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OFFIOE, oven Grant‘s Stor«, Lower Town, Head Office, Toronto: Horse Shocing Shop. In the old stand. All handâ€" made shoes. Also Residonceâ€"King S1., Handâ€"made Waggons for sale cheap. Jobbing of all kinds promptly BSUER of Marriage Licenses. Aue. tioneer for Counties of Bruce and Grey. Has opened out & ICENSED AUCTIONEER, for th SAVINGS BANK HUCH McKAY. MISCELLANEOUS. ALLAN MoFARLANE, ‘ Apply to JAMES EDGE, Rdge Hill, Ont, wWOODWoORLK Paid up 1,000,008 DURHAMâ€" in connection. A firstâ€"class lot of LEGAL J KELLYX, Agons. McFARLANE Hanover. firstâ€"class CHAPTER I. Some years ago, one of the most beautilui places in the neighborhood of Great Barrington was owned and 0¢â€" cupied by Mir. Robert Minturn and his family. As a ruie, this housebhold was an example of domestic concord â€" and happiness. An easy income exorcised one common source of anxiety, and the judicious mingling of commonâ€"sense and philosophy is conducting the orâ€" dinary affairs of life prevented the srowth of minor annoyances. _ The house was large, irregularly built, and the very perfection of comâ€" fort. Mr. Minturn had a theory, and also the means of putting it into pr&Ct tice. He beiieved fn individuality and the opportunities for its growth. He had his own rooms, bis fayvorite . PUIâ€" suits, and every requisite for their eDâ€" joyment. His mother had her WIN§, where she ruled as she pleased, and his daughter was mistress of the main building and of herself. i. s 3 uP l4 _ f_OL iA trane ns EUE PVUEmey CRE C CCC PE is _ Mr. Minturn would point to trees as illustrating the truth of his reasonâ€" ing. Those that had room to develop and expand equally were perfect in form, beautifully balanced, and exâ€" quisitely graceful; those that grew in the dense depths of the forest were but poor specimens of their kind. Lacking space, forced to seek light in spite of it, they were irregular, crooked, stuntâ€" ed, and often grotesque. â€" So, to the full extent of his ability, he protected the sacredness of individuality in the members of his own family. o+ 1 _ usw : secbbare One afternoon in June, the arrival of the mail, th the household became consc fact that something had disturbh the equilibrium of Mrs. Minturn bad taken b to the shaded corner of the and her granddaughter was memDcis Of HRS UITID AMETCCE! One afternoon in June, so0n after the arrival of the mail, the ladies of the household became conscious of the fact that something had occurred to disturbh the equilibrium of its owner. Mrs. Minturn bhad taken ber knitting to the shaded corner of the side poryh. and her granddaughter was saunterIng about the garden, examining the buds on the rose trees. i s "He has had bad news8, dear," said Mrs. Minturn. s amimile oo ANRRBZ AMAARTERC C ETT "But what could it be about, grandâ€" | ma? _ Money, perbaps. 1 don‘t think | he wouid keep it to himself if it were | only a loss of money."‘ | . ue o Ne o enc n ouqmen otauit : Y "Oh, no. (Wesides, he WOLITUE * _H 1. off by himself to worry over & sum of money. He would come and share the new;; with us. Suppose you go to him, pet a# The "pet" looked at her grandmother and then at the windows of her father‘s _ The "pet" loo and then at the study.. L svUdj. "Better wait! He‘ll take us into his confidence after a while. He cou «d not keep a secret from us." "Maybe old Mr. Pounce is dead." "Daddy wouldn‘t run away from us for that." \ "No ; I don‘t suppose that any one will ery after poor Tom Pounce." "How could any one miss himâ€"a misâ€" er who never does a kindness to a huâ€" man being, and threatens to leave his millions to public charities and let bis relatives struggle along for existencet" Mrs. Minturn sighed and grew abâ€" sorbed. Presently the girl approached, and bent to kiss her. "Grandma, you always look unutterâ€" able things when old Mr. Pounce â€" is sNit WHUUOC UT cannngs Ne was ons of d fa db h o 24 B 3A Accontirnt 4t "Grandma, you always look able things when old Mr. Por mentioned. I suppose he was your admirers ¢" "Yes, he once asked me to "‘But you never AB couln‘t have cared for disposition."~ 1: not have you I suppose he made up his mind not to marry, and he devoted himself to moneyâ€"getting. _ No wonder he has plenty of it, after fiftty years of hard work. Why, daddy says that he is in his office as promptly as any of the clerks." "Yes, his heart is in his business. See, here comes your father." "Yes; now we‘ll hear the latest." Mr. Minturn bad thrown open a side door of his wing, and now approached, holding an open letter. o pnie mm uing en d io _ Bc 6k Bc es4 : qR *5F 5ksY § a5RS 2§5RS A HAPPY HOUSEHOLD. @GrA:AATNiFRAA CAE t By MARGARET LEE, Author of Divorseâ€"A Brooklyn Bachelorâ€"Lorime never liked him# You ~ared for a man with his marry ncss. lweu SE OTCCY "What an interest you take in this | 56." lyoung fellow." aside| "Because he has been disappointed, ched, |and because grandma says that she | |\knew his parents and grandparents. L\ efea-tthink we should take an interest in oy. |him." | Everâ€"| Mr. Minturn laughed in spite of hh‘ | doubts. i range | "It will be for his own sake, so far wife as I am concerned, dearâ€"simply beâ€" peticause I like young people. I‘ll think |about it. I can telegraph in _ the _ for| morning." | J CHAPTER IL never| About dusk on the next afternoon a t : It ,tall. muscular young man in navy blue themâ€" | opened Mr. Minturn‘s gate and saunâ€" er exâ€" \tered across the lawn, glancing at the ; well |broad front porch, with its array of thinks |empty easyâ€"chairs. The doors and winâ€" fessor | do‘vys were open, and the sound of voices could. |reached him coming from the :iirsction your part, daddy. If her son doesn‘t graduate she will feel the disappointâ€" ment all her life." s "It would be a keen sorrow to proud woman like her. Her busband is a Yale man. I don‘t knowâ€"I‘ve thought over it until I am too nerâ€" vyous to be sensible." "Robert, how is it that she writes to you ? She bhas ignored us for years." _ "I know it! Oh, well, mother, that is the way of the world. You, see, Everett came in for a fortune, and money is like wings. Martha bad to soar. She has travelled and made regiâ€" ments of new friends. No doubt, traâ€" velling has interfered with Larry‘s education. You can‘t leave loopâ€"holes in mathematics. You see, when she is in sore need she turns to the old friend whom she feels she can trust." _ _ "Oh, let him come, daddy 1 It will only be for the summer, and we always have visitors. How can one more make much difference ?" "That is very true, pet." "Besides, boys are so jolly! He c help us with our games and picnics. He can‘t study all day." _ Bsc _ ‘"Let me see, motherâ€"how old is this Larry ? You maust know." _ ‘"Why, he was in frocks when you were married, Rob |" ‘"Nonsense !" ‘"‘There isn‘t any nonsense about it! He is twentyâ€"three or four." "No wonder his mother is in earnest!" Mr. Minturn folded the letter, put it carefully in his pocket, and proceeded to fill a pipe and smoke it. His daughâ€". ter went off to inspect her plants, and his mother took up her knitting. The question was evidently more perplexâ€" lid, Miss Minturnt" ing than ever. Presently his mother noticed that he was watching his daught~r. She was a tall girl, slicht, and beautifully formed. Her bair was gleaming like burnished bronze in the sunshine ; and at intervals a little, unâ€" conscious, musical laugh escaped bher as she bent and discovered an unsusâ€" pected blossom in the oldâ€"fashioned | clumps of green. _ "I wouldn‘t _ let that consideration trouble me, Robert. You know she has always been a favorite with . her \young companions, and she meets |\strangers constantly. I think she is | too sensible. And then, she is naturâ€" \ ally reserved." +. Emds s e ReRtiin Res "I know that. Her reserve is her charm. If i only knew something about him !"* "IIe comes of nice people. 1 knew his grandparents on both sides. If the world hasn‘t hurt him, he ought to be very admirable. Martha has been neâ€" glectful of late ; but, as you say, money o PV APVIEICC M O RRCIARINIACC EC s ie 2s i N. enlarges the field. She has to follow where it leads her." ______ l WY RUIO EV PUTNUMT MNVCCT "I haven‘t thought of her vagaries. She is excusable. I am not fanciful. I don‘t invite presentiments. | I simply feel that I should, refuse ; and yet I can offer no reason whatever for doing so. Why, the country is overstocked with experts in mathematiecs. Any one of them would be only too delighted to belp him through." "If the thing worries you, refuse at once. We are not under any obligaâ€" tions to the Everettls." t UEOIRS UV WICY aP PC "I think you are right, mother, P‘ll answer this at once, and get it off my mind." t y .. se Mr: Minturn obeyed implicitly, and stood in admiration before a@ large nightâ€"moth of the most â€" exquisite shades of green. "It is beautiful," he suid, abstractedly. _ w AEUL MPMHPICY ETCOE C "Such a combination of colors! See, its spots are black and pink." "The green is opalescent. I hope no collector is about." +trh "ayn tha . neanty is safe in this u':'“I‘)‘z;ddyâ€"come here! Tell this is! I never saw suc insect !" 7 "But, my darling, the young IeNONW can find other teachers." "Not like you, daddy. You make things clear." "I wish I could make this problem clear to myself." She smiled sympaâ€" thetically. "Is there an unknown â€" quantity, daddy t" "Precisely." He sighed. The sound was so unusâ€" ual from bhim that his daughter glancâ€" ed playfully at him, imitated him, and laughed merrily. "The idea of any such questions troubling you! Nonsense! Let him come. It will be so nice to set his mother‘s mind at rest. And then, if he {passes his examination in the fall, you U s ts Ves 4ain . Loclaral on lusem will feel as well spent." Lorimer and Wifeâ€"Ete D; if the summer bhas been Tell me what such a lovely "Yes, indeed." Mrs. Minturn waAs holding out her hands and smiling: "He resembles his grandfather." "I don‘t remember bim; but I can see his mother in his eyes. This in my @â€" rhter, Everett; my Hardy Rose, I call bher, because she {l always bloomâ€" ing as you see, winter and summer." _ Rose laughed merrily, and put out her band. _ "I am so glad you came." ! "It is like coming bhome," said Everâ€" ett, frankly. "How good of you all to make me so welcome!" _ _ vI "It is very nice to have the pleasure," said Mr. Minturn, feeling the charm of Evere:t‘s mannâ€"r and the winn ng. loyâ€" ish smile that seemed to beautify his features as if by magic. _ _ us <‘"Â¥ou ;,x"e“ju;i in time for tea. hope you are oldâ€"fashioned enough enjoy a cup \\_'ith ns."” s â€""I am ;-;r)erfe;t- _;ntique in _ that particular. My den is known as the teaâ€"room." hk l Having touched on the topic. Everett went on with an account of his college life, and discussed his standing and disâ€" abilities with simplicity and earnestâ€" ness. Rose listened attentively, and mechanically did the honors of . the table without losing & word of _ the conversaiion. "If I start tomorrow morning at the very foundation, and work indefatâ€" igably, I ought to pull through _ in September. What do you think, Mr. Minturn ?" "That was right. Mother. would you "I agree with you, provided, always, that the mentality is present. There is a kind of deficiency, you know, that study cannot supply." 2 *4 _ ‘"I have thought of _ that; but â€" I feel sure that I have the capacity if I can command the training. You see, ) I was doing well in my studies, when| mother concluded to go abroad. I think the change did me good in lots of ways,. I was inclined to be delicate; but we two went from place to place, avoiding cold weather and living in the open, and I grew like a young lion. I kad good tutors from time to time, am 1 I am up all right in what I stu ied with them. The joke is that they all shirked mathematics, and to graduate as I want tograduate, a man must be up in the exact sciences. I did fora while contemplate giving up the effort, and going right into the office. Mother is so completely cut up about it. You can‘t reason with her at all. Sha says ‘the Everetts must be deteriorating mentally‘ if I can‘t do what my father did before me. So, for her sake, I‘m willing to turn schoolâ€"boy this summer, and I don‘t know how to thank you for agreeing to help me." o i Em O s e Coagâ€"a tol; $#0 yards in 24 hours. Within the age | quarter of a century between 1873 and | 1898 it may be said that the attainable * _‘ sasad has been trahled. lt c ic â€" 1A d ies MB te lfi ces Btr w78 "Succeed, my dear fellow, and I shall be ammply repaid for what I may do for you. How early can you get here in the morningt" "At any hour that you may appoint. I can have my break{ast at six, they tell me." "That‘s good. By halfâ€"past seven we can commence work." _ _ _ _ _ "Dear me!" ejaculated Mrs. Minturn; "you are in earnest." L _1n_ Carnos. C Eon in ty k K 4 | Arkclihetctelrand ind * P id "You will be all lines and curves and angles by lunchâ€"time," said Rose, her beaming eyes meeting Everett‘s. "1 suppose you are at home in Eucâ€" A Happy Household gal 2 Rose zglanced at her father. "I never got beyond the threshold." "That is a sore point with my daughâ€" ter. People are apt to think _ that mathematics must run in the zamily. The fact is, I knew that Rose could not graduate without sacrificing some of her strength, sol exerted my agtbnrity. 1400 d d d c «uht iscc css P calo2 ons 4/ ‘se has no diploma. _ I console myself with the comforting reflection that she bhas never bad a pain or an ache that she can remember, and I am satisfied." S s i “-:Slit;":v.'l‘x'gt'xld Lave & â€" diploma for that!" cried Everett, with admiration in his eyes and voice. 3 o "We may live to see colleges foundâ€" ed where efforts for physical perfection will take the place of mental cultivaâ€" tion. I shouldn‘t object to letting you try for honors in such a school." ‘ "Oh, daddy! You are an anarchronâ€" ism. You should have been a Greek, centuries ago." "I‘m content. We can copy the wisâ€" dom of any age, you see, and add it to the advantages of our own. I say. first be heatthy, then study thoroughâ€" ly to your own limits, The truth is, Everett. I am who‘!ly opposed to our present theory and practice of educaâ€" tion, and I am thankful to say that I came to my senses in time to save my child from its ruinous effects. _ This \montal cramming has the same results as overâ€"eating. The brain is weakened. The diploma gained, the reaction sets in. The mind is exbausted, enfeebled. Its proper, gradual, full development is no longer possible. The attempt to: do the work of twenty years in four has rendered the entire scheme aborâ€" tive. Why. look about you and see for yourself the outcome of our boasted system of free schools _ and endowed colleges. We have clever men and women, but no great ones. Educaâ€" tion stops with the certificate setting forth that its owner knows just so much. bhaving passed successfully an examination limited to the knowledge of the men who drew up the questions to be answered. Our bright boys and girls are mentally destroyed by this process. They are like plants forced into one magnificent mass of bloom that kills them." _ _ _ l ENGLISH CYCLISTS. § +The vast improvement in the cycles !of recent years is shown by the greatâ€" \ ly increased speed now attainable. In |\ June, 1873, the run from London to | John O‘Groat‘s, about 800 miles, occuâ€" | pied 14 days, and it was calculated that \ it would then be possible to run 100 fmilel in one day. Two time records | are held by M. Cordang, both made \ in September, 1897, namely 317 miles : 600 yards in 12 hours and 616 miles and SPECTACLES FOR HORSES. It is asserted that spectacles for horses are among recently â€" patented inventions. The purpose is said to be not to improve the sight, but by causing the ground in front to appear nearer than it really is, to induce the horse to take high steps. After atrnin; ing with"such spectacles, it is averred the borse acquires and retains the haâ€" bit of highâ€"stepping. To Be Continued We cal) the lpoel;-‘ attention ef Pos maste‘s and subscribers to the following sy nopsis of the newspaporiaws : 1. If any person orders hispeper discon tinued, he must pay all arreages, or the publisher may continne to send it until payâ€" mentis made, and collectthe whole ax oun! whether it be taken from the oflice or not. There can be no lega} discontinuance until paymentismade. 4. Aay person who takes a paper from the post office, whether directed to his name or another, or whether be has sub scribed or not is responsible for the pay. 8. 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