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 1«, F»»hion«kW mti 1^ ID SAVE MONEYl' |*t tli« "Turonto Hoom.* WiTV BROWll WilJ Lkn U. Town or Til^l Lf Grey il.l ooDsalt ma. ON APPLI- ITIOIt .1 will b^ prepared to o» ^^ rr. rtly. kifuit on H^ H" J!parlm«nti nl my W*"" -» luj motto ii Thofiip- mI E.sWite, TiO« ' Uiic^UaB.v «i 50 in three MoaUif, ' d:J-..mueJ^;°",\^„ ofâ„¢abluh P' 5"n^t'«'U«nK p.p-r. without p.yine '•"1,'^hSj res,K,nsibl« for th. ye«. .ub- '""^ila Ibey comply with the rttl... "'"' UTES OF ADVEBTlSliJG ^a;„,on.ve.r •«« « Jj do do rirltrJo ^° ,uih io do rij do InM »"J 'inrter. first insertion.. " fc»cu lUbriequent insertion ju .0 leu lineii, lirst insertion. licu 'ibriMjueiit m'^ertiou ...... rtrMii l:i:»--. tirat insertion per line ' E,(l, kubMepiwnt insortiou .... • Tke oii«b*r of lines to 1* reckoned by tue J"«.ap.ed raem,.urea l.v a ««le of folid „ Idvertisemeuts without «p«!ine ..,„n. will bepubli»li«i till forbid ara rM McttrdiDKlv. All transitory al"«rli»e- T,To^l 'ntti. ..m.e of puUication by ,c;ock on tlif Thursday mornraKJfwe^ "•" " w'k^ LEDOI^ Proprietor. [NOf E88I0NAL A BUSINESS ' DIRECTORY. 27 50 15 00 8 UO 4 00 50 15 75 3.' 8 3 rhy »r«. S»raule ;«rt*r, cVAiit surgeon- .Accoacheur Ac. retideuea t Ac oKHri M-J'*^ Hall; UtrkJ*'-*- H«li; 1' 18B0. 1-T ifi al. TTi^'.Nt^ .\NI SOLICITOR. IS NOW ^r f' r ar.iniliiii; to all kin J» of law ^, ' (»lSj' at Kav'H Hotel. Markd*:.. I'" 2iia. 1H81. 64. J, nAsso:^, jAKMSTKl;. M \.srKK ANDDEP. RED. .11 ClLUicrrv, .Notary Ihiblic, Conveyan- itt 0«i 11 Sound, in Vicker's Block ,a*lt S: a'i'l -it Markdale, over MeFar- L,j. Kjo.'L. on liiday an 1 Saturday every • 57.1 Front a Front, i)\RI:l^i ll'.S. AND ATTORNKYS-AT I) I.J*. "' 'itorn 111 liiinierv. Convey I •r«. t' f'Aiiii Sxini'i, liave resumed at ,v.'in. ^yf'•« open erory Thuraday, a* tlv (riiwn AUorney. I^anr A Koi»'r, )U:l'.lsri;itS. SOI.ICITOKS, mo CON- i.aii'-frs. Markdalf. I Orri' r McKarlan'I'M lilork. |Mtni-T to lind, ou Karui Security, at 6 per I.jss. y C. J. W. Bowa. Prnti«tr]t. nr. Jam«-s J. M'liitr, I ».. .uiit !•• It. (unieroii, Owen Sound, I'll.l. r.K \\ TilK Ki;VKUK HOUSE. iV M.irk.r'ii' ••u tlie last Wediieaday in I'liitli. aIo II lie •.viU lio prepannl toper ji.i S"fatiiiii' r. I iirid upon the muuth iu'4t sali.'fsetori wanner, and upon ... I- 1. nils. 1 y |iii4rrUanroa«. 1% Ml. Brown, rJ"B»i til- M\I;KI VIlKI.ICENSBS.Ac. .:ii:u.^i..ii'-r ill IJ. It. tie. ait.viii.ii. • 'ii all itd branches promptly nisi t" nil I ill- fully executed. !*. U.â€" M..iii\ til heud on Real k:itate se- 1-,^ I MiftUls. Sei.t. .7. 1880. ' Alrvandrr Brom'n. fSJl Kl; 'f M rrianc Licenses, Fire and if l:i-iini:i. e .Af;ent. Coinmissionei n. R A.v '.•iivevaiicer and I.irensed '...iw.r fi.i Ih. t'lmiitv iiKirey. Farmert, r^UnSs an! Land Sales, I'unetUilly at- ri« (.' ail I •â- li'ir)i«-8 made very luodeiato. I fr.Mwii;.-. S. I. 17. iHHlt. ' 1-T K. n. 4ialbmit1i TIt.M Ll; .\NI' i.LNKR.VL LAND Ati'iii. \\\iliaiiisf..ril Stat:.in. Auction t.« at:. II i. I III ail p.irH if tiiiv (.'ouu:y. •U«.ii..ii I'iMiiiiii-.iiiii. Hales Miodi:ra:e. "r.Miis. .I'll St-nini; Maeliiiu's i Uo nd iiiiiiiiriiMi Tieis. Vine' .^Krieill- lm,'itiii.'n:'.a:id Marhiiiery of all kinda I |WIU„«f.r,|. J,,i,. •-,. 2*.Sl. J. SlilK, V'MIMiiN .\Mi I'lUJVIN'CIAI, LAND â-  irvyv.ir. |ir;iiinhtHmau and Valuator, nf'tilaiil .M.irk lale. Having pn • »«ed fco'n.;iai L:i:i 1 Saivi'V.ir (liarles Rankin' Jur» »t,..-k ..f ..r.piiia'l Field Notes, Plann. i"rl" liisir 1. (J..IIS, Ae.,of all his Surveys I •illu-i "ll. list fifty-five years, I am *i«t'l t.. Ill ,i,.- .Surveys in strict accurd- ^Ih-ri-n -ll. I'nitiies and Kstiiuates '"Vi'i,- Hi'i I'iaii" and Spicilicationi foaatij; |:; Lfs, iurnislieil mi appliea- il'iK V t.' L'lAii at •â-  per cent interest. "'••j. I. •;..•. ..rWi wiih (L J. DLYTH. '«'»'• »i.i |.u proui|itlr attunded to. |»«ft. 17. *,i. l-T T. K. DAVInT^ ^l^^lU-Ki; A 1 iNTU.lt TOR, (Stone and "' ' l';a~teriii)? and Country Jobs. ^â- 'P'lj u;ti ii.i.-,l I.). Ston. eutliiiK a Spe- K^liiiat. • on all .vurk tree Satis- toai;".:,! i..t,,-d. •.• Ke-idi lice corner of »'n ai,,i Si.r.nil. Stie t^. Mi iKiALa. llJwuiiii-i al. iHSii. l6-y W M. SSteiiili«li;~ lurSil.SlCiN.A CAftRIACiK PAISTRR. 1 luiriuts takiii ill !o«n or c*juiUi_. LuaJiik. Oct. 1:!. 1K81. YOL. 2.-N0. 17."--' " ^â- â- ^^v^^«i~^. MARKDAl^, JANUARY 6, 188S. 7ly SAVE YOUmMBINGS. I";! T. u. M..r(?au, Ix'K's to auncunee to Ti.4dif.uf Markdale and vicinity that she |i"'pa:f.l to w.irk up li lir oombiugs into l.u:Ts ;uid curls, terms moderate • i» fciiifite.l. Be.sidence corner of M«.r 'Qatwu streets, opposite Mr. Bowes' e, I'Vdni bv Vail premptly attaaded ta. IlUrlul.,., s«^,t 1_ igMl. SEVERE HOTEL, n \ieKu%LE. SPROULE, Proprietor. BUILDEB AKlt CONTBACrOB, (atone and briek). Plaateriog pArtteolarty attended to in town or eo ou try. BatiaiAtae on work free. Dundalk. Smiember lad. IMl. i I^KW^VINiHVMl^* Im. Lucas A Co., BANKERS, Money I.^oaii«}d JN large or nuU •monnta, at *U timea, oa good eadofMd note*, or on eirilatenU security. INTEIEtT AT 6 rai CERT. Allowed on Savings Deposits. â- ^Drafts iasned and Coneetiona Bade on all point*, at lowest ratea. B. O. LDCA8, Manager. Dundalk, Sept. 1. IMl. __ jjy Meat Market! TkXT Door to Hanboiy's Boo* ftnd Shoe N Stot*. Dtiodani. Beef, Poek. Mnttoa. and Bnuage always on band. Kb aad Ponltvy in their Miason. Meat delirwed to Auv pact. of the Town. N D.â€" Vaimcis having Fat Cattle qr S)eep to liisreee cA. would do well to let mf know, m I will pay Cash for saeb. 16 h. W, BOKDiLE. E. IMNNPHRIci^ â-  ot^N' Undertaker MD CAMNCTMAKEII, Has now on hand a full stock of COFFINS of sU sizes and prices. Shrouds, Oloves, Crape, and CofiBn Trimmings, constanttv kept on hand for sale. Also a tvHi stoek of Hoasebold Fnniitnre! Pictoie Framing a specialty. a STOCK or Watches and Clocks I which will li^sold very cheap for cash. A call is so'.ioited, Dondalk.Sapt. 2nd. iSHl. i-4t F. F. TEEPLE'8 CARRIAGE WORKS, DUNDALK, ONT. The subsoribcr is prepared to supply the public with WAGGONS. DEMOCRATS. BUGGIES. single or doable, SLEIGHS. CUTtER3, BOBSLEIGH?*. ToRellier with all kinds of repairs in wood or iron ou nhort notice, at re,8onable rates. F. F. TEEPLE. Dun.lalk, Sept. 3nd, i88i. ilv REMOVED, REMOVED. Jw C. ATKINSON, TAILOR, Having removed to Main Street, is now pre- pared to fill all orders ou the shortest poesiUe notiee. -liATEST- Fashion Plates RECEIVED BEOUL-VKLY. CHARGES MODERATE. pais tt: l'op;ilar Hotel b.is had a large aJ- ou ail.li 1 to it. tboroa«hly refitted. Bow %rni.l to none in the etuiutyX "•t)!!!!!,' and attentive oetler. Firat- ^oium.Hlatisa for commercial travel- ria» 91.00 p«r «ar. 17-ly UEAFORD, Ont. PaorBixToma. r'HcVilKR, Satisfaction Goaranteed llemembei* th© Place NEXT DOOR TO NELSON'S STORE. MAIN STREET. Dundalk, Nov., 1881. lS-6m. fHOS. MATHEWS, ' ;»inmodation for the traraUinc J." ^^ ' well stocked with the â- ' "lues aLd Liquors and the beat '^(^â- iRars. l.~- 17. IHxn 1-7 "',»«tRClAL HOTIL I gJ^* »nimoviiou» Sample Boom* I .Z^"' 'kc. The Bar and bvr4» "viT^ '"' "« tb*aMkat.al •^6M,Uu« .u«i Mtenllte b*tliV l»i WISHES to tender to his nomeroas custmers his sincere thanks for their very liberal patronage daring the 15 years be has been in the Harness Basineas in Mark- dsle. an would respectfully solicit a eontino- ance of the same, feeing eonfiident 'ihat he ean give Entirt Satitfnction. Kverything nsaally kept in a FIR8T-CL A 88 HARNESS ESTAIUSNKirr, always on hand, and sold a^ moderate rates. (^None bat good workman employed and the best of materials nsad. Markdale Mav. 18. 188o- lo HAIR GUniNG AND SHAVING OS Every "Working Day, Hy rrhomas fisnitJi. Kxaapt Friday* and Satnrday* until aooa when be will b« in Weebertea. â- r Qrda.t fiUad tern totmh RHEUMATISIII, J ttt'alwm, Lamhm§9, Silt, duinj, 9f Tkrott, Swll- ingt aW Sprmimt, Bum* as^ ttaUtt Q»mfml§0^Sf TmU. iv mi Ihmiaelm, Frmttt FiiuHiemn.miiimUtlkf Himt cW Mtkm. lr» riMsisHiie Mi nttb ipsls tr. Jieass On as • a^/Wt aâ€" f f Hmtml» aad akaqp Mlanal it«Md/ A trisi aatajli tat *• saafsMMval/ MttM aaUar ml M Cwts, sad tnmj ••• aalitrtiic wik psia «BB tava *kn» aad pattto |BSS ll» •OLD BT ALL D BOOeigTB A MP SBALBU IB HKDIUIIK .JHUKJLA ^XhiJM'mAm. BOBT. ASKIIS., Has opened out a First-Claa* Furniture AHB UNDERAKING ESTABLISHMENT, And therefore has supplied a want long felt, especially in the Undertaking Line. COFFINS, CiSKETS, SHROUDS, and all FUNERAL FURNISHINRS, supplied on the shortes notice. A. M5rlenclicl Mearse tor hire at moderate rate*. FUBNITUKE! From the Common to the Best and Latest Styiss, in everything in the line. Call and so) for yiarselva*. ROBT. ASKIK. cuTTEEs m mm IN CiREAT VARIETY. THE CHEAPESTI BECAUSE THEY ARE THE IJ E s r IN THE MARKET. Any Nnmier or Style Promptly supplied from stock on tbe sborteet notice. All mannfactnred by skilled me- chanics, with good material in the Latest and most improved Sidle. Special attention is also directed to the large and very superior stock of second growth HICKORY AND WHITE OAK i purchased from one of the best faetoriea in Canada, sufficient to manufacture over fifty Waggons and Carriages for the coming sea- son. Intending purchasers should not fail to make an inspection of my stock and save money. SPECAL ATTEOTION Ta RE- PAIRINS A H0RSESN0E1N8. tS~Ecmember the plaee â€" seeond door to Butter Bae's. D. J. SHANAHAN, Proprietor. MarkUo. Dec. 2nd, 1881. 64. A MERRY CHRISTMAS AM* A Happy New Year. THE Subscriber desires to call the aUen- tion of thoee about to commit matri- mony, that he la prepared to famish "WEDDINQ CAKES. and every other ariiele of eonfeetinaaij soitahle for sncb oeoasion*. in tn* Most Artistic style, and of a flavor and qoality. that cannot be â-  snrpassed. soiii.ee m. Surpise Parties Swpplied with every deiirabla artiste a Ceo- leetionciy on tbe shortest n oti ea, aad at reasonable rate*. IN THB -l. Article of BiMd t I DEFT COMPBTmOM. Aad will deliver H a* the TWidana* of all who aij tafor me with tfaeir patioaagii A DUNLQP. llMkdalji.Daa.U, IMl. A III l!IM;i â€" :oi- *N«T«Htl|dMa.IslMUgQt»b«ir«U ding I (old Imt fa onee. ftod I teHWi to kMp mj word, ifâ€" m I Wd hetctn ' â€" ihat voddinc •««ltei«â- #M•.* •WlU;«tk•kiail NHMghAo w- Ha waa fait* whit*, aud btae«d to meet tbe worat. He 1 oked her atcadi- y b«*ada tin ^y.^ S'u 4t â-  I ail retoniod tb* gas* amiliug. riletit, «tid with a devil ia aitber tUtiaring eye. For Peter DaagwfitUd atood alwof aud liatooed. 'What a fortanate fellow 70a are, GaatoD Dantree/ Mra. Vsraaor aaid, i»n*r tbat ahort pa oae. •Yon are tlM very kaneaomeat mao.I tliiuk. 1 erer eew yoa are tLe beet aiuger off thcop era ttatee I eyer beard your mauaera are perfect in tbeir ioioleDt eaee yoo are aaTen-and-twenty. a cbmnuiiic •ge â€" wid yoa poesesa what «o aeldooi goee with leaaty. onhappily â€" braiui The world ia yoar oyater, yon open it dever^ly you are a peimile** Yankee adrentorer. and a baronet'a Jaaghter, and the heiress of eight tboasand a year, is waitiQ« at Soaivford to marry yon tonight. Under what (ortanaidcom iiinat^ of tbe planeta were you boru, I woiraer. You don't love this young lady YOU are going to marry but love 18 an «xp] 3ded ideaâ€" the stock in trade of potts and novelists. People with eight thousand a year ean dis- pense with love but where the bride and groiim are both peLniless â€" oh. well that's another matter.' 'Mrs. Vavasor, it is after nine o'clock. Did yon send for me to listen to a homily Ii so, having heard it allow me to tska my dapartare- 'Don't get in a harry Mr. Dantree. there's no occasion. Ten o'clock will come, but I don't believe we'll have a wedding tonight, after all.' 'You have said that three times I' â€" Gaston Dantree's eyes were growing stem, and his mouth was set in one thin hard line â€" 'the same thing re- peated too often grows a bore.' Ua kind enoDgk. if oo mean any'bing, to tell me what yon mean.' 'I #ill I I mean this, my handsome LoniManiau â€" tbat yonr bride-elect is no more a baronel's danghter â€" no more Sir John Dangerfield's heiress â€" than 1 am ' CH..PTER Xlll. MRS- VAVASOa's STOBT. It was out. and Gaston Dantree stood for a moment stunned, looking at the evil, smiling face of the speaker and absolutely unable to reply. Then. 'I dou't delieve it,' he said slowly. Mrs. Vaviisor Uugbed aloud 'You mean you don't want fo believe it. It's not pleasant for a successful adventurer, Oh, don't be cTended. it's only the name common plaee people give othtr people cleyerer than thtmselves. It's not pleasant, I say. when the gulden chalice of fortune is atour lips to see a ruthless band spill tliat wiue of life at onr feet. It isn't pleasant for a handsotne dark eyed Adonis, with the face of a god and the pufrte of a â€" pauper, to find the reputed daughter and heireis of a wealthy baronet, whom he iegoi jg to marry, as great a pnuper M himself greater, indeed, for she lacks tbe good looks that may yet make your fortune Mr. Dantree. It isn't pleasant, but it is perfectly true. Sir John Danger- field has imposed upon you â€" npou his rightful heir hero, Mr. Dangerfield up on society â€" passing off a girl whose pa renta(;e h* is lu most absolute iimor- ance, as his daughter. Don't fly into a passion, Mr. Dantree, as 1 ee you are inclined to do â€" at least not with me. I'm not afraid of you, and I'm not to blame. If yoa dou't believe me.but I see you do.come with me to Scarswood, Mr. Dangerfiedl end I are bound for the weddmd â€" i,nd be con- vinced from Sir Juhu's own lips My shawl, if you please, Mr. Dangerfield Sir Petor that is to be.' He took th* rich Parisian wrap and folded it gallantly around her slim shoulders. Gaston Dantree still stood conf3un- ded â€" a blank feeling of rage aad fary, and despair choking the passionate words be would have said. She look- at him, and laughed again. 'Afoii Dim I he is like an incarnate thunder-clou^ â€" black and furious as a Levantine pirate, or an Alpinebrigand Cheer up, mon ami, we don't take Tonr bride from yon â€" onlyher fortune and what are a few tbonsand a year, moie or lass, to such a devoted lovex as you ' And she would go with you to beggary. It makes a hardened woman if the world, like myself, abso- lutely young again to see such gnsh- in« and beautiful devotioB. I rather thought romance bad gone oat of faah ion in this year of grace, and tbat it waa only atOovent Garden we heardof 'two souls but with a single thought â€" two hearts that beat as one.' But I have found out my mistake, and think better of the world since I htve known you. My bonnet, Mr, Dangerfield â€" thanks. Now, then, missieurs â€" for- ward I march I am entirely at yoar service. She tcok Peter DangetAeld'a atiB, looking forward over bis shoulder at the black, marble figure (^ the bride groom, like the smiling vixen ske 'Come. GastoM. mom hraet,' she said, 'though j^pn lose an heiress, yoa need not loae a bride. We will be bnt a few minates late, after all. Oome â€" aw«r.' 8he rsB li^tlT down the stairs, bamming with the Atee of mitficioM delight, 'baste to the wedding.' Tbe hoor for whieh she had huoger- ed sad tkirated for y«ars and years bad eome â€" I be boar of ber vengetutev â- BeTerge ia sweet â€" ntrtieaterry to • woaan«' aiiigetb ay lord Byroo, and bebitdkMtratb aa wdl m poMy when he said it. A man aoaieliaM* spares bis'OiMay^ â€" a wobmb wiB fsr gola-M «iU seat uoMcuIal 'ijioftO wadiLiii »o. 6d. I Gaatoo Daatree fsSowei. Hi* 1Sf» were aet in ao cxp r eswo n no oaa mk held him thianiflit bad ever aeoa ba- laco) bHcMiejaa Imni widl â-  â€" r-Tf- tmaat, and fhr», Ua. ihafcw aanta won fbllUkd â€" moro tbaa t^ BIML Mifeo wwalhabad adi«a«rthBfhair Ha Miavoft. wimi then vao tbatia ICra. Yw and «Bie», Milk att â- havod aba epoka tba tratb. Far tb« aocood liaM ba bad fabaBftMUdâ€" i* Um very boar of hia tribaiph. A deiaoiii acal (ago iUed'btmâ€" atiainsk Um -wb naa, Mtaisial. the bvrimot, agawat Katboriua, against himsolf •What a doltâ€" what an aaa I )Mt» boon I' be moUorod inaadibly. find- ing bia taa*h 'what a laaghmg otdek I shall bo I But by Heaven I il I a« to luoaa a forkoae. Katberino Danger- field shall lose a hnaband. It's one thing to risk Now rate for an hoirew hot ril see all tbe portionless, adopt- *jd dauchton this side of the infernal regions at tbe bottom of tbe bottoM- leaa pit, beCoM I'll nsk it for oaa of tbaml' And thea Mr. Dantree folded bis arms in sullen silenee, and let things take tbeir course. He knew tbe worst â€" 4ie had put his late to tbe test, and I st it all. Nothing remained bat to oee tlie play played eat. te paok hia trunk, and at ouoo aeok fr«ih fields and pasture* new. The niglit was blaek as Erebus tbe cold, eutiiug aleet still beat, the wind still blew. The street lamps flared and flickered in the soughs of wind â€" tlie sliops of tbe town were shut â€" ligbU twinkled pleaaently behind clos ed bhuds. Mrs. Varasor sat b«hind him mnffled in her wraps â€" a demon- iacal deaire to pitch her headlong i:at of the trap was strong apon Mi. Dan tree. 'Little devil I' he thcngbt, looking at her savsitely under cover of the darkness. 'Sbe knew all aloDi; and waited for this melodramatic cUmrtx. It's your turn now, Mrs. Vavasor when the wheel revolves and mine comes, I'll remember tliis dark night's work 1\ Not a woid wa* spoken until the lights of Bcarsaood came in sight. Gabton Dantree's heart waa full of passionate bitterness, u tbe huge gate lamps hove in view. And tomorrow all this night have been his. 'Curse the luck I' be thought. 'I might Lave known that blastod old harridan. Fortune, could have noth- ing good in store for a step-son like me.' They whirled up under the frown ing stone arch â€" up under the black, rocking trees. The whole long front of the old mansion was brilliant with illumation. The great portico entrace s ood wide they saw Squire Talbutt and Captain De Vere come out with anxious faces they saw Mrs. Talbott in her white festal robes float downtbe black, oaken stnirway. 'Ali waiting for the bridegroom ' Mr*. Vavasor said, with her habitual short laugh. 'Do yon go forward. Mr. Dangerfield. and relieve their anxiety. We follow.' Peter Dangerfield Sprang up the steps â€" never in his life half so nimbly And Edith Talbott flitted forward to him, smiling, but with an anxious qiiiyer in her voice. 'Ob, come ye in peaoe, or come ye in war. or to dance at onr bridal, yuun? Lord Locbinvar ' Mr. Danger- field, where is Mr. Dantree. 'Mr. Dantree is here.' He spoke very quietly, bnt hidden delight gleamed in his pale eyes I If they only knew Rteped ou one side, and Gaston tr«e and Mr2. Vavasar stood ec. what small He Dan- reveal- One glsnco at the bridegroom's face, and blank silence fell. What bad happened Surely never bride- groom, from Adam down, wore so black and gloomy a scowl on his wed- ding night Editli Talbott recoiled with clasped hands, ber brother and he captain of the plungers steod look ing at him aghast. 'By Jovd, Dantree,' tbe gallant cap- tein managtd to stammer at last, 'you look awfully cat up, you know. What the deuce is tbe row Don't you know you're behind time, man, and â€" I say, old boy, I hope nothing serioas is the matter, you know ' 'Something serious i« the matter,' Peter Dangerfield made answer grave- ly, for the gentleman addressed onh scowled a little blackei^ 'and we wish te see Sir John ummediately. Miss Talbot, WA are going to the library â€" will you tell my uncle te join us then.? and if yon can keep Katberine out of tbe way for the next half hour, perhaps it will be as well.' Ho led the way te thelibrary,hi8 two eompanions after him â€" Mr. Dantree stalking along like a spectre. Thtt vast and spacious library waa brilliantly lit by a cluster of waxlightt, and the flicker .«f a dying fire. Shad- ows criNiclied darkly in the corners, and the blxxly hand shone vividly in the escutehcun oyer tbe mantel. The long silken curtains were uudrawn outsiJc, by a faint lighting in th. northern aky, the tossing-wind liLowu tree*, Uie slanting sweep ot tho rain couid be 4een. Outoide there was the uproar uf the etorm â€" inside, dead still- ness reigned. Peter Dangerfield took a seat deep in the shadow of the vast Maltese win dow, and luokod aronud the lofty and noble rtKim aa he had never looked be- fore. Tbo dark widls lined wHh books from coiKBg to iljor, tlie baata, tbe bronses, tbo piotareo. and tba beoTT- carved old furniture. Oao iay tbia would b* all his â€" one davâ€" ono day. Thera «as a luxariaat faoto^il^tawn op before the fire itatb flui Kfa. "Vwr- aaot aaok, tbrowiag baak bar wot wntp Mr. Daotsoa atood near, bia elbow on tbe mantel, bis dark aad mj* grv eyes fixed on tbe fire' bis laootb aet aiider hie b'aak mooataebe, stem aai gaia. Tban waa uwlhii pi^ nnrrooBOTaoia bis heart «ir tba girl «b9 kifad bia. Ho bad aot ban narajâ€" vinr abeald ba nparo? m m ii«««r iSvaa herâ€" ha hatadhvoi kaowJWl of sikBt, aallan fory. all tiki iaM|l dai^nms fmm this ootward qwet. Aad tbea tbo door oponod aod aar JahHSancerfiaM eaaa If ha|»4 Mt h9Mi Mow ««- voautn hokaow A* moaoMM that Uo Mii'VpbB thaii, Ml thalkkd ^hanponed. i) Hia seerot hadpUyaittaiaMa./ idd kuow thatbo-snahu beir-at-Uw -ttaatoa Dmk^ kaaarlMi^ Katb»- iMv^^bndmui))!^ la^^aw -or waa ool. He draw a long bteatb •abaolntUy a breath of iatenae KlMf^ Ho bad dreaded tbia honr anatterably; be bad istoopod lo dece^on, to Marfiiood end ktibexy, lor khe first titno la all of bis brave hfo, to avert it a)id now that it bad come, he thanked Heaven. Hj ooold breathe ftvely aad fine bis M- kw mail agaia â€" bo ooold bqld bia bead er^ct ahuoog hia,|ieesa 0000 non HiS great love had made him a ooward â€" bia life had been unsreakably miser- able under tbe burden of tho secret he dared n,»t toll. But aaother had told it in spite of kam â€" be wm3 free He flung back hit bead proudly.and walk- ed into th«ir midst with hi* firm, sold- ierly step and stalely bearing, btoppiug directly in front of GasUn Dantree. The Bootharner lifted his gloomy eyes, and tbe gaso of the two met â€" â- tcady, steru, nnflmchiugly. 'You are late, Mr. Dantree,' tho baronet said, coldly and briefly. 'You pay your bride a ^poor compliment by keeping her waiting on lir bridal eve.' 'I greatlv donbt. Sir John, whether (hero will bo either bride or bridal to- night. Certainly before Miss Danger- iold â€" if there is such a parson â€" be- cornea Mrs. Dantoee, you will clear up a little statement of Mre. Vavasor's. She tells us the young lady you have palmed off upon us as your daughter and heiress, is â€" tcko is she. Sir John Dangerfield ' The baronet turned his eyes for the first time on the little figure in the arm choir. 'Yoa have broken faith with me Hartiet Harmon. Yon took my mon- ey and meant to betray ma.' *I took your money and meant to betray you Yes I I would not have forfeited my revenge for three times tho money.' •I might have known it. Then yoa have told these men â€" all ?° 'I have told them nothing as yet, save the bare fact that Katberine is not your daughter. Mr. Dantree did me tue honor to disbelieve me â€" it isn't for his interest, as it is for your neph- ew's to believe it so I brought them to relate the story in your presence. They can't very well refuse to credit It then. And as i still trust the wed- ding will go on,' with her most satiri- cal smile 'and as I don't want to keep iKor liUle Kathie waiting any longer than is absulately necessary, I will begin at once, if my memory fails me in any minor particulars. Sir John, or if any of my statements are incorrect, yon will be good enough te set lae right. Messieurs Dantree and DangeifieM, listen t' She folded her hands, looked into the ruddy coals, and began. "It's so long ago â€" so long â€" so long â€" it makes one's hair grow grey only to look back. It's fifteen years, my beavers, since the express train from Bouen to Paris bore among ite pas sengers one day a woman and a child â€" a little girl of two. Tliey were very poor, very shabby, and travelled third- class. By the same train travelled likewise to Psris, an Enghsli ofBcer and his lady, and their 'anghter, also aged two years or thereabouu. The English officer was under marching orders for In iia, and was suing to sail with his interestmg family in a few days. 'But if man proposes â€" ^French rail- way trains sometimes disposes, and very unpleasantly. A cattle train came along â€" there was a mistake, aad wore* â€" there was a collision. Crash Crash I â€" away went I Something hit the poor Uttle woman on the head,and she knew no more. 'She opened her eyes next in a boa- piUl, very weak, one great pain from head to foot, but qiite conscious and likely to live. Her first question was for her child^-dead or alive I ' "Alive," the gentle faced Bister of Charity said, "and well and uninjur- ed; and, if I were willing to dispose of it ill a fair way. to make it's fortone in life.' • "How? " I asked. ' "In this way An Engliah officer and ilia lady, travelling in the same unfortunate express train, had bad their child killed â€" killed instantly by tbat terrible collision. Tka officer and the lady aeoaped aahart â€" thoy were wild with grief, but reQeiiibered their fellow suffers throngh it all. The baby was boned in P(r« La Chaiu, poor aogel and moosienr le officer and hia lady caffo daily to the hos- pital to aoo their f^ow-sufferers. Here they had seen me, here they had baen shown my baby â€" scantily elad, thin, pale, half fed â€" an object of pity to gods and men. And its little, wan patient faoe went straight to that des- olate spot in their heart*. I waa very poor; a-hateoold I do. with it? They woald adopt it, bring it op as their own. give it (heir name, their love and make an elegant Engliah yoong lady of a little naaelaaa, laggad Waif and stray. 'I liataned to all (hia-^too weak to aay much* and whan next the ISnglish officer and hia lady visited the bospstal beard tbam repeat the ame argu- aoita. My aoaaar waa roady: they woaldgiro me twobondiodpoanda aasb down â€" I wia vert moderate â€" tbey aicbt take tbe infant for good^o India or tbo North Polo, and do with haraathif wooU. 1 •My laa^ aa qn iaaaa n oa. my ne« like way of patting ' took thoa baekâ€" aatfcar ijwebad the paterad instuwi of av Eagfidtaan. He kioked at bm witbdialradlaLaroa* if I ware apaUj^ Uto.ttili'a it wdtfd haaadtoas taaa pohtie, I dara aaj, to baa* aaid yoa, boi I aalAai ti^JL I hated Ihat ' *4ba'a aat lif tallyoathatndb. bai^a 'I am; -I axoap* thai faav tbeaa np barm is-dona â€" ataie one also ^â- E. T#o btuaHM -pemaii dMm,Moa Ba gii ^ai M Had tah»h«f «W^ olmr miki XU jaaa Oaabk yoa aiHrinoMahMiiba^^ no ana^ka, •rarwilL. Hoir do fa joa like. " A«4 •The answer waa what I aspaatad^ t^ aaotber had taken a iam^ to tbe Mtle one, and my "el»f'Ta»' only ttred to gratii^ every f tccy of his wife. Ulie^ woold pay the two hundred dOWiiiaadtaka tho obild. In Indbt dia abd I ware aeaar likalj ta aae( again. What waa my omm^, â-  '.i„ • "Harrriet Hanqi^." 'That was thenai^eXfaive. Wheath- er or no it were mine' la nobody's boa- iness here. ' "And the chilcfa nameâ€" what was thatr "â- Harriot Harman, too. ^But if they meant to adopt her, they bad- better re^briBtain her-^aftor the litOe cherab gane ap aloft, for instance." 'We closed the bMrRaia. I got the two hundred poonds and signed the receipt; I have it yet. I laogbadaa I sold tbe chil}~and got tny price, it w«s the first instalment aSzny revenge -^thi* is the aeoond. What womd hor mother eay, I thongbt, if she coatd only have been infcrmed of this transaction. 'Tbey took tbe child away. I want- ed her to Bhake haudti with mo, bat sbe wouldn't. And I hadn't treated her badly, Sheelang to Mrs. Dan gerfield's skirte, aad woaldn't so maeh as look at me. • "Good-bye, then, »m p*tiu '" I said. "I don't mind the shake hands. Go to India and be happy. If we ever meet agtun, perhaps you'll ^ink better of it, and shake hands." â-  'My English officer and his lady came again, and again, aad again to me, to induce nae to tell little Kather- iiie's anteoodaots â€" (they named her Katberine at ouoe, after the little an- gel crushed to jelly.; They offered me another hundred, and they could ill spare it, bnt all tbe gold in the Bank of England would not have made me open my lips until my own time came. I wonldii't tell, aod I haven't told,and I don't mean for to tell, until I choose. 'Katberine Dangerfield's father and friends live, but who they are no power on earth shall wring from me. [to bb continubd.] GU11.TT or WBONO. â€" Some people have a fashion of confusing excellent remedies with the large mass of "pa- tent medicines," and in this- they are euilty of a wrong There are aome advertised remedies fully worth all that is asked fcr them, and one at least we know of â€" Hop Bitters. The writer has had occasion to use the Bitters in just such a climate as we have most of the year in Bay City, and has always found them to be first class and reliable, doing all tbat is claimed for them. â€" Tribune PEKCHERON HORSES. THB BBEKO THAT SELLS BEST. It is a generally accepted fact that tbe breeding ')f what are tennermed fancy horaes. cannot be successfully done by tbe ordinary breeder. With rare exceptions, breeding for speed is so unoertom, even when those encag- ed in the business are possessed of the very oboicest animals adapted to that purpose, that it is only those who have a fortune, and are able to pursue the object as a matter of pleasure, that can successfully pursue the business for any great length of tiire. The mania that has for years possessed our oeople for breeding fast horses is rdpidly leaving them, and they are beginning to realize that if they are to make any money in breeding horses of any kind, it most be in producing animals tbat will have a specific value in themselves, whether trained or uu- tramed. It is not neoesiary to tell the people as to the olass of horaes that sell the most readily at the present timo. Every one knows that good- formed, large-sized, rigorous, hardy draft horses are in active demand, and that the buyers are searching the eeuntry in every portion where these horses can be found ra any consider- able numbers, and paying large prices $200 to $250, for animals that weigh from ISOO tc 1600 ponndo. How to prodaee tfai^ class of horses is something that intereste every far- mer throughout the cointiy. A tew years since, when there were no pure- bred, large sized stallions to be found here, it was a practical impossibility to do so with any degree of certainty from our ordinary sized mares, but latieriy tbe importation of heayiei; classes of stallions frcm foreign eoun- triea, and especially the admirable Parobezone, tbat are being imported from LaPerche, France, has made tba hitherto unattainable object easy of aaeompliabment. Nearly all eUsses of large horsee have beea tried, tbe EugliBli draft,the Clydesdalea, tbe Belgian*, the Boulon- nias, a coarser specimen of tbe French horaes, aometiae* in tbia oonntry im- properly called Normans bat none have seemed to " nick" so well with our ordinary stock as the smooth- built, oleaa liabad; powerfnUy maaoled, vicoroas and active Pereheron horse ot Raaee. Since 1872 several bun- ^ada^ of tbeaa atalliona have been im ported and sold to nearly avery Stale in the Union, and wharaver found they are bald in the highaet estimation. â€" Qotta a nuipber of both imported wid tarmit atalliona |uve ertMaad the mounfalfit iitd are doing the country valuable sarviea. Tbia is very flatter- ia« «r tha aUar-aightadnaM.aad por- aeveranoaot ooc biaedera, and w« eaonot too atrongty luaa tbe eontioa- anee of each a worthy ontorprise, aa avary oaa of tbeaa animals that are broi^t to oar State will add greatly «o Hi waaMt.â€" daaraww Afnif. Mmu, b9.iaiatadapiam« ^^^^_^|, UR§£^ TASTY. AND %ra Ml' :: f:i SORTED; •:. " Ha I giviat cfManaanwainvai koliaays. Dee. S3, laBl. .. ^m^. mb THAT TEBRIBLB CHIIiCr, â€" J It waa in the ear*. The sitting together, hasily aiwagad W ooii venation. On Aa aeat faac% ttaetn Mt a little S yir oTd boy. Ha bad baen looking out of the window ap- parently absorbed in the moving paw*- orama of tbe ooteide world, Suddau- ly be tamed from tbe window f W began aearobing about tiie ca^ *x^ claiming ii. a high, piping voice 'Mamma, wh^ man it it' that look*- ao fanny T 'Bb,' eantioned his mother, But the boy was not to be bushed. *I don't see the man with the bali^ head and funny tad nose.' The 'sh' was repeated. By tbt^ time the oar waa in a titter, save and exoapting one elderly gentieman with a very bald bead and a very radaNiaa.' His eya were rivited upotf hill' jiMar with a fixednoM that was quite fi^t' fiil. Again the boy npoke 'Oh I now I see him. Ho t What a bright nose TSHiat midtes it ao red, mamma ' 'Georffe,' ahauted his mother in i( stage whisper. But George waa not to be stopped. • Mamma.' he eontinued. 'what made you say he had a liKlitliooae on hia face I don't see any ligfatbooso/ « «» â€" -^. AN tow A ROMANCE. A brother and sister have met aftii' a s^i^raUon of twenty years, and the meeting has been brou^lit aUut ia Davenport by a little sou of Um siatac in a most peculiar way. One week ago y«ittorUv the raft steamer Clyde went into Davenport ot^ her way North, and Capt. Duuglasa' tied up his boat fur a while in urder to permit some of the crew to go r shore and make some purcUases. Among others who went ashore was Aaron Carter, a ralteinau. The wea- ther was very cold, wit'j a keen north- wei( wind. While going along (he street Carter met a poorly clad httte boy, who was ruuuiuz along crying' bitterly. Carter asked him what wa« the matter, and (ha Utile u^^ f-^i'hfif. out "I'm cold.' Come «^h me," said Carter; and takmg the boy to a clcthing store, he bought him a suit' cf warm clothes and a pair of mittens. Ho thou asked tbe boj his name. •Aarou Duulap, was the reply. Car- ter was tliunderttrMk, 'A^roa Dan- lap," he cried. "Where are youf fath- er and mother ' 'Father is dead,' the uoy replied. 'Well, take me to your mother, then, as quickly as you can,' said Carter. The bay took him to hit humble home, and when Carter eateK ed the house the boy's mother rushed into his %rms with a shriek that made all the other ocoupants of the tene- ipant uouse to ru)h in to see what was the ma'ter. Carter bad found a sis ter whom he had not seen since tba year 18G2, when he went to the war with a Maine regiment.â€" Davenport Democrat. BOYS AND THIMBLES. No man nan, like tho writer, live 6O1 years without often wishing that hb had learned to use a sewin^-thimblo well iu his early boyhood, especially if he ha* gone about the world mucd., Buttons will 9omt nff, stitehes will break, and how handy it is for boys at acliool, for men at a h'tel,at a friand'a house, indeed anywhere awaj from, homo â€" often at home â€" te de able to whip on a button, stop a stArting rent, and to do many other little se^-' ings without oalling on a Woman, at perhaps sending for a tailor, b4ere being able lo apucar at a hotel table. One seldom, if ever, learns to use a thimble, if this part of hia education has been neglected iu sma!' boybotxl.- The writer has travelled a good deal, and at a rough gue.ss he hm bro keu threads at least fivo hundred times in attempting to wurk a u*-e \\i ' through a button or garment wiMiont a thimble. Boy*, Uke oar advioe, and every one of yon iearu to use a thimble itfU befurs you grow up. Do it this very winter it is net femina to do 60. Dj it, and if yuu live tnitf you will many times thank us for tfat advice. â€" American Agricaltnrist (oa December. SUDDEN DEATH AN OLD CITI- ZEN OF COLLINGWOOD. CoLLiiro wooB, Dbc. 12. â€"This mom^- ing the oituans of this town wertf greatly sHo ked to hear of the sal4en daath of Mr. Ai^drow Shehau, who, until lately, had lMeu empliyed in tho Northern freight aiieda a* check clerk. The facts uf the coae, as far a* can br learned, are these: â€" Mr. John Hinda/ while prooeeding t the station, jMtia' ed a man lyin^j faoe downwarda in a email creek just at the euiranoeto tba nortliern freight sheds on Simco Street. On examination it proved to bO Mr^ Biiehan. an old eitisen of this toww.' It 18 conjectured that the daaeacai man was ou his way home frota m friend's huuse across the track, and liad reached tl.us far wbn, the night bein^very dark, be fdllovortfaa bri%b acd while falling struck his face, caoc ing a deep cut over one of hia ey« a.aad also breaking his wriat. which reudet' ed him inaanaible and unable to hel|r himalf. The water boing only aia incbea deep, tbe anfortanat* nan auot have bean softieatod. Hakaavaa a wife and nine cluktrm, who haf« tba aympathy of tbe people in tbeir aad afflietiou. Tlie ccriuer de»m»d ii anueoeasary to hold an Inqu^' TIMELY WARNIMd, "' Now ia tba ana m f-r eudden "IMfll* aod di atr aaa i ia.- euugha, tTsot Ihai a with HaayarSV^etoMi Balaaoa^ It aara hmiieo«a,a8{liiaa,eronp, whoop ing cough, brancbt^s. and M mI' lapaary ocmplMat^ M»ai« If «i' r^ *il /ii