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KUUW. . .e A knock was heard at the door; the same meid who had hurried out into the garden came in. A . ` Please, malam, the doctor is here. But why do you look so white?.the mis- tress asked.-reading the ;ervant s face with quick a.`pprehension., Is Miss Maud worse? 4-`Dlmmn mn nm the dnnfnr mnaf. nnenk tn "It is something serious! the lady e claimed. _ T . And now, you see, the maid wanton, the little lady cannot bekept quiet, but keeps calling for her mother; and the doctor wants her moved upstairs, but the little lady) won t let any one touch her but her mother, and they are afraid the child will fret her- self to death." V V ll'I' LIA--- _-.__ V! TT__-_'A__ , SOIL UV uvuvsuc I dare say, Vanity remarked, her mother will nurse her. Ln, , o; -, _ u :1 _,,,u-n , !`I There -- it. is, you` `see,Z the maid said, " closing the door and speaking in a conden- tial whisper: master says the mother shall not go near her. `You see--closing the door more impressively-master is so `proud of" inissus looks; -andhe says the risk shall not not be run. A Can t they get a nurse? Vanity asked. Don t you see." the other replied, that's where it is. "This little lady is so used to _mistress singing to her, and being with her, that she will not allow any nurse to come nearher; and we only keep her quiet by the ve minutes, saying, ,`Mamn1a s coming, dear-, and even then she bursts out times and times. ,Here the maid paused for an instant. And, if you please, she added, doctor says theilittle. lady must be kept quite away from everybody; and your `room, ~ in the best in the house for her; and will you 7 please come ,downstairs'l_ Your room is made dark. and the little lady is to be ` taken there at once. - ` v.....'4-. .......... ....+ .....,;... 4.1.- .....n..._._ .._-_ , you. ' ' _ It _is something TsVer1ous! the lady ex- 1 \ claimed; I know it is something serious! I A...I ow-In n` Pong nnn: -nohnv than fhn enr- Uuuuauug J. nuvvv III 13 ULuvvuuI5 nun av... . And, wlth 9; face now` paler than the ser- vant _s, she `hurried from the room. The maid ngered for a moment. What is the matter 6" Vanity asked. Our smallest young lady has got small- pox, the "servant said,` shuddering as she spoke. Master has seen the doctor, vnd we don't know what .to do." ?',__!A.,, 71' _ _ _ _ . .._ l..-.l LL. 4-.......-... A! H-...4 UKIILIJAJ vuusu uu uuuvu I _Vanity came out upon the gallery Qver the large entrance hall, nd then she wit- nessed the scene which me next chapter shall faintly portray. ' A NOBLE DEED. The gallery looked down upon the entrance ball, out of which several doors opened and one or two short ights of steps ran .up to different passages. At the top of one of these ights stood the redoubtable old lady in a most excited state. For some inexplic- able reason she had gathered up her skirts, and the rst idea her `figure `suggested was +|..+. Ar . .+.m+. gianno I...a.. nf :..a..-u.1.. uUu'b LUUW vvuuu .uU uuu _ Vanity Hardware had the terror of that disease which every woman feels, and she tumed pale herself. u vuv uaav auww nun _u.|.uu uu55ouu:u. WISH that of a stout eldeay lady, of inexible urpose, who was about to wade a river. dea two arose upon observation of the hand~ kerchiet which. she held to her face, and which exhaled an odor, of powerful aromatic vinegar, and scented the entire atmosphere. Idea three was presented by her outstretched right arm, which gave her an imperial as- pect, os of one about to deliver a word `of universal command. Idea four arose trom_ the pallor of. her cheeks, which signied ab- ject terror struggling with a will powerful by nature, and now exasperated by the pro- voking turn affairs had taken; so that not evenfear could extinguish mighty wrath. "IT nlwnvn unit` are `"1-J14`: n'I:I dlnlr nnallgli nui- HEWSON& CRESWICKE, BARRISTERS. Solicitors of _the Supreme Court of Judi- cature of Ontario. Proctors, Notaries, Conve - anoers Money to Loan. 0Ices-Bot - &c. well a Block, opposite 8: N. W. Ry. Station, Barrie. _ C. E. Hmwsox. A. E. H. CRESWICKE. , VVWIJ. BUT` UVIII-l\O WLVQIIEKC DC` '``I always said so, the o1;T:dyJcsHed out. 'Dhis comesof your Sunday-school treats. But Maud never would listen to advice--not since she was four years old! 13-..... n.....1 .....1.. .....a .......t....`.._.;. -__-__ _ Wi>Vo:-"?uLI3,Xie $5 ::`1"`5:ing,A.sat open a - Beside her stood the doctor and her huubondg` and, in the silence which followed the old lady s allocution, the wail of the sick child was plainly heard. At the sound the mother startei to her feet. _____--L___n' __I__ __`II.,-I , ; -. . . no II-I\I|ll-l\I| ovum |l\J-I vv nu; Lvvvc Augustus1" she called out piteously, I must -go! Doctor, do `say that I am to go! The doctor looked at 'the,_hueba.n`d,' but did not speak. Augustus," his wife ` cried; don t forbid me. j Baby will die if she frets on in this way. '1ti_s cruel-to keep me. -It _.is my&du1=y to run whatever risk theremay be. Dolet; me go. Litenl I cannot bear to hear her." `- L In... |......1..-_.: .x;~.a ....L _.-_--u_ Al-ID uunuutnu KAILI quu D U . 9 un- upland! the old lady called out, wafting -uvinegar gale across the scenens she re. moved `her handkerchief, don't y in the facebf I ro'vidence." - ' l.L1\__L;- I! LL- _-_, ,1 .u - .. - _ Doctor, the young mother" pleaded, see- ing her husband would `not speak,` say something. Command me to go, The child s life is in.your hands. _It is your duty to 'sne`ak !" ILL? ID IL `spe`a.k.! won I - uv" vuuwy uuuureu oer. `So fax: us the (_'hild s life is concerned, the doctor answered gravely, no doubt she will have a. better chance it you are with her." " ` ` ::There, Augustus; you hear! But, ~ma.qam," _the doctorrwent on, ahgk. in; his head, Mr, Neville is pervoug gbout you. I_- cannot any: fears are un- !ounded."' ` - V V` -. . - Auuuuu vvnnnyu - 6 `MIeud, her-husbpnd acid, driving clog . lidher "Ic'annot` rmit. - W- ` ` nurse. Babv wyls? ham err... gar!-anu.tItl: _n_yuus.: _ V Even in` her anguish out came a. ash` of M'o.ud s tempr. How Vanity admlr`ed ber. Rn fnr ma than nln"|.-I : Iifn in .-.A..........-.: In uuuly EU UUJI UL 1101' B1 II V-7anity did not at see thev drift of lll0K uppnsuuumuu- 13 41.1.1345 suuuu vvun guy, `.Please, ma am, the doctor must speak to I ..... H v IIIIU l)lIlu|L.Ul. LULVIIIIU Llwscnvl W. LOUNT, Q.C., H. H. STRXTHY, G. W. LOUNT. T":h$hna did not speak. Maud! called ..:..-~...._- ....`1_ -......__.. LL- -- CHAPTER VI. ", 3`6i;, 15 is ;u1`F` ghe snag` Inn is cifiiolr . No one spoke. But the ohjldjs came; .l0l`th ii.-n--. 3 ` 5. gmmarmammal Iwan,`,mainmal . trh poo;-f1_n'other_, quitbroken down, "with . nothing of her ery temper` left-, caugh}: her husband s hands and looked up implormgly - ' f e,a,nd1et her tears plead for her. `P._1:lS1r:`.C.:s-., rumzna dnwn nitind the mother in his race. anu mu uur mam pxuuru. I-UL ..... And Vanity, gazing down, pitied the mother from her heart, and felt a kind of affection and compassion which was `quite new to L-.. 1lJ\A her. 1111 I191`. ~11 ` "I am shocked! Did you not ::cI)`:nis`ra011;Ee1 o\'e, honorand obey? VVha_t is your word good for if you break it 1n a` a `n > , erg-rlii... T .1.n+A I-Jmnf. nld wnrnnr Vanitv V `M,;.,d, the old may `called out. in `her. V155 wow I -hate that old woman! Vanity thought. At this point the soldier brother spoke: I feel for you, Neville, he said to his brother-in-law; but I do think my sister is right. Her duty is with her child. Let her go, and leave__ the rest in the hands of God. The sister darted a look of unspeakable gratitude at her brother; and now the doc- tor took courage. L1l\__ Ll... ..J-4-Jo G-Mal-. angina` {aha urigggf; J\.| Ivcnnovv ---vmvv Neville, feblln the tide nmning sharply against him, saw that he must speak de- cidedly. Like many easy-going P_P1gh oould, on occasion, assert himself 1rre1sti- bly, urm....... .........4- I... .n gm! nf Hm`: ` ha mid- \lI-oau tie. [)1]. There must be an end of this, he" said. Doctor, let us have a nurse at once. Maud, you must not go near the child; your life is too valuable to us all. ` , L-__ 1.-.! 1\'r---."n.. 1...... .....:4-. .91:-n-In-hf- BHIIK UUUlLlg JLIUU HUI.` Uuialllo Quite right, Augustus," the old lady cried out. I give you the greatest credit. Maud, don't be upset; hereafter you will (eel thankful, my love. `T.....`6--- 1.4.11 mane-nlun O-I131: I:-nnno un'f'.l`|'n PL tor DOCK courage. . On the whole, that seems the wisest thing, he said. We must take every pre- H - I8 I00 vuxuuuxu bu us an. `~ . _ Perhaps, had Neville been quite` straight- forward, he would have said that he prized his wife s ne face too lightly to risk it, but poor Maud knew his inexible `tones. and sank sobbing into her chair. un..u,. .....1.4. A......s..cV7 Hm Am lnrhr Lil. UI.lu.unLul., u.1J LUV Vanity had watche this scene witlxa ro- V markable look on her face; and now she hurried down stalrs and crossed the hall to the lady's side. T uni" uni-an 4-kn hnhv ` aha nnid I HJYI uuon." Mind, the old lady called out, I don"t agree with either of you. Remember that `ne:'cafter. _1._ 4.|_....... ....4- Ll... u-rmA i|nrnnffAr in I014 ulrcuux The whole company stood tran=xed. The young soldier acknowledged the power of beauty by gazing for a moment at the Itranger with a possibly too obvious admira- tion, but he soon recollected himself, ` Maud Neville looked up. - . Oh. thank you, thank you, she said. It wouldn't be the slightest use. Baby will have no one but myself. `Cf `rr\l\IIv T lyvuntuv `Yunnan!-17 IIGVD II`, Kill`? IIILII ll-I. VIII I know, I know, Vanity replied almos impatiently. Come with me. Maud looked up in wonder; as for the rest, thay stood in silent amazement; even the old lady was ata. loss for a sentence. Come with me, Vanity repeated in a decisive voice. Bid your servant follow 119. T . "l"n G-I-us nnnnuan nf nrnvvn11nr`1r Klonrl 1\7a\7I"n nex'caIter." `:7 _ bhe threw out the word hereafter 113 g;uomy.bas~`. U, h wit `ed . _`-`Now, Augllstlla, t 8 6` Cl`! , um ycu will let me go! go -an _ :2, LL. L11- ...-.._X.... nknsuudup we may 5 nuts. I will nurse the baby," she said. I am not afraid 1 rm_- -._1__1- -....._-.._. .a...-..I 4........n-..,1 rm... EEARN &. MURCHISON. BARRI_'I`EBS. Solicitors, Convcyancers. 850. oney to Loan. 01ce-0ver D. J. Murchison's' Store. Market Street. Barrie. Branch 0ice-Potter'a Block. Tottenham. V _ EDWARD J. HEARN . D. C. MURCIIISON. I110 JUIII DUI Vnpuv lvllvvv tt-V. To the surprise of everybody Maud Neville rose and walked across the hall with Vanity. The servant followed; and all three went out of sight. HT\Tnn-p T u-ant ha ha {nPnu-mot` fka cn1rHn1' UL 3161.! Us - Now, I want to be informed, the soldier said, when the door closed upon Maud and Vgnity, what does all this mean? A ........4. ....4-....,....=I:......... ....,m.mA:.....H f`-un nu U], "Lulu uuva um; uuso uxcuua A most extr_aordinary p1'oceeding, the [old lady observed. _`-`I do not care for the young woman's manner; I suppose this is another wait of Sister. Catherine s. 111-n u , I H 41 -A41 >1.-r A__A IILIU DLIUI V1 nu. -VA. |qAuI.vA- vuuuvn auv vs If she be, the soldier rejoined, "`I don- gratulate Sister Catherine on her taste in waifs. ' 1 urn C` I 1 nu 1: 11 1 `I ,,1'I 1 _ L `V 311]. om Pembroke! the old lady called out, don't be frivolous. Your mind ought to turn to serious things just now, when, for anything we can tell, the complaint may come down stairs_ and take some. of us.int0 eternity. VI`-..-. `I3Auu.\\..;d-.n w-4}; ul-in-nuv nknnhnnl 'I.Tnro1 l\J.JA\J\IIu un wrap]-a uvunvu \n\J-n -.5...- At this juncture the maid-servant was seen ying into t-he sick child s room, where the sound of closing of shutters was heard. Thence she ran upstairs and -disappeared. Then again she darted down to the doctor and whispered to him. After this she drew- down every blind and closed every Bhutto!` of the hall windows, reducing the place to darkness. "Then, without explaining these proceedings, she disappeared once more. "'Wun wI1n1n'<|-xnnftr akin Fniilifll` fh)\finn_ P-I `I\IC\`lLI6U, BIAIC KIIDRRJVCCII UVI \ILl\-'9 lll\II U: [The whole "party still remained motion- i less, none daring to speak, and in the dark-- 1 ness and suspense its seemedthat several min- * utes passed away. A T IA` 111115 `Inca: iiflln` Ian!` `-1 `Jun vnna nlsl\."\_ ` RJCUUEUQ 37' J: At last, `low, sweet, soft, in the most sooth- ing lullaby note, they heard a. voice singing Now the day is over, 'KT{nn`|l- in l`OQQIi7:Uut !|`(u`I Oucu. uua_y . Tom Pembroke was utterly abashed. Moral reproof always confounded him. A# I-I-sin -Cnnn-nu-A ff-In nnnl_anv-173"? urn: wT$"ei1 -"e"e'{x _ ` '2 Mejy mineeyelids close. `Why,1Mau'd! whispered Neville, clasp-' \ h1e`wie hoind, I`oould< huveiworn it wuyourvvery voice! V `. . Is it not wonderful? she whispered #. _ W A. LENNOX 35 C0.. CON VEYANCERS, . etc. Money to loan. Notes discounted. Collections made. Insurances effected. Estates managed. Oices over Farquha.rson s store, Dnnlnn retreat. Barrie. 45-18 v LVVVV Illl ADVVVA, Night 1; `aztwing nigh, Shadows of the Evening M Steal acres the sky. _Why, whispered Neville to his brother. that is Maud singing to the child. She sings that hymn to her night by night." VIE...` 1'11 Okn gain` Anvwlrnnna A`? {Gun hall C-I-an IIIJQII ll] AAJAI UV law 1551!! VJ I.LIa&lV m'l?l;en, in the semi derltness of the hell, the husband saw his wife, dressed in a long loose morning robe which heknew well,'bearing I , . "` ~- .._.._) ."-V 4 The husband saw his wife, dressed in a ` long,iloose morning robe. . the child in her arms and chanting as she_ slowly moved across the hall. "The eect of the song on the slclrchild soon appeared. . The _ little weary voids aught up 9. word or two herewand there.`and sung it in_ a drowsy, iutised `tone. .' `nan-'__;_1 n-LI-._ L___I__-. J __-a 3.- ,,_, c 1 DKUI ULICQ Ill-IUD " `Maud,`the huband whispered, in a low, `rep:-oachful voice, ``_I am grieved." ` "5 and `I! "u`a Atrium 11...! lung] Avwuusul VUJUU, .1. Blu `I IUVU\lo "_'P'Ie felt a, hand in his own. Maud had [stolen up to him from behind. `.`Hush, sh_e said. *`Can`tyou uhderstand '1' nd iatlinnnfnvw -nntun Ivnnnlacul L8- Inna. n-`A _ 1.,-.u.:u, cup: ncuu. uuu uyuu uuuutauuuu I" The "sweeping `gown touched his feet, and the muled head -of hischild was close to his 6w:11"=a.sA-the mysterious gure glided by,` still singing: * ~ - ' .. = 407.... .2... LL... _........ .Jesu. giveTthe weo.ry "Calm andxsweetr `respons- wms `aw `emu... m....a.... `viva; VVIVVI wonderful? whhefed H ` y believes 4;.` .1..- I. nnifn hnnnv. managea. Umuuu UV! l_)_\_1_n1op street. Barrie. back. "Davy llvuuvvn an-v ._ __ __ u'1d quite happy. In the darkness Neviile .'elt his wife lean- highrh`ead on his -shoulder, and pouring out` the mingled sorrow and thankfulness of L`... 1.-....` Iv _ vgu u.y_..-...a_.._ , 7 MaInw`hil'e"-. the l;y gure - was seen Sldwly moving up the wide stairs toward the room where the child was to be laid. Low, sweet the lullaby somxdod: Gmnt to littlzs c.`.r?.l(l1'en- Visions 1 n'iglxf of Thee, Gum-d the saiims tossing V On the deep 1;! ".19 sea. , , But. Maud, the bus baud said, when she leaves the chilrliu the room, liovv much bet- ter shall we be? ' uh--- .1......I7 .o1VlI'|!):lHI' hi \k'if0_ but in tar man We um ' , . Dear dearlexc1uimev1 his wife but 1 1 the lowest of whi.p+r.+, "ah; is going to nurse . baby through the iilness. Tho roonus dark. Baby will never know t`11 she is wen again! Vanity had reached the door of the sick- room. They could now see her figure plainly, and she turned round as if to give the mother one last glimpse of her darling. Through the long night watches May thine angrls spread Their white wings above me, Watching round my bed. The song was over. The dark .thresho1.l waspasaed. And the brave at-tre.s was shut `n with her; and her danger. CHAPTER VII. _ mas AND 1 `up: '_m1:\'Gs ow-:3. Miss had changed since we ti:-st read the story together She was more u! a young women now, and when she laid the paper down-for she was reader now, not I--her eyes met mine in :1 searching sort of way, with just the daybreak of a. smile on her 04:14; ~ VI IJIIII uv J\ now, doctor? mac T Elli. DOW, LlUUlIUl'~? ' ' Miss, I said, it's early days yet-68J`1Y days in volume two, I mean. . H..L A... A.-.nl-.-u.77 unnnrr ]dr`V,Q AVAR uuyq 111 vu1I.u..uu UVVU, L Lucau. But now, docbor-young la;dy s eyes quite spa.rk1ecl-wh;at will be the end of Vanity? Will she marry this handsome young soldier?" . Q11rnI1rnn` rn:ua I That (`,n`|`|`(] J Vsgrelynnof, miss, said I. That could never be. - You think him too respoctable, doctor? "Why, miss, said I. you see he is moro than respectable; he, is genteel. No, miss." I repeatad, having turned the matter over, he cou1du t marry her. But would she marry him! ' Why, of course she would. I answered- Adding immediatalyz. And no blame toher. The young woman has her prospects to con- sider. V - 1117,; 9 91 4':,__ -1 _____ -..L.. 3.. Not much consideration of prospects in what she has done justvnow. V You see, miss, I said. no doubt the young woman laid great stress on her vacci- nation. Nqt that I want to cry her down. But she had been used to play~acting, where ne things are done--and, you see-in fact, miss. I said, I donjt believe in Miss Hard- ware. And you willnd-mark my words- when her virtues have been to the wash and - come home again, most of the color will be gone out of them. a Why, doctor, what a cynic you are 1 Nothing, miss, but an old man who has been using` two ears and two eyes a matter of nine and sixty years. Miss, believe me, I women at her time of life never change for the better.` Gray goodness was once green goodness. And well I know that when you nish that story you will have_to tell me that this little, snatch of goodness in Vanity Ilarclware was----" A F` I I I, J._-I... XIV lnuvll-IA Ivuuu IJAVJVDVJ uuuvllo What a brave act 1 he said. I- should `have thought a woman would an soon have walked into Nebuclm-.'2:1ozza.r`s furnace. (AYITJLL LL41. n--. A._-nl `I '*oUNr. STRATHY 8: L6UN'1`.o BARRIS- ters. Solicitors in High Court; of Justice. Notaries Public. Conveyancers. Oices over the Bankof Toronto Barrio. T,t\iY\TVI\ -uni v _A_ __ n n 11- 1-7 c<.........'..u (V 1!? the husband was moved himself. "3 Iiutvv D\l\lU|O\)\L Gill`: Until. The motherbtears full as she spoke, and u11'n__). _ l_____, --;_nu I, , , 111' 1 . . W J I-Lllyll .L\uI.Iu.\.uu.r. at as -3 Lu] guuo. V|`T,ith that face, .too``!? the soldier re- marked again. That s where it is, you see. With thatfacei" I?! v\' VVI$1\l'\lJ. Ul_-I-llsl - - I really beg your pardon," the soldier re- Dliod, ubashed once more. It: is only my way of putting it, you know.. 'l`nnr\ 1: snhlz Iahn l-nun`-unnyl gnu`/I n-.....l- Unuuyv I-Iul LQVUT M And such a face!" the irrepressible soldier cried out unguardally. `There ; the point 913 the thing. (711-... DA....I-.....1-- H .... _._.-.I _,-L 41, 1 1 5V""1;:ehlly, Augustus, you are stupid! Don t you see? Little Maud thinks I am with her, `and going to stay with her. But such a clever girl! I really thought it was myself singing. She asked me, `Have you any little thing you sing to the child? So I sungher a verse of `Now the day is over.` The verses, the music, the very tone of my voice, she caught on the instant. And then she went in to beby-in the dark--and took her up, singing all the while; and baby put her little head against her shoulder, and was quite soothed and sitill. 'I"lu. u~u\4-Ln-Jn I-nu...` Cull n. .1... .._..I-- __.'-I II Ava vuvov Auruv I wonder at you, Tom Pembroke," the old lady called out. As if outward appearance was everything. HT ....-`II.. `L... u.-..... .......A.-... H 4.1.... ...-.J.-L`-.. ..- IIIIJ UL `JILIIUAIA6 III Jvu. ltuu _ Tom is right. the hx1s1;;hd said, speak- ing like the master of the house. A poor gu-1, who has nothing in the world_to look to except her aoe- I|Lvur` scan`: a fangs", f`run:mnnnunanLI- ....I.!:__. E\l.vY.`lBul_yn I feel rebuked, Maud, the husband went Wop, secretly oaresdng the hand of `his hand. some wife. Not even for little Mandy : sake could I have risked your-" beauty, he was -going 159 say-V Prudontlyeh used, `altered-`the worde-risked yo:p.I:`1Ijf_ M V d fhl` Ihnnan Iuvrlmlg An-..... I__ -ILI_ , . shgll never forget what tyne girl has doue. _' Augustus acid. . And it gho were to catch tlwsmtllpox, and her two wore spoilt, j I should never forgive myaolt._ ' I Searching my young lady's face, I could see something like misgiving. She only said: n"l\l..-.. I.'4.n;. .....;...L. -1 _.-...a......,. um.-. ,1-ml ...____.___..._.__._ A. RADEN HURST, BARRISTER, AT- . torney Solicitor in Chancery, Conve an- cer, &.c. Otce-First Door South_ of Post 0 co, I:I1nd s Block, Owen Street, Barns. 49-48 Kl!-I\I UAAIJ -3JI\A. This little snatch of goodness was What, doctor! .. . - u o 1 11 yl. vuv uuu.|_-5 . Tom Pe.mb19oke," screamed out the old lady. ~don t -interrupt! I can t hear what; . Augustus istrying to 53'." ...-. tJ.._.J....-u- H LL- ' '1'. In n{rnn1w thin IE VJ. I355 I/\J It is simply this, Hardaxttle, the master of the housa_ continued, showing some some signs of severity; that for a poor and [lovely girl-for a lovely girl she is--to risk her beauty for the sake of a sick child is real heroisml". .. . This good-humored gentleman had a wav or saying things which oowed ill-nature}! P00,P1e;' and the old` lady made no rejoinder, hbntthehsoldier glanced. rebelliously at his .ad;m-uary. ` - . V T-`a..1 ....s...1. ..: 11---; n u. _ L . . uugouvir vwu vv 1 IIDILUU. ]UIlI""'llIO." . Maud respogied to his caress; for although thomother wds displeased, the wife forgave him. . uv 7'.`V`VI.ike the morning cloud, miss, and the early dew. Like the crackling of thorns under the pot. Smoke--blaz9-crack1e- and then, nothing! , Qhn Hid nnf nnval-onAnf vnn Ixnf. ltrifh n uuu t'|.|vu, xluulausl She did not contradict me. but with in `grave face read on. MRS. 1LmncAs'rLE`s oP1N1o': `The housenmid understood her business. Without waiting for the word of command, she let in the light once more, and the whole party saw each other standing motionless like the sleepers yet unawakened. The mys- terious interlude of the chanting gure with` the dreamy child -pacino; across the dark hall had petried all. The majestic old fe- male stood upon her ight of steps; the hus- band held his wife s hand; the doctor stood with one hand under his coat-tail; and the soldier leaned against the high oak table, just as when Vanity stole across in the dark. Mama `\A huiaknn BfI`l` `\u\nn]y1vu:-u I-Isa onnwuvv, vvuu vow |...IL vuao IIILKILIB Surely you understand! she exclaimed. That brave woman! "Is she going to nurse little Maud, then? She is. Such courage I never knew. V"But, Maud, her husband said, will you explain? Why did she put on your nnnmuri-I 2 Juov tux vv uugn I wunvl avvaq uavn uv-y gun vuv urn; no M Maud, the husband said, breaking th silence, what does all this mean? LG.._..`Iu-u 1-Ilsa. ..-.A..-u-.6`-`A I "L- ..-..1......-.I 51%. What do you say of Vanity H&1'dW&1` -... .-IA..L....2`H 0. Notes Discounted. art of the County. Real Estate bought an 9 S0 riage Licensee Issued. Oic Bank of Commerce, Dunl_op street. ` H. LYON. PRIVATE FCNDS T0 LOAN` on Real Estate at lowest rates. Farmers? Collections made in an ld; Conveyancing in all its branches- Mar- e-0ver Canadian 45-ly CHAPTER VIII. she is in my arms, -' . wmmt _ A father at Sedalia, Mo., d few days ago, th9.t.his only daughte *1 : in love with a New York drumme t M that the wedding day had been setr an had "scarcely seen the man, and h-' H sent had neither been asked 1, is ` H t c th' s '5! m::de<:1n:Ae pu 13 not (lawn and d` l A `I7! . I Iulllluvu 3 What do you know about anyhow 7" ` nun...- t`-LL-;. L- _, (IIIJ Isu V1 I Why, father, he gets a salary per month and can beat the {inn pense account so as to bring it He is just as nice as can be. $l'2'..& Ln ivunvu 1......` - `- ' ,f 3104) 2!) EL up to $12.3, l..I.\a so until Jan LJAVV Mu vunu uc, But he may have 3. wife ain- Have you ever asked that qua. ` 1 never thought of it 1"` Well, l ve heard he had one Juseph, and I'm going to sag-_ git can play bigamy on my fmnily if court know_s herself " ```';-`J T: Uuuz ll 535.51.: uv snvsuvns In due time he reached St. J1): began his inquiries, and in a f.,- wasdirected, to a woman Mm edged she was Mrs. Blank. nwm:nAi `1.'\o nliovn no..J .. 1 IHLIY VVFIQ LVLI III JJIUIID. "M:.rr1ed for sure, and gut ,3 Ce cate? he asked. "0 yes. We have been xnarrigd (I \?$II "And do you know that he is ' elluaued to my daughter and wants to man; next month '1 `r `l'1"l nil IIUAII IIJ\IlI VII I No, I did not, was the !`ep]y_ never seek to pry into his aff-aim." I\l7..H `I ... call}. . . _ A .. r.._., m. OCABTHY. BEPLER & _MoCARTHY. Barr xsters. Sohcitors, Notanes. 850., Money to Loa.n.._ Barrie, Alliston and Gravenhurst. D'AL'I`ON MCCARTHY, (2.0. F. E. P. PEPLER. J. A. Macnvrnv. -D. F. MOWATT. MESSRS. Mama as u.v:n.su ARE PREPARED to furnish wedding and" oorsage bouquets. button-hole bouquets, cut owers in quantity and oral decoration in every detail at mooerate prices. Funeral designs of every description a specialty. ."Entrance to greenhouse on Wellington Strlelt. ' Y 'I)nIvI-in Well, I m '1 1iWy3{. ?f&l." The fernal acoundrel wants to marry daughter ! Just think of.his Che--k 1" uv..- \X7:I`I..... ........ ..1.____, ILIIIVVI IJVBII Il\J uunFn;vvs . u uuu vggaun nuns: L Yes, William was always she remarked. 1ll~" I IIYI I DIIU Lvlutls nuuo V Singular! Why, how can y, his conduct so coolly ? 1 exp. I,-:_.,. you faint dead away. `011 m.y,~f+_ care much about it. (III? 11 I `I I` I ' V vunv suuvu uuvvuv Jun if Well, to be frank with you plied, William had a wife City and ano'her in, Chicz:_v_' .ma`rried me, and I have no rig plain. Ithinkhe mczmra uw. rather headsro11g. If A J ... .. ....... L .7,` nvs.-0` . , _.._.__ _.---_-- -._..- ..-- ...,- BERLIN, April 1.-The Reichstau by 5- vote of 173 to 146 has agreed to 1)I`0l*_~' the anti-socialists law two years. DUYH1`-` the discussion Bismarck said that 1l_ur-' Bebels` remarks in favor of nmrd0`=,' monarchs and making assassination part 0! his program would justify a further ;`r'1" longation of the law. Herr Bebels, miter- rupting, said his remarks about the Il)1ll:k`-`N of the czar had been wrongly constrnuz 0): the chancellor. Bismarck thereupon rf" a stenographic report to show that he 11,8 construed Herr Bebel s speech corroch.V- _He addressed Bebel thus : It dt`1>C }d then only upon your theoretic constructw" whether the situation here shall be fl `same as exists in Russia. You consider the'n1urder of axsovereign justifiable under certain -conditions. Exceptional laws W absolutely necessary. . lrm..`. n.......a 13...... --..- . u rm... mu-lpaia` u_uau1uI.u1y uuucuaury. . _ V The Ahend Post says :- The ccclealfre tics} bill may be regarded as wrecked- T 5_ Vatican replied to Prussia : wide c0_9a iiono by fresh demands without m8k}"9 Z_ single conciliatory step. . The 1\'9.n zeitnng says Baron von Schloezer. Prussxzn minister to the Vatican, 1133 be] inmmoned to Berlin and started 1193" yitordoy. 4 IUIIU u..... ...... llll-Ill|I.&F\._/ .. I can t under the circurnstmw-~.-3, 1 have concluded to leave him anal marry a Philadelphia drummer and go i.-.-is: wml him. I will write to William um`. u-.iv3.; him not to marry your daughter, but lw; isivery headstrong. _ Great heavens " gasped the father. Please don t. I have a. headache, and you might upset my nerves. As I was saying, I w1ll write to him, but I presume you Wlll go home to nd that she" has already eloped with and married him. William preferselopements to all other styles, and I presume that was what he wanted of the last $25 I sent him. VIWL- -.I.J ._._.. ._.-_L._.J' A... A'._\ A I I u u-uyv\A Va. UlI\I Awvv Va-Iv L uvuv LQAAAI. The old man rushed to the` to.-lcgra.p`n ofce and wire home the inquiry Is Mary home T In about half an hour, is he walked up and down with the sww. gluing his undershirt to his pim-, ":.~; answer came back : ' cur`:-1 In 1 I A Painful Situation. I At a landing below Baton 1 .<,111;-, 21': thirty colored people came ab:.,:1:~-`: boat. -Among: them was a likely }< a woman with whom one` of the 'rousta.b0uts at once fell in lave. \.`-.-'u `noticed them making eyes at each {during the _after11o(_)n,T:md nally 2. itlenmn fr0,m 111111013 szud : ' 1 3 \1\|LL Aw: sun:-zvnayn I A third gentleman replied that 2 land he went off and hunted up ll. :. .'=. wearing spectacles and a. choker :-t i ` formed him that his services W01!- 1 be required. The man from 1lln:~< '_.". down to the colored woman and :2.-;..l .5 she thought the roustabout would . good husband, and she replied in the :13 rmative. He went over to the 111112). `:1. - he owned up that he was dead gone. lip.- couple were at once_ brought nip-stairs 2 - the cabm, and all the passengers C0llt`L'[L".l, We chipped in a dollar apiece, the cl~1'..'_\" man gave his services gratis, and the n:.=.r nage ceremony went on in good .szyl-; After everybody had got` through cur. gratulating the happy couple some one inquired of the groom what he was grin: to d3. -9 I :1-1 39' .1 I T. SP OUL. BARRISTER, SOLICITOR ' . of the Supreme Court, Conveyancerrszc. Money to Loan. Oices over Sanders Bros.. J cwellers. Dunlop Sheet Barrie. ILJKDII Il\l OI JLIIIII WJIIJCWIIQ Twan t my fault, said the rnrvlli. as he jingled our collection in his packet. _ I didn t know nufn bout it." :ld~"-`"3 _th'ambride as she walked out of the ca`Mx. V169 SCI-IL GUIII-I IIIIIJIII Q`J\.I John Henry, you c.an keep the Iwv!..<` but vou let that wmna11alone.- If I 1'1 you speaking to her I'll break your int: Move along, now. A-`A Lknt nu... .. ]E2...-Z....2..-.1 'l`)Z...... . .r. ugvv V IJA\.I|Jb" Aluo And tha._t was a. Mississippi River riage and divorce. II~IIIJ`lL lI\JKD\ILIUI\III5' And vuu wou .t do an-,-..}_f vent thrs new marriage; I KIIIV H} ago . I/LUIAIIILJ Lilian; JLIJLJULJ cutu . I don t see any reason xv? shou1dn t marry. T . "But have `we :3. clergyman a lquried another. ` ` ' A n.:..A ...mH,........ ..n.\1..~,.1 `Ln` U\I \I\I. Da.t s what I doan Zact1y know," I replied as he stood with nnco vered h-3a_ "You have money enought to I housekeeping in New Orleans. Yes, but do ole woman would 1: me out down dar. Old woman '? Your mother 1. No, sah; my wife! I ze got 8 WI an fo chi1l en in Vicksburg." I AL 41.1- LL- L_.'l.. --LL....._.`I .. ....H .. . ... .,..... .... ... . ..,........,,. At this the bride uttered a yell. :32 clergyman sank into "the nearest chair. and the silence became profound and paixu ful. We had gone and married a. marr:'M man to a young woman. s` "l`....... & .-.... t....'lA ....:.J 11.... ....r....`- .. _VIl\J I-Ill`-II) $0 DIIC W`ClDU\I UUU UK [4115 Lll" The preacher said nothing coulu Adone,Tbut the captain took the grown! the ear and remarked : v .1 ulavv vuatsdu I.Il.~\.4lx with the `drummer t-xx` III R R. HOLT, INSURANCE BROKER AND . General _Agent. Real Estate bought and sold. _ Collecuons made in any part of the County. Money to -Loan. 0ice-Bothwell s Block opposite the Railway Station, Ixirie. - Y Killing Neither Murder nor Crime. this :4 aliead uh 7" ' y. certi- IOSEPH ROGERS. CONVEYAN CER. COM- : missioner in Queen's Bench, Auctioneer, Appraiser. end Commisslon Agent for the sale of Houses, Lands. Farm Stock. Household Furniture, Goods. Wares. 8:0. Also for the collection of Rents Notes and Accounts. n1nn.__Dn1ir-.A {".nnrt., harrie. - `.`. ular,' _x]\'m..' ` this fa he an- ad. (I119 @6111 .U.L Uuuu. U. 1.. D1: Barrie. . Barrie. 1st Oct., 1885. sat` i TOOK! mu A'<-st hull E: .1 {mg ml 11). L1! w '51` 0NEY.-A large amount or rivate Iunus to lend on straight loans, at owest rates. - 16 MCCARTHY. PEPLER 8:. MCCARTHY. JOHN MACKAY. `AUCTIONEER, COMMIS- aioner, Conveyancer, Issuer oi Marriage Licenses under the new Act. Money to Loan at Moderate Interest, Creemore. Ont. 61y oouecuon OI ' nenw LV own Oioe-Police Court. arrie. U Uounby OI; muwuu. J._u1'u Olce at my Store. Craighurat. K NNEDY, GAVILLER Sc `HOLLAND, Architects, P. L. Surve ore, Valuators, &.o. Plans and specications or buildings pre- d. Town and Village Lots laid out. Farm inee caretulllooated. Timber limits examin- ed, 8:0. &.c. oronto Oice-4 Mail Buildings. Barrie btiioe--McCarthy's Block. Collingwood_ nInn_.I .nn 9 : I-nah. Burma L U.l.0UlIlU\JlIl'l.aLI. B DlUUl\o \lUllll.l WUU\ Oloe-Long's Block. Tuos. KENNEDY. MAURICE GAVILLER. W. J. IjI_oLLAxm. . 51-1: . ninlru: Barrie. A W. .MOV.l'1"1`l.m, U. u. aunvnxun. .tuVu . Real Estate Agent. Calgarya N. W. T. Correspondence solicited with re r to invest- mgnou In `D-vnw-innn nf A Ihnvvtn `U I`_ A `U. Uo1'reBponaenc_e soucneu wmn re In no mvuw ments in Provmoe of Alberta. .W. 1`. A. AW. MoVI'1`_TIEs Address Calgary, via. .Benton. Montana U.S. A ` ARRIE FOUNDRY, ENGINE 8:. BOILER WORKS.-H. Snwmw Manufacturer of every description of Engines. Boilers Saw. Grist miu,'smng1e, Lath, and Wood- wor ng Machinery. _ . - ARRIE PLANING MILL.-GEO. BALL, Carpenter and Builder. and Manufacturer Wot Doors Sash Blinds, Mou1dings..8cc. Plan-` my 0! ail kins done promptly and satisfac- tonlv. Factorv. John street. Barrie. 'W ERK cot}N'rY OF sim-T . con. will be at his office at the Court House. Barrie, every Saturday. Residence and P.O. Cookatown. ` .Ll. l5H:!'1`1B, ,UIlB.. UIIICB. BILXIQBFB Bloek._ ofzroeite new Post. Office. Visits 1 i lsdale and Waverley the first Wednesday or every month. Wye- bridge and Midland, the next day (Thursday). Penetang the following glay (Friday). Vitalized Air for nainleaa eXtl`n.0.tlnl2 n. nnnnin.l1~.v_ R.Iv ruueusug we IOILOWJIIS 98) usnaayv. V nmnzec Air tor painless kextractlng a specialty. ~ My W R. W. A/flibss; Licentiate of the noyai College of Surgeons, Edinbu h. `Licen- tiate of the Royal College of Physio ans. Eng- land. Oloe and residence in Brown's Newv Block. Barrie. _ T 2-26 Residence on the West side of John Bt.. immediately opposite Mr. Geo. Ball's Planing end Sash Factorv. - - . -__v ---.--an Tan: QUEEN'S Ho'ra:L.--A. W. BROWN. Proprietor. ti 1 the travellln pul)'i:1:.l}3e:: :I?3ol!anr`t'l1:t9:ve?ll:u?: glad witl; t Lbeot. stabl1n8|:d.:tftg1e- boot! 1 av. ._.......m;*..1.::x.*: =.:-" ' F eIt'ofMo.-H street on Dunlopr aw aw r treat. Money to land at lowest rates. Agent for Dominion Grange Fire ms uranoe A ssoci- ation. Canadian Mutual Aid Life Insurance and Reserve Fund Accident Associations. V THOS. S. MCLEOD, Dalston.__ Office over Coulter &. Vair's, Barrie, Tusilay Y and Qnhlrnv, ' IOSEPH SWAN, AUCTIONEER FOR THE County of Sxmcoe; Terms reasonable. ml... 111*. mv Rrnrn, (`.rn.inrhnI-at. 46-lv "7 m'1"'3r LOUNT; Aqyrgrnlsifixen in H1211 Court of Justice. ,, [ARCHITECTS AND smgymrons IOSEPH ROGERS. CHIEF C0NST.AB14E,. County of Simcoe. 01ce-Police Court, Sarrie. ` . ISER 8; BILL POSTER. V ,HERL.r{At%-.at.-d. Servants Provided. l ronCARTHY PEPLER MoCAI1t\;[1`HY. ......:..o...... '9.-dinitm-a N.rnm.v-inn Rm_, nnav "6NEY TO` LOAN.-$250,000 at 6 and 6-; p_r cent. J; '1`. SPROUL, Solicitor, ctc., nvuvan |'0NEY.-A large amount of rivate funds l tn Ipn rm nfrnirzht loans. at owest W. MOVITTIE, 13. L. SURVEYOR AND _ Rnnl Entnfn Agent. Cnlanrv- N. W- 'l`. T.'LI'l`TLE. M._D.. 0%.. . Ill`! Umoe over uu and Saturday. F. R. UMMER,# IXBCTI Ens, ET6. _- _I|!l80EIa ANEOUI. ,,,_ __ ,_ IVIANUFACTURES. FINANCIAQL rlutluuus. ` o1r_mc1.u.. 11 BEN;I_ET'l` DENTI-S-E L. Barrie. .Ont.. Oice. sanders Innlr. nnnnnitn I\nw Pnsn. Oman, (Graduate of Leipzig Conservatory of Music.) Also Dunn of 1 CARL Rmmncxn, RICHTER AND DR. PAPPERITZ. Instruction given in Pianotorte playing. Har- mony, and Counterpoint. For texms,a ly at MRS." CROSBY B D nlo Street. Barrimpp ' `112-373 HOTELS. \Jn lung Churchill, Ont. 35 41-tf I uuuru `U11! U10 46-ly ween. 10-ly In 8. Very eLsocn_y way vuuu uuu yvuub ..,.......- mam 'luey promenaded the gravel walk up a and down, engaged in earnesttalk; yet it was not altogether seous, for the gentle- man laughed now and again, and so did the lady, only her laughter was by no means un- constrhined. A striking couple, -Vanity thought. 1 he lady looked more comely than before in her morning dress; and as for the gentleman, in his suit of gray tweed`, and with his youth. vigor, well-turned limbs, and strong easy movements, he might well win a woman's heart. It was a manly face. good-humored, not clever, but with enough force to redeem it from the fault of mere beauty.` Neither wise man," Vanity thought, nor'sin1pleton. Man of the world, though`; and good sort of that! It Wal pleasant to see the brotherls arm drawn through the sister s as they walked; and the looks they exchanged expressed easy familiar a'ft`ectio;1. They walked up and down, down `:1.-.;1 up, and each time they passed under \ v:nity s window a sentence or. two reached cHAi_>'rEI. iv. ABOUT T0 HARRY.` Suddenly, as she sat at the window,.sho saw her handsome hostess appear, walking ` h in 9. very sisteriy way with the young horses 1 man. '1uuv nromenaded the gravel up 7 J S. J OHNSON. BARRIE. IMPORTER .OF . and Dealer in Goals of all kinds, and Georgetown, Grey and Guelph White Fiuishin Lime, Cements of all kinds, Fire Bricks an Plasterers Hair. Storehouse at the Northern Railway Switch. footot John street, near the depot. The bond of this Lime is better than that of any other kind. and the nish superior. Oioe -Corner of John and Elizabeth streets. UB1` UB1" VIII -`L ' "No, Tom, the lady said. I don t Izroe with you-, most decidedly not. I cannot call. her handsome. Of course I don t care to say she is anything else. ' ` nII.',-`1.lrl\ +."|A nn`A`\II.'Al` I`\lI!`I`l\". M1Il`. HGIUU UV any I There's a. wa.sp s nest, too. Don t forget that, Tom.V V , What is this I hear about 9. wasp s nest? _ demanded the old lady, sailing tremendously down the gravel walk, like a mun-of-war. A Is there any danger?. 'IVln.nu\ In 1-u\9\AVIl|1`t1 Hanna uyhnn urnna nun In: us any Lumg uusu; ' But. like the celebrated parrot, Maud, he replied, you think adeal. "T urn`:-nnu 7 -`Tani!-.v 1'];|nna"1f'. whn if`. 1'9 I-I-U lvpuqu, _YUU lJl.l1l..l.lS &lL_Dt1lo . I wonder, Vanity thought, who it is that Tom thinks handsome, and Maud thinks plain? - - n..+. nu. +..n. ....m1ma-_.. +1-m Ai`e+.-xnnn nnvftil PIBUJX . . Butvthe talk was lost in the distance, until as they paced back again these little shots were exchanged: ' ~ She plays well, Maud. Most mechanicak. And then her talk is lovely. T Yes; old jokes shed out of `Punch. Maud! Maud! ` . T ' - _ Not like your fun, Tom-fresh and orig- inal. . ' ` _ -Perhaps not. dear; but then, you see-A-- Distance again, and the voices died 01!. _ ' Atthat moment an unmistakable summons was heard: nun-__ 'l\__._I_-__I_-l 11.. `I')_...I...__l_-I `H --- 1- VVCD I-IUUAIVIE Mr. Pembroke! Mr. Pembroke! Here is Arabella, waiting this half hour for you to show her the beehives !_ V I `I, , -,, :I_--.-- __._-_. ..__- _ .I.!_.I-:_ wilvevaiu ti'1eh*::1,ci`s`<)'1:1ae` vixen. gavev a disdain- ful_1_ook, and then, with velled sarcasm, dared to say: - '1'!-unrnfa n n1aaI\ a nan!-. I-An nan ! fnrnnt -I3 UIIULU G-ll-Y \-UCIIJEVI I There is generally denger [when wasps are about," remarked Maud-, with a quiet enjoy- ment of her good fortune in the retort, un- less people are on their guard. IA I\`!` 11:`:-`Ir man-nvvln M3113 mA1rn'|n 111:!-`pg .w'i,`hre`c'>ll ;lF:;.FciJyv1:J;a`;'-t;.vr;ie .I;z'{`t;-1'1d Neville with akind of angry misgiving, which was cu- riously tempered by personal trepidation. Ila -pnvnknnbn aha nnnnrl nnf. (`ray-nnlrn, MUSIC LESSONS. -Miss Mock-ridge will re- ceive a limited number of music pupils. vocal and instrumental. For particulars as to terms. time of lessons,` .etc.. apnlv at No. 3 Russell Terrace. ` ` 41-15 _-_._ - .`..-- -snaunsvncs vounyvsvu VJ run ovum: In I/tl1\AIAIIL\.ILaII mitillg. Pembroke, she called out dramatic, -ally, explain this. Maud cdnnot be made out. Is there any danger? . H`\T-d- oh- ..`l...I.d-nut 3! yonn`lh-u-I 'l`4-wn TIT.-J11 VANTJFY HARDWARE. uuu. .10 Lutuv nu; uuavn s Not the slightest, replied Tom. We'll try fumigation. An.-I YYAII 1...,-.. H u..'..,a'a..o.....z..,.+..a '..,.-n. `Kl Lullllbiulvtlu And you know, `Mind interjected, "with erce rapidity, wasps can`t bear tobacco. TEA I\1l 111.411 Ivan "|f\ AIIHOTA` conr nh LLUI DU luv'lAulv_y, V! (53.15 vuu II uuul bvwuuxvo The old lady was no dullard. She saw an allegory in this speech, and understood its bitterness. -But she knew her game; . ' Then, Tom Pembroke," she said impres- gzely, I commit my darling to` your care, 9 grass is too wet for me. - Oh, never -mind, Maud cried, with ad4 `mirable cheerfulness; I can look after them. nut, -an A_I_, _1.1 1-1.. --11_,I ,,'4 IMJULLIO Maud, the old lady called out, in an awful voice, how imprudent of you! A woman with a family on this damp grass 1 Never mind, dear; I shall run the disk. Maud, said, the old lady, now exasper- atrad, you were alwaysself-willed. . Ever Since you were four years old! , CHAPTER V. VANITY MAKES A FRIEND. Bub Fate fought for the old lady. Tom and Arabella were destined to have the-bees and wasps all to themselves. Tu-f nl-. I-kn} vnnvnnnn nn1oI1nn 4- now-run `Isnnon-n uuu vv uol.-I: um: Irv v-.nvu.n:vAvv-3 Just at that momentaservaut came hurry: lng out and whispered something to her mis- tress, A who ew into the house without a. word, seeming in an "instant to forget her brother and the dangerous daughter and the angry dame. The damegazed after her in . wrath, and she would have called after Maud for an-explanation, but reecting. that this retreat was to her advantage, she re- strained herself. ` ' Tom Pe_xn`hre!:e, she said again, take C-\Ill.I A any: vnv Dllll Iiwsu uaunu, KEV care of - f`Ma.ke your mind easy, said Tom. ' I ".A'I,1d, Arabella, don t stay_ away too On 0 ' ` > o, dearest n_1other. And, both" of you, cried the old lady, `*1-an-nnvnhnr that 7 am hArn._.nntl waiting Inn J Each of these injunctions was calculated to impress Tom Pembroke with the idea. of the preeiousness ot.Are.belle.; and that she must be watched like a Vestal virgin; and that, above all, her mother was a. guardian who could command fear as well as love. The cleverness of the whole will therefore be _-..-4..I_...J . -....I 6-L- ..I.I `I-.I_ -_.l.`l-._A.'I_ O HENRY. APP1tA1S.l!itt 55 1511414 ruau-4,n, 4 O &c. Rents Collected, Servants Oioe up-stairs opposite Bank of Commerce. \ J-I-Iv V50 vvn uvuw vs vuv u 554 In-IvlUl.lllU gnized; and th lady evidently praised herself as she sat down majestically and arranged her skirts with the conclusive air which is characteristic of ladies of her standing when they have acquitted them- selves so as to secure the approval of their own consciences. ' ,n Ir, 1 `V See u The cause of Maud Nevil1e s abrupt exit did not at rst appear. `In about a quarter oian hour she came into Vanity s room, and Vanity noticed that her expression was anx- ious. Preoccupiedshe was, but thisdid not ` prevent her from entering into Vanity s con- cerns with kindness and attention. The let- ter of her aunt---Sister -Catherine-had evi- dently not been the first communication made to her concerning the young actress, for she knew all her history, and Vanity felt grateful for the tact and delicacy with which she glided over things which would be pain- ful to the poor wanderer. Vanity was lled with admiration. . This handsome, wealthy young woman, with her vigor and good sense, and her readiness to help the helpless, was a freshsiudy in `life. Vanityhad been. i used to that monotonous sort of character 1 which lives chiey in the world of gaslight, which , being recklesatancies itself interest- ing, and is nothing it not unconventional. AlnaI"nn4-no `Vanni!-xv 12..-... .. `l:LJ.'I- `Luau, wvuu vs Jvu, vsavu vuv Vul IBM], remember that I am here--a.nd waiting for wnu " sauna: yuvs vauauy asuuw It -[H1313-VOTY little, it must . be confessed--of what she called .serious people, and she would describe the class in two syllables-- p " and dull. This handsome young 1 woman of_the.wor1d-1_ aris dress, fine man- ` ner, vigorous good sense, kind heart and 1 high tone-was a revelation of her ownsex } to poor Vanity~I-Iardware. A saint in crapo i is twice a" saint in lawn may sound sul- 3 ciently satirical: butthere is nodoubt what-_ 3 ` ever that Maude. Neville s ne womanly ` character `made a deeper impression on.Van- ity because of the lady s fashionable air. It wasa surprise to nd. that -true piety and healthy unatteoted virtue could appear in a . woman whose~da'ea;I and style would have ee- ` cured the admiration of a-theatre. . . '1`hatsom_e_`schem`e of-lite for Vanity had V been arran`9;ed between `Sister-`Catherine_ and ' mg, mu 1: nonnmg 11: not unconvoncional. Alas!` poor Vanity knew a. .litt1e-every ..be __ confess9d--of __whgt _.I_- -_II,\ 11` `CW5 EVA` 3 Pembroke, again luonluslln 1? \ By ALAN hei ;ves evident veraatibn. Much Vanity ir9nderod'~V_vhet.the scheme could be; and` her was 1 quickened by every sentence sheheard, She 3 could not fancy this nimble, iively, dressy voman recommending a f gloomy, secluded, penitentiel life. Every minute she grew ........ r-hnrvnnd hv the kind manner of her UBBEIEI U19. DVUIJ uuuuuu 91.10 651.117 more charmed by the kind new friend, and` felt even ready to accept her guidance. And Maud Neville, on her part, was. irresistibly attracted by the beauty of ..the wanderer, and could not conceal her ad- y miration. But, after all,'. this secret plan, 3 ' whatever it might be, Vanity was never to Luau.- And the 1itt1o'lady ls master's pet," the" servant continued; and mistress has al- ways made so much of her,.a.nd she has al- ways slept beside mistress, and she won t hardly go out of her sight. 'I7nnu'1>u:I1'n-I uni-. nf Hr-If-. can the (`rift nf AUGHTON LENNOX; BARRISTER, SO- licitor. Conveyancer. etc. Money to Loan. Otlice, Corner Dunlop and Owen Streets. Bagr-_ ~. FIR