have occupied the positiion they held in local society. These unacquainted‘ with English ways ofttimes make the mistake of rating a man’s social status by the means he possesses or the manner of his life in London. N0 greater error could be committed. The small, exclusive county town, the community which registers the family connections of many generations, is the only reliable index. Here, to be ;of gentle birth and breedingâ€"not bad lcredentials even in the court of King Demosâ€"confers Brahminical rank, no matter what the personal fortunes of the individual. Brand it is true, did not belong to a Cornish county family, but there were those who conned him shrewdly. They regarded him as a well-meaning crank, yet the edict went forth that his daughters were to be"‘received,” and received they were, with pleasure and admiration by all save such startled elderly mammas as Lady Margaret Stanhope, who expected her good- looking son to contract a marriage which would restore the falling for- tunes of the house. U“l‘\-v v; All unconscious of the thoughts flit- ting through his brain, for Brand was busy trimming a spare lamp, the two girls amused themselves by learning the semaphore alphabet from a little handâ€"book which he found for them. www-â€" When the night fell, dark and low- ering, the lamp was lighted. They had never before seen an eight-wicked concentric burner in use. The shore lighthouses with which they were bet- ter acquainted were illuminated by electricity or on the catoptric princi- ple, w‘5erein a large number of small Argand lamps, with reflectors, are grouped together. , LL _1.. “cop‘s To interest them, to keep their eyes 0 and ears away from the low-water 1‘ orgy of the reef, he explained to them 8 the capillary action of the oil. Al- 0 though they had learnt these things:B in school they had not realized the:y exactness of the statement that oili‘J does not burn, but must first be con-h1 verted into gas by the application of heat. On the Gulf Rock there were I nearly 3,000 gallons of colza oil stored in the tanks beneath, colza being used ‘ E in preference to paraffin because it“ was safer. and there was no storage ‘ accommodation apart from the light- house. 1 Requiring much greater heat than-‘ mineral oil to produce inflammable;1 gas, the colza had to be forced by i. heavy pressure in the cistern right up . to the edge of the wicks, and made to .' flow evenly over the rims of the burn-i er, else the fierce flame would eat the . metal discs as well. ‘, He read them a little lecture on the rival claims of gas and electricity. and demonstrated how dazzlingly brilliant the latter could be on a dark, clear on the Lizard. -. “But in hazy weather the oil “71118,": he said, with the proper pride of every: man in his own engine. “Fishermen' sailing into Penzance along a course| equidistant from the two points tell' me that if they can see anything at all . on a foggy night they invariably catch? a dull yellow radiance from the rock.’ whilst the Lizard is invisible. The! oil has more penetrative Dotwer. Its; chemical combination Ts nearer the mean of nature’s resources.” At the proper time he banished them to the kitchen to prepare din- ner, a feast diverted from the hour of noon by the chanceaofi. lbe.dav.. He milk and prepcrly nour- ishes the child. to properly children. Continued from page 6. THE DURHAM CHRONICLE As he could not leave the lamp, and they refused to eat apart from him, {the dinner, in three courses, was a ibreathless affair. Going up and down gfive flights of stairs with soup, joint Liam! pudding, whilst one carried the 3 tray and the other swung a hand lan- tern in front, required time and exer- tion. They were cheerful as grigs cyst? it. Enid. whose turn it was to bring up H39 31-" 5;: of tapioca, pleaded guilty to a .z-“g-‘ht sensation of nervousness. “1 (mild not help remembering,” 25w said. “what an awful lot of dark 'ZV'::*.1 Slz‘l‘S there were beneath me. I *‘s ‘r as if something were creeping up 3| Ily behind to grab me by the I Vuuvâ€"câ€" vâ€"v â€"â€"_-__ aaoptea every expedient to keep them busy. to tire them physically and mentally, to render them so exhausted that they would sleep in blissful calm through the ordeal to come. _ {filliks "You should go up and down three times in the. dark,” was Brand's re- cipe. “When you quitted the door level for the third ascent you would (njase to worry about impossible grabs!’ Constance looked at her watch. “Only eight. o’clock! What a long day it has been,” she commented. “You must go to bed early. Sleep in my room. You will soon forget where you are; each of the bunks is comfortable. Now I will leave you in charge of the lamp whilst I go and lock up." They laughed. It sounded so home- like. “Any fear of burglars?” cried Enid. “Yes, most expert cracksmen, w-lnd and rain, andâ€"sleet,” he added, quiet- ly. “I must fasten all the stormshut- ters and make everything snug. Don’t stir until I wake you in the morning.” - n “Poor old dad!" sighed Constance. “What a vigil!” He was making new entries in the weather report when she remarked, thoughtfully : "It is high~water about half past one, I think.” He nodded, pretending to treat the question as of no special import. “From all appearances there will be a heavy sea,’ she went on. “Just an ordinary bad night,” he said coolly. “Do the waves reach far up the lighthouse in a gale?’ she persisted. Then Brand grasped the siituation firmly. _ "I JILL; 0 “So that your slumbers may be’ peaceful,” he said, “I will call your kind attention to the fact that the! Gulf Rock light has appeared every‘ night during the past twenty-five; years, or since a date some four years '3 before you were born, Constance. It; contains 4,000 tons of granite and is practically monolithic, as if it were! carved out of a quarry. Indeed, If think its builder went one better than a nature. Here are no cracks or fls-' sures or undetected flaws. The lowest course is bolted to the rock with wrought-iron clamps. Every stone is Idoveâ€"tailed .to its neighbors, and clasped to them with iron, above. be- low and at the sides. It you under- stood conic sections I could make clearer the scientific aspect of the 3 structure, but you can take it from me you are far safer here than on a nat- ural rock many times the dimensions lot this column.” “That sounds very satisfactory." murmured Enid, sleepily. “I am overwhelmed," said Con- stance, who grasped the essential fact ithat he had not answered her ques- | tion. - I - 1-1---A Soon after nine o'clock he kissed them good-night. They promised not ‘to sit up talking. As a guarantee of .their good behavior, Enid said she ‘would ring the electric bell just be- fore she climbed into her hunk. *7 -‘ LA ”Ina [by u The behavior of the mercury puz- zled him. In the barometer it fell, in [the thermometer it rose. Increasing ‘temperature combined with low pres- ; sure was not a healthy combination in {January. Looking back through the ‘records of several years. he discov- ered a similar set of conditions one day in March, 1891. He was stationed , then on the Northeast coast and failed _ __I_..k1- n‘rnilm- IVIU wuv v-.---â€"v_ The signal cam-ersoon. and he was glad. He trusted to the fatigue. the fresh air, the confidence of the know- on guard, to lull ba ”grand mused OVGT while. With his peered long into t growing storm to s the double flash 01 light on the Bisho; - 1---... ‘ ring tne gran». Nevertheless. he caught the quick flashes reflected from clouds low, but unbroken. As yet, there was a chance of the incoming tide bringing better weather, and he bent again over the record of the equinoctial gale in 1891. Soon be abandoned this hope. The growing thunder of the reef an the 01d dad! " sighed Constance. across the Atlantic in an n'regular track. Howsoever the winds may rage the tides remain steadfast, and the great waves now rushing up from the west were actually harbingers ON the fierce blast which had created' them. Of course. the threatened turmoil in no wise disconcerted him. It might be that the rock would remain inaccessible during many days. in that event the girls would take the watch after the lamp was extinguish- ed and they must learn to endure the monotony and discomforts oi exis- tence in a storm-bound lighthouse. They would be nervous unquestion- ablyâ€"perhaps he had forgotten how nervousâ€"but Brand was a philo- sopher, and at present he was most taken up with wonderment at the curious blend of circumstances which resulted in their presence on the rock. that night. _ ‘ Ha! A tremor shook the great pil- lar. He heard without the frenzied shriek of the first repulsed roller which flung itself on the sleek and rounded wall. Would the girls sleep ,through the next few hours? Pos- ‘sibly, if awake, they would attribute the vibration of the column to the twind. He trusted it might be so. 1 Shut in as they were, they could not .dtstinguish sounds. Everything tc .them would be a confused hum, with .v u.â€" an occasional shiver as the granite Ibraced its mighty heart to resist the l enemy. i. But what new note was this in the ;outer chaos? An ordinary gale shud- dered and whistled and chanted its way past the lantern in varying tones. ; It sang, it piped, it bellowed, it played '. on giant reeds and crashed with cym- bals. Nowâ€"he looked at the clock. after midnightâ€"there was a sustained {screech in the voice of the tempest _which he did not remember having { heard before. At last the explanation dawned on him. The hurricane was there, a few feet away, shut off from grim by mere sheets of glass. The ighthouse thrust its tail shalt into ithis erciless tomdo with grim steadf stness. and around its smooth contours poured a volume of un Hearthly melody which seemed tc isurge up from the broad base and t was flung on into the darkness b5 ithe outer sweep of the cornice. ‘ The wind was travelling seventy' feighty, mayhap a hundred miles an . hour. Not during all his service. not |in earlier travels through distant lands, had he ever witnessed a storm lof such fury. He thought he heard ; something crack overhead. He looked ’ aloft, but all seemed well. Not until inext day did he discover that the iwind-vane had been carried away. a l wrought-iron shank nearly two inchel {thick having snapped like a piece 01 worsted at the place where the tem ; pest had found a fault. He tried to look out into the heart of the gale. The air was full of fly. ing i’oam, but the sea was beaten flat It the growling monster beneath tried to fling a defiant crest at the tornado: the whole mass of water, many tons in weight, was instantly torn from the surface and flung into nothingness, Some of these adventurers, forced up by the reef, hit the lighthouse with greater force than many a cannon-ball fired in battles which have made his- tory. Time after time the splendid structure winced beneath the blow. It Stephen Brand were ever fated to know fear he was face to face with the ugly phantom then. The granite column would not yield, but it was quite within the bounds of possibility that the entire lantern might be car- ried away. and he with it. -‘ LIA I In" “J . w-u He thought, with a catching of hill breath, of the two girls in the tiny room beneath. For one fleeting in- stant his mortal eyes gazed into the unseen. But the call of duty restored him. The excessive draught affected the lamp. lts ardor must be checksdl With a steady hand he readjusted the. little brass screws. They were so su-' perbly indifferent to all this pande monium. Just little brass screws. do-. ___ “LA lllvansussa “â€"v -â€" ng their work, and heeding naught beside. Suddenly there came to him the trhunphant knomdedge that the pure white beam of the light was new. ing its path through the savage assailo ant without as calmly and fearlessly as it lit up the ocean wilds on a mid- summer night of moonlight and soft zephyrs. “Thank God for that!" he murmur- ed aloud. “How can a man die better than at his post?" The ring of iron beneath caught his ears. He turned from the lamp. Con- stance appeared, pale, with shining eyes. She carried the lantern. Be- hind her crept Enid, who had been crying; she strove now to check her tears. UV“! Do “Is this sort of thing normal. or a special performance arranged for our benefit?” said his daughter, with a fine attempt at a smile. “Oh, dad, I am so frightened," cried Enid. “Why does it howl so?” lo bald ? Mr. Baldyâ€"MY pulled it all out. _ “Keep right on. my Watkins only ugh-time Mr. Red (To be continued) sonny 1m SPOKE Hairâ€"How did you become MI. [and Hunts! Look Hale 35 ACRES close tn Proton Station. in ick dwelling, fine large nut- huiidin windmill (to. . hav. 2 tons to new. on $5,500.1(nmks the sunshine 011‘ A? berm bargains. 538 ACRES near l’rnmn Station to Snugeen Juucti-m. fine brick residence, *pleudid barns. splendid suil. good Want. orchard c. Will sell loss than 823 an acre. A bargain surely. A H ARHWARE and Tiusmith Buli- ueas.Grey County. post office in connec‘ion. Lea-s than $10.0“) mll buy 40 acres of had. More and dwalluuz, barn, other film. dweiliug and 84 600 Mo k. GENERAL COUNTRY STORE miles from Durhun; very chap. Largo number of cheap farm properties. Money to bend at Law Rates. Lands bnuht an! sOId. Dabtsmllocm All kinds of writings drawn. No man who dnies business with 11. H. Mill r is ever sat“fied to go elbewhoro. Our methods seem to please. ”Always Prompt. â€" Never Negligent.” H. H. MILLER CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY TIME TABLE Tuins urive at Dun-hum at 1030 3.0.. [.50 p m.. and 8.55 p m. EVERY DAY EXCEPT BUNDA Y (i. '1‘. Bell. J. D. McDonald. G. P. Agent, D. P. Agmxt. Mammal. : 3.00% Trains will arrive and depart as fol- lows. until further notice:-â€" Raul down R. MACFARLANE. - Town Agent. wigrmhrn;;f Rffiéér‘fii ~Iuppum “I linings. «I... to: ink J unior Lasflng 3nd Mum.- thm work. The following 00th on! m “I'M : Tut-I. ‘Mlfl.rlw “cl. u-- "w vâ€"--_ on“. Subject-z “moo. .noIM. 33318.]: On.- mcr. Book-keeping and Writing. M188 DOILLDA MOKIRRAUHIR. RA. 'u «university. Bubjoob __ . . . n, _ . _:Al -_-__al- DURHA M SCHOOL. don. “Geography. diam-y tad An. handing cadenc- should an“! n w. flag of the “II N pouiblo. Bond on mod-q mule mm Durham 10 n I A _nâ€". A. M .1 00 pet swim in “M J P TBLFOBD. GRAIN“ Grand Trunk Raiiway TIME-TABLE ‘l‘he [hoover Conveyance:- 9‘ 90.009060090000606 *0. 090 New Grocery Store Fresh Groceries Always in Stock Quickly ascertain our Oplnh n tree mm H u .â€" lnvenunu Ia probablyratcnmhlem i‘ nmmuntm Uomatrictly confident l. HANDBOOK on I‘ mm mm tree. O’Ideot nvy fur securingyuem '. :“l’ateuu meat I) Muun Lo. Neel" mama. without. area. in the Scientific 11ch can. A hunk-email mustntnd w :e‘dy, Lyman op: Butter and Eggs Taken in Exchange V'vâ€"v‘vâ€" Azndwmely m‘fi-{nfia} :e‘dy. tion 91 my scionuflc jomntl. Mrs. A. SULLIVAN .H. MILLER 811” AND comm. J Towusr. 'L.-I)c31Agout Durban. ALLA!._PH‘ algal.“ [at ”Cl.“ Can‘- 1‘..-â€" Lv. Wslkormn Mame 11m [hoover of QEQK’! . nivoraitv. uh. Alpha. Arithmetic. Chairman Durham at 7.20 3.111.. all Allan Park Durham MoWll‘ium Pflmv‘lle Summon Jet. :83! :55. it a nun 361%."ng b 3' ac. 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