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< Why Send to To onto %for%F`1i5we1\;! ` Ul'uUl'1_y Unlucl LU_1 uuu ua._y. . Don t know. Open yourmouth, l1ttle' one, saidTLacy, gravely. 1 A ` A4-. 4-lnlta .nna'r.4- I/[inn -NI'1'n-nnn rnorln 1: Ha. |.X)lllU$a "Now, thnen, Bootles called out,` have I any of you fellows made -up your mind to own this little baggage?" U;-. . -nrumn Ac no flntr 1n11fr1'Inr` -. `hilf. tiflll `JVVI-I .ULI.13 .ll|.llU L GI65N'\7Z No; none of us, they 1nughed;- but one Vman, Gilchrist by name, said, with, a sneer, he should rather think not, and added two unnecessary word s-- ` `workhouse brat 1" 4.5 _ . 4 I But one man, Gilchrist by name," added "tn-nv mmecessary words. ' * `-Bodtles turned and looked down upon him in profoundest contempt. - V "T N N117 Room nhnrs 77 I-\Vn coil` >nnn"11 fn ILA In \u.\JuLn.n\:ov \4\lLAU\Jll.Ll.Illn oMy dear chap, he sai, coolly, to charge you with being the father of that child, -pointing with his whip to the picture in Lacy s arms,` would be 8. com plimenb on your personal appearance which I should never, under` any - circumstances, have dreamedof paying you. ' T711 91:1] frnn -u~11of` -N-,1'c 7, uni:-I Tlnmknm IALCCDI-I-l\i\l UL ll-J5 J\lLlI .I l1 tell you what it is, said Hartog afterwards to Lacy; Booales is a "dashed good fe1Iow-one of the best fellows in the world. ' I don t know that there s another Pd trust as far or as thoroughly, but all the same, Booties is sometimes best left alone, - 1 and. for my part, I think Gilchrist and 1 every one else had best` leave him alone ` about this youngster. . ` l c-v.._...-n..,.+.........a 1-..,.... `vlnnvu 1....,..... 4-,. i ` It- was not to be expected, and Bootles did not expect it, that the story of the mysteri- I ous little stranger could be conned to the ` barracks. r In fact, in the course of a few hours it had own all over the town, gain- ing additions and alterations by the fre- quency of its repetition, until at last Bcotles himself could hardly recognize it. A baby ` had been found in Capt. Ferrers rooms; no one knew where it came` from nor to whom it belonged. Then-Capt. Ferrers had rescued a young baby from a brutal father who was going to dash its brains out against the door-post. Then-C.1pt.A Fer- rers had picked up a new-barn infant while- hunting with the, duke`s hounds, Then- Capt. Ferrers was sulfering from mental aberration, or, to speak plainly, was getting a bit cracked. and had adopted a child a` year old out of Idleminster workhouse. Then-_-it_-. .was really most romantic, but Capt. .Ferrers had been engaged to and jiltbd bv `a young ladyplong ago-which, of course`, accounted for his being impervious to-the fascinations of the Idleminster girls V--who had mnrrin: hear: "(Inna-M-n.'l 1-9 In`... CJLJUIIU ULLJB .y\'|.lll83IIUlu TYa--as, returned Lacy; then _bega.u to laugh. ' Oh! but it was fine, t.hoi1gh, about `personal appearance. And then he added, Ugly little beast_l 7 { uuauuuu, uuu uuvv uxuu-auulti VCFSIUDS OI thestorv cornmitted suicide-leaving him the charge of" a baby, etc. Hnvnn nnnnln fnl-I nu-In uvnunen'p\-u `O 41.. ....l._____ v uuo sun-uxauxuua UL DUU .lu1Uul.u.|.B'uBI' g'1]`1S -who _had married, been deserted by her husband, and now died--some versions of f.l1n'a{-nu-n uni.-I Sim-........;u....I .....:...-.1- 1--__-_, , IJIIM rie u.uu uuv \.~Il1J6O UL u. uauy, UM . Some people told one versionof the story and some people told another, but nobody h blamed -Bootles very much. ` because he wasso rich" and so handsome and 1_pleasant;'itV might be because Idleminster ` society 4 hporiouisnees which causes most people to look at most things} from the worst. possible vI'ew.~ ` I - ' - But; Beetles went onhis serene way,te1l- ing the truietate ot the case to eery one ~-wh07mention'ed `the: atbir to him, and `al- ways-endmg , A1id hang it. you know, if. s `~-apn'etty little beggar, fend I: `couldn't. `send it was free from` that .leaven of cen-T .|.t might be 3 "CHAPTER Iv. uuwu LIJILI v V and died `II- .1-.. :to the w rk.h`011S5- tr- .....A.. an nnnrm to the workhouse." He made no secret a the Satixrday following in child an adverhisemen Idlemmster-' Chronicle minster ton c $1'lY'.u.+.-V1 ivnvnn `bouut it Jul]; and on he advent of. the t appeared in The E which made Idle- ges clack for a week: aanmiv n highlv 'resnect- minster tongues ciacx I01` as ween; Wanted, immediately, a highly 'respect- able and thoroughly experienced nurse of middle age, to take the entire charge of a child about a year old. Good wagesto a.` 1 suitable person. Apply to Capt.` Ferrers, Scarlet Lancers. In due time thisadvertisement produced` . the right sort of person, and a staid and re-` spectable widow of about fty waasoon in- stalled in a room next to Mr. G1-ay s quar- ters,.in charge of Miss Mignon. as the child had already come to be called byeverybody. It was. a. charming child-strong and healthy, seemed to have no trouble with temper or teeth, hardly ever cried, and might be seen morning and afternoon being wheeled by its nurse in a baby-carriage about the barrack square or along the road outside the Broad Arrow boundaries. And so, as the weeks rolled. by and were into months, it began to toddle about, and could say Bootles as plain as 8. pike-staff. ' 1.. Anvil Hm R:-nrlat Lancers were moved "UOOFIOS" as plum as u puxv-auuu. In April the Scarlet Lancers from Idleminster to Blankhampton, where "Booties had to undergo a. new experience, for W--- A-4: mu..- 4-..}, mm far a widnwer'on .IJ\JUUJ-Va uluu vv Ilaunvuurnowy .. _- every one there took him for a.widowe'r on account of the child. ' ' - Bootles would explain. Take her about with me? Yes; she likes it. Always wants to 0. when she sees the trap. A` bother? No a hit of it; the jolliest little woman in creation, and as good as gold. What am I going to do with her when she grows up ! ell, Lacy says he is `going to marry her. If he don t, somebody else will-no fear. Taking it all round, Miss Mignon had a. re- markably. good time ofit, and seemed thor- oughly to appreciate the pleasant places in which her lines had fallen. It was wonder; ful, too, what an immense favorite she was with the fellows. At first she had been Boot1es brat, but very soon that was dropped, and by the time she could toddle, which she did in 'very good time, no one thought of mentioning her or of speaking to her except as Miss Mignon. Scarcelyany of the oicers dreamed for a moment of re-' turning after a few days leave` Without taking along," as the Americans say, abox _ of sweets or a bundle of toys for Miss Mig- non. Indeed, the young lady came to have _such a collection that, after a while. Mrs. Nurse's patient soul arose, and, with Capt. Ferrers permission, all the discarded ones were distrikuted among the less` fortunate , children of the regiment. n..4. mrr..- 1.r.',....m.7s naum-1'1-n nlnwthino was uuuurcu UL uuu xuguuuuv. , But Miss Mignonfs favorite lavthinz was Booties h1mselL-atter Booties, cy. People said it was wonderful, the `depth of the s affection between the big "soldier of 35 and the little dot of a child, scarcely 2; Bootles- she adored, and where Bootleswas she would be, if by hook or by crook she could convey her small person into his presence. Once she spied him turn in at the gates on the right hand of the colonel, when the regiment was returnmg from a eld day, and escaping from her nurse s hand set oif as hard as she could run in the direction of the band, which immediately preceded ` the commanding oili- 'cer. Mrs, Nurse gave chase, but alas! Mrs. Nurse was stout, and hen the ill luck, more- over, to "come a (`I`0ppe1' over a drain `tile `lying convenently in her way, while the child, unconscious of danger, ran straight for Bootles. Neither Booties nor Lacy, who was on the 0o1onel s left, perceived her until she was close upon them, waving her small _ hands and shouting, in hershrill and joyous chi1d s voice, ` `Booties !. Bootles I `n ..A.....: i... 1:v..,\n.._ an L... 1,.n1.n.! ..m-4- Hm SIC H WSON 8; CRESWICKE, BARRISTERS; Solicitors of the Supreme Court of Judi- .c.ture of Ontario. Proctors, Notaries, Conve - snoers, 850. Money to Loan. 0ices--Bot - we1l's Block,- oppoaxto N. 8:. N. W. Ry. Station, Darrin It seemed to Bootleg, as he looked pastthe colonel, that the chi_1 was almost under the hoofs cf Lacy s charger. Lacy 1" he called out--``Lacy ! But ~ `Lacy was already on g _ the ground, and caught Miss Mignon out of ; .harm`s' way; but when he turned round he ` saw that V his frieud s faca was as white as A chalk. ' . ' - - .1, ,,1_,_-I __,L-._ L- .____`1l'.-_..' kllillkc As" for the colonel. wfhen he sav` Mrs `Nurse gathering he1`self'up with rueful looks at the drain tile, he simply roared, and Miss ` Mignon chimed in as if it were the finest; ` joke iuthe world. ' 'l`1\n- anno n crnnaln - aka scnrnnsolrnrl `FA-IYIV WAC ILL LLIU VV\Jl l\lu `Tbat was a smash, she remarked. from her proud position on Lacy s_sho alder, just like Humpty Dump T-a comment which gave that estimable person the name of Mrs. Humpty Dumpty as long as shah re- mained with the `regiment. v A 0.`... nu-J. -9--an I-Lie. 4hr. nvunnlnn` -Inn...-.n ` tion came off, and Miss Mignon, resenting LAJ(l.lLLUll. VI IULI U110 Luslluvuvn A few weeks after this the annual inspec- the lengthenel absence of her Bootles. again I manages] to escape from her nurse, and pattered boldly, as fast as her small feet would carry her, right into the mess-room, * where Booties was sitting , just opposite the i general, at the late lunch. Miss Mignon, ; not seeing him at first, wandered coolly be- hind the row of sca.'rlet-clad backs, until she ` spied him at the other side of _the table. Then,Ahaving no awe whatever of inspecting etoicers, she wedged` herself in between ' his chair and the colone1 s with a triumphant and joyous laugh. - ._ A "VH5 n-A1-n:nIn1 nrnvrn n n-mnn6- ml-nsvf nu-`A I-I-an uuu JVJ vu: L(lvI.l6lIn The general gave a great; start, and the colonel `laughed. Bootles, in dismay, jumped` up, and came quickly round " the table to take her away. . u'n-r_n _---_ 1.-.1, -,_,A,_, M _-':J LL-` -_1___ -1 Vvuuvx J wanted Bootleg, sir, said Miss Mighon, uu HI condentially. And nurse falled asleep, so. I tooked French leave. Almost the only peculiarity in her speech was the habit of making all verbs regular. CIA.-I qulsn nu-A wn-1 vvivo 'I-'44-`I- .....o.:,1) 4.]... Lvunu uul (Iv vv u_v . Well, you little rogue, said the colonel, reaching a nectarine for her. What do you want? . V V . T uvnnd-AA `Dani-l.u~ n.`.. 79 .-....'A IA's'm~. `lA'n...-w. lI.ll.lal'\.lLI6 (All VUI KID lcslllalc ` And .who are you. my little maid? the M general asked, in extreme amusement. 7 (f\l. T7.-.1 `King lufi.-.-.n-.. H ...A.I.. _.I.'....:.l... \.u\.u.u. uvu VKJLJ Ivvu van!) 1101 OWE . .Oh, Miss Mignon-hey? Andy whom do yqu belong to?" -nun fn `llnni-1n: H -in ....... .5-.. -4. L_'_ :_ byngvn on uuctxyts, us van; gun, unuuuou.Ivu.v. Oh, I m Miss Mig1iou, with dignity. A The old general fairly chuckled wibh`de- light, and at; he had put his arm round the child, Bootles, who was standing behind, `could not very well take her away. T {3}: Mia: Nfirv-nnn.___hntr? An}! ...I....... .:I.-. HAUGuToN NoX. BARRISTER. so`- . ~ licitor. Conveyamcer. etc. Money to Loan. 0Itice,'Corner Dun_lop and Owen Streets. Bar- `yin J uu L\ll.l6 uu H noranoe. To Bootles? And who is Booties? Us I Why, to Bootles, in surprise at his.ig- Bootles is Bootles and I love him, Mi's`s Mignon replied, asvif that settled everything Booties is Bootleg; and I love him, Mis 'Migni_m replied. T . Happy _Booul_es! cried the old soldier. . What a lot of medals you we got! cried `Miss Mignon, [pressing closer. I,IIl' QfI"Q;A 5;!` aka ;a< -Oou-u-`.1u'..... ..--_ I9 :32:`:;;;;d:";:";%;`;:`t;oub1ing Bootles interposed at this point, but secretly delighted with the tu._1'n affairs had taken. V 'N|'n Inn: 1-4- I...-... ........ ..... ......:'_1_ 19 __-_u;3 gavnhuwou vvuau uuu |.u,1u ll-l.l..ll S uuu caxen. No, no-.1et her see my medals. replied the generai, who was as proud of his medals as Booties of Miss Mignon. Are you a ` `sir tf.oo? _ Miss Mignonasked, gazing at the handsome old man with more . --Whit d6_sfshe,meanr' he `cried. Boot1es,1eughed.: E ' 6W'all" ..a.. .1... 1.-`_-_._ _.__ uuanovvo r, she Hears us .130 -.---'-----.-`"""`"_' " ` ;tha.tisa.1l. ?.'}3.3'.....s Whats hatdL91 ,_" Qje: Wpat a _rergarku'iil._Y eilzlhtliiz `ant? and 5!-,trgct1v`(`3 chdlld x: 3,111 ` 8959,31, qu1etly,_ How 0 s H 11`. ' _ 3%? ;:;t]3:)(;e:1ed that the old general had a craze for absolute accuracy. and he Wught Bootleg up with pleasant sharpness. _ ` t more or less? h_!__20e.s.P.ha..'.I.nea:hn in about 2. I do I '-`I can't say, sir. She is about 2.. I do ` not know the date of her birth. Then she isnotyours? ` I am not her father, sir, `but at present 1 she belongs to me, Booties said, smiling. Pm afra.id-- ? ' 7 Not at all, but perhaps she had better go. What a. charming child! The last was perhaps because Miss Mignon, nding her time had come--and she never made a fuss on such occasions--put two soft arms round 4 his neck and gave him such a genuine hug of friendship that the old man s heart was quite taken by storm. .n`(fI?.`i dn t quite understand--what I'613ti1l is the child to him? he asked of the "colonel. 1117-..- ...L..A-...... IPA:-v-arc: Pnnnd hm` 1818 wuu 5 D1005,` Upp` Ba.rrie.. C. E. Hmwsox. V-_3;;M;gg Migno was carried Off. 100k*118 ` back to the last over Bootles shoulder. and waving her adieu to the handsome old man; who had such a fascinating array of chap! and medals. arr .a:.1..n. ..-..'t- .....I ...a4-nu-u-I_.n9hn.f. rA`.tiOn I8 00 111111!" 113 USILUU. UL IJLLU Lvxuxsvnu None whatever. Ferrers found her 19. one night in his bed, with her wardrobe and a letter from her mother, written as if Fer- rers. was the lathe . - He, however, gave me his word of honor that he knew nothing about it, and some of us think the whole aair was simply a. plant, as he is known to be a very kind-hearted fellow. Others, how- ever, Ferrers among them. think that note and child were intended for one of the others. Nobody, however, would ownto it, and Fer- rers has kept the child ever since-I don't . suppose he would part with her now for any- thing. I wanted him to send her to the workhouse, but tis a jolly bright little soul, and I am glad he did not." Then he is not married ? . Oh, dear no. He pays a woman 50 year to look after her, and all her meals go from the mess._ In fact, he is bringing her up as if she were his mm; and the child adores him-simp1y adm : him. HT 'u1I\nv\AI~+ C-innf 'rnnn' coir] fl"; -ypngr-Q] IA) DU .l Ull..l.'Uu. Lu Co VVUI nuuu.` U`-uvv Lul- Yes, Bootles feels very strongly on the subject, replied the colonel, absently. 1).. H. Hymn `llnnou rnfnlvnn than nfr-arc: 6.3 uuvu--51u.1p1_y uuur 9 Lulu. I respect that man,", said the general, "warmly. It is an awful thing for a child to be reared in a. workhouee--awfuL n1-r_, 'I'I,_,L`I-__ A-_1.. _.._....- ..4_.......1.. l'\O'| 4-`I... BUUJUUU, ;U1Ju.Uu uuv \.\.I1\.'L.I\u, u.-1-auu.v;_v . By the time Bootles returned, the officers had risen fxfome the table, - and he met the guests and the seniofs just entering the ' anteroom. 111 !!! ,1. -1- _ I- -_- J , _.._`.Ll- ---_'_ rd, __4_ 'm,`_,,,__._ u,uw1'Uuu1. _ _ t ` I'll shake hands with you, Capt. Ferrers, l ifyou please, said the general, cordially. I agree with you that it is an awful thing for a child to be brought up in a workhouse. ` It is a subject upon which I feel very strong- ly-'verv` strongly. A child rearel as a pauper does not start the world with a fair chance. I have met so often, in the course. of my military experience, with recruits bred inthe Unions--I never knew one do well. ` No; pau`r.e1-ismis ground into them, and they are never able to shake it off. "`Well, sir, that is my opinion, said Bootlec, modestly. AI hope, though, you vwon`t think my little maid is often so ob- trusive as to-day. She is really always very good. ` - "HA `,.v.....m.-..... m+1,. ,.1..-mw .;,..;:.-(.n ma Twtiasziil-ming little child, x%ep11ed the gnneral, as if he meant it, too, and than he shook hands with Booties again. - ' were concerned. , workhouse bra t. ' l CHAPTER V. ,3 There was only one `biotin the sweetness 1 and light of `Miss Mignois baby character. so far as the oicers of the Scarlet Lancers Among them` all there i was only one whom she and not like. She had degrees of 1ove--Bootles rankel rst, then Lacy, then "two or three groups of friends whom she liked -be.:st, better and Well; `but she had no degrees of dislike where she did not love. She hated, hatetl ercely and furiously, hated with all her baby heart and soul. `There were several persons in her small world yvhom she detested thus, absolutely declining` to hold communication or to accept overtures from them, however sweetly made; but there was only one of the oicers who came unrler this head, and he was Gilchrist, the man who ' had dubbed . her at `first Miss, Mignon could not endure him. VVhen old enough to under- stand that a certain `box of sweeties had come from Mr. Gilchrist, she would drop it` asif it burned her ngers, draw down the corners of her mouth, and remark, Miss Mignon is very much obliged ;`= an `observa- tion which invariably sent Bootles and Lacy of. into ts of laughter, at which the little maid would y open-armed to him and cry, But Mignon loves Bootles. But -the fact remained the same, that Miss Mignon de- -tested Gilchrist, who, indeed, was not a. favorite in the regiment. Nor, indeed, did Gilchrist seem to like Miss Mignon any bet- ter, though he now and then brought his offerings of toys and, bonbons, like the rest. In the face of. Bootles severe snub about the two odious words he had` applied to her, he was hardly such a simpleton as to further rouse or annoy the most popular man in the , regiment; yet if he could possibly cast a slur l on Booties or on the child he did it. ' Never from his lips camethe pet name Miss Mig~ non, never did his black eyes rest on her without a sneer or a jibe; if he could by any chance twist Bootles words into an admis- sion that the child was really his, he took care never to lose the opportunity. - -(Yin nnrnn nnny 7 'Du-out-nu lImc:nr` l\'\!\ A-.. v I -61-av at Co have ' ne lot of son and 1 `ICVO vial U uvvvn I-V J\ID\J Hug UPMII Ill-LLIIUHV u ' Oh, come, now, Preston cried ona day, when he had, been sncering at Bootles anl Lacy, who had just driven away with the child between thein, .Bootles is a right good sort--no mistal;e;on that point. No sneaking hypocrisy about him. It would be well for_ you anl me if we were half as ne chaps; but we are not, Gilchrist, and, what, is more, We never shall be." ' uni. nno I-.u+ tnv`\r-urn.-\ :n- 4!... ......LI..... -1: u__:. i1{N".'s: VMLi1{cH1soN,- BAR1 Ismas. SoIicit_ors, Oonveyancers. T850. oney to on s Store. Loan. 01Tce-~0ver-I). J. Murchis Market Street, Barrie. Branch Ottlce-,Pott;er`s Block. 'J`ot.t+-nham. - _ D. C. MURc1usoN. hfnw Ann .1`: 1{|CAR\Y_ Eifow should` I know? or Booties} I shouldn t mind laying` my life that Bootles [never did and never will cause her -or any . other woman to write such ` a. letter as came with the child` that night. `Jolly good thing for this one if she was Bootles wife. instead of being tied up to the hound who bound her tosecrecy and deserted her. _ Perhaps she s dead. poor soul! Who knows? >1)nnI1nv\o aka 3 .94. H nu ..I.._!_.L ,_, 1 .9 g;uL 1)` vvu LLUVUI auull ux.` Oh no; but_w11cre is" the mother of that- brat? urr 1' 1- o u - .. .- _ - 36E. Ju`{{e3;Zhi?5a very wise Presto-J stared at him, and Hartog locked from be- hind his newspaper, agho.stA at the bitterness of his tone. (llV..`I`I,, tuna: ...u u. u pug` yuvl uvulb 1! LI!) xxuuvva Perhaps sha 1..:n t, Gilchris`; snaeregl. Some people never die. (Ina-v1.nn O>11`un-I nu-`J III\L .0. . . - - - - .1-- `PL--- I _ uav _yvu, wlcuwvclug EIUIJJUUU I y LU L118?" ' Gilchrist; tried to laugh, and succeogeg very badly. He rose fnsnl his chaj;-, kn._cf;-. ing a few scattex-e.1 cig_ar ashes carefully 01? his `craided cuff . . .n'rr,n 1---,.- 7 . .. .`_. A door after him. MAD \a1 a1u.Uu \4I.IlI.o Well, I confess I shoull notrhe sorrv tn sea_t11'~l11 pratiug brat 02 1'-Eootlcxs one; of th -, ; road. We slzoul-:1 fCfI'h'lp.S get at the ;;;u:,j, t.hen.~ And having de;1\'a:-ed ]:ig;;_;;;3f of 13.3 feeling ~.sp:ech, ha went out, hang a; the V . W61'; 11I`C11 111? r`.-0:11! exclairnel Pro tam. & Oh, the .m:in`=` got a tiio 10-339 in his uppzw 3.tc ryv- 3'1 Iiiutogv`. ' -0.?"-1:.-". "N3 rm !! : in. his,se.nss } W0u1`i nu`-<; r%xxc`r` `nrisera-bxr. .v:aa;tha,"_. ;_ Aisvays ih-3 :t;;.;: \`y`r2!`o,h;* i,:-., a ci-a.-:~; l00l;~m_':.s'3if,A I m :;`.1':') r_.)fT-I t" :,1`o'.`.'.`v V `u.;.1' 1.2. 41.`- ...:..~_'_ L VI. Isl-I53 vvuvu - - Good heavenz, Gilchri-:1! -P1'0StO`.l cried, * `.`are you wanting somebo 1;. todie? (1:Inl...:.-.4- I-...'..,`I 4... I-.. -1- __. ; . - nvvn I-A4_\ra1L, uuo (`-2 .;1l`. J UL I", - AAn`J ho 2` hi`. 5: 3*. . 1` ' Bcoful:;; ,owu chili--;ts x" it . gocd for Lim _m syf .~;-h` 5 Jan 111011: UL Avon: 2-. |_:__4.I.. `I1 H. .u 212/... `i.i~`3T`1i: . IN} Cwlll ` .9':L EL` IV-' '- I OUNI`, STRATHYA& LOUNT. BARRIS- J tors, Solicitors in High Court of Justice, .Nota.ries Public. Conveyancers. O`u.es'overA the Bank of Toronto Barrie. T W. Loom`. Q.O., H. H. STRATIIY, G. W. LOUPHIT.` .-73213 5 ~ a ab} unmm cnEm:ii1iic1;TDg ----- coE AND - . .1 - ED BY 3` nxsmcx . OCAL . NGE5 `5 L mxc NEWS. gnd Condensed into Interesting PM V graphs for Advance Readers who Like The Marrow of the Meat { 'I`ottenha.m s arbor day W as last , day. mm-' Midland people are cm,,,',1m, dangerous condition of thui-r vi; I!!! run A -vs The Church of E,;gg ,;`(;`{,;,`;` .tenha.m,.ha.ve chbsen a aim 1` p church. } The North River pegple hm W I U y tablished a. Sabbath school wmch .1 . ) ` attended. About 130 drummers were on board Belle last Tuesday, on their Wzgv t` Parry Sound. - ' - r (JUARTHY. PEPLER 85 MCCARTHY, Barristers, Solicitors, N otaries. &c.. Money to Loan. Barrie, Alliston and Gmvenhurst. D'AL'I`0N N[OUAR'l`llY, Q.(). E. E. P. PI:;I LE.H. J. A. M3CAn'ruv.A ` 1). F. MCWA'P'P. G A. RADENI{URS'I`. BA11RIs'1`E._f_A'r- . torney, Solicitorin Chanccry.~Conveyan- ` cot. 8:0. Otce-First. Door South of Post Orce, Hind s Block, Owen Street, l5arri_e.. 49-48 T. SPROUL,'BARR_IS'1`ER, SOLICITOR . of the Supreme Court, Conveyancer. 850. `Money to Loan. -Oices over Sanders Broa.. J ewellers. Dunlop Stxeet Barrie. The By-law. for granting; $5`(;(;g to b . \ anew school house in Urillia paaauiuf` the narrow majority of 11'. `F The annual meeting of me Conservative Association, (If [gm Tecumseth, was held on Tuesday last. -809 Gray at C095 $ .00 nu-in ,i,m_ The- Bradford igh School l1ib`i'aI. 011 an; netted about $30, which -111 be aI', ;`~". to the purchase of .Iiece:~;;~.-my zippzim A Tottenham coiist:ibu,~ tilled they pound the other day with will.- HS. ,n._..; . mai: 3:." horses and now is going fur 1}, dm ` It is said the wheat 3.YU\iIi`.1 rim ,_,,.3 borhood of Moonstone is tu 2; A.....L _.~..,...p._..~ C... ..v. 1 r:<'ita;z. 7:-. ` . '4 is the armmal . vtect recovering from its sick ance. . > CROUP, Whooping Ccugh immediately relieved by .\h2 by John. Woods, Bani;-, and Allandale. A thief entered an Orillia an. stole` what he wanted. I been [an zesthefic rascal u 3:. al "plants; For lame back, side orm.-In-;~ `Porous Plaster. Price '25 `up John Wo0ds,`Barrio, and 3 Allnndale. Who is going to Barrie ts diets on the 24th ? Scutty News. The more an-1% V; is,` who isn t'going ? 1` `I15 1:- T `Should Rev. Mr. A_fxxait:.;_ '()_ to St. , Catharim-s, Rev. strong, nowcurate of `I-`rent of as his successor. M [The Hectic Flush, 1};.1.; 1-..; precarious appetite, indicata: man's Worm ,Powdex"s.wi1l fectively remove them. . 1 1 -.4-./ A `horse worth $150" a from Mr. Beatty s 5:23} but as yet. no trace has } either. horse or thief. ` 0 H; LYON. PRIV-A 1`E FUNDS TO L AN . on Real Estate atlowestrates. Farmers Notes Discounted. Collections made in an part of the County. Real Estate `bought an` sold. Conveyancing in all its branches. Mar- riage Licenses Issued. 01ce--Over Canadian Bank of Commerce. Dnnlop street. 45-1y __ The Lc+fi`t>y"correspri.1,:d Simcoe News says : Wr that_Mr. G.'P. McK:1_y, 2 .ing from 3. severe attack tism. V ` _' --V'My horsvvsteppcd .1 sorained `her (A-` hind lm, Giles 1._inimeI:t_Iodide'.-hrxn~ G. B.` Coburn, Canton, May. 0.` McLean, druggist- - The` Midland 1\'_.'lt>:`_ I going night and-day ufila the grail: from vessels Chicago. No `less than 1 `ar_riV_-ved `within a few days. SH1LoH s "n'A1_.I7.rR is vthaf \' Constipation, Los'sVof .\_ppctit='- and all symptoms of Dyepp.~';1 and 75 cents per bottle; Sold `: ~ Barrie.-and M. Hamlin, AM: :S3y; mister," replied the "<."- `L5 exhibited the cannon, this is We 1; lmea when you get left. C:nm0U `fhffg '2 right, powdex is all. right, and `k _; right. I go]: puiverizrd - idn gtairn while trying to ;;'|.t(3'pleasa my mother. Go 0 :z'dII_int'ero;_ated advice 1 D "I" "U a Lconuu bu Jun '5 b`. L ll\r Iv v1AAu;;U 11111:: Jlu-,I'&.l.1J by Bazett, L. S., at Ahn `I in the township of Cm-nft. The ;1t'the terminus of the Magneftrn gation, and is 2'; very p'1e:1s;uxt ; an iv The nal Court of R`eV`isi| in Ccldwater on June 3rd. ' will preside. and Scxre st)`: may be lookcd forward tn.- VVhat in the Wm-Id is the m Inve`stigat<.-rVm'an I I`: '1-r 1' 1 . .- -~. At the ``setting of the Divini- at Parry Sound a few days a'g we're testing the ownership nf _u The` case was adjourned in cc: of the absence of witnesses, the ( payingfhe costs. That will In rooster by the tlme it. gg-ts out .1 rs Q.`Y'\ A Rev. Mr. Juhnshm. vi Sm a narrow escape from Vdrm-. daysvago. He was (1`uSSi1;q :2 raft and fell in \\`he'1`c the W2 teen feet deep. The Rev. ;_g. rescued by some ladies. Edmund Gendron, was ch -{ml A Pene9an__g11isI1em- .*~v.', M". professionals in that rcs:ri<.n, Herald, having gumpti0n" (`In the potato out of the animal's 11 A . few days age by a potato. `u I .1 0 no r.` 1`. JOl111McDermottlx:.d at cigsv Q other day, ace:-rdi:ng to the C Sentinel. lie wr-.3 assisting .. Ske1ly s'b_avn.- A heavy ti'x, t~ against. a hand spike in lVIcDe1nm : `which struck him on the }10zu1`_ sa: dervdhim smvsoloss. He mum -~ and is'now all right. -- tun- R R. `HOLT, INSURANCE BROKER AND . General Agent. Real Estate bought and sold. Collections made in any part of the. County. Money to L0a_.n. `Otlice~_-Bot;hwe1l`s rlzkick opposite the hallway Statlon, zirlrle, n 511- n. v V . . y Rev`. J. A. Mknm g, ..i . :.: preach in the_C. l\_{`.-church nz ' % my services on Sunday um` o cldck `and in the evening :11 T. `meat of the Lnrd s Supper \\ 221 `r -istered at the close hf t1wn~.,tx zz Mr. McClung is a talented xnZm.~t very clever speaker.--Pem-ma :5 it was the Stas. A boy was sitting on the SH on Fort street east. V4;St('r1]a)`. uslihg and several pieces of 0 un hisface, when 3. man came observed : ' :11" .' I . 1-- I. vuuvuxwl vyu . `A`Let s see, but dic'm t,_v H cannon out here the other <!:._V "Yes ' Arid didn't I tc's1 _\`(`=u if " runs` plaything '1" . .V.. ' 1 ALI`- . And warned yvu that Sm 1 it would bust on you '! -Yes. I And you have now c`.i.=c-H` i`-was talking for your good. 1 _w-illbe a. lesson to you. :- um-..` ....:..;-.. an .....,1;,..: um i A new village plot -l1as.l~.ce;`1: :1 V 'Dn.'lA D T C` ..'L KL; mSc<;t:ty in rrrnpiaiuinu -L. 2.. 1 -n -v:uAlTl5 OI lhg zdessalks ample hf Tog :.r then ne-. Block 0; 0 _" :" .9; -missus. MORGAN & MoVlT'l'IE ARE PREPARED to furnish wedding and oorsage bouquets. button-hole bouquets, u [cut owers in quantity and oral decorntioxi in every detail at xnotieratepricea. Funera. deaiqns ofevery description 9. specialty. Entrance to greenhouse on Wellington Stligelt, Y Dn-c-in :.~\'c-r_c Kim :1 "hope! Jard the to` rai thi 14iV .LY.I. _UUlllu U. 1. D1. Barrxe, V Barme. lat Oct., 1885. Appraiser. and Uomuusslon Agent. 101` we sum of Houses, Lands. 1<`urm Stock. Household. Furniture, Goods. Wares. Sac. Also for the collection of Rents, Notes and Accounts.` 0ic,e--Polioe Court Barrie. UNEY.--~13. large amount. 01 mvuw xuuuu to lend on st1'a.1ght loans, at owest. rates. 16 McCA_R 1`H'Y BEPLER. &- MCCARTHY. f;AU%1`i9}iI$EiSC]tT9- "osi<:Pu_R(_)GERs. C()NVEYAii6Eii. "6()'iVf- missioner in Queen's Bench, Auctioneer, Appraiser. and Commission Agent for the sale nf` lIn11sw., I.n.nds. 1<`m'm Stock. JOHN MACKAY. AUC'1`IONEEI?, COMMIS- sioncr. Co'nveya.ncer. Issuer 01 Marriage [Licenses under the new Act. Money to Loan ct Moderate Interest. C1-eemore, Ont; . 61y U bouncy` 01 Du1u:un_:. (_)lce at my Stor_q._ggzgg Architects, P. L. Surveyors. Vz_a.1ua;tors, &o. Plans and specications for buildmgs pre- m`fE:NNinY', "T GAVILLER "sz" 1IO7LI}'\Nl`)./ ared. Town and Vnluge Lots laid out. Farm` ines carefully 1oca.t,ed." Timber limits examin- ed.V8c.. &o. Toronto Oice--4TMa.1l Buildings. Barme 01ce--McCarthy's Block.` Collingwood 0ice-Long's Block. ` _ Tuos. KENNEDY. MAURICE GAVILLER. ,. W. J .- HOLLAND. ' 51-ly Mo\?iTTIm; D. L; SUIWESIOR AND Real Estate Agent. Calgary _N.W. '1`. Correspondence solicited with regar to invest- vi manta in Province of Alberta. N.W.'l`. A. W. i MoVI'l"l`Il4}. Addresd Calgary, via Benton, ! Rlnntnnn, [T Q, ' ' Q UIUVLI. .l1.l`A. Montana. U.S.' BARBIE FOUNDRY. ENGINE 85 BOILER VVORKs.---H. Smvnmv. Manufacturer of every dnscription of Engines, Boilers. Saw Mill Grist Mill, Shingle, Lath, and Wood- Inn:-{Hun Ywnnhinnrv, wor ing Machinery. N111 UFIBD LVIIH, DU `(Graduate of Leipzig Conservatory of Music.) Also pupil of - _ --CARL Rmmzcxz, RICHTERAND DR. PAPPERITZ. Instruction given in Pianotorte playing,` Har-. many, and Counterpoint. 7 For tenma, apply at MRS. Cnosmrs, Dunlop Street. Barrie. T 12-37p IA ARRIE PLANING MILL.-GEO. BALL, Carpenter and Builder, an 1 Mallufacturer of Doors Sash, Blinds. Mouldings. 850. Plan- ing of tail kinds done promptly and satisfac- tuonlv. Factorv, John'st1`eet.ABarrie. - K '1'. 5&1` '.l'.1lV U, U1Jl`JlV1\ UUUJ.V'1' 1. U1.` DINI- . 001:. will be at his oice,at the Court House, Barrie, every saturdav. Residence and T P.O. .Cooku_Lown. ' . ' ' ` H. ENNETT DENT1Sl`.- _ . Barrie, Ont.. Ofhce, Sanders B1ock..g)I)osite new Post Oice. Visits i ledale and -Waverley the rst Wedpesday of every month. Wye~. bridge and Mxdland. the next day (Thursday). Penetang the to lowing day (Friday{. Vitalized Air tor painless extracting a. specie. ty. 6-ly _.__-..__-- Block. 'J`ott+-.pn_am. _ EDWARD J. limuw. D. C. Block. Barrie. ` R. W. A. ROSS, Licentiate of the. Royal College of Surgeons. Jcdinbtxrgh. Licen- tiate of the Royal College of fhyaicums. Eng- land. Office and residence 1n Brown's 2?!2e&w ` R. J. L. G. M,cCAR'1`HY--0FFICE AND Residence on the West side of. John St., Immediately opposite _Mr. Geo. Ball's Planing and Sash Factaorv. ' 1 H1cNRY.-I>RAIsER`& BILL POSTER, J. 850. Rents Collected.` Servants Provided. mm nn-n1'.nIrsA nnnmaite Bank of Commerce. THE QUEEN'S HOTlL.-A'. W. BROWN. Proprietor. Excellent accommodation for thc travcmn public. -Bar and iardor well eup- gllod with: 0. bolt. Good enabling and amen-. to and n-m in 1: no. A Few doors weatof ar- vc hcotl ra.. Ltgigageotzuegtucpnveyed . kcntrcet. on DunlopItroet..=- - * mosE1>H"sVvAi~f.vAUo?r16iEER FOR F1313 County of Simcoe. Terms reasonab_1o.'. Ifnn at mv Stare. Cruixzhllrst. . . 46-13 ._____j [AUGHTON LENNOX. BARRIS1`ER. n,.:+m- nnnmvnnaer. etc. Money Iilltflt Barrie`. ;AROHi'EECTS AND Unv;:Y6i:_s: OSEPH V ROGERS. CIUEF OUNSTABLE, County of Simcoe. U1tic_e--P9lice tfourt, Karrie. ' ONEY TO LOAN.-$256,000 a..t,6 and 6} per cent. J. T. SPROUL,_ Solicitor, etc., mu-in r014II1`;Y;--A `la o am'(;1'~x1-t:- funds I tn Inn .m cm-murm.1mna_ at. owest. '1`. BANEN " G,`(iLERI{ COUN1`Y OF SIM- .- nnn-. will hn at his: nfnn at thn (`.0111-f; T. LITTLE. M.D., C.M.. _ (`Shun MONEY, -'. R. cumman, scnuaunous. T NIAN UFACTUREE." Money to land at lowest rates. Agent for Dominion Grange Fire insurance A ssooi- etion Canadian Mutual Aid Life Insurance and Reserve Fund Accident Associations. THOS. S. MCLEOD, Dalston. Olce over Coulter 85 Vair's, Barrie, Tntasilyay nn .Qnf,I`\7_ ` L pnvsluuris. .TirY'Tc'17x_i.7 LEGAL, HOTELS. A. E. H. CREsW1_cKE. U. 1 U151. jghurst. u.Lu.. Churchill. Ont. 36 Ulnce Over uu and Saturdav. 41-tf Juauu - 6-ly I1El'l'lU _ 5145 uuuuw 46-]y_[ wen QPOSSBG, us sue nun: _ . Oh, very, Mrs. Gray answered; smooth- ing out the child's skirtuio as to-display the ne and deep embroidery. Unusually so. All its clothes are of the finest" andmost ex-V pensive description. I f.hnno`h1'. an: it; doesirt look. like at com- Mrs. Gray, Booties said, she: vgry well dressed, 13 she not?" A (501; u-vA\-t! via (1!-av nnawnfnd, -!nOOtb.- nslve uescmp uuu. _ I thought so: it doesn t_ like a mon child, eh? _ . ' Not at all. replied thelady, promptly. Well, Bootles told her, Pve been most unmercifully chuffed, which was only to be expected; but the colonel takes my word about it, and of course the others don t mat- ter. I can't think, though, why the mother has chosen me. * urn. ......I1 ...... mm r`nv\.f'. `l1`a~m-arc cnid has chosen me." . T _ Ah. well. you see. Capt. Ferr_ers._S1d the adjutant`s_ wife, with a smile, _``It is. rather inconvenient sometimes to have 3 character for goat kindness of heart. I should say you are the greatest favorite in the regiment, and, naturally enough, the oicers ` speak 0: it sometimes in society. `Oh,', Bootles is this. and Booties is `that; `Booties wouldn t turn a dog from his _door; `Bootles would share his last sixpenoe with a poor chap who was down, and so on. I have heard, Capt. Ferrers, of your empty- ing your pockets to divide among three poor tramps who had begged no more than apipe of tobacco. I have `heard of your standing up for"-with a deeper smile-a-tho. poor devils of casuals; and if I hear it, why not others? why not the mother of this child! 'I`nuA , `Dyna. T I-Idnb urnn an ntrnwnnf-A nnu U1 cvury uinullpunuu. `as; v. .....-.. ..--_ - - prom t and careful attention. IN FANTS` OUT ITS and WEDDING TROUSSEAUX a SPECIALTY. . A Send for circulars with full particulars. 104 King street. West. Toronto. . 14-26 IIIII-IUIBI VVLIJ IJUU UIIU ILIUUIJUI VI. UIAIU VI-lJ&\lU True. But I think you all overrato my character," Bootles replied, modestly. You know I don t go in for being` saintlv 5% all. 'l`hnt'. in -Ines. it vnnriid vnn wnnl hnrn Know 1 don't 2'o_1n Ior oelnz saunmv an am." That Is just 1t. If you did you would have no more inuence than Maj. Allardyce, whom every one laughs at. But you don t; you are one of themselves, and yet you will, always help a man who is down; you will do any unfortunate creature a good turn. Oh, Ihear avgood deal, though you choose to make hght of it. And you know, Capt. Ferrers, we are not told that the good Sam- aritan made a great spluttering about what he did; but the professional saints, the priest and the Levite, passed by, on the otherside. Vn11 own want? nnwnniirnnnfnrw `nnnfflau uuu IQJU I-IUVLIICQ UIJ U140 UUI->101 .5l.\AU. You are very complimentary, Bootles said, blushing alittle; much more than I descrve,`I m sure. The fellows, laughing _at the remembrance, Were much less merci- ful. Then about the child. Dawson sug- gests sending it -to the police station, the colonel to the vvorkhouse; and one means the other, of course. ` ' ` `M -.. r:....-. ,........1.4. 44... . ,.|.:i.: .'.1..-.. I........,.4. uvyu av. wiS`z;1:;,U(:`r1'ay caught the `child to her. breast ' with a cry of dismay, and Bootles Went on: uvm T .~,...1-..., "N. A... ..1.m.+ 4+ 'r ..,.....u' A '+"+;,f ;;er;:f";;:1a`;;1:;;;`::. "`i;.;.;:; ` do it, and that s all about it. It would be on myconscience all my life. Besides, some day the mother might come back for 1t,. and though, of course, as the co`.onel.s'ays, there is no claim upon me,` yet if for thesake of a few pounds I had turned the pOO1'.1il3e ber_r~ gal` adrift, ruined its 1ife--why I- simply cou1:ln t face her, and that s all about it. And besides that, Mxjs. Gray, I have a lurk- ing suspicion that the letter is genuine, and that it was not writtent.o or in_ten`de;l for me. It reads to me _-like the letter of a. woman who was despemmte. ' ~ ' I .uv,.,. .. ..mm..... ....m+1..-...,. 1\..,m .mQ\AIIt\"l\ I IV\Jl1I.C|ll `V uu Iv nu) may-311141 cuvu. Yes, a woman must have been desperate .v indeed to willingly part with\such'z1 child as that, said Mrs. Gray, smoothing the gpld . baby curls. 2 . um. T +1..;..1, 4!-.. ....4-.-..... .~'. ....+...... -11 +1.... I.uI,IJ uul-an - So I think. for neture is nature all the ` world over,. Booties answered. And be- sides, to tell you the honed; truth, more is a resemblance in the child to some` one I knew once Yes? eagerly. . ' `fOh`no, not that! ' She is (lead. Shewas engaged to a fellow I knew, desperately fond ofxhim, and he-jilted her. Mr; Kerr? Bootles stared, Who to1d you/I He told me himself, Ithink to ease his mind, she answered, quietly. . T _ - Ah! Wall ` 1'4-. lzillnnl. I-mar . Q!-m` .l:...'I1 uuxiii; I MWKIE,"{twi:i`f1`$?iwt{r. 7 she died heart-broken. I saw her, he said, rising ` andgoing tothe window, whence he stood "staring out over the square, a few hours after she died. That child s mother may look like that now, and I can t and won t < turn it _udrit't, whatever the fellows or any . one else ` Chooses to think or say, and that's . till about it. - - . V .,.:,14_1,,,,, _1L. 1 I `II-. to ,,,,I bun. uuvuv Lu Two bright. tears gathered in Mrs. Gray's eyes, and falling, fell upon the baby s curls ` of gold, two priceless diamonds from the ` unfathomable and exhaustless mines of pity. For a moment or two there was V silence, broken at last by the child s laugh, as a ray. of sickly winter sunshine fell upon the- glit- i tering chain in its little hands.` The sound i recovered Bootles, who turned ijrom the 9 "..``2 A i i ' _ \r,__, re .,-n 1,- ,'_o- , n -n VV Llluu vv 0 ;And so. Mrs. Gray," the said, carefully . avoiding the gaze of her wet eyes, I have determined to keep the little beggar; but Harkuess. who's no fool, you know, has con: vinced me that it won t do to trust to any of the barrac'<" women tolook after her. There- fore, it you won t mind undertaking it for a. few days, I will advertise for a. respectable. ` elderly nurse to take entire charge of the j creature. I dare say I can arrange with ` Smithers for an extra room, and` you ll let mecome to -you for advice now andtben, .won t you? . `fun await -nnun (11111 vvvn\1" ninan I-n 1711.9`;-\ `nu-D _____________.._._.___._.__._..__... J S. J OHNSON. BARRIE, IMPOR'l`ER.0F . - and Deelernin Goals of all kinds. and Georgetown, Grey and Guelph White Finishing Lime. Cements of all kinds. Fire Bricks an Plasterers Hair. Storehouse at the Northern Railway Switch, foot of John street, near the depot. The bond or this Lime is better than that of any other kind. and the nish superior, Office -Corner of John and Ehzabeth streets. `. .VVUu U JULAO Mrs. Gray rose and went close to him,1ay- ` ing -hervhand upon his arm. _Capt. Fer- i rers, she said. earnestly, you will have your reward. God will bless you for this. (WM 1-Hanan rlnvf. KI:-:1 (Iv-cu-r 7 "Rand-Ina JULLJ IOVYGIILM U\.l "111 UJUEB JULI LUI 'I.:I.ll3 Oh, please \aon t, Mrs. Gray, Bootlzas stammered. Really, I d `ratgher you d cha. urn. `H . Mrs. Gray laughed .out;right.A A Well. you` know `what: my sentiments are, so for the futurel will cha you unmercifu1l_v. Come in, she added, in a louder tone, as a tap- \ tap sounded on the door. L ~ h \ Tho v\nnn1ina;n11 than { n'I1/xv-vp\.J I-nr `-11.0: gun IICIIII B\Jl|lL\L\7LI U11 lll-IK7 \J\J\,ll. The permission was followed by the on-. trance of -Lacy, who came in with a pleasant; TGood-er--morning, and a, soft` laugh at thesight of the baby on the sofa. T,, nv1:"\n11(v`\"- l\1r' III`.-`LIA.-. ..-....`l.`I L- I uuU_al5uu \ll. Ulalll Uu u_y uu uuu cuub. I--er--thought old . Bootles would be here, he explained. "And b_eside.s-`-I-er-T- wanted to _see the babay. S3em'3 to me, Bootles, he added, starting with an absurd air of reective wisdom at the infant, as if the face is somehow familiamto me. `Oh, I don t mean you. It isn t: a bit. like you. But there is a. likness, though I don't: know where \ toplant it. h ` " V 4 Js I/I V1es.- ILA } .w`.`Ai1l po_wraApI it: fwill, ` won't..~~ "The worst oftho ~a a;ir V is tl_1atit.is owreatdng a. pwrec:.dont-~n.t111j91'*wozjlds A4 w_rI-r,-v~-4w` ' V _M - . -1 Capt; Ferrers," she:sa.id, God will bless ; V V L V you for this. V _ - V _ T ; erhap; 112- 'wi1l g`row, suggested Boot BABY jment will come to." ``Ga.r---ah-gar-ah ! chuckled the sbjct of this speeclllilover` tchle glgld `1:`l :_:'51ug13"=P fLac sw'p.' `, uc --cu . A . 0 'Litt)ie beggah seems ~to~n'l It a. 8005- joke anv way, Laicy cried. Pm 9 SW1` 93 at.31m'sing. Out` &d.`E1lt8n"73 Wife in the VVh1 Le Dwragroons had t-hv_vree--Aall at 01199- 1 MW . Mrg_ Gwray, stick something 31,1, If d'1'n t 1; `1; t and show it wroun . anDa,re :90?) ?l (3316 asked. ` Daivre "I? Just twry. By-the-bye. We . ~ 1 cold tins morn1ng-V-ve wry cold. 11.... n .... .. nm....Pm~- fatnhnrl the n'hi]d s Mins. HAMMOND. FASHIONABLE DRESS AND MANTLE` _ Maker.,be 5 to inform Ladies living at a. dxstance that 3 e has opened 8. PURCHASING AGENCY, and is prepared to do SHOPPING of every description. All orglers wlil receive d h ha admituaj toAhi.1i`i iid7 t7;1ixtnis*' 1E:;1ght911imvt`;1e ne fpllovi 119 h_Wd him in the mess-room that mormng-"+"~`-Rd 1` we ire all inI1nd8t6dL:With babays I . don t; know, p1ail1tiV17o What the-"mg. : ` t ill ome to. _ - -m?3~..Y.V ,..1c._#......_.. h m nhnnkled the sub1ect: 001d E1118 moI'mng-,-va wry UU.|u.' Mrs. Gray therefore fetched the child s white coat and cap. and those other white ; woolen articles, which Bootles now discov- yered to be leggings. and quickly transformed the little woman into a. sort of . snowball. : p The two men watched the operation with 1 ; intense interest. ur.. .n..1.-... J-) ...~mnna'unmnIn laughed lessly; not a. bad name I01` nor." ` ` Vewry good, returned Lacy, preparing ` to resent arms. h A i am? BB%1`?=.. `%'e};`ahe`r%"inebi`.i 8 t`1E' left arm and marched on: to the anteroom, in front of which the officers were standing about, waiting for church. They set up a shout at the sight of him, and crowded round to inspect the new importation. Mademoi- selle Mignon bore the inspection calmly, con- scious pet-haps-as she was such a knowing little person-of the effect of her big, blue, star-like eyes under the white fur of her cap. L'TITl.-..-.6- .. um .31.- nin-. twnntv ve.1`s 3iur'11KU VJUE llL!LlU.l' DMD Vvuavw I-ILA um uu- `I b What a pity she ain t twenty yeefs ` older! was the first comment, and it was 3 ' sald in such a tone of genuine regret that all the fellows laughed again. Miss Mignon gobbled with 'satisfaction.;,, . A Seems a jolly little beggar, said another. Chut--chut-Tchut! remarked Miss Mig- U111 [J'i1I`1lU|'. ' ` . `-`Ah, well, nevah mind, Ga.rnet-nevah youlmind, Maj. Garnet, sir, cried. Ha.1"tog, . we shall all be dead by them but this being an exceedingly old and threadbare regimental joke was instantly snubbed in the face of the new and substantial one. L1'T-._ :4. ........` I-....J-1.9 plrxrvxniitqlll` `Nfnnu flan D011. l L\` nun. . . . V _ _ Never saw` _such 9. Jolly httge beggar In all my life, asserted another V0106. V u`D..,.++... .m~..-I: ehcll mnlin in the regiment I111 [Hy 111.6, IISSUL UUU I..l..|UlJl..I.U1 V UA\.Un I?retty work she ll make in the regiment sixteen or seventeen years hence, grumbled old Garnet. :11 1 -,.__~n -- _'__-L _._.'.;.:I' I`1..........4- nu-rah U116 18.06 Ul. uuu .l1UW u.uu. Duuauauuuu uuc. Has it any-' teeth? demanded Miles, the orderly oicer for the day. H'hnuH- bunny (Incrn vr'mr`1nnnH1 ]if'.f.]\' U110, v.DaLu',|Jou._y, 5::-vus_y. _ At` this point,Miss Mignon made a de- lighted" lunge in the direction of the belt across Miles breast. Lacy shouted, Whoa, ` whoa,vand Miles immediately backed out of I reach. Miss I\lignon s mouth went dismally down, ,unt:_il Lacy remembered the knob of his whip, and held it up `for delectation. Boo--boo! she crowed. - . o `_`By Jove! She can half say Bootles al- ready, ejaculated Hartoig. And here he comes. A ~ ' .L\v_, LI, , u `l\--LI-_ _-11`;.I ...-A.' ill-....... U. "E56: V Rents Servants k rov1ue< Oice up-stairs opposite Bank <" "- ' .-` _...' -., 7.