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 -^aw DA Dor fa^ " LDINGS, )LLOW BATl and SI rders Promptly o i the people of Markdkle n the pant, and hup** \^ riJk^S^ fc i nl will in fntnre kaa^ «im -^ ie North Shore. iD AND UNDREStfcD ,t-c'asa manner. CHOS. McKft^^ ifli •iiittW. r;L-liionftb!e and SUpU M ds â- â€¢.â- li wr nihr at uced Priccf, .tTSi I!. r\.r Uiie. K K il-' ockery, and Gkv '.â- - mill valur* satitfaetoij k Mail ^ND SAVE MOMEYI It the • 'r'oronto HooM." Wm BROWN SiD i;irci);ise any thin? vou [.().)1)S, GKOCEKIES, A f.ict anythiag that is !1V .)untry store iv^asccrtaui where yo» advantacre, that is get lowest price, and that RAE'8 r ,vc must have oor» iechaniC )A\ AND :. ONT. IB PCBUSHBD -VEBY FBIDAY MOBIflH â-  In tioB to meet the early maili. __,^„ the l»t««t Iforeign and ProTincial »*^1^^»1 I°Klli8«'"*- ^°°°% BuBin-.. ' T,(V»1 InieuigenOT, v/"â€" -J -- â€" • •^Ir^ Jiattwi and an InstructiTe J«ifH-^yance, H-SO in three monltu|^ •V t p*ia till the end of the ye«c. Ne P*' f^ept »t the option of the pubbsh- ^^ 'Lrties refusing p«P^r9 wittiout payiM •' II he held responsible for the years snb- •'loi^u" the7 comply with the rules. •"'"!iTE3 OF ADVEBTISING: oo.».ii"""°V*" '""^^ Ojl/ do do (jaarter do do i-hth do do SIrd .•.•;••••â- â€¢â€¢â€¢â-  gii liD«9 and under, first insertion. Each subsequent insertion. yrom »ii '» »«" 'i°«*' "^*' insertion Bach subsequent insertion 0,ep ten lines, first insertion per line E»ch subsepuent insertion • The number of lines to be â- â- Â«Â«=""n«J «« .paee occupied measured by »«:»« '^-^^^ ,r.T.»r Advertuc-raents withnut specinc SL*:^";.. will be publishe. till (orbiJ^^d .„»r«. accordingly. " «^»"f '::i^,^, io„ Ty .ut mast he iu the ofEce of pablieation oy ll" cl "k on Ihi Thursday morninK preceed I i,, tJ.«r P-^'^^ ^^^t^EVGE. Proprietor. HOFESSIONAL BUSINESS DIRECTORY. 87 50 15 00 8 00 4 00 50 13 75 25 8 Drs. Sproulc A ;sirter, pliyaiclans, Surgeon- .Accoucheur yPKK'K Medieal HaU; residence at HuUsl' House. M«rW*l' S.pt 17,1880. 1-v MilliTs'a b;iiMiug. over I'liulot Slreut. Kobin- ly ie«al» Cbas. R. Wilkes, Barrister at Law, Owen Sound. tB« «lori' J. .lI.4$tSO.\, BAHUlsri.U. .MASTKK ANDDEP. IIEG. in Cliauni.v. Kotary Public, Conveyan- Offios '**" Sound, in Vioker's Block, p^ul.-tt .St., ttiiJ i" Alarkdale, over Melr'ar- jjuJ's Stun-, on triday and Saturday every week. "7.1 Frost Frost, BARKIS li:US, AND ATTOUNRYS-AT Law, Solicitors in CJiauctrv, Couviy »u«ri. .vc, u.vuu Sound, havie re.suiued at Dai)"'"' Uthuu open every Thursday, as jjjsiiii Krost, J. W. Frost, LL. B. Cuiiiity Crown .Vttorney. 1 9«titt«trjt. Mr. Jaiue» J. White, im-.taiit to Ur. Cameron, Uwen Sound, WILL HE .\.I THE UEVEUE HOUSE, MarkJ'ile, on the last Wednesday in I Hcii mouth, when he will be preiMirud to per- Urn all i.|)erations rciiuired U|oii the mouth u tlie mot satisfactory manuur, and upon nwouabie terms. 1 y MARKOALE. WAT0HF8, CLOCKS, :,. Mrm. iirowii, 1S.iLKU UF ilAUKl.Vi.K LICENSES, it. C'limniissiouur m 11. It- Ac. Cuuv.•yaulâ- nl^' lu all us uiauahes promptly I lauideii to iiiiil carululiy exccutcU. S. B. â€" iluuvy to Lend ou Ileal Estate se- litk.iiilc. Sept. i7, IS*). ly Alcxitudei' Browti. JJSlLli ti .Marriage Iii:euiit.'s, Firo and L:lu l;i-iuaiico Agent. Cummissiouei m tt. U. At:. Conveyancer and Licensed iucliouftr ii.r the County oj Crrey. Farmers, Herchaut^, uul Luud bales. Punctually at- t«iil«c U' .111 1 I'harjjus m.ide very moderate. Yiittiiiie, S.yl. li. 1*jO. 1-T It. .ll.«;:ilbraitli, AlcTlo.NtKlt.^NU CiliNEKAL LAND A,;i'iil, Wiiliumsford Statiau. Auction luirt »it. u U'.l m all piirt-i of the Couuty. it«ds Mil. I oil I oiumi.i. ion. Ita'.t's modiTatt-. haioii.Oru'iii-i. an I Sfwiii^ MacUiii-'S aUo Fruit siiJ t»rMauiBUw»i T.iv,, Viae;, .\giicul- loti ImiiK'uiiuts, and Machinery of all iuudb in Ie. Klliaiusfor.1. Jan. 27. liHl. J. Ci. »insr, DOMINIiiN AND I'KUVINCIAL L.\ND ourviiyor, t)rau»;litsmau aud Valuator, I Mnlunl iiii'l Markilalf Having purchased 1 Protiucial L.iud .Surveyor Charles itankin's |wtir» nlock uf original Field Notes, I'laus, 1 Bipiirta. liistrin-tioiis, Ac. .of all his Sniveys 1 40IW witliin the last lifty-tive years, I am pretun-il 1,1 iiiakii Surveys in str.et accord- Uicf tlirrewiih. Prohlos and Kstiraites I for Gra.iiii„' Mills, Pl.iils and Spcciticalioiis I li»Ba:llMi,' Itri lj;i's, fiiruislica on app!' a- Uns. Mi.iiHV to Loan at 8 per CfUt iutiTeit. MWfrsiiy i,.;r, or IfftiWilh (j. J. bLYTil, I MirUiiV. 'Y.ll lie promptly attended to. iWi'l. 17, l.SHO. _^ 1-y Vi'ttJMji I¥»u*«*, mViiN .ouso. I Jfiita UiLLiHs, â-  Prokrietob. Hit lioiisi' so long the especial favorite of "» tarmui:; lommunity. has been refitted iBdn-furiusliwl, and is now open for the re- JfUon o( f^^u'sts is witliin easy reach of the IWiirt Uou^f and has the advant.lge of b.'iiig jt'« fmiu thp iiiicoinfortable bqntle of other Ipttidua of tlic town, being situate on Union iMrwt. Hear Cortetl"s Foundry. OclobiT 1th, 1881. 56 ly VOL. 3.--N0. 9. ^^ on We Lnm Co., BANKERS, J. goo4 anAoraad aotM^^r «L.gaitet«ral secnntj. 'â- â€¢^^ INTOEST AT 6 Kl CENT. AQowed on SATinga DqmaiU. ^TDnfta isaoed and Colleetions made oo all-o ointa, at loveat rates. WU. LDCAS Co. Mrnaoer. Markdate. Scyt. 19S0. 8-ly E. Humphries; V)^tHITm^^ '-t^^.' Wnder talker! AVB atmniAKi. Ha« nov ou h:iad ^foll stock ot COFFINS of all aizva «iid prices. Bhroii4B, Glovei Cra^. and Coffin TriumincH. lonstanUT kept on hand for sale. Also a Ml stock of H-ooseboM FiefBjjtiire Pietaue Framing n «pe«ialty. A STOcx or Watches and Clocks I which will be 'sold very cheap for cash. A call is solicited. Cnudalk. Sept. 3nd. IS 1. lit F. P. TEEPLE'S CARRIAGE WORKS, DUNDALK, 03iT. The subscriber is prepared to supply the public with WAGGONS. DEMOCRATS. BUGGIES. singleor double, SLEIGHS. CUTTERS, BOB SLElGIlN. Topelher with all kinds of repairs in wood or iron on shcrt notieo. at reasonable rates. F. F. TEEPLE. Duu.lalk, Sept. 2ud, iS8J. ily lOHN HANBURY, rUIT,I)E:i ANH CO.NTltACl'OR, (stone aud bric'.t). PUi.stering particularly attended to in town or country. Estimates on work frco. Diiudalk, SeiiLorn'jor 3nd, Hil. I W. TI. SteinlioiT, HOUSE, SMN',4 C.\.RRI.^GE PAINTER. Contracts taken in town or country. Dundaik, Oct. 12, 1881. 71y •lohn H. Heard, Manufacturer aud dealer in Cutters, Sleigh3,Buggi3S, V.'AGaoNS, CULTlVATOliS. HORSE RAKES, PLOUGHS, iivaaow A.\D A llkindsof Jarming Implements Maunfactuij aud Depository, Durham and Hill streets FLESH ERTON. To MT P.iTBiiss. â€" Always ahead of any iu my trade, and having the largest and m.ist convenient Factory in this locality, I am prepared to sell Carriages and Implements of every descriptrou in the best style of any in the market, and at prices as low as any oc- conling tn the nuality of the work. Having upwiii'.s of twenty years' experi- ence. I ara poiifidoiit that purchasers will get the advautaee iu having tho very best made. Parties in want of a cirriuge or Imi-lemont will do well to give me n call, as there are none in the market which will eompajo with them in quality, style and finish for the price. ^^1^ THOS. MATHEWS, T. E. DAVI»i, Bll LDEll A CONTKaCTOP., (Stone and llrick). Plastering aud Country Jobs. ItTiiiupUy attended to. Stonecuttiiig a Sp«- VHiy. F^stimatcs on all work. free. Satis- I'fu.iii gnarantei'd. *,' ItosiJouce coruerof â- Sfown and Sproule Streuts, MiaaCALE. U*cniiber3l, I88(h ____^ ^9:1 "' -^ wrtTsmitb, pGNEllAL AGiiNT AND DE.^FER IN \T Nars,y Stock, AVUliamsford Station. ^JJI. if. 18'*0. I WmTfox^ |HaiB i Ornanental Plasfcrer 1 /i^llma'.oi for stone and brickwork on ap- jjieition. Satisfaction (jurantoed. Resi- "*«-(iii.'ir Street, Markdale. wkilul,.. Si.pt. 17. 1880. 1-v MARKDALE, NOVEMBER 11, 1881. WHOLE No. 61 Meat for All AT W, Bu Saijent's. .•-»^ •t^-ae». «. MABEDAIiX •BdTidalty for their IBMral patroaice dur- ing the paat fiye yean, and bega to remind Umm that k* ia praparad to aapply theii waata in his line aa a? any one north, of Toronto. Frd aii Cnid Uati deliTared irakptly at taeafpt oocdara. SAUSAGE 4 POULTRY always kept in their Season. --^ifhilS??.' i«t»l#. uin money e»"»"bh»ft^l»M DP»-i-_â€" ..^i_.. irs: Â¥ss-2::?5?l "^vere hotel. lamwh.-ase.rUr-^l,* ,ill 1* pnt thro«gb ill trausactioua. s.. wishing »° P^liSJi^ for »«!«• ** UouL .n.\KHUAL.E. I" SProUIjE, Proprietor. I PHIS popular Hotel has had a large ad- I* aitioQ aJded to it, thoroughly refitted, I j"'" now second to none in the county. I?*^ "tabling and attentive ostler. First- IT' •Womiuodiitiou for commercial travel- '" Terns 91. OO per 4aT. 17-ly MEAFORD. Ont. '•♦J-McGiau, PBomuTona. ^â- '^^IJMommodation for the traraUiag ^e bar is weU atoeked with the CT* inee and Liquors and the beet IT*;?' Cigars. J^ ™» «o and from all trains. 3S^. 18»0. 1-J ^OXMERCIAL HOTEL ^RICEvHjLiH. Ont. (i.pOU SiJ^J^d oommodioua Sample Booms ** iZ,i ""'• "• â- "« Bar and lArde *riK. V^^ *h« 't Ae martet af »«a suhUng and attenUve Hostler's K WISHES to tender to his numerons cnsti-mers his sincere thanks for their very liberal patronage during the 15 years he has been in the Harness Business in Mai k- dble. an would respectfully solicit a continn- ancj of, the same, feeing Liuftident ihat he can give Entire SatiHfuction. Everything nsoally kept in a FIRST- rL,AS8 HARNESS ESTABLISHMENT. always on hand, and sold a; moderate ratas. ks'None bat good workman employed and the best of materials used. Markdale, Nav. 18. IMo- lo the Shop on Mill sreett, opposite Revere Hotel." i3"Caah paid for Pat Cat- tle and Slieep Again thanking von for past taTors he trusts by faithful attention to your wants to merit a coutinnance of your support. NoncK. â€" Farmers having fat sheep or cat- tle tu dispose of will leave their address at Sargeaut's W. B. SARJEANT. y irkdale, Sept. 17th 1880. 1 W. BENSON HAS NOW ON HAND i M Sii]i]ily of Liiurs WmCB OANHOT BB SXCDUXBD, INGR0CERIE8! Our stock is Fresh, having ju«t been pur- chased' from the best dealers in the Eastoiii m.u'kets. Teas a. Specialty. Miscellaneoiis Articles! Iicluding Lemons, Oranges, and Fruits of all descriptions, may be had ou very rei8on- able terms. VfMm/ar the BUnt^i, StAHD rAST. P. S. â€" Those indebted to the undersigned would do well to settle at once and save further trouble as I am in need of money, being now engaged in the erection of a new brick building aud require the money. Wilson Benson. Markdale. Ang. loth. 1881. Sly. J. MONTGOMERY, 13 A li E K. rriHE Subscriber, in returning thanks to 1_ the inhabitants of Markdale and sur- rounding country for their patronage during the pa.st eight years, be^s to intimate to them ho is how prepared to supply the Public with FRUIT. POUND (S PLUM CAKES, either plain, or ,_ Iced and Ornamonted. and a large Variety of Other Cakes always on hand. Also. IB I S C XT I T 1 of every description, from the be.st manu- facturers in Ontario. Also, a large and va-*ed assortment of the CHOICETCONFECTIONERYS BRIDES~CAKES. snppUed on the shortest notle«, aud got np in the best style that is done this side of Toronto. Tea U^p Socials, OTHEB PABTIES, and on the supplied on the shortest notice most reasonable terms. JOHN MONTGOMERY. Markdsle. Nov. l8. s 181 8 lo-ly SHTOPI HOW^YOU VAS! T.MULARKE'X, QUEEN STREET Eeeps constantly on hand CHURNS, BUHER-TUIS WASH-TUBS, Sec, o. Repairing Done with NMtneu and Dispatch. AGENT FOB D. m:a3cavel.l.»s CSUBBBAXBD MOWEB. and BAKE, Markdato. Juna 90 881. »lT HAIR CUTTING AND 8HAVW6 oai Wed^emtay mmd fiMttrnHP, IV n fiBed for Tocnb BndMrl atMsdfaA,wlMi In m a lin s steqie d tj swift Standfast I in atm^th o dotj doM, F«r srfil waMsoaaD Stand teat I wbea falsehod leara tta erwt. And poaea as a spirit of h^t Stand fasti when aBtaa** wilUnc toot, Tnea hard to enah the from Us aifl^ Stand fast I for an wffl be in vat. As long aa to thyself thon'rt trae Stand laat 1 tor maUoe, spite and qpieen, Oo home to roost, hot not with fim. Stand fast I while all these feelings writhe. Proclaiming only Sdwa of daty Stand fast I while base hypooreiy, Ota^s at yoor ^nin for pablia booty. Stand fast be tmc. self-ecnt'ring, bear. Tour daty do. as always done Stand fast and malice, spite and spleen, Uke eoward sneaks, win sneak alone. AWOBULWIM. BOBT. ASSf]S, Bas opensd oat a nml-Slaaa T m UHOfRAKIHC ESTABLWMENT, And thereiate has supphed a wa»t kav faU, eapaaiafiy in the UndartaUng Lias. oonKS, CM8XKT8. SHBOODS. laO filllfllitS, st^fiied on ataoctM actea. far Um aUMtaato Mlaa. fubnTtubbi Vnm flw CosiwM to tha WiHt mi LalMt StM, ' iSMssTtkiag ia fhsaaa. CUB aal mmhtf aisahsa. KOBT. ASKIN» to* CHAPTER Yllâ€" Continued. 'Yuu vill give me that promise in writing?' 'In aurthing; it is easy enough to give a promise we never expect to be sailed upon to fulfil. If through you ticarswood Park becomes mine, I will willingly pay yon the sum you ask.' 'Very well, then â€" it is a compact bettreen us. You fttch tie document in writing the next timo yon visit us, and let that visit he soon. You can surely hear the sight of our lovers' raptures with the secret knowledge that they will never end iu weiUuck.' 'If I thought that,' between his set teeth. 'You may think it. I know that of Eathetine Dangerfield which would deter anyone from marrying her. Ah 1 Speak of his Satanic Majesty aud he appears. Behold Katherine Dancer- field aLd the handsome lover her mon- ey haq bought!' They came dashing out from under the arched entrance gates, both superb- ly mounted, for Mr. Dautree had the run of the Morecambe stables. Be- markably handsome at all times, Mr. Dautree invariably looked his best on .horseback, aud Miss Dangerfield, in her tight-fittiug habit, her tall hat with its eweepiug purple plumes, and wearing, oh, such an infinitely happy face, was, if not handsome, at least dashing and hri{,ht enough for the ?od- d^ss Diana herself. 'Look,' Mrs. Vavasor said, mali- ciously 'and they say perfect bliss is not of the lower world. Let those who say so coma and look at Kather- ue Dauserfield and that beautiful creature, Oaston Dantree â€" the very haudsomest man I ever saw, I believe, and I hare seen some handsome men iu my lifetime. Real Oriental eyes, Mr. Daugeriit'ld â€" long, black, lustrous. Aud he bows with the grace of a prince- cfthe blood.' The equostiians swept hy. Mr. Dautree doflfed his hat, and bowed low to the smiling little latly in the basket carriage. Miss Daugerfield's salute was of the haughtient. borne femin- ine instinct told her that her fither's guest was her enemy, despite her ceaseless smiles. 'I hate that woman, papa I' Kather- ine mere than once burst out to her father. '1 hate people who go through life contiooal y smirking. If you told her black was white, she woald say, •'bo it is ii, mj sweetest pet," and look as if she believed it â€" little hypo- crite! I detest her, and she det«dl« me, aud^she makes you miserable â€" oh, I can see it 1 Now, what I want to know is, what's she doing here ' And Katherine stood before her father, aud looked for an answer, with her bngiit, clear eyes fixed full upon him. Ue had shifted under the gaxtt of those frank eyes, with a sort of sup- pressed groan. 'I wish yon would try and be civiller than you do, Kathie,' he answered, avoiding his daughter's searchmg glance 'you were perfectly rud« to her last night. It is not like yon, Kathie, to be discoarteous to the truest that eats of your bread and salt.' 'And it is very like her to play eaves- dropper. I caught her behind a tall orange tree listeniut; to tyery word Gaston and I were say iui;. I merely told iier I would repeat our conversa- tion any night for her benefit if the was so determined to hear it as to play the spy. She is an odious little wretch, papa, if she is your friend, and I don't believe she is. She paints and tells pohte lies every hour of the day, aud she hates u.e with the whole strength of her venomous ht'lo soul. Aud she looks at yon aud speaks to you in a way I don't understand â€" as though she had you m fier power, Pipa, 1 warn you 1 You'll oome to grief if you keep any secret from me.' 'Katherine, for pity's sake, go and leave me alone. I iu her power! What abominable nonsense yuu talk. Oo I walk, driT*! "tug. amuse youraell with your new toy â€" the sinijiag man anything, only leave me to read my Tima in peace. I begin to believe Viator Hb«o'b words. "Men are wo- man's plAytUu)«;a, and women are the •That will do, papa,' inteiropted Katbehae, walking away in offended digoi^. *You can say things qpite bitter enongh yourself, without quoting that cynical FreuchmaD. Mr*. Ya- VMor may be Satan's plaything, for what I know. Of that yin are natur- ally Uie best judge. Uow long is she to force herself upon us lu this honae?' 'I don't know, bha will leave be- fore yoa tre â€" otarhed' â€" the word â- eamed to ciioke him â€" 'and Kathie, ohild, I do wiah you would try aud ttflot her with coiamoD oifility â€" fc»r Bj nke, if not fur hers.' »Aiid why for your sake, papa f I hate doing things iu the dark. What ^I f^ip hae abe upon you that I ahbukt beeome bypociite and treat her civilly?' 'The daun of â€" of a«qaaintanc« in the peat, of being my pukt in the MiMBit A^d'withourany tbern«- eoo, yoa might do ith«««uM I dsaira Ulatbariae.' •I would do • good dnl to vknge jM, pej»: vfm to-w«a,0rm tobe- big otTfl toth*t (eiatad, bttfe, so(t- K.atlienne ro- "I wish some There is some between them I have not the But granting "tpokeo, saake-tTed woman. Bhe has •yea fteoiaely Bin • aaake. and is to he traated j«at ae fH*. Pai^wha«m it die knowa about aay mother V 'Tour mother! 'What do jou mean?' 'Just thia â€" that abe has aome aeeret ia her poeeeanon vhlch yoa tte afraid 8|m will tell, aid the aeeret ee u ee tni my mother. She ia ttadiafi on that aeeret by ioniag heraelf into this honae, for yoa didike her aa much as I do. Sir John Daogarftaid, ohly you won't own it. lamte b» kept isibe dark, it aeema. Yery «eUl I iom\ want to pry into yov myateriBa, aid; yoa can't expect ma to ^nt my eyea to what goes on before them. uiJat woman has some aeeret whish yoa Me afraid she will toll, and yoa'^y her large sums for keepuig aeeret eoucerna my mother^ â-  Dmlk look flo thuudaratruck, papa I I won't turn amateur detective, and try to find it out, and I will be as civil as it is iu human nature â€" auoh human nature aa mine â€" to be, only don't try to pasaoff that creataxe as an old friend or any thing of that sort. And get her out of this house as soou as you can, for all our sakes.' And, when Hiss Dangerfield walked ont of the room iu offended majesty. Sir John was l«ft to eigoy his Tune* as beet he might after learniug his uharp- eyed daughter's discovery. Kathr;rne turned in her saddle now and looked after the pony phaeton and its occupant. 'How I do dislike that woman, Gas- ton I' she exclaimed. 'And you're an uncommonly good hater, ma belle," Mr. Dantroe answered, coolly. 'You can loye, but you can hate also. In the blissful days to come, when I am your lawful lord and master, it shall be my Christian en- deavor to teach you better morality. I know several people whoso enmity I should prefer to years.' 'I could never be an enemy of yours, Ga iton â€" never Do what you might, I never could hate those whom I onoe loved. My hkos and dislikes come at first sight. I detested that womau from the moment I «et eyes on her.' 'feminine instinct, I suppose. There is no love lost between you, darling. I've caught her looking at you at times when she thought uo one was watching her, and â€" well, it wasn't a pleasant look, either, to giye or re ceive. She smdes a great deal, but it isn't a yeiy mirthful smile, and she's the sort of woman to present you a dose of strychnine aud a kiss together. What does she do at Scarswood An old friend of his, I think Su: John said. He didn't look at her in a very friend- ly manner, by tlie bye, as he said it. She is a most unwelcome intruder, it is easy to be seen, to Sir John as well as to you. Why, then, does he not giye her the eonrie V 'Ah, why, iudoeil,' pcatcd, with a frown one would tell me why. secret understanding that I can't fathom, slightest duubt of that tliHt such 13 the caso, nhat can belts aattirc ' Oi course cue can surmise many thing.s aiul yet remain far from the tmth. What am I to think of my father? I am unwilling to believe him guilty of any heiuons crime. I wouder if papa everoomiailtcd a mur- der, or a forgery, or some interesting crime of that sort, and that this little human cat has found it out, aud holds the secret like the swoid of Dam â€" what's his-iiame â€" suspended over his head by a esinttlo hair. I wish I could only find out for certHiii all about it. That accomplished, all would be right. It would ho like the j-lot of a modern novel.' •Like the plot of a modern novel, perhaps. Out not in tho least like Sir John Dangerfield. Still I thmk yonre right, Kaihie there is a secret under- standing, and if that understanding relates to a crime, I don't believe Sir John ever committed it. The dear old dad doesn't over and above like me, my darling still he's a game old bird, and never did mortal man or womau willful wrong in his life. I'm i09itive. Doesn't our florid little widow often allude in an odd sort of way to your mother, Kithio Now it strikes me the secret â€" for there ia one â€" iuyolves her.' •I think it is very likely, indeed," repeated Katherine, 'and i told papa so only yesterday.' 'You did I And what did he say ' •Nothing satisfactory â€" only lost his terapcr â€" a chronic loss with him since Mrs. Vavasor's advent. He used to be the dearest old love, but he's be- come completely demoralized since that woman's beeu iu the houaa. She always talks as if she had been au in- timate friend of my mother, and papa fidgets and winces, and turus red and pale by turus.^ and never says a word. Mysteries u ay be very interesting,' Kaid Miss Dangerfield with a trown, 'but rd rather have them neatly bonud iu cloth than live in the house with them. One comfort is she ia going to leave Scarawood leforoâ€" ' Katherine blushed, and laughed, and broke off, 'Well, ma belle, befort when?' •Before â€" on, well, before we are married. Now, Gaston â€" on the pub- lic road, «ir, don'tl It's all very well to know that the siua of the father shall be visited on the chilreu, aud all that, but it's nowhere in the cateehism, that the inconvenient firiendafaip of Uie mother shall, and 1 devoutly wish our viattoc iu Jo^a. I ncvor aaw my mother that I can recollect. 1 never heard papa speak much about her, and everybody tells me 1 don't look like papa eitherâ€" Colonel and the late Mrs. Dangerfield ware both handsome. No, I don't wast a oompliment â€" ^not even your eyee, Gaeton, can make me ont no other ttian lallow and plain. Aud.' witii a littla droop of the bead, aud a little falter aS t.he yoaug voice, 'I never wiab-dm all my nfp M I have wished to be beautiful ainoeâ€" I have known you.' *yy dearest Kathie,' klr. Dautree MH,^olit^. utrugglmg with a y««n •fbrayety eralible^l, as xiirU gu, you can itSt praeibus nouacniae souim- timei. StaHow and plain I i eonbiosl iriionld -nerer have found it otot if ^ou haiuottoid. 'Bni don't want to be eaatin the mowd of the atereutype BdtMh yiong l*dy,I hope, with a face Kke^ pi^kaad v^ttt* WK ' I, and a bead more h(4iQw. X can only aay if yea had yon would oarer have M witched me.' 'OMtoD,' Ifiaa Dangnrfleld aaid, 'do yoa kuow what4hey aay ia Caatle fard^what Urs.-VaTator eava aboot fMT 'Not at preeent,* aa ewerad Ur. Daatma, witii his eaatomary imper- turbable iKuj^nid, 'uotUlng good though, I'm quite certain.' *They tay^t is almost an inauH to ya«4d«^Matit-thalitienot Katb.: «iae Datigarfield ye» )a«a» bat ih^ beixeaa ef Searaweod/ ' ' ^it looked 1^ ta^aaa aona onibacat olindigadoaâ€" tohaar aa iaSgnat daniaL But Mr. Daatna oM(9 attilad it, andth«kt:ba«ia«)y^ ' i iÂ¥oodgi'ttiwHiiatia aewe to ma do yea, Satbis Oi ^Mune, th«y think â€" why shouldn't theyâ€" I would myself iu then- plaoe. H dear child, yon are aeventeena haven't seenmncli ofUfe â€" I'm seveu and tweifty and have eeeo it in all ite phaaes. And I tell you no poor man, such aa I am, ever married a wealthy wife yet, that the same wasn't said. He may love her with the passionof a second Rom« â€" it will make no difference. She is rich, he is poor, and it uat'ually fol- lows he must be a mere mercenery foriune hunter. There were people in Lyons, perhaps, w'lo raid Claude Melonette only wanted Pauline for her fortune, until be proved his disin- terestcdue^s. 01 course they say I'm a fortune hunter and adventurer â€" I would he very great!) surprised if they did not. Yonr father thinks no. But you â€" Kathie â€" my darling' â€" he bent his pathetic liquid dark eyes upon her, 'you surely do not if you dn â€" then here â€" this momeut bid me go, aud I will. 'Gaston â€" what nonsense. If I be- lieved, would I be at your side now I should die if I donbte1 you.' 'Mr. Dautree laughed a little cynic- ally. No, yon wouldn't die, Kathie. Broken hearts went ont of fashion with Paul and Virginia and our great grandmother. You'd not die, Kathie â€" you'd forget me in six mouths for â€" ^for what you could easily findâ€" a better man.' Mr. Dautree was right 'it would have been v(ry easy to find a better man but Katherine Daugerfield was seven- teen, and the g'amour of a melodious voice, of Spacish eye?, and a face like some Bembra.:dt picture was upon her and her whole heart was in the words. 'I would never forget. Wheu I forget jou â€" true or false â€" I shall have forgotten all things earthly. Something in her tone, in her eyes. moved him. He lifted one of her bauds and kissed it. •I am not half worthy such love and trust as yours. I am a yillain, Kathie â€" not fit to kiss the hem af your gar- ment. My life has been one long roihud "f •\Sliy, Indeed f "hy do yoa haU lire. YavaMa. Kathakinb She Uaa't given yoa aay n^ aa y et I eaut ul^ Tou why, but t aeter eaaot tu sue Braokea H^*ow again.' She looked uniate laee.' What, a dadtbr lauo^ iMWUHJi u. it wuri i' U balf'Hiiii IdB. l iaal j ' AuJ hIC the way bona^ ftrooghllM eliill, ntiuy, |doftmiQg*l'luima1i'i wmxIh raii^^ Ulw a warnu^ j)^ her eats », 'lala^ k« burâ€" false as fair r ;7* CHATTEllV;!!,,^ "IlccklRds days and reckless nights- UnLoly songs and tipsy fights." But I will tiy â€" I will â€" to make you happy when you are my wife. And the sooner that day comes the bettor.. Miss Dangerfield,' resuu^ing his cus- tomary tone, 'are you aware it is go- ing to rain ' It had been a fitful October day â€" now Bun gleams, uow gray gloom. Katheriue looked up at the sky, and one great drop and then another fell upon her face. The whole sky was dark and drifting clouds. And grow- ing each instant darker. Tha storm which ha.l bccu browing all day was close upon them. 'And we are five miles from Scars- wood, and in five miuutes tlie rain will deceiid in torrents. Gaston, what shall wo do I had rather not get drenched papa will scold.' â- Andl had rather not get drenched even without a papa to scold. Drench- ing includes iufluensa, watery eyes, and a tendency to talk through one's nose, aud is not au interesting com- plaint. Can't we run lo cover some- where You know everybody in this neighbourhood. There'a Major Mar- chmout'a younder â€" am't Uioae the ivied tnrrets of Marchmont place I be- hold through the trees ' •Y e-e s.' 'My dear, I understood your hesi- tatiou. The gallant major did his best to suub me the other day, but Im of a forgiving turn and don't much miud. 1 thiuk I could endure th it old ofiicer's grim looks more easi- ly than the raging eleme^'s ou the open downs. Shall we make for Marchmont ' 'No,' said Katherine 'if yon can endure Major Marcbmont's msults, I cau't. We can io hetler that that â€" we can go to Bracken Hollow,' 'With all my heart. Where is Brackeu Hollow ' 'Not a quarter of a mile off! This way, Gaston, Or we shitll get the dreuchiuff after all. The plaoe belong u my old nurse â€" she came witn us from India, and papa gave her the the plaoe to end hex daya in. and to get rid of her she and Minon, my maid, led a perfect cat and-tiog life. Quick, Gaaten I Good graaoua, what a deluge I' The rain was falling in torrents now. lidsrim faurly flew before it â€" aud Mr. Dantree followed his lead« They were close to the coast far away the wtiite foaminc aea heaved its dull btioming on the shore mingl- ed with the mab of the rain. 'Here we are I' Katlierine ened 'and we haye got the dieuching after aO.' And when Gastoa Daatree Iwked up and beheld Bracken Hollow. A long. low. black-looking hoUow, close to the Fhore, tlie brake or brack- eu growing thick and high all round. and tall elms ahuttina; iti n. Au enne spot, with the eternal ihooder eC the asD doee down below the eliffi a ioaaly spot, witit no other liafaatatiuu near. 9aetpn Daatree jQta. iu no way a aapexaifiuaa or ima^ative man, bui tfeWaa^ha boked, fiut; 4iiid, ernep- laf^AUfeag elate avar Urnâ€" that irreo- tan-jyn shhiider aiuah mahee peo|L aay, 'aome ooe. ia«»l^ii|ff owr i«y grave,' thrilled throogh him. ^Agaahdy alaea eaoofli. Kathie,' ba aaid, laafuif off faia kaaw i amai^ bar Bight be otmimittad kaca and no one be the wiaer.* A murder onoa trta eommittad dere," KattMffkie aaawered 'a temUe mocdar. A yoaag girUona older than I am, aot her falee lever dead noder theae funeral ' elma. They took her, tried her, condemned her, htmg her. and they aay thoee gboetiy lovera keep tryat here still.' Gaeton Daatree atiU stood V/ horaei looking with extreme diKiavonr at the black cottage, at the black tnas. ' 'A horrible atory, and a horrible place. I don't know why, bat if youll naliaTa na« Kathie, I feel afraid to ^tar.thiat boose. I'm not a coward m a gehnal way, and once, ont Weat, dapt a whole ni^t in a room with a daad oaan, a fellow who had cut hia own throat, without foeliag any par- tionlar qualma about it but I'll be hanged if I want to stop here. If I believed in presentiments now, or if there wore such things, I should say aome awful fate was going to befall me at Bracken Hollow,' 'Gastou, don't be a goose, and don't be German and metapycical. Some awful fate will over take you at Brack en Hollow, and that speedily if you don't come iu out of the rain â€" au at- tack of inflammatory rheumatism.' She skuriied with uplifted skirts into the low porch, and her lover slow- ly followed. Katherine knocked loudly and im- peratively at the door. 'She's deaf, poor soul,' she said. 'It's the only one of her faculties, ex- cept her teeth, that she has lost, Are one's teeth one's faculties, Gaston ' 'Yes, my dear, aud extremely im- portant about dinner time. I cau't say I envy your exnurse the cheerful spot in which she is spending the hyely remainder of her days. Ah the door opeus. Now for the presiding which of Bracken Hollow. Bracken Hollow â€" there's aomethiug ghostly and gloomy m the very name.' A tall old woman, hale and erect, with iron-gruy hair and preternatural- ly, bright eyes, held open the dooraud looked stolitly at her two visitors, 'How do, Hannah Get out of the way, yon hospitable old soul, and let UB in. You needn't mind if you're not dressed for company â€" considering the waather we wjnt be fastidious, any port iu a storm you know. This is Mr, GastDu Dantree, Hiunah. You- 'ye heard of him, I dare say.' Old Hanuali reared herself a little moro upright, and transfixed the Louisianiau with her brilliant little eyes. •I've heard of Mr. Gaston Dantree â€" yes. Miss Katheriue, and I'm i;lad you brought him to see me.' 'You don't seem to be very cordial about it then you don't say you're glad to see him.' 'I'm not a fine lady,Miss Kathcnne â€" I don't tell polite lies. I'm uot glad. You'ie going to mftrry hira they say â€" is it true ' 'Well, yes,' Katheriue kugheil good naturedly, 'I'm afraid it 18. You pity him, nursey, don't you You took care of me a decade of years or so,and you know what ho has to expect.' •I pity you ' old Hanuah answered with a aecond solemn prolonged stare at her nurslings lover 'I pity you 1 Only seventeen, aud trouble, trouble, trouble before you.' It was uot au easy matter to stare Mr. Gast-ju Dautree out of countance as a general thiug, but his eyes foil now before old Hannah's basilisk gaze. Confound the hag!" he muttered, turning to the window; 'what does she mean?' Katheriue was fond of her old uurae â€" too fond to be intated now by her croaking. 'Don't be disagreeable, Hannah,' she said 'auddou't stare iu that Gor- gon-like way. It's rude, and Mr. Dantree is modest to a fault. See how you out him out of countenance. Sit dowu hero, hks a dear old thing, and tell me all about the rheumatism, and what you want me to get jou for the winter you'll have lots of time be- foro the rain holds up." â- The rain is hohing up now, Kathio,' her lover aaid. 'I knew it was too violent to last. In ten minutes it will have ceased. Come, we can ko.' He could not account to himself for his feverish haste to leave thia place â€" for the sodden and mtcuse dislike he had taken to this grim, old womau. •I'll go and tea to the horses," he said, 'and smoke a cigar iu tire porch, while you talk to your nurse.' He quitted the room. Katherine looked after the graceful fit^ure and negigeut walk with eyes full of girlish admiration then she turned to Han- nah. 'Isn't be handsome, nursey? Now confess; you're sixty or moro, but yon like handsome people still, don't you Isn't he just the very handsomest mau you ever saw in all your life?' 'He's rare aud handsome. Miss Kathie," the old womau aaid, alowly; 'rare and handsome surely. But, my httle one, dou't you marry him. It's not the face to trustâ€" it'a aa false aa if 8 fair." â- Now Hannah, I can't liaten tvttiia â€"I really eau't. I thought you would have wished me joy, if nobody else. Everybody says horrid things â€" noth ing ia too bad to be said of Mr. Dan- treeâ€" and all biioaose he ia poor and I am lieh â€" fortune-hunter, adveutarar, falae. It's a abame.' 'It's the truMi, my bairie. Be warned, and draa back while there is yet time,' Miss Dangerfield aroee with calm dignity. It wasn't worth while losiag ue"a temper with old Haimalr 'Good bye, nnrsey â€" ^I'm going. Too are disagreeable to-Jay, and I always go away imjiadiately from diaagreee able people. I shall send yoa ttios- flaiinels, though, all the same. Good- bye.' She wae gi«a wi alM spoke. Th« rain had oaaclf -aeatad, Md Mr. Daii traa waa waiting ft« bar ospatiautly. Hia daak. S'Mithera liacj looked a^ninxejy pallid io tha gray twilight of tho wafc.tetuber evening. •fluasa JLathia; it will rain again piateotly. and night wtU fall ioTialf an boor. The sooner 'wa aea tha laat o(fi.aakca BoUow tha battar.' A unrrsa raoa stw uaj«Aits. • Mr. Daatree dlacd t Betirswuod' and rode homeward through the «lI darknese somewhere before miduijjht. It had beeu a yeiy pleasant cveuinr, and the LoasiaiuaB wae io the bobt possible Bpirita as he rude b^k to Morecambe. The day was drawiug near when a more pleiwaut abode thau Morecambe would he hie â€" wLeu he would reign sapremo rt BcartWoud' Park. 'The governor can"t hold out very long now,' Mr. Dautieo mused. 'Af- ter thirteen years of hill lifu iu India,' his hver cau't be the sixe of a waluut â€" aod then, he's apojdectie. Your. riiortneeked, florid-fae«d, healthy, looking old bufliers are always fragile blossoms it's a toucU'aud-go with' them at auy moiaenk. And he's takiug' his danglftcfs engagement to my noble self desporately tc heart â€" he's beeu hreakiug every day siuce. I wouder what's up between him and the Uttle widow It wunldu't bo pleasant if she ahould turn out to bu a first wife, or something of that tiori, aud at his death produce ffU iuit;reit- iug heir or heiress aud oust Mrs. Dau- tree. 1 1 looks suspiciously like it she's got a stiMug claim of soiue kind oil liiiu, and he's more afruid oi her than he ever was of the buvaK^bt Su- poy out yonder. I wish I could get at the bottom of the matter, before 1 com- mit luyseif further and slip the i ing over Miss Dangerfield s finger. Not that it matters very greatly â€" ueilliir matrimonial nor auy other felteis ever could biud me. It may all tu.-u out rigl:t, however, and I may reign grand eeigneur of Hcarswood. kUthur a change iu a few months, for a pi;UL.i- less peuny a liner. Marie's the only drawback. If eyer she fiuda this out, there'll be the devil to pay iu New Or- leans.' Miss Dangerfield Iiad been rather surprised when on entering tuo draw- ing-room that evening, alter her \v«jt ride from Brackou Hollow, she fouud her cousin Peter playing cIiuas \vi,Ii Mrs. Vavasor. It was tlie tir^t time since their quarrel that he hud eutsred the house, She weL.t over to him with the frank, girUsh grace tiiiit al- ways characterized her, aud gave him her hand. ' Welcouic back to Scarswood. cousin.' she said 'I bcgau to thiuk you had quite deserted us. Is it to the claims of kinship or to the faciuatious of Mrs. Vavasor we owe the present visit, I wouder ' 'A little of both, Kathie, and a cousuily desire to offer my congratula- tions to the future Mrs. Dautree. I wisti you both eyory happiueBS,' He did not look at her as ho sai.l it,' and somethiug iu his voice struck un- pleasantly on Katheriue's ear. •You are very good." she raid, a littlu coldly. 'May I overlook your game? Who is going to wiu ' 'I am, of course. Il's come of a race, Kathie. that always win.' But Mr. Dangerfield was mistaken. 'Cheek I Mrs. Vavasor ciied, sharp- ly and triumplia;itl3' a few minutes after. 'Your race mav .thvaysi wiu ex- cept â€" when they have a Vavasor for an enemy." Katherine's eyes sparkled. •Try again, Peter,' she said 'a Dan- fierfiold uever yields ' •I fear I must I am uo match for Mrs. Vavasor. Ah I hoie i» Dantree â€" lucky dog.' I must go over and congratulate him. It's not every da.v a poor devil drops uto eight thousand a year and the fiueiit pisce ^iu the county.' •Katheriue, dear, suppose you try.' Mrs. Vsyasor gaily exclaimed, 'au I vindicate the honour of the Danger- fields. I play chess pietty well hut who knows-^you may become moro thau a matcih for me.' 'Well,' Katherine sai^ ooolly. 'I think in tlie long run I would. f have a great deal of determination â€" obstinacy perhaps you mic^ht call it â€" aud when I make np my mind to Ji/ anything, I generally do do it.' [to bb ooNnsvan] JOBH BILLINGS' SAYINGS. I nave never kuown a sekond wifi but what was bofcs ov the situaslin.. After a man grte to be thirty-ci^iit years old he can't for many uew habits much the best he cau do Li to tfUjcr his old ones. Any mau who can swap horeon, or catch Bsh, and not he about it, iz aa piuzaz men eyer get to bo iu tlii^ world. The sassyest man I ever met iz a henpecked husband when he is away, from home. An enthusiast is an individual wlra believes about four times aii much as anybody believep. The dog tiiat a ill follow -anybody ain't wuth a cuss. Those people who are t.-yin'.{ t get to lieaven on their kreed ivill fiud out at last that they didn't have a thru ticket Too long courtships are uot alwuss judicious. The parties o5teu tire out' Bcoreing 'fore the tr.it bcgiui*. One quart ov chuip trhiskey '(tliB cheaper the better) judiciously appli* ed, Hill do more busiuedU for iiii devil thau the smartest deacon he hu4 got. lH(m't.x^^gik^t/tn^ ennything that I wasifwrSnSS' airtiaiBe4 ov bat what somelioily remraibered it. and was sboroionee iu a while, to put ma ia miod of it. Tonng men learu to wait; if yoa undertake to aet a hm before she i* ready yoa will loee your time, aott eoofase Aa hen besides. Nature seldom makes a pbod she simply fnruuhcg the raw materiH-s and lets tbe fellow finish the job it suit inmself For Dyspepaia orlndigestion.Habit' ual Cointipation, ifilMiuiieait, Ijivur or Kidney affoctio.ia, the aafoet ami best remedy is Dr. GarM»u'H Htomaoli and Oonstiryitiou BitMrs. tite great iuBiiy medicine. TlKy e^m arirh perfect safety ho triyeo to tlit-v/inupeKt ohiU as thuy arc purely v«4g i^bte in enmpoaition aud mild iV, their aotiou. Sold ia large paael butUea at 53 eenU^ A. Tcana ft Vi. speool agmta for Markdale. Hpi 1r^ 4 I f m