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yuyw dawn! luv swung. vuv Plyvl , Ulg` ` I He made no reply, except `to look Tabout him with a bewildered look, as one who won- ders what he is going` to do next. . . l MI! `I -... -n........a 4.-. 4.11. ...:n_...;. u...-,,, u I was going to say. Maria, when these interruptions began. the the:-_o-is something in noble blood which one .l'.W_||'k8. oi. thc very rst introduction-. It i-..s0mtl!inz-_- Here the door openod,-and ...Unc`.e Joseph was a thitd. timaxintarmptad. T. .Hc..sa.t back in hluchnir.-;and theable -with his but to: .i.1.gv;mome.ntA .boom.o. the thing.` which. tdlomd am . o_t `Inch 1:0 . and: E 1-:.'1'In: he. ;;;;"...m.' o :;,.;;.h...';;m.o Iron-.9-Ly hair. short ofmhturo. And`ot:thlch uuuwenvuwuegg annual nuvxltggul uuu gugu `uh!-`U. altlaf. More the adbzen different rituals- t 111! of tati very one complete and dif- ` fet, and all to be worked exact and word for word. All those rituals at my ngers -ends, without aw or bitch, and me thelman deputed to work them for instruction, for raising and advancing; and a separate dram for each, with its own jewels! The aprons and the sea:-is are up stairs, with the jewels. But the rituals--they mus_n t be `written, and there's no one anywhere who knows them like me. They've got a young man` in my place. I trained him. But "as for comparing him with me-well,. I pity the young man! They will make comparisons, and-- Oh, good Lord i ? V . V This unseemly interruption was due to the doctor, who suddenly jumped up with this profane oi ,. He dropped back, however, and sat down again, gazing about him with j a look 0! the blankest amament. Thestart and the cry might have been forced from him by suddenly sitting on a pin, or by ~ exasperation beyond endurance with Uncle Joseph s tedious prattle, or by some sharp internal pain, or by the recollection of some ifrightful omission or blunder. But that look of amazement--what did that mean? (-11... -.i---..sn -'..:-.1 `ll..- 1-e_____,, AL, I, ,; I avvn vs (Del-IuvuUllUlJlI"`VVl.lliU Lllll IILIIIII ll-ICGLII "Gra.cious! cried Mrs. Cronan; what has come to you, my dear?" . Nothing, said the doctor. V He picked up the paper which he had dropped, folded it very carefully, and nlnlln it `In hi: nnnlrnf__.n l>.I-rlnn quhh-.1` Inn 1...! ua vrlnna I vauvu Ill 1 VI. 1.304 01.111! , J uuu placed it in his pocket--a thing which he had never been known to do in all his life before. There must be_ something the matter, his wife -persisted. Is it toothache? "It is nothing, be repeated; nothing of the least importance to us, or to anybody. "Then it issomething, ?_said Norah, -`fan something that concerns you, at least,` papa; and it is something that you reagi in the paper. Let me read the paper, too._. ,- - I-In rnnn I-an rnnln Avon`-ale J-A Inn!----I.-`.-L ucna vvuuv no to 5011.15 I.U IJU 11610. 1 `-1: I am allowed totalk withoultl being \ interrupted, said Uncle Joseph, -ix-ritubly, I was going to say, Mar-ia--" , ND... 1.0- ...... M. n... ..-..__ as _...u -n_`__; um . ...... .a...{.. ....a. 4- ..:..1... want svaua In: an], `Papa, let me see Al-[GT JG the paper, said Nomi; T.` A _ _ _ A _- .LUll UGIJU |l.I.l|LUl'U|la\I, LVU VV\)' man can. my beyand 1:1: mm 1 ts 991 understand sh sub1in`iIt'r? 13% entric- nnv hm than n 131...... A........o .:+....I.. `T`i`:.V'e often thought, Maria, the old man "continued, that I should have liked one of your boys totake up the same line But of cour.-`e it is too much to expect of them. It i_s 9. gift. Such a man as myself <;a.n t be -made. He is born, as they say of 9. poet. Either}; young has the genius or he has not. Lord! n1o'st Whth'6i` in the chair {or past it, have got no more real knowledge of the ritua whatever the de- gree, than they have of t 9 Roman mass. r\P nnuvvaa T tInn7I- `sumac-v u-o`I....L 54 8. 19 ..-.'.I 5: co, uuau uucy uavv UL uuu ;.\uu.Iu.u u1lluBB." Of course I don't know what it is, said Mrs. Cronan; but "I've `always under- nfnnd V "10 IPIWWVBGISIGIY OI OVOIT IIIOIIUI. Wye- r.:"t...`."2..ms- $.32:-*..3:; "%*'......:: no 0 o o . Air for painless extrggtlng 5 speolo`ty. 8-ly .--.._.-.--.j v:uuu:vu Luau \AAu II-UU JULU LU any |JUl|_V. It; gannot, Uncle Joseph, no more than a smile. `A179 u .u . . up . _ .. .- QLILI IILIO EICWU ECPU, III-I\.4lUo The highest in the land,'. he replied, sol- emnly. I have initiated and raised to the most sublime degrees royal princes and the y noblest of the nobility. young and old. As i for dukes, marquiaes, earls an:l barons they have been under my hands, meek and obedi- ent, by the hundred. I've lozt count of baronets, and knights I value not at all. Yes, Maria, itgives a man some satisfaction in his old age to feel he's done so much good and been so greatly honored. No doubt such a life bestows an air of distinction. I put it on with my evening dress. The jewels are up stairs. It would not be proper to adorn my breast with those splendid regalia out- side a. lodge. I can leay , m 'oWrl." your children, Maria, btit ngt I e gir 0?-l(l1S: tinction. That can t.be left to anybody. Tf. nnrvnn Tlnnln .Tnez-yd: -an vr|t\-mt; 41.-.. .. uupanlvs J I U&.L.|u4ALI3o Indeed, Uncle Joseph, we are all` proudof you. ' HA...-1 An. T ... 4...... .!.-u.--... Ln .. .....nn.'n~. Uncle Joseph, in fact, had,-_.!16e,l,1'f0!' 901119 thing like thirty years Aha" of` 8 very exal.ed insziunon in Masonry, much grander than grand io" ;e. In t_h1s`capacity- for which he was ticte by a very extraordi- nary memory and as great a. genius fol` OOPS` . menial as if he had been grand charnberlain -he was constantly occtibfed in Visitixig lodges, and conducting the mysterious func- tions of the higher" degrees, those of which the humble wearer of the blue apron have no knowledge, and the outer world no an- preciation. He spent, as he rrou lly toid his niece, nearly every night of his life in this work, and as the function in every right- minded lodge is always followed by a ban- quet, there was certainly no other man in the whole world, outside of "royal circles, - who had- consumed such .an enormous quantity, of champagne and was `possessed of a _ ner palate. But to all things there cometh an end. The secretary grew old. He began to find traveling wear='some;. his memory. began to fail him-,-it was whispered that he had once imparted the secrets of a higher instead of a-lower degree by mistake, I, truly dreadful thing to, do, and believed to have caused the earthquake in Java; things began to be-said about alipshod conduct of `the work; and. nally, the council resolved that the time was come when he must resign. They gave him, however, a pension of 100 a year, , which he brought to the Cronan household, where he came to lodge and to grumble. His champagne was cut o'-i+ was gone for good. .He would never .n-alasl- taste of that divine drink. No wonder that the old man-wept `heavily and was always discontented. For he craved continually af- 'ter champagne. He found some consolation in pntting on his dress clothes every night, and in talking over the once splendid past he had a sympathetic listener in his niece, and he found gin and water "a -substitute. for ,champagne-inadequate, it is true, but bet- ter than nothing. HTL 1-..." L.\.. .. I` L...l1.....L nnnn nun ]".\..:n H Inn IICI Ill.-IQLI LJUDIJIIJKO It has been a. brilliant. career, Maria, he said. `Few men---it has often been said in my own pre:ence-ha.ve sat at. more or at nobler banquets. I doubt it any man ex- cept a. prince, and he must} be a prince of seventy at least. has drunk more champagne than your poor uncle. Yet such a life has its drawbacks; you can t save money by eat- ing and drinking; the more brilliant it is, the more champagne you drink; the less chance you've get of saving. V You can't save cham- pagne, and now, you see`, nothing but the memory remains. HTv.J-n.-I Tl'To.n1.\ Tnnnul. turn noun A11`...-nu.-I AC J uu. And `now I'm come down to a. pension of a hundred a. year and to gin-and-water. Give me another glass, Maria. A Gin-and- water! 1:17- __.__,`L 4: 2,1, ,1: 41,, 1 ,,, ,,,-,4,., ,,,,,1, vv uvu: I x You must think of the banquets, uncle, and the great company you kept, uncle. Tho `iurrlinnf, in +'\(.\ `IIVIA " Ln mnv\1I'nr` an`, $26 -V-DWI DIZII ll 7. Mbi-"o t I, J 11:` 4f 5 __ ` . `.6u can`t undorstgpd, Marla. No wo- n nan `m. I-..a'x...a n...c.. :..+..n..-.n+. +1. H.'LYONo PRIVATE FUNDS T0 LOAN` -' "*`` %``:i:'2?3::`::aa::m:;* ` ~33` I c 1 `-:`+? c`- u?=. 53.-at .1:-tam b.ousht.e2=_ sold. Conveyancing in all its nrancnes. mar- I riage Licenses Issued. Ofnoe-Over Canadian Rank of Commerce. Dunlnn street. 45-117 . THE NORTHERN ADVA1\IQl1;_.% 5115 uuov uuu u. luv l uur uuuuuuu. ' ' "Oh, cried Norah, throwing her arms about her father's neck, I am so glad! You poor dear! You shan t go any longer slav- ing like a. postman up and down the street all day; you sha`n t be waked up by a bell and made to go out in the middle of the night,'as if you were a railway porter; you sha n`t any more make u your own medicines; you shall hand over a] 5 our pa ients. to anybody who likes-4-give them to Hugh. if you like. What will Hugh say whenthe nds out that I am the Honorable Norah--or `are .we the Ladies Calista and Norah? ` auuv v auvvuuv uauumnlu uuu uuu aeuunu. 140111 Clonsilla. When last I heard anything about it, Lord Clonsilla had a son, and a married brother, and a first cousin; all these stood between me and the title. Was it worth talkingabout? I had no money; I had never spoken to the` Viscount, or set eyes on him. Nor had my father before me. What was the good of my great relations! Great relations are always good, said his wife. If it hadn't been for the elder- man, my grandfather, and my Uncle Joseph, where would have been the family pride! At all events, my Lady, said Mr. Mur-` ridge, there is no doubt possible on the `sub- ject. The late lord's only son died twenty years ago unmarried His brother, it is true, was married, but he had no children. And the iirst cousin, who was the heir pre- sumptive, died three months ago, also with- out oi!spring-S. P., as we say in genea'.o- gies. Consequently, the next heir to th coronet and title is-your husband. ` "n}| l'\Oil|`I `la -4\o-I.. ._ L __ Q-IILU I-l\J VLLU I-lL(Il\L l..IlLLIu "A visooun ! My grandfather was an alderman-an yet-- H acintb, c;an t you speak? Why have I not . .-n tld? II> a .a..1... ............:- ..-..1 _._3-----_n. -, - bpuaxu vv uy nave 1 ;1U_l: .?'{.in 1301.0!" W8 Like, A q_uis, ear Viscount and baron, atone mid Enig 6, unless you reckon the raxiks of grand lodge and the Thirty-third, said Uncle Joseph. Really, Maria, on such an occasion IU'l`L..... nu... _. ....... .'.. 4.-Iu.... _, 3 anus: LID IIIJ D|l\-Ll MAI V\4vGGlV`A There was no use in telling you of a. change which seemed. so imposdble, said the doctor. ' ' LlA_j?\.. . . _ vusv uvvuul o "A".`.'. 1'99 been married to a. nobleman : cousin for ve-and-twenty years, and never knew it. lift` I I u C a V- .- r BIIUW IV: : Only his second cousin once removed." i said the doctor. "My dear, I told you the ` truth. My father was in the civil service, as I told you. His grandfather was the ` vinliflf ant` `Rn nnnAusA T -_.I vvxu Jvu. A113 `I ul.lU.|lI|zl.lUl` W33 Una ; V scount Clonsilla. and the second Lord ` ('"t\1-`c3114: mun `I`..I `I I.--...I -.__Alh 50. Plans and speomoauons I01` ouuumgu pre- mix-ed. Town and Village Lots laid out. Farm es caretull located; Timber limits examin- od, 8:0. 8:0. ox-onto 0lce-4 Mail Buildings. Barrie moo--MoCart.hy a Block. Collingwood 0loe-Long`a Block. Tnos. xnxmnmr. Mumxcm Gavmnnn. ' W .1 , I-l nr.t.nun_ 51.117 Al-Ll F. \.JA uuuu GSGILI, VVLIIIIJ III Iuuuun. It means, my lady, said Mr; Murridge, , bowing 1ow-t'hough he was an old friend of the family, and had never bowed low be- fore--it means nothing less than that your noble husband is the Right Honorable the Vis- 1 count Clonsilla, of the Irish peerage." Nothing I Iess, Iassure you." A `A1111 ..: .... .....cm ....:-.:I 11-....1.. 1-......_1_ ` avuo, J. CLXUAU JV. A lord viscount! said Uncle Joseph. There was a. Viscount once-he was a. Tem- plar. Maria, there ought to be, on this occasion, 9. bottle of champagne. ` Nothing less, repeated Mr. Murridge. And nothing more, "said his lordship, But no one heard him. ` cesslon DU um uu uvs u. I don t know, either--h said the doctor. u-tr--- 1......-. 1' usnnnan HP. ` the doctor. _ T You have, I suppose, seen the evening pal- pers? The paragraph is in 1111.0! t_hem. ` wonder how these editors get Rid of newsso quickly. The news of his lordship s death arrived this morning only. . But my two cousins!" One of them died three years ago and the other three months ago. Good heavens! cried the doctor, sinking into his chair. s " Papa, said Norah, something has hap- pened. I think you had better let me see the paper. '1 Inc. Ann`n-r cia'11Ad_ but he dI'8W `JV 1 Kllllilll I `3`S;!;.t does she niean? asked Mrs. Cro- nan, helplessly. . TVA cumin :1" an ...-.A....4.. our-ur` Lnnnunklna IIQLI, I.IUl}IJE3I]n We are all viscouuts and honorables. 011, sold Yorah, what will Hugh say!` what will Calista say? Good gracious-I It`s like 9. dream I" (177,, I 1 In 1' I I ; 1 in I I ` now on ul Ucuul 6 Hyacinth, tell me this instant, cried Mrs. Cronan again, what it meana. H. rnnnnc m u'1..Ae. :1 ....'.J M. ` 1u'......:.:..... mild: but not'fat;'a.tr-an of hard. face- hardness in gray eyes, hardness in his rm-set mouth, hardness in his chin. As he stcodin the doorway; Norah, who had her mind full of her novel, thought he looked - 1.....u...a nnrnn fn mll un everybody or her novel, tnouguu 1.19 .w...... like a. landlord come to sell up` everybody without pity; Nobody knew him better iran herself, and her knowledge of him did not make that resemblance impossible. For Ixlurridge was her employer; she was his piuvate secretary. _ I don t know, doctor, said the visitor, whether Iought to offer you my condo- lences over the death of your illustrious cousin, or my congratulations on your ac- cession to his honors. ' know, either--hang met if Ido!' (lauguwr. m While she ran her eye` down the columns nobody spoke. Mrs. Cronan held a needle in suspcn e at the very moment of actlon; Uncle Joseph ceased drumming; Mr. Mur- ridge smiled superior as one Who knows What is coming, and the doctor looked more miser- T able and foolish than at any previous situa._- tion in his whole life. an 1.-.... c........: um .....'...I 1\T.-mash "T.isfAn. 11380 1410611309 LDEHUU-9 V11lVV"UVUr Uunuuuu Bank of Commerce. Dunlap street. , 45-ly D1011 m 1115 wuuw LILU. I have found it I cried Norah. V Listen, mother. Where is Daffodil? where is Ca- lis 9.? The children ought to be taken out of bed and brought down. Oh, here `is news! Listen, everybody. Papa, is. it possible? You knew it all before, and you told none of us--not even me. Mother, didn't you know?" - - us-7 ' .1 I, ,,.__.In_ LL... `.1... n1r'tl'|_ 111'. el'l`1].pL6(l , reuuiug U1'Ul1U`.1IU3bLy_; `We have to announce the death of Hugh Hyacinth, Viscount Clonsilla, of the Irish peerage, which took place in the island of Madeira a fortnight ago. Lord Clonsilla was born in Dublin in the year 1810, and was therefore in his seventy-fth year. He mar- ried, iu 1836, Ursula, daughter of Sir Pat- rick McCrath, baronet, and had issue one son, who died unmarried in the year 1866. I The late lord never took any active a part in politics. ' The heir toithe title is Hugh Hya- ; cinth Cronan, Esq., M. D., the great-grand- M son of the first viscount and son of the late Hugh Hyacinth Cronan, formerly of the Irish civil service. Dr. Cronan has been for many years practicing a} a physician in London. THERE I L1'11`|, , L I , , , ,,, - nu I, _ 3 II. 11..- into his chair. hap- '1he doctor sighed, but he thething out of his pocket and handed it to his Kn`";c:.'11r mother's grandnfathef, the alder- m'an--" Uncle Joseph began; but Norah inferriipted, reading breathlessly: as 1xr,.1....... +. .......-..m,.., +]n Anoth nf 'Fl nnrh y;-5 ,-'::'t5:"C. his W.` 05-: -dr`Q...g* .. `up - (1.6. . .:`*;.. 3* % __A _ . sl`a.a`1%u t-g o a :nv'ouaer" .z..m like a madman; A _r,_ _....N you; Jinn king-at-urine, herald or purshivanz, rouge dregon, rouge` croix;.blueme.nt1e and port- cullie. Mr. Murridge poss essed no other title then that of plain Mister, which we are not expected to enjoy. It was reported of him by thoee who regarded him es en interloper and an nnquilitled practitioner, that he originally been apprenticed to a die sinker, and was afterwards employed in engraving caste-of~erms for one who kept l_, hhereldie vshop, ornamented out- sidagbys _t1DlI1ld"d 6518169 f- $10-thly worm like nn_t( he}dreon"_qt_jSpiudleeton Heugh. I5tervrNns tr-d CHAPTER III. _ ` LONG MORNING IN THE CITY. Mr. Mun-idge was by profession a geneal-' ogist. This is a trad In which are few com `of thg pper `house, beingfcalled king-`at-arms,` pm-st`1_lvant., i dfnn-nh man...` ......".I.._- LI- uunuuuu all!) via um plus!" "It can t be helped, Maria, said the via- count. But; I wish { been so great a. fool. your; husband had not 3 \ Why, on the present occasion, Uncle Jo- i aeph went on;` `.`an occasion which may never ` happen again in the history of the lodge-- M why, Maria.-_-why is \ there no champagne? Thank you! I will 1ake--.yes-I wnll take of Din and mhfnn 7 _....,.... Jvul ;. vuu nuxe-`yes-J anolher glass of gin and_.w'a_t;er. 1 JOSEPH `ROGERS, CONVEYANCER. COM- miasloner in Queen's Bench, Auctioneer. Atpalser. and Commission Agent for the Isle_ 0 da ouses, Len . Farm Stock. Household Irm-nn.m-n. Gnodl- Wu-ea. sac. Also for the ('fen1den"Tow and live at the West End-- Notting even-Norah s knowledge of the west was limited-`;and' drive about in our own carriage, and go to theatres every night. Daodil Will giveup the hospitals `and go into she hous.e-- Perhaps we shall all go into the house, Norah, my dear, saidher father, grimly. Oh, you willgo into the upper house." Of course, there's acres and acres or land in Ireland- acres, the novels oall thorn" -Mr. Murridge coughed, and the doctor changed co1or-and a country house. What is the name of our country house? Oh! I know it is 9. beautiful, grand old place, _ 1-.-- .....A ....,.m. and 11 lnvalv garden. vnnu nun,-an vuu uvllnyulc vvuu 10. ``Maria.," said Uncle Joseph, we will all move upward, immediately, into the highest society, and we will have a. banquet, with champagne, every night. On all points of etiquette rely on me. There will be, of course. waiters in evening dress. It will bg exa.ctly_ like a _l)o_.nquet of a high dggme) on1y +L..L 'I...u... ....`n t... ............. . that Indies will be resent. 3:5 -I'ua:11'tHl `Elk wear myhjewels. f cofzrse I shallsit on the right hand of the chainnan and respond for the craft." Oh. Uncle Joseph 1 murmured Lady Clonsilla, carried away by the splendor of his imagination. An fnn Rh: I.\...I..L.'._ `I _:n ;_-o o - luau uuuasauuvxuu. I As {or his lordship, I will take himin hand at once---" .I have been the most almighty tool, said his lordship. And initiate him to the loftiest degreea I'll do it with my own hand, and theuhe willibe a credit and an honor tothe illus- trious peerage ot_ his native country. I can't initiate you. Maria, nor the girls, be- cause you are females, but the boys I can, and I will; and when they are Knights Template, Mark Mastters, Royal Arches and Thirty-seconds, they will not be ashamed to talk with any one, and will be lit to share in the very highest society like their great- uncle. He drank half hisglass atagulp, and went on rather thicklv. nnintina Inn .1... uuvlv. e no uranx mu: ms glass at a gulp, thickly. pointing to the doctor: "Look at him, . Maria! He is a nobleman all over. Blood in his veins and aristocracy upon his upper lip. Didn't. I `always say there was a something in your husband above his pills?" It nnn f. ha ha}.-....a u._:- H V -- - -- * "-\ -rv ofva hi #9 1 ladies will be 3% 1g;'{,:{,:$_ ` nraar vnu'IAn.\`.g 0 .\;.c...... `I _|.-ur o. Iii? DI-I\aLl LJUIJLC IJI\I\I\al `ll JUUI `$1.111 My dear, he repeated, I didn't know `therewas the least chance of the peerage. It's the most extraordinary thing that ever happened. And, Maria, he added, rubbing his chin, I believe I ve made the greatest - fool of myself` ever known. I ll go and see Murridge about it to-morrow. But I am sure of it, beforehand. There never was a greater fool in all the world than your hus- band, Maria." llf\I_ II ,,,! J 1?." I I to nu- - gu -ruu.uuu.uA Au. Uul but ILIUIIS Shall I, In; dear? I wonder where it is. What is more to the point is, whether the _ late lord left any money, and it so, whether he ier`: any - to me. There ogrtainly never could have been a greater fool than your father, child. Esau s case is about the only one which can compare with it. Ila:-So " an-it` TT....L. T.\_-_L l(.__ __ -an on uuuug gnu; uh Oh, cried Norah again, you will look so beautiful in your cor met! nkn T rnw Anon} T inn-..I.._ ._L-.._ 3L 1- know it is oeaumul. SW11 W t'""" } with 9. lake and swans, and a lovely garden. \ and the most wonderful glass houses, and 3 l Scotch gardener. I haven t read Miss Brad- don for nothing. ` ull'1I_ -_.. .-an. n nnuinfwir l'In`|`lEH nnce. 1 xm3T1T ILEEE - Architects, P. L. Surve ors. Valustors, 30. Plans and specications or buildings pre- nnlnn, Town and Villnsra Lots laid out. Farm (1011 I01` Lluuunus. . There was a country house once. It was called Castle Clonsilla. But I believe it tumbled down years ago. The late lord never saw the place since they shot at his father and hit the` priest. Well, then, there must be a grand old- o1d-venerable-ancient--romantic history of the house. You will tell us the family history, wo_n t you. as soon as we settle down? All the men were knights without fear, and all the ladies were beautiful and without reproach." , I will tell you at once. About 200 years ago there was an attorney in Dublin named Hyacinth Cronan-Creeping Joe they called him, so greatly was be admired. He made his son a barrister, and the barrister lecame a judge, and the judge was made, for certain political services, ' Lord Clonsilla-Crawl- ing Joe, his friends called him, to distinguish 1.1.. Pan-nnvl Mu fnthnr His: son. for other 61(JrVI.|AnIn-U Juua \J\I\l\J`LllElJlI` LIIJ aJvA\ao He bowed very low, much lower than is expected by viscounm as aerule, and retired. I was about to `remark, Maria, said Uncle Joseph. when we were interrupted by Mr. Murridge, that I had always observed `something of the air of rank in your; hus- band. It was certain, to me, that he was of noble parentage. though be concealed the fact from friends who would have appre- ciated its importance. llTT___ _--, N- _,_,n_-1 I ,,_, as 1-! o :1 nc vauuvu Ava Ll.l4I`l\JI IELIIJU Yes: you never told me. Oh, Hyacinth!" said his wife. reproachfully. It would have made us all so happy to think that you I had such noble blood in your veins." `IY7l't1`D I-an -nounnbn I`? A}.-I..`L I._A_.` mg Joe, ms Inenus cuuuu uuu, uu u..=.....5....... him from his father. His son, for eminent political services, was raised a step in the Irish peerage at the time of the trnion. That is all the family history, ----`- - ~--`I T --- L--_..-.I :5 Tenn rv-nun}: fn Inn 1111101]. `Luau 13 an uttu All-I-I-`"1 """-V v -Norah; and I am hanged If I_see much to be proud of when it is told. _ t-`M n+ mm A! Hum 9 amid nnnln .Tn.<'.nnh. S0 pI'O1l(1 OI wueu 1|: 1:: uuu. ` Not one of them, said uncle Joseph, so much as a provincial grand master." Oh! And no banshee? no ghost? no white lady? Are you quite sure?" asked Norah. Not even so much as a. family bogey, my dear. 14717 11 1:, ,,. ;I_ -__- 1.. _ 1.-.... `nl\tII\ &I\VU\, ILUCII 0 Well, then there is 9. town house some- where, I am sure. `I hope it is in Ireland. I feel real Irish already. To-morrow I shall try The Wearing of the Green. Where is om` beautiful town house--La.dy CIonsil1a sT town house, where she will live in the season with her daughters, the Ladies - Calistaz. Norah, Honor and Kathleen? UVFI-nu-A nnnzl 4-A I-an nno n1-ran {rm nu1T\13n Ixnf &` LI] G I], 'L.IllLJ\Il GLIKL LAO! ULLA\.I\-ILL 6 Tl_1ere used to be one over in Dublin, but I suppose it's been sold long ago. VT.-CII '6-I-.nun a {Jun 9v'|I\v\(l19 our` flan r`1'n{>11 L uuyyuau III a uvvu uvnu Avul u.-Ev. . Well, there s the money and the dirty acres, Norah persisted. T try-:aL QOAII non/u3_rn':o`\l! 1.11:`:-I ("Ins-\a{11n ,7 EDI ca, 4.1 VI 14.1.: 1191 DlD|l\l\.Io o I wlsh you good-night, Lady Ctonsilla, said Mr. Murridge. Once more, I con- " gratulate you. Good-night, my Lord. `Ha Fusvrn-at` wnww `Ava vvlnuts Invnnn O`-ant-u `c Real Estate Agent. Calgary N. W. '1`. ndence solicited with re toinvest- manta `Province of Alberta. .W.T. A. W. MOVITTIE. Address Calgary. via. Benton, `Mhnfgnn `I T,.Q_ A W. MOVITTIE, D. L. SURVEYOR AND Oorres Q. UOIIIDIUIU III In--- M Harm For ten earn, ca 3 Jennie - all of Wulhoebgrg, Ont , :'I did 9` '3" :;,,,;is. _dIy9-was all broken down Wlilht 7 Three live: cam ` t. cntarrh and dab ',,, Bu!` . - 03.4 hope for me. ';am_ It d'90,`Bl_Ood `Bitten came *0 my ha. I mdicino 1 have '" .`;u .u 1 ghitfor` tho` hnnet ot allot: ' A Ill! IBDIDI`. and wnem we 121.0110`! "' -his own business, never stoP5 t ` `but his son is doing. and 110W 11 his own position and work. I-lull: UVCI LIIU BIJVIJUD-`Lu: Vv--""' then: when it was completed, eSP9<`iY imeln had been any diiculties or sharp Pmbut hi? * M.` 1:. Ah! .....+ A... on nnmvlallls 1) Been d. . Poe ` did `mommies is ni:'1 madg dam twcsharp pracm. ._ when 280011 ,i 1 continuamplin, but his 9 houfhn for Q young, grumpy. It 93 a secret '= H1 ' future Eru g9 agamsg ox-bed in hi; 3` er . and whe D. the father. abs to consider 1 'mr`vel h`m from school at an 9:1? great auvunnages. H Unluckily for D"ck, he was not nllowgji put these principles into prnotfco in an 1h`1;._ pendent way . Mr. Murridgo I9. -U"d`1 1; busin's ac: a thing to be kept t0$*`th"' handed down as a property M hi 5 1|:ere ore. without am question as f0 D -`Iht`? aptit-"de for genealogical rcs ~nr<`h `and L arc of ckthinga man with It I1`gn`e' 1 Is` am` 3` ' _ _ . s` I It, plae'l hxm in ms own back oufv IMF - ..1. gave him copying work. You cannot W` _ . -1f`,f5 b 3' Cari) out any of there 1mn11t1fu1Pf*?- and nmxims on mere coyying "'k' d ` Iv - II` ._...'A-rn (`Gui i5Tc was uu uup, av_ vu apuun, cv c-r _v cu:-uiug. "1 have taught my son, sir, Mr. Ml1I'I'ir ge explained, to despise the common can: about honor, friendship, justice, charity and the rest of it The world is full of crea- tures who live by eating each other. There is no other. way to live. We come into the city Wary day to eat each other. and to de~ lend ourselves against those who wouldeat us. The way is to make as much money as `'0 pouibly can. As for honor, it means that you must play {air where it is your in- forest, and friendship means putting other people on to a good thing when you can't get it for yourself. and in exchange for another good thing. Benevolence means keepingthe people you are eating up in good temp) Dick quite understands the world. There is no nonsense about Dick. Justice means having all you can get-a.ll that the law &1' lows-to the last penny, and never-forgiViB1 anybody. I have made the boy thomuhiy understand these principles Ht` WSW life with a. clear head, and no sentimental humbug." ' To :- ...-.5 -04-- u...u. .. 1.,...'.. ...'mm nro Tm; ...........5. It is not often that n bo_v`s views based upon the rst elementc of W` ciety, and Dick certainly began 4 great advantages. 1'T..1-_._I_:|__ 1-... -4. 1-- __..- ...-.4 .11 As regards Master Dick it might 1:-Ea Of him. as of 3 great many others. that he would doubtless have been different had Es training been other than what it was. Y9" his education was not neg}:-cted. At sch-t-`J he learned only the things most useful `J comnyerial life, as a good hand, accounts and book-keeping, short hand, French and the art of writing a business letter. He also had the advantage, being a day boy. or his fath- M er s experience and practical wisdom, which was on tap, so, to speak, every evening. "I `tau-vn fauna-pl-.4 nu-v nII\r\ an V `[9 `JI1l'1"i:{!F l l 1 VUJJ 6\.I\l`A out unc IJL 4 His ofce was in Finsbury C11-cuz, wher: he had two rooms on u 5cr'riI)I .-,Q_~_._-L; front room large and light, lacking 01;: 3 the open place; the backroom small anl dingy, looking upon the Limbo of Chlmnevg -workshops, back building-`, out-houses ail grimy yards which one finds in that par: 9; ` Iondon. On the door rosts below hlsname was painted: Second Floor, Jam: Mtg. RIDGE. His own room was furnished with one very large table-geneaJ0gists, mm civil engineers, require `great tah1es-aal another very small one; he had 3 gm: book case, full of books of reference. such as Dugdale, Douglas, Tonge, Beltram, Wot:-7:1, Collins and Lysons, a really valuable r.r.l~ lection; as for the country histories. rm needs-the resources of a Rothschild to` pog- se them. There was also a large-sizel safe in a. corner, and there were tin boxes pei one above the other, as in a solicitors (re, and there were three or four chairs. T4: room at the back was not, properly s;+a`.:- ing, furnished at all. That is to say, lli7l'r3 was a table at the window with a blot::::- pad, and an inkstand and a chair befr-rs. 1: There was another table l>e.~1'leIl1 c- regla-s. with a heavy copying r)l`e.~S upon it. the kind with a handle and` a screw. This `ML? for the L-oy_' clerk, who postal the letters, copied them and ran errands. The it-tier table was for Richard Murridge. His son and the clerk, together with the private secretary, o:.~..~ pleted Mr. Murridges staff and f0l`llle`~ll.1: ac!-nh`|~ig1-mm-.. L ' UuBlU f`.3. M1; Murritlg-`, oJr.-3:.-.` R.Il\IV\v\I `ELI n LZLK` establishment, L _ , 1 an-atgvsgvu Au uuu 1.111` 193, and in thin It the practice of himself into a s: family history. A If-I-unnonk LL-.. and there are, be~ides th vfully occupied in tracing p.-,-(1 `lines of descent. convert V is a very lucrative branch of th ,-pages Of blank papa-1': or a .hrp -A.`-1_ , OJ -OHJVVIJO I "'"`t Although there are not; mmvli h it is sometimes pl'()t.'1h]C. -h0r1t..etra',` always the new rich` W cm!` there ~,_.._ to prove that they 111 ve alxra-,~3 318' 1) d.~,;-: friends little sus' ected it. rml'.';r },,:iw:ht`l~ ' the class Which rule; by ri ` ` M` ' ryht-I ` `. 2 the same right po sesscs 5 dmne 3 ` herezlitary b :0; g 899, lhg tremer, who bears namns of E < not and would fain prove their "l2._fn great English houses, and -`W Willinglwlth handsomelv for such a conne lay cti _ fore, old Murridge generally fou nglllh. The 13 han-l llflin; 1- 8Sla`vJ, Ivl .; igreea, :1ux'ria;-es na, . . gentlemen into deceud:mts of rolyilaliirnmth-H . 9 f : ~' `and in this way bringing Vaiilggvelon light, honor, distinction, and solacede" who could afford to pay for `H . so gt-at. indeed, was his skill that he never failed prove his client a cadet, at least, of t ancient house, and when there mm involved and the family to be extinct,` he not infr his client the head of that h could be conceived, more ple and gentlemen who had been brought up? believe that for them there was no famuo history---no morejhan at the beginning ryf the world-A-previous to the family sh; where the money was ma1e-whether as},-,p with a counter, and a till and an apron; rs shop with an office and a clerk; or 8 S5,) with a-box of pills; or a shop with a W, and gown; or a shop with a sword and M: coat; or a shop with a steel pen and ,1 5; out mininglinks, proving , lishing American connectin was supposed equently made (_ use- Xollllng asing to M 9` bundle of scrip and ;~l;'n'es. So that ll: Murridge was really a pllilantln-npist 9;` 5;`, first water-an eightcm carat philan*E.r:. pint. If, from time to time, in his r_{1'n'r.bi:;v among genealogie<, olul \\'ill.~.:u11 fmmll, torles, he came upon c-1u`iru~: _ which he was able to turxi tr. his mm af_~-L: tage, he is not to be blamed. F74-:ul.'._v, 1;-: a was the succession to the (llonsilla tux, which, as you will presently see, he .-1;} 3 "very good stroke of businn-~s. `D n nnnn ..-.... -- T7--- ` "' W33 no ` connectio LL-'I_-,,_, U [ the barons in the Wars o 9: nguavvunuua uuu land way, therefore, (_)1d -' .- ---v "mu 0]; 1 ""1 III] old Murn-i:eRfme& 2133 `impelled in the direction of goenelum? him: ies, this `my he gmduan his art, and gn'glg_m Srcher and _ amfY'In.31 81 Although nm m...-_.. A complete Bl'8".mn` and. la n ft Wily ` ore. old 1vr.:.._-Ele R0361; 31` UNl!.-A 18.138 amount 01 nvuw Luuuu to land on strai ht loans, at oweat rates. . 16 MCCARTHY EPLER 8: MCCARTHY. -3 luv u... life 8I1d_:o- an `life with are IN` _I.\. i"urii1*ur,'GoodI.'Wsres 8.20. Also for the oollac on of Ben Nofea and Accounts. Omoe-Polioe Court arrie. URN MAULA 1 . Auuuun nun. uumnua- aloner, Conveyenoer. Issuer 01 Marriage ceases under the new Act. Money to Loan It Moderate Interest. Creemore. Ont. lily OSEPE SWAN AUCTIONEER FOR-THE County of S mcoe. Terms reasonable. 011109 at mg Store, Craighurst. - 46-lg MU V .I.'l.".I.'1lio 1 Montana. U.S. Atttulli EUUNUICI. ENUINE cc DUIIJIIIS WoRKa.-H. Snwnnv Manufacturer of every. d-Icri tion or Engines. Boilers Saw Mm amt. m- Shimrle. Lath. and Wood. J. W u1usu.-u. d-Icrlgtlon riot wor lgmnohinex J T. SPROUL, BARRISTER, SOLICITOR . of the Supreme Court, Conveyancer. 8:0. Mone to Loan. Oices over Sanders Bros., Jewe ere. Dunlop Street Barrie. A. AMEN quna 1`. DAIVLELD J.'.m.n., A1- . torney Sol1c1tor in Chancery, Conve an- oer. &o. 0 co-First Door South of Post 0 ca, I-`l lnd n Rlnnlz umn Street, Harrie. 49-48 61', 0: UIl1CO`l'l1'BD U001` DUl1laLl.Ul. %ind s Block. Owen Stre_g:, Barrie. Money `to lend at lowest rates. Agent. for Dominion Grange Fire msurance A ssoci- ation. Canadian Mutual Aid Life Insurance and Reserve Fund Accident Associations. mos. s. McLEOD,Da.1ston.' Oice over Coulter &. Vair s, Barrie, Tuesday and Sn.t.11rdnv_ 6-ly UIUUU UVUII U0 and Saturdav. HAHN 65 lV.I.Ul:LU!11U$V. Dana; LDADD, Solicitors, Conveyancers. &.c. Mzney to Loan. Otce-V-Over D. J. Mu:-chison s Store. Market Street Barrie. Branch 0fnce-Potter`s Block. Totten am. - A EDWARD J. Hmmv. D. C. MURCHISON. LOUNT STRATHY 8: LOUNT. BA1uu.'s- ters, olicitors in High Court of Justice, Notaries. Public. Conveyancers. Ofces over the Bank 01`. Toronto Barrie. T cry 1- ______ r\ A 1'? TI 11_........... I`! 1!`! Tnwvgun UALV Aauun VJ. Lvauuquv go:-Anny. W. LOUNT, Q.C., H. H. STRATHY. G. W. LOUNT. CCARTHY, PEPLER 85 MCCARTHY, Barristers, Solicitors, N otaries, 850., Money to Loan. Barrie, Alliston and Gravenhurst. D AL'roN MCCARTHY, Q.C. F. E. P. Pmpnmc. J. A. MSCARTHY. D. F. MOWATT. to plant your currants, goosenernea, unaw- berries. raspberries. &c. A very large stock on the fruit farm. MORGAN 8; McVIT'IIE S Greenhouses. Owen Street, Barrie. Entrance nn Wnllinatnn Eta-ant, ' IOIV (Graduate of Leipzig Conservatory or Music.) Also pupil of V - CARL Rnmncxn, RICHTER AND DR. PAPPEBITZ. Instruction given inPianororta playing, Har- mony, and Counterpoint. , For teims, apply at Ma. SHERWOoD S, Owen Street. Barrie. - 12-37p I 5. JUIIJNUUN, bnnnusa, 1Ul.l'UIS'.l'.l!.il'S .U.l'." Q . and Dealer in Goals of all kinds, and eorgetown, Grey and Guelph White Finishin . 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 of this Lime is better than that of any other kind, and the nish superior. Oloe -Corner of John and Elizabeth streets. _ H WSON 8; CRESWICKE, BARRISTERS, Solicitors of the Supreme Court of Judi- cature of Ontario. Proctors, N otaries, Conni- unoe &c._ Mone to Loan. 01ces-Bot - woll a lock, oppo te N. 85 N. W. Ry. Station, Bamel C. E. HEWBON . A. E. H. Cnmswxoxm. s---:_,`:.._. .j.___ . . s `rLowERs.-ct7r rLow?~' Lgovgclftgts of eve description andlunerai f 8; cV1ttie s. The stock gardens are now ablaze with blc om and will repay a. visit. Plants and wire vases for table decoration loaned at very reasonab e rates and satisfaction guaranteed. A large stock of roses. houvardias, carnations, &c., on hand. The tall 18 the time to lent currents gooseberries straw- `ha:-911 rasnberries. &c. ' A verv 1n.!`2e'Bt0Ok nhfreat var ety and at low prices at \WI'UUl.lUl.lHUUv UWUH DI on Wellington Street. JOHN OARLEY. BOAT BUILDER /'\\1' {Jan nanlnnnn fnnf hf ay-Irnt Qfvuanf O HENRY, APPRAISER 8: BILL POSTER, . 8:0. Rents Collected, Servants Provided. Olce up-stairs opposite Bank of Commerce. AUGHTON LENNOX, BARRISTER. S0- licitor, Conveyancer. etc. Money `to Loan. Olce, Corner Dunlop and Owen Streets. Bar- rie Illlrlli \arIII-I-I; -\aru- n-no--u1I-II N the esplana.(_1e. foot of Market Street. Yachts epd Slmfs of every description in stock and burlt to order. Also for hrre at low rates by the hour, day. week or season. Boat stalls to rent by` the season, soulls, ours and paddles in stock and made to order. _ 11-ly ERBERT SMITH having leased the stone Blacksmith Shop. Clapperton-st.. next to the Simcoe Hotel. is prepared to do all kinds of work, Horse Shoeing of the latest improved styles, preventing of interfering, forging. con- traction and tender feet carefully treated. Builders supplied and estimates furnished. 16 Barrie. Barrie. lat Oct.. 1885. Iosnpn ROGERS. cnmr coNs'mnLn.' County of Simone. Omce-Polioe court. hrria- [OHN MA6KAY. AUCTIONEER. comma-` Coiafsymceruluuer 1------ ....J.. II -nun no nlnnnu Ian Tnnn __::_: ABOIIITEGIS AND sgnvnvgns ARRIE F UNDRY. ENGINE 86 BOILER \lrnnvu,_l-I , Rmwnnv, Nlnnnfnntaii-Ar nf 'OUN'l` STRATI-IY 86 LOUNT. BARRIS- n I-Ann nlmn-nun in `I-nah nnrt nf .`lm:t.im>._ ONEY T0 LOAN.-$250000at6a.m_1 6}`per cent. J. T. SPROU . Solicitor, eto., .- ` t I rlvate funds [0nEInYn n -:5-iu}?{`}g:;lx]:a.(:ntYoweat vr.m'r'r1,n. M.n..o(., ' Irm'n '1`. BANTING. CLERK COUNTY SIM- . 001:, will be at his oloo at the Court use. Barrie, everyssturday. Residence and D. Cnnkntnwn- - ' I ARIN 85 MURCHISON. BARRIFTERS. Ran. Qnlhdtnvsn l".nn 1-rnvnnnnrn nnev tn S. JOHNSON. BARBIE, IMPORTER .OF nn nnnlnr in nal: nf all kinds. and . RADENHURST. BARRISTER, AT- tmvnmr Qnlinitnr in (".hn.nnnv'v, (`.nnvn.vn.n- F. R. cumvu.-:3, MON BOATS. 1'13 uuu..m Ii 5 5 Machinery. A-Uononnnns. arc. 1VIANIIFAO'l`URES-:_ 1vnscm.x.ANnoUs.:~ IBLAGKSMIIH snnip I` N 1120!. JVLAU nu W. J. HOLLAND. . :-._--..-_._..__j_. PHYSICIANS. FINANCIAIJT 'QUll:N'B HOTEL.`-A. W. BROWN. % .Puopflo .; llxoollontsooomm for A hnv 1 llnn nnhlln_ Ru and In-dar I lun- _9_1l'_.F'11A' .. BARBIE DJEVVISIII AILGIJIALGUVU . Engines Boilers shingle, Lahx. and :I`V- LEGAL. .1! `.n .6 | I)l|Ill I H nun II _ . and larder well lup- t... "J('3`:{1'rohill. Onto 35 41-tf BI] ll'lil.l 101y Ia um: 49-4: _ -L otcnuuoonvoyod ' Iulvtnlnnll I.` .4! out- `Emu: onDunlop|& "' - Eta: ea'3'a`.`%2'u' c' -.1333 ; alio 51-17 lesuu; 6-ly yeuuaej. ulclu an uuul` uuluup I16." The old man shook hlshegd doubtfully. as It he thought that could not be. And nearly every night, uncle, wun t it! Nearly every night, Marla. Alv_v_a. in evening dreen, and wearing the mega!` _ nt jewels of the order. Always the mysterious ceremonies of the lode,'e.nd the ,h enquet V uttex-the work wudone. The banquet.-sehf agein he groened, with the Non-lyevery dey or nay life, for morethun flnlntw Q `H.nI'u`Ao_QxInA Is -nu...-t' ` I shall drink that champ; no anon "In heaven, uncle, Mrs Cronan suggested. plously, there is ner champagne. Thu old mun nl-mnlr Isl: hand A.-ml.u..II.. -- anuuna; u-nus; uni) Us In; usv, uu II-Iv!` Ivllll And thn nhnmnnmm n nammar I>.hn~nnnn>.-up vvuuuauuuuo. Jun! W03 ULIULU aosepn nlTn' self. He was dressed in evening co3tume- } not the old-fashioned swallowtail which old men used to wear by day. but the correct evening dress of the day, with a shirt trdut eoorafed with one stud and a. white tie. He wore this dress--a most unusual dress in Camden 'I`9W;1--as if he was accustomei !o it, not as if it was ,a EH3 of disguise. At 3':-`ML l\' '|A:- ovnanl-_IInn`n `I-In Raw: Q`-uni n_ AU LIJII 0:6 AL All "US I nsuu UL unugucawy fgl) sight f their great-uncle the boys shut up the backgammon board, and all then retired togetherpromptlyo and were heard to nish 1 their game and their `quarrel in some up- stairs apartment Norah, for her par ap- plied h =rself vigorously to her novel, on her father buried himself the pgper, So great was the popularity of ncle Joseph. . - `Trunk: Jnnnnh nhnnb Ida Ronni" -n`lnw....I.. vvaa uuu_ yuyuuunuy vs. uuuw ou-vupu. Uncle Joseph shook his head` solemnly, took a chair as if he were assisting g funeral, and sat down beside his niece, Cronen, with a sigh that was almost like In groan. He sighed ngreat deal in the eve- ning, which, foroertein reasons, was 3 try- ing time with him. "l`1I1t\ wanna Ann 7 In.` -.I.I..-._-.l LL- .I--A.-__ Illa UIIJIW VVIUII Illlllg 0| a Two years ago, he addressed the doctor. but received no response from the news- paper, and therefore he-_ turned to his niece. "Two years ago, Maria, I should now, at this moment. halt-past nine. be sitting on the right hand, or perhaps the left. of the - chairman. The banquet would be nearly over, and the elcquence of the evening, in which I always took part in a few well- nhnann ans-utnnnna `nu-uul `an -Land On I......:... R. HOLT, INSURANCE BROKER AND General Agent. Real Estate bought and sold. Collections made in any part or the Uounty. Money to` Loan. 0lce-Bothwell a Bloc opposite the Railway Station, lgtirlrge. On 0. 3315'!)-TU IJIIJ3 Yes, indeed. Uncle Joseph, Mrs, Cronan replied, withxa sigh sympathetic; it must be a beautiful thing to remember. ` "Ronni-ifnl .'-nan...) \A......m D- ..x..I.-.: upvvuiu tvvlt PIDIII III B LVN WUII` ':'h'3e' Eenteneea, would be about to begin. It you sit downet half-past seven or e. quar- ter to eight the speeches generally -begin at half-past nine. ` ' van {nanny-I TTnn'n To-nu.-.I. 9 I"... lV..._-.. UV II ucauvuul vuul UU auulvuuiun `}Baautiful indeed_ Maria!" He sighed again. I wzll take a glass of girrand water. But it is over-it is over. I shall hear those- sneech ~s no mose. I shall drink that cham- pagne no more. Piper sec and Heidseck ar strangers to me henceforth. _ ` }sEL1* 301: EARER..`[ mun uuu vvuua UL L161` UWU 1101119. ' Then` the door opened, and an old gentle- man came in. He was a very clean, good- looking old gentleman. grave, and even se- vere, but not benevolent of aspect; Quite the contrary, indeed, though his locks were ' so silvery white and so abundant, and his beard so beautiful and so creamy. He would have looked benevolent, perhaps, but for his under_ lip, which projected, and gave 9. grumpy look to an otherwise open and kindly countenance. This was Uncle Joseph him- self. He was (`Ii-Aqnnrl in nvnnlnn ......4......... xi!-Auzau, vvwzesus Luz` um uuuuuu. Such a picture as this is truly national; it represents the English. bonheur de famille. .Less civilized nations go to theatres, cafes, chantants, open-air-concerts, operas, dances, circuses, public gardens-all kinds of things. All in family our -people stay at home. each household in its own ne=t. The elder boys, however, have got a trick of spending the evening out. - In his hand the doctor had an evening paper, and he was reading, it slowly, asis the habit with men who have no time for much reading, and sometimes forget the newspaper for many days to- gether. From time to time he jerked a piece of news at his wife, who never read a paper at all, and knew nothing of. any politics out-. side the walls of her own home. VI"!-u...-+1.... Am... -_-..-.I My 7 vvvnv vcu vuuuu G3 ULDJULULULI. _ ' _ The picture of family life at its easiest and happiest presents! in this. Camden Town household is reproduced every night in miles of streets and thousands of housx. it is complete when the mother sits-as Mrs.- Cronan set this evening--with a basket of work before her, placidly stitching. She had-been married for twenty-four years, and had stitched without stopping for twenty- three years, so that she now desired no other occupation but 1 leisurely stitching. When the children were younger there was greater pressure-the stitching was hurried. Beside her sat her second daughter, Norah. She had a book in her hand, but I think she was not reading much, for she did not turn over the pages, and her eyes were looking through the open window -into the `back garden, where two lilacs and a laburnum were in full blos`.oIn. When a. girl isengaged to the most delightful fellow in the wor1d.'and the cieverest, there are not many books which she cares to read. a If it be asked why she was not assisting her mother in darning the family stockings, it is enough to reply that a girl who is private secretary to a genealo- gist, who draws a salary and pays for her own board, and who is engaged all day in themost scientic researches, cannot be ex- pected to darn stockings in the evening. Geraldine, the third daughter, was learning a lesson for next day's school, and the three boys, Terence, Alberic and Larry, were hav- ing a row royal, in which nobody interfered -in so large a family there is always a row going on between some of the "members- over a backgammon board. That is to say, two of them Vquarreling, and the third, who ardently desired to swing a shillelagh in the fray, had been hustled and bundled out of the squabble at an early stage, and now sat quiet, waiting for his chance. ' ` Hunk n -nine-nun. an 41...`. .'.. a...-1_ .__L_'--, -1 M '1`he Cronans too`: their goal temper chiey from their father--it was just one more of Natures compensations to make up for the small income. No one ever saw the doctor cross or irrita.b1e.. not even when, "after a long day's work, he was called out again at bedtime, He wasa tall man, of spare gure; his once dark hair and whiskers well streaked with gray. His features were clear and handsome, and his blue eyes had a trick of lighting up suddenly, and his mouth of ` dropping into a smile on small provocation. Certainly not a weeping. philosopher, "nor one inclined to railat the times, even it they were ten times as disjointecl, TBA ninh-inn n! Ian-nu HO. .4. :4... --_:-_4. __._1 Br WALTER BESANT. 16311-B No, my deaf, not tonight. I dare say l you will hear soon enough. "I was going to say. Maria--- "Yes, Uncle Joseph. Your father will show me the paper to-night, Norah, said Mrs. Cronan, in stone which implied that, as a. wife, she meant to know the secret, whatever it was. If there is anything in it which concerns you. of course I tell it to you in `the morning. Go on, Ufxele Jnnnhh 7 A H. BENNETT DENTISI`. . e, Ont..0l .Sende1-3 _ Block. {to new Poet. Oloe. ' ` '-Visits e and Waverley the 'm-attwedneedeye or every month. Wye- brldse end, Midland. the next day Vrhuruday ' lvnnntnmr the fnllowlnlr day (Frldey). V1